2016
HER2-HER3 dimer quantification by FLIM-FRET predicts breast cancer metastatic relapse independently of HER2 IHC status
Weitsman G, Barber PR, Nguyen LK, Lawler K, Patel G, Woodman N, Kelleher MT, Pinder SE, Rowley M, Ellis PA, Purushotham AD, Coolen AC, Kholodenko BN, Vojnovic B, Gillett C, Ng T. HER2-HER3 dimer quantification by FLIM-FRET predicts breast cancer metastatic relapse independently of HER2 IHC status. Oncotarget 2016, 7: 51012-51026. PMID: 27618787, PMCID: PMC5239455, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup of patientsMetastatic relapsePredictive biomarkersHER2 proteinHER2 IHC statusOnly predictive biomarkerInvasive breast cancerNovel prognostic biomarkerOverexpression of HER2Important prognostic markerBreast cancer tissuesHistology-based analysisSignificant clinical utilityHER2-HER3 dimersIHC statusHER2 expressionTissue microarray coresPrognostic markerBreast cancerPrognostic biomarkerHER2-HER3 heterodimersClinical utilityCancer tissuesTumor progressionDriver of proliferation
2015
Signalling mechanisms regulating phenotypic changes in breast cancer cells
Volinsky N, McCarthy CJ, von Kriegsheim A, Saban N, Okada-Hatakeyama M, Kolch W, Kholodenko BN. Signalling mechanisms regulating phenotypic changes in breast cancer cells. Bioscience Reports 2015, 35: e00178. PMID: 25643809, PMCID: PMC4370098, DOI: 10.1042/bsr20140172.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell fate decisionsATP-citrate lyaseFate decisionsPhenotypic changesBreast cancer cellsEpidermal growth factorCell fate decision processesCancer cellsLipid accumulationIrreversible phenotypic changesPhosphoinositide-3 kinaseSimilar cellular responsesPI3K pathwayGrowth factorRapamycin complexKinase pathwayNegative regulatorMolecular mechanismsCellular responsesMetabolic pathwaysMammalian targetK pathwayCitrate lyaseLipogenic pathwayCell proliferation