2021
Tumor DNA Mutations From Intraparenchymal Brain Metastases Are Detectable in CSF
Cheok SK, Narayan A, Arnal-Estape A, Gettinger S, Goldberg SB, Kluger HM, Nguyen D, Patel A, Chiang V. Tumor DNA Mutations From Intraparenchymal Brain Metastases Are Detectable in CSF. JCO Precision Oncology 2021, 5: 163-172. PMID: 34250381, PMCID: PMC8232069, DOI: 10.1200/po.20.00292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraparenchymal brain metastasesBrain metastasesCell-free DNAExtracranial tumorsBrain metastasis tissuesProgressive brain metastasesThird of patientsNormal pressure hydrocephalusTumor DNA mutationsPrimary cancer typeAnalysis of CSFSamples of CSFLeptomeningeal diseaseEffective surrogate markerBrain biopsyPressure hydrocephalusLumbar punctureSurrogate markerCancer-associated genesMetastasis tissuesPatientsMetastasisDiscordant responsesRenal cellsGenomic profiling
2019
Transcriptomic Hallmarks of Tumor Plasticity and Stromal Interactions in Brain Metastasis
Wingrove E, Liu ZZ, Patel KD, Arnal-Estapé A, Cai WL, Melnick MA, Politi K, Monteiro C, Zhu L, Valiente M, Kluger HM, Chiang VL, Nguyen DX. Transcriptomic Hallmarks of Tumor Plasticity and Stromal Interactions in Brain Metastasis. Cell Reports 2019, 27: 1277-1292.e7. PMID: 31018140, PMCID: PMC6592283, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain metastasesBrain tumor microenvironmentLineage programTumor microenvironmentTumor plasticityStromal gene expressionTranscriptomic hallmarksGene expressionTranscriptional hallmarksMultiple tumor typesMolecular landscapeStromal interactionsMajor siteIntact tissueNeuroinflammatory responseSyngeneic modelPatient biopsiesTumor typesMetastasisMalignant cellsDifferent subtypesTumor cellsHallmarkTranscriptomeCells
2017
Extracellular Matrix Receptor Expression in Subtypes of Lung Adenocarcinoma Potentiates Outgrowth of Micrometastases
Stevens LE, Cheung WKC, Adua SJ, Arnal-Estapé A, Zhao M, Liu Z, Brewer K, Herbst RS, Nguyen DX. Extracellular Matrix Receptor Expression in Subtypes of Lung Adenocarcinoma Potentiates Outgrowth of Micrometastases. Cancer Research 2017, 77: 1905-1917. PMID: 28196904, PMCID: PMC5468792, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-1978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain metastatic nicheRisk of relapseDistant metastasisPoor prognosisLUAD subtypesLung tumorsLung adenocarcinomaLUAD cellsMetastatic outgrowthMetastatic nicheCancer ResCancer cellsECM-mediated signalingExtracellular matrix moleculesCell survivalMolecular signaturesDifferential expressionHMMRMatrix moleculesImportant mechanismCellsRelapseAdenocarcinomaPrognosisMetastasis
2015
Enhanced MAF Oncogene Expression and Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis
Pavlovic M, Arnal-Estapé A, Rojo F, Bellmunt A, Tarragona M, Guiu M, Planet E, Garcia-Albéniz X, Morales M, Urosevic J, Gawrzak S, Rovira A, Prat A, Nonell L, Lluch A, Jean-Mairet J, Coleman R, Albanell J, Gomis R. Enhanced MAF Oncogene Expression and Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2015, 107: djv256. PMID: 26376684, PMCID: PMC4681582, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorBone NeoplasmsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHeterograftsHumansImmunohistochemistryIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceIncidenceMiceMice, Inbred BALB COdds RatioPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mafUp-RegulationConceptsBreast cancer bone metastasisCopy number aberrationsCancer bone metastasisBone metastasesRisk of bone metastasisAssociated with bone metastasisBreast cancer cells in vivoPrimary breast tumorsBreast cancer patient populationCancer cells in vivoMetastasis to boneClinical follow-upBreast cancer cellsAssociated with riskCells in vivoCancer patient populationBone relapseCause-specific hazard modelBreast tumorsFollow-upMAF overexpressionMetastasisPatient populationProtein overexpressionCancer cells
2012
Identification of NOG as a Specific Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis-supporting Gene* ♦
Tarragona M, Pavlovic M, Arnal-Estapé A, Urosevic J, Morales M, Guiu M, Planet E, González-Suárez E, Gomis R. Identification of NOG as a Specific Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis-supporting Gene* ♦. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2012, 287: 21346-21355. PMID: 22547073, PMCID: PMC3375555, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.355834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer cellsCancer cellsPrimary siteNOG expressionBone metastatic potentialBone metastatic lesionsMetastatic breast cancer cellsHuman breast cancer cellsAggressive cancer cellsBone relapseMetastatic lesionsPrimary tumorMetastatic nicheTumor cellsBone colonizationMetastatic potentialDistant organsMetastasisOsteoclast differentiationColonic functionBone degradationCell functionNOGBMP inhibitorsBone
2011
Tumor-stroma interactions a trademark for metastasis
Morales M, Planet E, Arnal-Estape A, Pavlovic M, Tarragona M, Gomis R. Tumor-stroma interactions a trademark for metastasis. The Breast 2011, 20: s50-s55. PMID: 22015293, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9776(11)70294-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenes associated with metastasisTumor-stroma interactionsPrimary tumorRisk of relapseTumor-stroma communicationAssociated with metastasisDisseminated diseaseMetastatic nestsMetastatic developmentImmune infiltrationBone colonizationClinical correlatesSystemic instigationMetastasisTumorCytokine-cytokine receptor interactionReceptor interactionCytokine-cytokine receptor interaction pathwayExpression profiling dataGenesRelapseLungPathway