2009
Residual breast cancers after conventional therapy display mesenchymal as well as tumor-initiating features
Creighton CJ, Li X, Landis M, Dixon JM, Neumeister VM, Sjolund A, Rimm DL, Wong H, Rodriguez A, Herschkowitz JI, Fan C, Zhang X, He X, Pavlick A, Gutierrez MC, Renshaw L, Larionov AA, Faratian D, Hilsenbeck SG, Perou CM, Lewis MT, Rosen JM, Chang JC. Residual breast cancers after conventional therapy display mesenchymal as well as tumor-initiating features. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 13820-13825. PMID: 19666588, PMCID: PMC2720409, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905718106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerConventional treatmentHigh tumor-initiating potentialResidual breast cancerBreast cancer patientsCell surface antigen profileLong-term survivalHuman breast tumorsBreast cancer cellsTumor-initiating cellsTumor-initiating potentialEndocrine therapyGene expression signaturesCancer patientsTumor cell populationClinical significanceMolecular subtypesTherapeutic strategiesMesenchymal markersMetalloproteinase-2Breast tumorsSubpopulation of cellsAntigen profileMesenchymal featuresTumor tissue
2005
Altered Localization of p120 Catenin During Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Colon Carcinoma Is Prognostic for Aggressive Disease
Bellovin DI, Bates RC, Muzikansky A, Rimm DL, Mercurio AM. Altered Localization of p120 Catenin During Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Colon Carcinoma Is Prognostic for Aggressive Disease. Cancer Research 2005, 65: 10938-10945. PMID: 16322241, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-1947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurvival timeMesenchymal transitionLymph node metastasisColorectal cancer progressionPoor patient outcomesE-cadherinLate-stage tumorsPatient survival timePost-EMT cellsP120ctn expressionAltered localizationLymph nodesNode metastasisAggressive diseaseTumor stagePrimary tumorTumor necrosisColorectal carcinomaPatient outcomesColon carcinoma cellsE-cadherin lossCytoplasmic stainingColon carcinomaCancer progressionCarcinoma cells