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Li Q, Lin Y, Ni B, Geng H, Wang C, Zhao E, Zhu C. Circadian system disorder induced by aberrantly activated EFNB2-EPHB2 axis leads to facilitated liver metastasis in gastric cancer. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2024:10.1007/s13402-024-00991-1. [PMID: 39298082 DOI: 10.1007/s13402-024-00991-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/30/2024] [Indexed: 09/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Liver is one of the most preferred destinations for distant metastasis of gastric cancer (GC) and liver metastasis usually predicts poor prognosis. The achievement of liver metastasis requires continued cross-talk of complex members in tumor microenvironment (TME) including tumor associated macrophages (TAMs). METHODS Results from 35 cases of ex vivo cultured living tissues of GC liver metastasis have elucidated that circadian rhythm disorder (CRD) of key molecules involved in circadian timing system (CTS) facilitates niche outgrowth. We next analyzed 69 cases of liver metastasis from patients bearing GC and designed co-culture or 3D cell culture, discovering that TAMs expressing EFNB2 could interact with tumor cell expressing EPHB2 for forward downstream signaling and lead to CRD of tumor cells. Moreover, we performed intrasplenic injection models assessed by CT combined 3D organ reconstruction bioluminescence imaging to study liver metastasis and utilized the clodronate treatment, bone marrow transplantation or EPH inhibitor for in vivo study followed by exploring the clinical therapeutic value of which in patient derived xenograft (PDX) mouse model. RESULTS Ex vivo studies demonstrated that CRD of key CTS molecules facilitates niche outgrowth in liver metastases. In vitro studies revealed that TAMs expressing EFNB2 interact with tumor cells expressing EPHB2, leading to CRD and downstream signaling activation. The underlying mechanism is the enhancement of the Warburg effect in metastatic niches. CONCLUSION Overall, we aim to uncover the mechanism in TAMs induced CRD which promotes liver metastasis of GC and provide novel ideas for therapeutic strategies.
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- Qing Li
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Systems Medicine for Cancer, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China.
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China.
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, P.R. China.
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de Sousa C, Eksteen C, Riedemann J, Engelbrecht AM. Highlighting the role of CD44 in cervical cancer progression: immunotherapy's potential in inhibiting metastasis and chemoresistance. Immunol Res 2024; 72:592-604. [PMID: 38816670 PMCID: PMC11347469 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-024-09493-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Cervical cancer affects thousands of women globally with recurring high-risk HPV infections being at the centre of cervical pathology. Oncological treatment strategies are continually challenged by both chemoresistance and metastasis within patients. Although both work hand-in-hand, targeting their individual mechanisms could prove highly beneficial for treatment outcomes. Such targets include the metastatic-promoting stem cell marker, CD44, which is abundant in cervical cancer cells and is common to both chemoresistance and metastatic mechanisms. Seeing that many existing advanced-stage cervical cancer treatment regimes, such as platinum-based chemotherapy regimens, remain limited and are rarely curative, alternative treatment options within the field of immunology are being considered. The use of immune checkpoint inhibition therapy, which targets immune checkpoints, CTLA-4 and PD-1/PD-L1, has shown promise as an alternate standard of care for patients suffering from advanced-stage cervical cancer. Therefore, this review aims to assess whether immune checkpoint inhibition can mitigate the pathological effects of CD44-induced EMT, metastasis, and chemoresistance in cervical cancer patients.
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- Cayleigh de Sousa
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Mike de Vries Building, C/o Merriman and Bosman Street, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Mike de Vries Building, C/o Merriman and Bosman Street, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University, Mike de Vries Building, C/o Merriman and Bosman Street, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa.
