2022
p16INK4A-deficiency predicts response to combined HER2 and CDK4/6 inhibition in HER2+ breast cancer brain metastases
Ni J, Kabraji S, Xie S, Wang Y, Pan P, He X, Liu Z, Leone JP, Long HW, Brown MA, Winer EP, Dillon DAR, Lin NU, Zhao JJ. p16INK4A-deficiency predicts response to combined HER2 and CDK4/6 inhibition in HER2+ breast cancer brain metastases. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 1473. PMID: 35304445, PMCID: PMC8933392, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29081-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-derived xenograftsBrain metastasesMetastatic HER2-positive breast cancerBiomarker-driven clinical trialsBreast cancer brain metastasesHER2-positive breast cancerOrthotopic patient-derived xenograftsMajority of HER2Cancer brain metastasesCDK4/6 inhibitionProtein immunohistochemistryClinical trialsBreast cancerHER2Tumor suppressor p16INK4aPatientsMetastasisBCBMAbemaciclibTucatinibXenograftsImmunohistochemistryCancerCDK4/6Trials
2020
CDK4/6 inhibition reprograms the breast cancer enhancer landscape by stimulating AP-1 transcriptional activity
Watt AC, Cejas P, DeCristo MJ, Metzger-Filho O, Lam EYN, Qiu X, BrinJones H, Kesten N, Coulson R, Font-Tello A, Lim K, Vadhi R, Daniels VW, Montero J, Taing L, Meyer CA, Gilan O, Bell CC, Korthauer KD, Giambartolomei C, Pasaniuc B, Seo JH, Freedman ML, Ma C, Ellis MJ, Krop I, Winer E, Letai A, Brown M, Dawson MA, Long HW, Zhao JJ, Goel S. CDK4/6 inhibition reprograms the breast cancer enhancer landscape by stimulating AP-1 transcriptional activity. Nature Cancer 2020, 2: 34-48. PMID: 33997789, PMCID: PMC8115221, DOI: 10.1038/s43018-020-00135-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSet of enhancersTranscription factor proteinsAP-1 transcriptional activityEndogenous retroviral elementsCell cycle arrestEnhancer landscapeCyclin-dependent kinase 4Cancer cell cycle arrestEnhancer activationCell chromatinApoptotic evasionTranscriptional activityPathway biologyRetroviral elementsApoptotic responsePharmacologic inhibitorsCancer cell immunogenicityFactor proteinNew enhancersKinase 4Cycle arrestLuminal differentiationCDK4/6 inhibitionCDK4/6 inhibitorsEnhancer
2018
CDK4/6 inhibition in breast cancer: current practice and future directions
Pernas S, Tolaney SM, Winer EP, Goel S. CDK4/6 inhibition in breast cancer: current practice and future directions. Therapeutic Advances In Medical Oncology 2018, 10: 1758835918786451. PMID: 30038670, PMCID: PMC6050811, DOI: 10.1177/1758835918786451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCDK4/6 inhibitorsBreast cancerNovel immune-based therapiesPositive breast cancer patientsER-positive breast cancerProgression-free survivalImmune-based therapiesBreast cancer patientsCancer cell cycle arrestClinical trial resultsSelective CDK4/6 inhibitorsNormal breast epitheliumCyclin-dependent kinase 4Breast cancer cellsCyclin D/cyclin-dependent kinase 4Cancer cell cycleEndocrine therapyCDK4/6 pathwayCDK4/6 inhibitionCancer patientsCell cycle arrestClinical dataEstrogen receptorPreclinical studiesBreast epithelium
2017
CDK4/6 inhibition triggers anti-tumour immunity
Goel S, DeCristo MJ, Watt AC, BrinJones H, Sceneay J, Li BB, Khan N, Ubellacker JM, Xie S, Metzger-Filho O, Hoog J, Ellis MJ, Ma CX, Ramm S, Krop IE, Winer EP, Roberts TM, Kim HJ, McAllister SS, Zhao JJ. CDK4/6 inhibition triggers anti-tumour immunity. Nature 2017, 548: 471-475. PMID: 28813415, PMCID: PMC5570667, DOI: 10.1038/nature23465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigen PresentationBiological MimicryBreast NeoplasmsCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6Disease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansInterferonsMicePhosphorylationProtein Kinase InhibitorsRepressor ProteinsRNA, Double-StrandedSignal TransductionT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTranscriptomeViruses