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ArticleiScience2023

Combating breast cancer progression through combination therapy with hypomethylating agent and glucocorticoid.

Yu-Hsin Chu, Yi-Chen Huang, Pei-Yun Chiu, Wen-Hung Kuo, Yan-Ru Pan, Yuan-Ting Kuo, Rong-Hsuan Wang, Yu-Chin Kao, Yi-Hsiang Wang, Yi-Fan Lin and 1 more

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Article in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu-Hsin ChuInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yi-Chen HuangInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Pei-Yun ChiuInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Wen-Hung KuoDepartment of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yan-Ru PanInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yuan-Ting KuoInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Rong-Hsuan WangInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yu-Chin KaoInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yi-Hsiang WangInstitute of Molecular Medicine, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Yi-Fan LinInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Kai-Ti LinInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
National Tsing Hua University · TWNational Taiwan University Hospital · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Among breast cancer types, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) accounts for 15% of all breast cancers with aggressive tumor behavior. By using bioinformatic approaches, we observed that the microRNA-708 promoter is highly methylated in breast carcinomas, and this methylation is linked to a poor prognosis. Moreover, microRNA-708 expression correlates with better clinical outcomes in TNBC patients. Combination treatment with the hypomethylating agent decitabine and synthetic glucocorticoid significantly increased the expression of microRNA-708, reactivated DNMT-suppressed pathways, and decreased the expression of multiple metastasis-promoting genes such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and IL-1β, leading to the suppression of breast cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, as well as reduced tumor growth and distant metastasis in the TNBC xenograft mouse model. Overall, our study reveals a therapeutic opportunity in which a combined regimen of decitabine with glucocorticoid may have therapeutic potential in treating TNBC patients.

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CancerEpigeneticsMolecular biology

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PMID37128608
PMCPMC10148121
OpenAlexW4362723588

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