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Brindisi M, Frattaruolo L, Fiorillo M, Dolce V, Sotgia F, Lisanti MP, Cappello AR. New insights into cholesterol-mediated ERRα activation in breast cancer progression and pro-tumoral microenvironment orchestration. FEBS J 2023; 290:1481-1501. [PMID: 36237175 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Breast cancer remains the greatest cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Its aggressiveness and progression derive from intricate processes that occur simultaneously both within the tumour itself and in the neighbouring cells that make up its microenvironment. The aim of the present work was firstly to study how elevated cholesterol levels increase tumour aggressiveness. Herein, we demonstrate that cholesterol, by activating ERRα pathway, promotes epithelium-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in breast cancer cells (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) as well as the release of pro-inflammatory factors able to orchestrate the tumour microenvironment. A further objective of this work was to study the close symbiosis between tumour cells and the microenvironment. Our results allow us to highlight, for the first time, that breast cancer cells exposed to high cholesterol levels promote (a) greater macrophages infiltration with induction of an M2 phenotype, (b) angiogenesis and endothelial branching, as well as (c) a cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) phenotype. The effects observed could be due to direct activation of the ERRα pathway by high cholesterol levels, since the simultaneous inhibition of this pathway subverts such effects. Overall, these findings enable us to identify the cholesterol-ERRα synergy as an interesting target for breast cancer treatment.
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- Matteo Brindisi
- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
- Cell Adhesion Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
- Translational Medicine, School of Science, Engineering and the Environment (SEE), University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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- Translational Medicine, School of Science, Engineering and the Environment (SEE), University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK
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- Translational Medicine, School of Science, Engineering and the Environment (SEE), University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
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Sjöholm T, Korenyushkin A, Gammelgård G, Sarén T, Lövgren T, Loskog A, Essand M, Kullberg J, Enblad G, Ahlström H. Whole body FDG PET/MR for progression free and overall survival prediction in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphomas undergoing CAR T-cell therapy. Cancer Imaging 2022; 22:76. [PMID: 36575477 PMCID: PMC9793670 DOI: 10.1186/s40644-022-00513-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To find semi-quantitative and quantitative Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance (PET/MR) imaging metrics of both tumor and non-malignant lymphoid tissue (bone marrow and spleen) for Progression Free Survival (PFS) and Overall Survival (OS) prediction in patients with relapsed/refractory (r/r) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) undergoing Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. METHODS A single-center prospective study of 16 r/r LBCL patients undergoing CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapy. Whole body 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/MR imaging pre-therapy and 3 weeks post-therapy were followed by manual segmentation of tumors and lymphoid tissues. Semi-quantitative and quantitative metrics were extracted, and the metric-wise rate of change (Δ) between post-therapy and pre-therapy calculated. Tumor metrics included maximum Standardized Uptake Value (SUVmax), mean SUV (SUVmean), Metabolic Tumor Volume (MTV), Tumor Lesion Glycolysis (TLG), structural volume (V), total structural tumor burden (Vtotal) and mean Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADCmean). For lymphoid tissues, metrics extracted were SUVmean, mean Fat Fraction (FFmean) and ADCmean for bone marrow, and SUVmean, V and ADCmean for spleen. Univariate Cox regression analysis tested the relationship between extracted metrics and PFS and OS. Survival curves were produced using Kaplan-Meier analysis and compared using the log-rank test, with the median used for dichotomization. Uncorrected p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Correction for multiple comparisons was performed, with a False Discovery Rate (FDR) < 0.05 considered statistically significant. RESULTS Pre-therapy (p < 0.05, FDR < 0.05) and Δ (p < 0.05, FDR > 0.05) total tumor burden structural and metabolic metrics were associated with PFS and/or OS. According to Kaplan-Meier analysis, a longer PFS was reached for patients with pre-therapy MTV ≤ 39.5 ml, ΔMTV≤1.35 and ΔTLG≤1.35. ΔSUVmax was associated with PFS (p < 0.05, FDR > 0.05), while ΔADCmean was associated with both PFS and OS (p < 0.05, FDR > 0.05). ΔADCmean > 0.92 gave longer PFS and OS in the Kaplan-Meier analysis. Pre-therapy bone marrow SUVmean was associated with PFS (p < 0.05, FDR < 0.05) and OS (p < 0.05, FDR > 0.05). For bone marrow FDG uptake, patient stratification was possible pre-therapy (SUVmean ≤ 1.8). CONCLUSIONS MTV, tumor ADCmean and FDG uptake in bone marrow unaffected by tumor infiltration are possible PET/MR parameters for prediction of PFS and OS in r/r LBCL treated with CAR T-cells. TRIAL REGISTRATION EudraCT 2016-004043-36.
