2013
Metformin Decreases Glucose Oxidation and Increases the Dependency of Prostate Cancer Cells on Reductive Glutamine Metabolism
Fendt S, Bell E, Keibler M, Davidson S, Wirth G, Fiske B, Mayers J, Schwab M, Bellinger G, Csibi A, Patnaik A, Blouin M, Cantley L, Guarente L, Blenis J, Pollak M, Olumi A, Vander Heiden M, Stephanopoulos G. Metformin Decreases Glucose Oxidation and Increases the Dependency of Prostate Cancer Cells on Reductive Glutamine Metabolism. Cancer Research 2013, 73: 4429-4438. PMID: 23687346, PMCID: PMC3930683, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-0080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProstate cancer cellsProstate cancerCancer cellsGlutamine metabolismReductive glutamine metabolismCancer cell proliferationPresence of metforminCancer cell linesGlucose oxidationCancer outcomesMouse modelAttenuated proliferationMetforminEpidemiology studiesCancerGlutamine anaplerosisCell proliferationPatientsCell linesProliferative defectMetabolismOutcomesProliferationCellsTumors
2006
Formation of Neu/ErbB2-induced mammary tumors is unaffected by loss of ErbB4
Jackson-Fisher AJ, Bellinger G, Shum E, Duong JK, Perkins AS, Gassmann M, Muller W, Kent Lloyd KC, Stern DF. Formation of Neu/ErbB2-induced mammary tumors is unaffected by loss of ErbB4. Oncogene 2006, 25: 5664-5672. PMID: 16652155, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical studiesMammary tumorsMammary glandSimilar latency periodHistology of tumorsLoss of ERBB4Epidermal growth factor receptorTumor suppressorGrowth factor receptorLung metastasesBreast cancerErbb4 allelesMMTV-NeuLatency periodNull miceTumorsReceptor tyrosine kinasesFactor receptorErbB4ErbB familyCancerMiceTyrosine kinaseTissue culture analysisGland
2004
ErbB2 is required for ductal morphogenesis of the mammary gland
Jackson-Fisher AJ, Bellinger G, Ramabhadran R, Morris JK, Lee KF, Stern DF. ErbB2 is required for ductal morphogenesis of the mammary gland. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 17138-17143. PMID: 15569931, PMCID: PMC535384, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0407057101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKinase geneNormal mouse mammary gland developmentReceptor kinase geneMammary budMouse mammary gland developmentReceptor tyrosine kinase geneTyrosine kinase geneMammary gland developmentMammary glandImportant normal functionsFunctions of ErbB2Gland developmentDuctal morphogenesisEpithelial treeLobuloalveolar developmentTerminal end budsLuminal spaceBudsGenesErbB2End budsHuman breast cancerAggressive phenotypeBreast cancerNormal function