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Tumor progression and chromatin landscape of lung cancer are regulated by the lineage factor GATA6
Arnal-Estapé A, Cai WL, Albert AE, Zhao M, Stevens LE, López-Giráldez F, Patel KD, Tyagi S, Schmitt EM, Westbrook TF, Nguyen DX. Tumor progression and chromatin landscape of lung cancer are regulated by the lineage factor GATA6. Oncogene 2020, 39: 3726-3737. PMID: 32157212, PMCID: PMC7190573, DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-1246-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromatin landscapeTranscription factorsBone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalingDiverse transcriptional programsAlters chromatin accessibilityMultiple genomic lociMorphogenetic protein signalingDistal enhancer elementsSelective transcription factorsEpithelial cell typesSurfactant protein CChromatin accessibilityGenomic lociTranscriptional programsLung adenocarcinoma progressionTumor progressionEpigenetic mechanismsProtein signalingBiological functionsLUAD progressionLUAD cellsEnhancer elementsLineage dependencyTumor suppressionLung cancer cellsControl of Alveolar Differentiation by the Lineage Transcription Factors GATA6 and HOPX Inhibits Lung Adenocarcinoma Metastasis
Cheung WK, Zhao M, Liu Z, Stevens LE, Cao PD, Fang JE, Westbrook TF, Nguyen DX. Control of Alveolar Differentiation by the Lineage Transcription Factors GATA6 and HOPX Inhibits Lung Adenocarcinoma Metastasis. Cancer Cell 2013, 23: 725-738. PMID: 23707782, PMCID: PMC3697763, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2013.04.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription factor GATA6Normal cell differentiationAlveolar differentiationTumor cell survivalTranscriptional programsLung adenocarcinoma progressionMolecular programsEpithelial specificationTarget genesAirway epithelial differentiationCell differentiationMetastatic competenceCell survivalLung adenocarcinoma metastasisInhibition of metastasisGATA6Adenocarcinoma progressionEpithelial differentiationDifferentiationGenesHOPXADC subtypesAdenocarcinoma metastasisLung cancerADC cells
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