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- Therese Sjöholm
- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden ,grid.511796.dAntaros Medical AB, Mölndal, Sweden
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- grid.8993.b0000 0004 1936 9457Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden ,grid.511796.dAntaros Medical AB, Mölndal, Sweden
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Mitochondrial Protein Cox7b Is a Metabolic Sensor Driving Brain-Specific Metastasis of Human Breast Cancer Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14184371. [PMID: 36139533 PMCID: PMC9497206 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14184371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Distant metastases are detrimental for cancer patients, but the increasingly early detection of tumors offers a chance for metastasis prevention. Importantly, cancers do not metastasize randomly: depending on the type of cancer, metastatic progenitor cells have a predilection for well-defined organs. This has been theorized by Stephen Paget, who proposed the “seed-and-soil hypothesis”, according to which metastatic colonization occurs only when the needs of a given metastatic progenitor cell (the seed) match with the resources provided by a given organ (the soil). Here, we propose to explore the seed-and-soil hypothesis in the context of cancer metabolism, thus hypothesizing that metastatic progenitor cells must be capable of detecting the availability of metabolic resources in order to home in a secondary organ. If true, it would imply the existence of metabolic sensors. Using human triple-negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells and two independent brain-seeking variants as models, we report that cyclooxygenase 7b (Cox7b), a structural component of Complex IV of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, belongs to a probably larger family of proteins responsible for breast cancer brain tropism in mice. For metastasis prevention therapy, this proof-of-principle study opens a quest for the identification of therapeutically targetable metabolic sensors that drive cancer organotropism.
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Khan SU, Fatima K, Malik F. Understanding the cell survival mechanism of anoikis-resistant cancer cells during different steps of metastasis. Clin Exp Metastasis 2022; 39:715-726. [PMID: 35829806 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-022-10172-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Anchorage-independent survival of cancer cells is associated with metastasis as it enables cells to travel to secondary target sites. Tissue integrity is generally maintained by detachment-induced cell death called 'anoikis', but cancer cells undergoing the multistep metastatic process show resistance to anoikis. Anoikis resistance enables these cells to survive through the extracellular matrix (ECM) deprived phase, which starts when cancer cells detach and move into the circulation till cells reach to the secondary target site. Comprehensive analysis of the molecular and functional biology of anoikis resistance in cancer cells will provide crucial details about cancer metastasis, enabling us to identify novel therapeutic targets against cancer cell dissemination and ultimately secondary tumor formation. This review broadly summarizes recent advances in the understanding of cellular and molecular events leading to anoikis and anoikis resistance. It further elaborates more about the signaling cross-talk in anoikis resistance and its regulation during metastasis.
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- Sameer Ullah Khan
- Department of Cancer Pharmacology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar, 190005, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), 201002, Ghaziabad, India
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- Department of Cancer Pharmacology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar, 190005, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), 201002, Ghaziabad, India
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- Department of Cancer Pharmacology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Sanat Nagar, 190005, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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Santonja Á, Moya-García AA, Ribelles N, Jiménez-Rodríguez B, Pajares B, Fernández-De Sousa CE, Pérez-Ruiz E, Del Monte-Millán M, Ruiz-Borrego M, de la Haba J, Sánchez-Rovira P, Romero A, González-Neira A, Lluch A, Alba E. Role of germline variants in the metastasis of breast carcinomas. Oncotarget 2022; 13:843-862. [PMID: 35782051 PMCID: PMC9245581 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Most cancer-related deaths in breast cancer patients are associated with metastasis, a multistep, intricate process that requires the cooperation of tumour cells, tumour microenvironment and metastasis target tissues. It is accepted that metastasis does not depend on the tumour characteristics but the host’s genetic makeup. However, there has been limited success in determining the germline genetic variants that influence metastasis development, mainly because of the limitations of traditional genome-wide association studies to detect the relevant genetic polymorphisms underlying complex phenotypes. In this work, we leveraged the extreme discordant phenotypes approach and the epistasis networks to analyse the genotypes of 97 breast cancer patients. We found that the host’s genetic makeup facilitates metastases by the dysregulation of gene expression that can promote the dispersion of metastatic seeds and help establish the metastatic niche—providing a congenial soil for the metastatic seeds.
