2020
Tumor progression and chromatin landscape of lung cancer are regulated by the lineage factor GATA6
Arnal-Estapé A, Cai WL, Albert AE, Zhao M, Stevens LE, López-Giráldez F, Patel KD, Tyagi S, Schmitt EM, Westbrook TF, Nguyen DX. Tumor progression and chromatin landscape of lung cancer are regulated by the lineage factor GATA6. Oncogene 2020, 39: 3726-3737. PMID: 32157212, PMCID: PMC7190573, DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-1246-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromatin landscapeTranscription factorsBone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalingDiverse transcriptional programsAlters chromatin accessibilityMultiple genomic lociMorphogenetic protein signalingDistal enhancer elementsSelective transcription factorsEpithelial cell typesSurfactant protein CChromatin accessibilityGenomic lociTranscriptional programsLung adenocarcinoma progressionTumor progressionEpigenetic mechanismsProtein signalingBiological functionsLUAD progressionLUAD cellsEnhancer elementsLineage dependencyTumor suppressionLung cancer cellsSpecific chromatin landscapes and transcription factors couple breast cancer subtype with metastatic relapse to lung or brain
Cai WL, Greer CB, Chen JF, Arnal-Estapé A, Cao J, Yan Q, Nguyen DX. Specific chromatin landscapes and transcription factors couple breast cancer subtype with metastatic relapse to lung or brain. BMC Medical Genomics 2020, 13: 33. PMID: 32143622, PMCID: PMC7060551, DOI: 10.1186/s12920-020-0695-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen chromatin signaturesTranscription factorsChromatin landscapeChromosome conformation captureOpen chromatin landscapeSpecific chromatin landscapesHomophilic cell adhesionTransposase-accessible chromatinEnhancer-promoter interactionsSpecific transcription factorsActive chromatin sitesATAC-seq dataMetastatic cellsGene expression dataChromatin signaturesConformation captureChromatin sitesActive chromatinATAC-seqEpigenomic propertiesChIP-seqChromatin immunoprecipitationEndothelial cell migrationEpigenomic analysisTranscriptomic differences
2018
MSK1 regulates luminal cell differentiation and metastatic dormancy in ER+ breast cancer
Gawrzak S, Rinaldi L, Gregorio S, Arenas E, Salvador F, Urosevic J, Figueras-Puig C, Rojo F, del Barco Barrantes I, Cejalvo J, Palafox M, Guiu M, Berenguer-Llergo A, Symeonidi A, Bellmunt A, Kalafatovic D, Arnal-Estapé A, Fernández E, Müllauer B, Groeneveld R, Slobodnyuk K, Stephan-Otto Attolini C, Saura C, Arribas J, Cortes J, Rovira A, Muñoz M, Lluch A, Serra V, Albanell J, Prat A, Nebreda A, Benitah S, Gomis R. MSK1 regulates luminal cell differentiation and metastatic dormancy in ER+ breast cancer. Nature Cell Biology 2018, 20: 211-221. PMID: 29358704, DOI: 10.1038/s41556-017-0021-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorBone NeoplasmsBreast NeoplasmsCell DifferentiationChromatinFemaleGATA3 Transcription FactorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenome, HumanHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-alphaHumansMiceMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisPrognosisReceptors, EstrogenRibosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDaRNA, Small InterferingXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsER+ breast cancerLuminal cell differentiationBreast cancerMetastatic dormancyProgression of ER+ breast cancerDifferentiation of breast cancer cellsGenome-wide short hairpin RNA screenSymptomatic bone metastasesEstrogen receptor-positiveShort hairpin RNA screenMSK1 expressionBreast cancer cellsCell differentiationFOXA1 transcription factorMetastatic latencyReceptor-positiveEarly relapseBone metastasesYears of latencyBone homingStratify patientsExpression of genesMicrometastatic lesionsImprove prognosisMetastatic progression