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ArticleCancers2018

Interplay between Epigenetics, Expression of Estrogen Receptor- α, HER2/ERBB2 and Sensitivity of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells to Hormonal Therapy.

Wafaa S Ramadan, Cijo George Vazhappilly, Ekram M Saleh, Varsha Menon, Aya M AlAzawi, Ahmed T El-Serafi, Wael Mansour, Raafat El-Awady

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Article in Cancers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Wafaa S RamadanSharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE. wafaa.s.ramadan@hotmail.com.
Cijo George VazhappillySharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE. cijo.vazhappilly@aurak.ac.ae.
Ekram M SalehCancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo 11796, Egypt. ekramsaleh@hotmail.com.
Varsha MenonSharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE. vmenon@sharjah.ac.ae.
Aya M AlAzawiSharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE. u00029765@sharjah.ac.ae.
Ahmed T El-SerafiSharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE. aelserafy@sharjah.ac.ae.
Wael MansourCancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo 11796, Egypt. w.mansour@uke.de.ORCID 0000-0003-0641-2885
Raafat El-AwadySharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, UAE. relawady@sharjah.ac.ae.
University of Sharjah · AECairo University · EGSuez Canal University · EG

Funding

University of Sharjah 16011103017-p
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells are resistant to hormonal/targeted therapies. This study aims to investigate epigenetic differences between TNBC and other types of breast cancer and the effect of epigenetic modulation on the response of TNBC cells to hormonal therapy. Thus, we investigated (i) the expression of different epigenetic markers, (ii) the effect of epigenetic modifying agents on the expression of ERα and HER2/ERBB2 and (iii) the effect on the response to tamoxifen in four breast cancer cell lines with different hormonal receptor status. Our results revealed a differential expression patterns of epigenetic markers in the four breast cancer cells. In TNBC cells, histone deacetylases (HDAC) 1 and 2 were less expressed, whereas HDACs 4 and 6 were overexpressed. Interestingly, treatment with epigenetic modifiers resulted in (i) a pronounced increase in the expression of ERα and HER2/ERBB2 along with (ii) an increase in the sensitivity of TNBC cells to tamoxifen. Collectively, this study indicates a different epigenetic background for TNBC cells, which represses the expression of ERα and HER2/ERBB2. Furthermore, we provide here the rationale for the use of epigenetic modifiers to enhance the response of TNBC to hormonal therapy through upregulation of ERα.

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2′-deoxy-5-azacytidineepigeneticsestrogen receptor alphahuman epidermal growth factor receptor-2suberoylanilide hydroxamic acidtamoxifentriple negative breast cancer

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PMID30583472
PMCPMC6356506
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