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- Ángela Santonja
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospitales Universitarios Regional y Virgen de la Victoria de Málaga, Spain.,Laboratorio de Biología Molecular del Cáncer, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias (CIMES), Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.,These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular del Cáncer, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias (CIMES), Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.,Departmento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.,These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica Intercentro de Oncología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospitales Universitarios Regional y Virgen de la Victoria de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología, CIBERONC-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica Intercentro de Oncología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospitales Universitarios Regional y Virgen de la Victoria de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica Intercentro de Oncología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospitales Universitarios Regional y Virgen de la Victoria de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospitales Universitarios Regional y Virgen de la Victoria de Málaga, Spain.,Laboratorio de Biología Molecular del Cáncer, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias (CIMES), Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología, CIBERONC-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología, CIBERONC-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.,Biomedical Research Institute, Complejo Hospitalario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain
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- Human Genotyping-CEGEN Unit, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología, CIBERONC-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Oncology and Hematology, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain.,INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular del Cáncer, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias (CIMES), Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.,Unidad de Gestión Clínica Intercentro de Oncología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Hospitales Universitarios Regional y Virgen de la Victoria de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Oncología, CIBERONC-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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Choi JS, Yoon D, Han K, Koo JS, Kim S, Kim MJ. Impact of intratumoral heterogeneity on the metabolic profiling of breast cancer tissue using high-resolution magic angle spinning magnetic resonance spectroscopy. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2022; 35:e4682. [PMID: 34959254 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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High-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a useful metabolic profiling technique for human tissue. However, the impact of intratumoral heterogeneity on the metabolite levels of breast cancers is not yet established. The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate whether the tumor cell fraction of core needle biopsy (CNB) specimens of breast cancers affect metabolic profiles assessed with HR-MAS MRS. From June 2015 to December 2016, 46 patients with 47 breast cancers were enrolled. HR-MAS MRS was used for the metabolic profiling of 285 CNB specimens from the 47 cancers. Multiple CNB samples (range 2-8) for the HR-MAS MRS experiment were obtained from surgical specimens under ultrasound guidance following surgical removal of the tumor. Tumor cell fraction was expressed as a percentage of the tumor cell volume relative to the total tumor volume contained in each CNB sample. Metabolite quantification levels were compared according to primary tumor characteristics using the t-test. Multivariate analyses were performed including primary tumor characteristics and tumor cell percentages as variables. Correlations between tumor cell percentage and metabolite levels in the CNB specimens were assessed according to the immunohistochemical status of the primary tumor. In univariate analysis, levels of choline-containing compounds, glutamate, glutamine, glycine, serine, and taurine were correlated with primary tumor characteristics. In multivariate analysis, most metabolite levels were not affected by tumor cell percentage. Tumor cell percentage showed poor correlation with metabolite levels in hormone receptor-positive cancer and triple-negative cancer, and poor to fair correlation with metabolite levels in HER2-positive cancer. This study showed that differences in the tumor cell fraction of CNB samples do not affect predictions on the primary cancer from which the samples are obtained.
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- Ji Soo Choi
- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Digital Health, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science Center for Clinical Imaging Data Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Institute for Functional Materials, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Han Y, Wang D, Peng L, Huang T, He X, Wang J, Ou C. Single-cell sequencing: a promising approach for uncovering the mechanisms of tumor metastasis. J Hematol Oncol 2022; 15:59. [PMID: 35549970 PMCID: PMC9096771 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-022-01280-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Single-cell sequencing (SCS) is an emerging high-throughput technology that can be used to study the genomics, transcriptomics, and epigenetics at a single cell level. SCS is widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, including cancer. Over the years, SCS has gradually become an effective clinical tool for the exploration of tumor metastasis mechanisms and the development of treatment strategies. Currently, SCS can be used not only to analyze metastasis-related malignant biological characteristics, such as tumor heterogeneity, drug resistance, and microenvironment, but also to construct metastasis-related cell maps for predicting and monitoring the dynamics of metastasis. SCS is also used to identify therapeutic targets related to metastasis as it provides insights into the distribution of tumor cell subsets and gene expression differences between primary and metastatic tumors. Additionally, SCS techniques in combination with artificial intelligence (AI) are used in liquid biopsy to identify circulating tumor cells (CTCs), thereby providing a novel strategy for treating tumor metastasis. In this review, we summarize the potential applications of SCS in the field of tumor metastasis and discuss the prospects and limitations of SCS to provide a theoretical basis for finding therapeutic targets and mechanisms of metastasis.
