Translational control of breast cancer plasticity

oleh: Michael Jewer, Laura Lee, Matthew Leibovitch, Guihua Zhang, Jiahui Liu, Scott D. Findlay, Krista M. Vincent, Kristofferson Tandoc, Dylan Dieters-Castator, Daniela F. Quail, Indrani Dutta, Mackenzie Coatham, Zhihua Xu, Aakshi Puri, Bo-Jhih Guan, Maria Hatzoglou, Andrea Brumwell, James Uniacke, Christos Patsis, Antonis Koromilas, Julia Schueler, Gabrielle M. Siegers, Ivan Topisirovic, Lynne-Marie Postovit

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-05-01

Deskripsi

Protein synthesis suppression protects breast cancer cells from clinically relevant stresses like hypoxia. Here, the authors show that unique mRNA isoforms that govern stem cell-like phenotypes escape translational repression to drive tumor progression and chemoresistance.