Search Results - "ALMENDRO, Vanessa"
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Cellular heterogeneity and molecular evolution in cancer
Published in Annual review of pathology (24-01-2013)“…Intratumor heterogeneity represents a major obstacle to effective cancer treatment and personalized medicine. However, investigators are now elucidating…”
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Inference of Tumor Evolution during Chemotherapy by Computational Modeling and In Situ Analysis of Genetic and Phenotypic Cellular Diversity
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (01-02-2014)“…Cancer therapy exerts a strong selection pressure that shapes tumor evolution, yet our knowledge of how tumors change during treatment is limited. Here, we…”
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The JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway is required for growth of CD44⁺CD24⁻ stem cell-like breast cancer cells in human tumors
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-07-2011)“…Intratumor heterogeneity is a major clinical problem because tumor cell subtypes display variable sensitivity to therapeutics and may play different roles in…”
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JAK-STAT Signaling in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Enables Chemotherapy-Resistant Cell States
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (18-01-2023)“…Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a difficult-to-treat disease with poor clinical outcomes due to high risk of metastasis and resistance to treatment. In…”
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8q24 prostate, breast, and colon cancer risk loci show tissue-specific long-range interaction with MYC
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (25-05-2010)“…The 8q24 gene desert contains risk loci for multiple epithelial cancers, including colon, breast, and prostate. Recent evidence suggests these risk loci…”
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JARID1B Is a Luminal Lineage-Driving Oncogene in Breast Cancer
Published in Cancer cell (16-06-2014)“…Recurrent mutations in histone-modifying enzymes imply key roles in tumorigenesis, yet their functional relevance is largely unknown. Here, we show that…”
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Intratumor heterogeneity defines treatment‐resistant HER2+ breast tumors
Published in Molecular oncology (01-11-2018)“…Targeted therapy for patients with HER2‐positive (HER2+) breast cancer has improved overall survival, but many patients still suffer relapse and death from the…”
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The Transmodulation of HER2 and EGFR by Substance P in Breast Cancer Cells Requires c-Src and Metalloproteinase Activation
Published in PloS one (26-06-2015)“…Substance P (SP) is a pleiotropic cytokine/neuropeptide that enhances breast cancer (BC) aggressiveness by transactivating tyrosine kinase receptors like EGFR…”
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Tyrosine kinase receptor transactivation associated to G protein-coupled receptors
Published in Current drug targets (01-09-2010)“…G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise a large family of membrane receptors involved in signal transduction. These receptors are linked to a variety of…”
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Evolutionary pathways in BRCA1-associated breast tumors
Published in Cancer discovery (01-06-2012)“…BRCA1-associated breast tumors display loss of BRCA1 and frequent somatic mutations of PTEN and TP53. Here we describe the analysis of BRCA1, PTEN, and p53 at…”
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Glucocorticoids promote transition of ductal carcinoma in situ to invasive ductal carcinoma by inducing myoepithelial cell apoptosis
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (04-07-2018)“…The microenvironment and stress factors like glucocorticoids have a strong influence on breast cancer progression but their role in the first stages of breast…”
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The role of MMP7 and its cross-talk with the FAS/FASL system during the acquisition of chemoresistance to oxaliplatin
Published in PloS one (06-03-2009)“…The efficacy of oxaliplatin in cancer chemotherapy is limited by the development of drug resistance. MMP7 has been related to the loss of tumor cell response…”
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Amplified loci on chromosomes 8 and 17 predict early relapse in ER-positive breast cancers
Published in PloS one (13-06-2012)“…Adjuvant hormonal therapy is administered to all early stage ER+ breast cancers, and has led to significantly improved survival. Unfortunately, a subset of ER+…”
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Substance P Autocrine Signaling Contributes to Persistent HER2 Activation That Drives Malignant Progression and Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-11-2013)“…ERBB receptor transmodulation by heterologous G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) generates functional diversity in signal transduction. Tachykinins are…”
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Interleukin-15 increases glucose uptake in skeletal muscle An antidiabetogenic effect of the cytokine
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-11-2006)“…Previous studies have demonstrated that interleukin-15 (IL-15) has important anabolic effects on muscle protein metabolism. In the present investigation we…”
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Intra-tumour heterogeneity: a looking glass for cancer?
Published in Nature reviews. Cancer (01-05-2012)“…Key Points Primary human tumours consist of cells that differ in clinically important phenotypic features. This phenotypic heterogeneity is a result of the…”
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Interleukin-15 Affects Differentiation and Apoptosis in Adipocytes: Implications in Obesity
Published in Lipids (01-11-2011)“…Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is an anabolic factor for skeletal muscle and several reports have described its important role as a regulator of energy homeostasis. In…”
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Differential expression of neurogenes among breast cancer subtypes identifies high risk patients
Published in Oncotarget (02-02-2016)“…The nervous system is now recognized to be a relevant component of the tumor microenvironment. Receptors for neuropeptides and neurotransmitters have been…”
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Effects of IL-15 on Rat Brown Adipose Tissue: Uncoupling Proteins and PPARs
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-02-2008)“…Objectives: Interleukin‐15 (IL‐15) plays an important role in lipid metabolism as its administration to rats causes a marked depletion of white adipose tissue…”
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Comparison of methods for the isolation of human breast epithelial and myoepithelial cells
Published in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology (21-05-2015)“…Two lineages, epithelial, and myoepithelial cells are the main cell populations in the normal mammary gland and in breast cancer. Traditionally, cancer…”
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