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- Yingying Han
- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Departments of Ultrasound Imaging, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China. .,Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410031, Hunan, China. .,Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China.
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China. .,National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
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Zhu Q, Schultz E, Long J, Roh JM, Valice E, Laurent CA, Radimer KH, Yan L, Ergas IJ, Davis W, Ranatunga D, Gandhi S, Kwan ML, Bao PP, Zheng W, Shu XO, Ambrosone C, Yao S, Kushi LH. UACA locus is associated with breast cancer chemoresistance and survival. NPJ Breast Cancer 2022; 8:39. [PMID: 35322040 PMCID: PMC8943134 DOI: 10.1038/s41523-022-00401-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Few germline genetic variants have been robustly linked with breast cancer outcomes. We conducted trans-ethnic meta genome-wide association study (GWAS) of overall survival (OS) in 3973 breast cancer patients from the Pathways Study, one of the largest prospective breast cancer survivor cohorts. A locus spanning the UACA gene, a key regulator of tumor suppressor Par-4, was associated with OS in patients taking Par-4 dependent chemotherapies, including anthracyclines and anti-HER2 therapy, at a genome-wide significance level (\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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\begin{document}$$P = 4.68 \times 10^{ - 7}$$\end{document}P=4.68×10−7). Our study identified the UACA locus as a genetic predictor of patient outcome following treatment with anthracyclines and/or anti-HER2 therapy, which may have clinical utility in formulating appropriate treatment strategies for breast cancer patients based on their genetic makeup.
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- Qianqian Zhu
- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA.
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA.
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Zhou H, He X, He Y, Ou C, Cao P. Exosomal circRNAs: Emerging Players in Tumor Metastasis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:786224. [PMID: 34957113 PMCID: PMC8692866 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.786224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Metastasis is an important feature of malignant tumors, and is the primary cause of poor prognosis and treatment failure, in addition to representing a potentially fatal challenge for cancer patients. Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles 30–150 nm in diameter that transmit cargo, such as DNA, RNA, and proteins, as a means of intercellular communication. Exosomes play crucial roles in a range of human diseases, especially malignant tumors. A growing number of studies have verified that circRNAs can be enveloped in exosomes and transferred from secretory cells to recipient cells, thereby regulating tumor progression, especially tumor metastasis. Exosomal circRNAs regulate tumor cell metastasis not only by regulating the signaling pathways, but also by affecting the tumor microenvironment. Moreover, exosomal circRNAs have the potential to serve as valuable diagnostic biomarkers and novel therapeutic targets in cancer patients. In this review, we summarize the mechanism by which exosomal circRNAs modulate metastatic phenomena in various types of tumors, and put forward the prospects of clinical applications of exosomal circRNAs in tumor therapy.
