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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Identification of New Chemoresistance-Associated Genes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer by Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis.

Spyros Foutadakis, Dimitrios Kordias, Giannis Vatsellas, Angeliki Magklara

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. 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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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Single-cell sequencing: accurate disease detection.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  4. Drug Discovery from Gene Expression/Gene Regulation.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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4 authors.

Spyros FoutadakisBiomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios KordiasBiomedical Research Institute-Foundation for Research and Technology, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9995-6090
Giannis VatsellasBiomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1631-1060
Angeliki MagklaraBiomedical Research Institute-Foundation for Research and Technology, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3408-6722

Funding

Operational Programme "Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation" (NSRF 2014-2020) and co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund). MIS 5047236
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a particularly aggressive mammary neoplasia with a high fatality rate, mainly because of the development of resistance to administered chemotherapy, the standard treatment for this disease. In this study, we employ both bulk RNA-sequencing and single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) to investigate the transcriptional landscape of TNBC cells cultured in two-dimensional monolayers or three-dimensional spheroids, before and after developing resistance to the chemotherapeutic agents paclitaxel and doxorubicin. Our findings reveal significant transcriptional heterogeneity within the TNBC cell populations, with the scRNA-seq identifying rare subsets of cells that express resistance-associated genes not detected by the bulk RNA-seq. Furthermore, we observe a partial shift towards a highly mesenchymal phenotype in chemoresistant cells, suggesting the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) as a prevalent mechanism of resistance in subgroups of these cells. These insights highlight potential therapeutic targets, such as the PDGF signaling pathway mediating EMT, which could be exploited in this setting. Our study underscores the importance of single-cell approaches in understanding tumor heterogeneity and developing more effective, personalized treatment strategies to overcome chemoresistance in TNBC.

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Drug Resistance, NeoplasmEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticSingle-Cell AnalysisTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorDoxorubicinFemaleHumansPaclitaxelTranscriptomeAntineoplastic AgentsDoxorubicinPaclitaxel3D spheroidsbulk RNA-sequencingchemoresistancesingle-cell RNA-sequencingtranscriptomicstriple-negative breast cancer

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PMID38999963
PMCPMC11241600

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