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ArticleBreast cancer research : BCR2023

RHAMM regulates MMTV-PyMT-induced lung metastasis by connecting STING-dependent DNA damage sensing to interferon/STAT1 pro-apoptosis signaling.

Cornelia Tolg, Maja Milojevic, Freda W Qi, Hailie A Pavanel, M Elizabeth O Locke, Jenny Ma, Mathew Price, Andrew C Nelson, James B McCarthy, Kathleen A Hill and 1 more

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Article in Breast cancer research : BCR, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. RHAMM drives formation of polyploid cancer cells and confers resistance to ER-targeted therapy in breast cancer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  2. CD168 Identifies Proliferating Pancreatic Islet Cells in Murine and Human.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Cornelia TolgLondon Regional Cancer Program, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.
Maja MilojevicDepartments of Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Freda W QiDepartments of Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Hailie A PavanelDepartments of Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
M Elizabeth O LockeDepartments of Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Jenny MaLondon Regional Cancer Program, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.
Mathew PriceMasonic Cancer Center, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Andrew C NelsonMasonic Cancer Center, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
James B McCarthyMasonic Cancer Center, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Kathleen A HillDepartments of Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada. khill22@uwo.ca.
Eva A TurleyLondon Regional Cancer Program, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada. eva.turley@lhsc.on.ca.
Western University · CAUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · USLawson Health Research Institute · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRHAMM is a multifunctional protein that is upregulated in breast tumors, and the presence of strongly RHAMM

methodsWe interrogated the metastatic functions of RHAMM using a loss-of-function approach by crossing the MMTV-PyMT mouse model of breast cancer susceptibility with Rhamm

resultsRhamm-loss does not alter initiation or growth of MMTV-PyMT-induced primary tumors but unexpectedly increases lung metastasis. Increased metastatic propensity with Rhamm-loss is not associated with obvious alterations in proliferation, epithelial plasticity, migration, invasion or genomic stability. SNV analyses identify positive selection of Rhamm

conclusionRHAMM expression-loss blunts STING-IFN signaling, which offers growth advantages under specific microenvironmental conditions of lung tissue. These results provide mechanistic insight into factors controlling clonal survival/expansion of metastatic colonies and has translational potential for RHAMM expression as a marker of sensitivity to interferon therapy.

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsMammary Neoplasms, AnimalAnimalsDNA DamageReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, Small InterferingReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA, Small InterferingapoptosisHMMRInterferonLung metastasisRHAMMSTING

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PMID37349798
PMCPMC10286489
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