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- Hao Zhou
- Department of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Departments of Ultrasound Imaging, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Pengfei Cao, ; Chunlin Ou,
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- Department of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Pengfei Cao, ; Chunlin Ou,
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Morra A, Escala-Garcia M, Beesley J, Keeman R, Canisius S, Ahearn TU, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Auer PL, Augustinsson A, Beane Freeman LE, Becher H, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Bojesen SE, Bolla MK, Brenner H, Brüning T, Buys SS, Caan B, Campa D, Canzian F, Castelao JE, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Cheng TYD, Clarke CL, Colonna SV, Couch FJ, Cox A, Cross SS, Czene K, Daly MB, Dennis J, Dörk T, Dossus L, Dunning AM, Dwek M, Eccles DM, Ekici AB, Eliassen AH, Eriksson M, Evans DG, Fasching PA, Flyger H, Fritschi L, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Sáenz JA, Giles GG, Grip M, Guénel P, Gündert M, Hahnen E, Haiman CA, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Hart SN, Hartikainen JM, Hartmann A, He W, Hooning MJ, Hoppe R, Hopper JL, Howell A, Hunter DJ, Jager A, Jakubowska A, Janni W, John EM, Jung AY, Kaaks R, Keupers M, Kitahara CM, Koutros S, Kraft P, Kristensen VN, Kurian AW, Lacey JV, Lambrechts D, Le Marchand L, Lindblom A, Linet M, Luben RN, Lubiński J, Lush M, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Martens JWM, Martinez ME, Mavroudis D, Michailidou K, Milne RL, Mulligan AM, Muranen TA, Nevanlinna H, Newman WG, Nielsen SF, Nordestgaard BG, Olshan AF, Olsson H, Orr N, Park-Simon TW, Patel AV, Peissel B, Peterlongo P, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Prajzendanc K, Prentice R, Presneau N, Rack B, Rennert G, Rennert HS, Rhenius V, Romero A, Roylance R, Ruebner M, Saloustros E, Sawyer EJ, Schmutzler RK, Schneeweiss A, Scott C, Shah M, Smichkoska S, Southey MC, Stone J, Surowy H, Swerdlow AJ, Tamimi RM, Tapper WJ, Teras LR, Terry MB, Tollenaar RAEM, Tomlinson I, Troester MA, Truong T, Vachon CM, Wang Q, Hurson AN, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Ziogas A, Brauch H, García-Closas M, Pharoah PDP, Easton DF, Chenevix-Trench G, Schmidt MK. Association of germline genetic variants with breast cancer-specific survival in patient subgroups defined by clinic-pathological variables related to tumor biology and type of systemic treatment. Breast Cancer Res 2021; 23:86. [PMID: 34407845 PMCID: PMC8371820 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-021-01450-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Given the high heterogeneity among breast tumors, associations between common germline genetic variants and survival that may exist within specific subgroups could go undetected in an unstratified set of breast cancer patients. METHODS We performed genome-wide association analyses within 15 subgroups of breast cancer patients based on prognostic factors, including hormone receptors, tumor grade, age, and type of systemic treatment. Analyses were based on 91,686 female patients of European ancestry from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium, including 7531 breast cancer-specific deaths over a median follow-up of 8.1 years. Cox regression was used to assess associations of common germline variants with 15-year and 5-year breast cancer-specific survival. We assessed the probability of these associations being true positives via the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP < 0.15). RESULTS Evidence of associations with breast cancer-specific survival was observed in three patient subgroups, with variant rs5934618 in patients with grade 3 tumors (15-year-hazard ratio (HR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] 1.32 [1.20, 1.45], P = 1.4E-08, BFDP = 0.01, per G allele); variant rs4679741 in patients with ER-positive tumors treated with endocrine therapy (15-year-HR [95% CI] 1.18 [1.11, 1.26], P = 1.6E-07, BFDP = 0.09, per G allele); variants rs1106333 (15-year-HR [95% CI] 1.68 [1.39,2.03], P = 5.6E-08, BFDP = 0.12, per A allele) and rs78754389 (5-year-HR [95% CI] 1.79 [1.46,2.20], P = 1.7E-08, BFDP = 0.07, per A allele), in patients with ER-negative tumors treated with chemotherapy. CONCLUSIONS We found evidence of four loci associated with breast cancer-specific survival within three patient subgroups. There was limited evidence for the existence of associations in other patient subgroups. However, the power for many subgroups is limited due to the low number of events. Even so, our results suggest that the impact of common germline genetic variants on breast cancer-specific survival might be limited.
