2021
E-Cigarettes Promote Macrophage-Tumor Cells Crosstalk: Focus on Breast Carcinoma Progression and Lung Metastasis
Pham K, DeFina S, Wang H. E-Cigarettes Promote Macrophage-Tumor Cells Crosstalk: Focus on Breast Carcinoma Progression and Lung Metastasis. Exploratory Research And Hypothesis In Medicine 2021, 6: 60-66. PMID: 35419501, PMCID: PMC9005083, DOI: 10.14218/erhm.2021.00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor-associated macrophagesBreast cancerMetastasis of BCTumor microenvironmentC motif chemokine ligand 5Enhanced tumor malignancyRisk of metastasisConventional cigarette smokingAggressive breast cancerChemokine ligand 5Breast carcinoma progressionCig vapingDNA damaging effectsCigarette smokingLung metastasesImmune cellsAggressive phenotypeBC progressionMacrophage activationCig useMetastasisTumor malignancyCarcinoma progressionE-cigsE-cigarettes
2020
E-cigarette promotes breast carcinoma progression and lung metastasis: Macrophage-tumor cells crosstalk and the role of CCL5 and VCAM-1
Pham K, Huynh D, Le L, Delitto D, Yang L, Huang J, Kang Y, Steinberg MB, Li J, Zhang L, Liu D, Tang MS, Liu C, Wang H. E-cigarette promotes breast carcinoma progression and lung metastasis: Macrophage-tumor cells crosstalk and the role of CCL5 and VCAM-1. Cancer Letters 2020, 491: 132-145. PMID: 32829009, PMCID: PMC9703643, DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBC cell growthCig exposureLung metastasesBreast cancerVCAM-1V-CAM-1Role of CCL5Upregulated protein expressionBC cell survivalE-cig exposurePro-tumorigenic factorsBC cell apoptosisBreast carcinoma progressionMetastatic lung colonizationCCR5 axisMFP tumorsTAMs infiltrationInfiltrated macrophagesCell growthCo-culture systemImmunohistochemical stainsCell crosstalkBC cellsBC growthProliferation indexElectronic cigarettes promotes the lung colonization of human breast cancer in NOD-SCID-Gamma mice.
Huynh D, Huang J, Le LTT, Liu D, Liu C, Pham K, Wang H. Electronic cigarettes promotes the lung colonization of human breast cancer in NOD-SCID-Gamma mice. International Journal Of Clinical And Experimental Pathology 2020, 13: 2075-2081. PMID: 32922603, PMCID: PMC7476960.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchE-cigsNOD-SCIDGamma miceTumor cellsCig vapour extractElectronic cigarette smokingHuman breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231Breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231Cancer cell line MDA-MB-231Human breast cancer cellsCell line MDA-MB-231E-cig exposureHuman breast cancerMetastasis-promoting effectsTail vein injectionBreast cancer cellsTumor cell proliferationMDA-MB-231Tumor cell apoptosisCig exposureCigarette smokingLung metastasesTumor loadTumor mortalityBreast cancer
2018
RET rearrangements are actionable alterations in breast cancer
Paratala BS, Chung JH, Williams CB, Yilmazel B, Petrosky W, Williams K, Schrock AB, Gay LM, Lee E, Dolfi SC, Pham K, Lin S, Yao M, Kulkarni A, DiClemente F, Liu C, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Ganesan S, Ross JS, Ali SM, Leyland-Jones B, Hirshfield KM. RET rearrangements are actionable alterations in breast cancer. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 4821. PMID: 30446652, PMCID: PMC6240119, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07341-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnilidesAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMCF-7 CellsMiceMice, NudeMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesNIH 3T3 CellsNuclear Receptor CoactivatorsOncogene Proteins, FusionPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPiperidinesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retPyridinesQuinazolinesRas Guanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsReceptor, ErbB-2Signal TransductionXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsBreast cancerRET amplificationRET gene alterationsMetastatic breast cancerNCOA4-RET fusionXenograft tumor formationPI3K pathwayRadiographic responseActionable alterationsLung cancerRET fusionsRET alterationsRET inhibitionIndex caseTherapeutic targetRET rearrangementsCancerGenomic profilingGene alterationsK pathwayTumor formationGene RETNon-tumorigenic cellsSubsequent treatmentOncogenic potential