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ArticleCell death & disease2016

'Normalizing' the malignant phenotype of luminal breast cancer cells via alpha(v)beta(3)-integrin.

Hanan Abu-Tayeh, Keren Weidenfeld, Alisa Zhilin-Roth, Sagi Schif-Zuck, Sonja Thaler, Cristina Cotarelo, Tuan Z Tan, Jean P Thiery, Jeffrey E Green, Geula Klorin and 4 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Hanan Abu-TayehDepartment of Human Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Keren WeidenfeldDepartment of Human Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Alisa Zhilin-RothDepartment of Human Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Sagi Schif-ZuckDepartment of Human Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Sonja ThalerMedical Faculty Mannheim, Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Cristina CotareloDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr, Mainz, Germany.
Tuan Z TanCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Jean P ThieryDepartment of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Jeffrey E GreenLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Geula KlorinDepartment of Pathology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Edmond SaboDepartment of Pathology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Jonathan P SleemanMedical Faculty Mannheim, Centre for Biomedicine and Medical Technology Mannheim (CBTM), University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Maty TzukermanRappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Dalit BarkanDepartment of Human Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
University of Haifa · ILRambam Health Care Campus · ILHeidelberg University · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DENational Cancer Institute · USNational University Cancer Institute, Singapore · SGNational University of Singapore · SGTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reestablishing tissue organization of breast cancer cells into acini was previously shown to override their malignant phenotype. In our study, we demonstrate that alpha(v)beta(3) integrin (Int-αvβ3), previously shown to play a role in cancer progression, promoted differentiation and growth arrest of organoids derived from luminal A breast cancer cells grown in their relevant three-dimensional microenvironment. These organoids differentiated into normal-like acini resembling a benign stage of breast tissue. Likewise, we demonstrate that Int-αvβ3 is selectively expressed in the epithelium of the benign stage of breast tissues, and is lost during the early stages of luminal A breast cancer progression. Notably, the organoids' reversion into normal-like acini was mediated by cancer luminal progenitor-like cells expressing both EpCAM

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Acinar CellsBasement MembraneBreast NeoplasmsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDown-RegulationEmbryonic Stem CellsFemaleGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansHyperplasiaIntegrin alphaVbeta3MCF-7 CellsNeoplastic Stem CellsOrganoidsIntegrin alphaVbeta3NOTCH4 protein, humanProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptor, Notch4Receptors, Notch

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PMID27906177
PMCPMC5260995
OpenAlexW2559492425

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