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Inflammatory conversion of quiescent osteoblasts by metastatic breast cancer cells through pERK1/2 aggravates cancer-induced bone destruction
Back J, Nguyen MN, Li L, Lee S, Lee I, Chen F, Gillinov L, Chung YH, Alder KD, Kwon HK, Yu KE, Dussik CM, Hao Z, Flores MJ, Kim Y, Ibe IK, Munger AM, Seo SW, Lee FY. Inflammatory conversion of quiescent osteoblasts by metastatic breast cancer cells through pERK1/2 aggravates cancer-induced bone destruction. Bone Research 2021, 9: 43. PMID: 34588427, PMCID: PMC8481290, DOI: 10.1038/s41413-021-00158-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer-induced bone destructionBreast cancer cellsOsteolytic breast cancerBone homeostasisCancer growthCancer cellsBone destructionInflammatory osteolysisBreast cancerBreast cancer-induced bone destructionOsteolytic breast cancer metastasesPromising adjuvant therapyERK1/2 activationMEK1 expressionBreast cancer metastasisMetastatic breast cancer cellsActivation of pERK1/2Inflammatory conversionAdjuvant therapyPathological fracturesHuman pathological specimensBone microenvironmentPathological specimensSkeletal diseasePathway inhibitor
2024
Unique Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling of the Murine Femoral Fracture Callus: A Preliminary Report
Jiang W, Caruana D, Back J, Lee F. Unique Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling of the Murine Femoral Fracture Callus: A Preliminary Report. Cells 2024, 13: 522. PMID: 38534368, PMCID: PMC10969736, DOI: 10.3390/cells13060522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMDA-MB-231Transcriptomic platformsGene expressionSpatially localized gene expressionMDA-MB-231 metastatic breast cancer cellsSpatial transcriptomics platformGenetic expression changesFracture healingMetastatic breast cancer cellsBreast cancer cellsImpaired fracture healingSingle-cell RNALocal gene expressionSpatial transcriptomic profilingFracture callus formationGenomic heterogeneitySequencing techniquesDisrupt bone homeostasisTranscriptome profilingIn situ hybridizationExpression changesSoft callusPathological fracturesWild-typeSpatial transcriptomics