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- Anna Morra
- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, 1066 CX The Netherlands
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, 1066 CX The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland Australia
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, 1066 CX The Netherlands
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, 1066 CX The Netherlands
- Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Fred A. Litwin Center for Cancer Genetics, Toronto, ON Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA USA
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA USA
- Zilber School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI USA
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Genomic Epidemiology Group, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Galicia Sur (IISGS), Xerencia de Xestion Integrada de Vigo-SERGAS, Oncology and Genetics Unit, Vigo, Spain
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Cancer Epidemiology Group, University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY USA
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- Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Institute for Nucleic Acids (SInFoNiA), Sheffield, UK
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- Academic Unit of Pathology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
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- Gynaecology Research Unit, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France
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- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Boston, MA USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, North West Genomics Laboratory Hub, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
- Department of Medicine Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia Australia
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- Galician Public Foundation of Genomic Medicine (FPGMX), Genomic Medicine Group, International Cancer Genetics and Epidemiology Group, Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA USA
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria San Carlos (IdISSC), Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria Australia
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- Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Team Exposome and Heredity, INSERM, University Paris-Saclay, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Villejuif, France
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- Molecular Epidemiology Group, C080, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer, University Womens Clinic Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Oncology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Translational Cancer Research Area, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Pathology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen Nuremberg, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
- University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Research Department, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
- Independent Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Genetic Diagnostics, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, , University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
- Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA USA
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- Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
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- VIB Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Clinical Gerontology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
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- Translational Cancer Research Area, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Kuopio University Hospital, Biobank of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA USA
- Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
- Biostatistics Unit, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
- The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
- University Health Network, Laboratory Medicine Program, Toronto, ON Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
- St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, North West Genomics Laboratory Hub, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Manchester, UK
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- Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Department of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Genome Diagnostics Program, IFOM - the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- MASA, Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology ‘Georgi D. Efremov’, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Carmel Medical Center and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Carmel Medical Center and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Guy’s Campus, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Cologne, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer, University Womens Clinic Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- University Hospital and German Cancer Research Center, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
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- Medical Faculty, University Clinic of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria Australia
- Department of Clinical Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Genetic Epidemiology Group, School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia Australia
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- Molecular Epidemiology Group, C080, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer, University Womens Clinic Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA
- Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- Department of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Team Exposome and Heredity, INSERM, University Paris-Saclay, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Villejuif, France
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- Department of Health Science Research, Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Cancer and Translational Medicine Research Unit, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Northern Finland Laboratory Centre Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA USA
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- Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Stuttgart, Germany
- iFIT-Cluster of Excellence, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Partner Site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland Australia
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, 1066 CX The Netherlands
- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Rustamadji P, Wiyarta E, Bethania KA, Kusmardi K. Potential of AKT2 expression as a predictor of lymph-node metastasis in invasive breast carcinoma of no special type. J Pathol Transl Med 2021; 55:271-278. [PMID: 34111909 PMCID: PMC8353139 DOI: 10.4132/jptm.2021.04.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Invasive breast carcinoma of no special type (IBC-NST) is the most common type of breast cancer and mainly causes regional lymph-node metastasis (LNM). We investigated the potential for AKT2 expression as a predictive biomarker for LNM in IBC-NST. METHODS Forty-eight paraffin blocks containing IBC-NST primary tumors were divided into two groups based on presence or absence of LNM. Age, tumor grade, tumor size, lymphovascular invasion (LVI), and AKT expression were assessed. AKT2 expression was assessed based on immunohistochemical staining, while other data were collected from archives. RESULTS Multiple logistic regression results showed that AKT2 expression and LVI were significantly associated with LNM (odds ratio [OR], 5.32; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.42 to 19.93 and OR, 4.46; 95% CI, 1.17 to 16.97, respectively). AKT2 expression was able to discriminate against LNM (area under the receiver operating characteristic, 0.799 ± 0.063; 95% CI, 0.676 to 0.921) at an H-score cutoff of 104.62 (83.3% sensitivity, 62.5% specificity). CONCLUSIONS AKT2 expression has potential as a predictor of LNM in IBC-NST. The H-score cutoff for AKT2 expression can be used as a classification guide in future studies.
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- Primariadewi Rustamadji
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Drug Development Research Cluster, Human Cancer Research Center, IMERI, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Kariri YA, Aleskandarany MA, Joseph C, Kurozumi S, Mohammed OJ, Toss MS, Green AR, Rakha EA. Molecular Complexity of Lymphovascular Invasion: The Role of Cell Migration in Breast Cancer as a Prototype. Pathobiology 2020; 87:218-231. [PMID: 32645698 DOI: 10.1159/000508337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is associated with poor outcome in breast cancer (BC); however, its underlying mechanisms remain ill-defined. LVI in BC develops through complex molecular pathways involving not only the interplay with the surrounding microenvironment along with endothelial cells lining the lymphovascular spaces but also changes in the malignant epithelial cells with the acquisition of more invasive and migration abilities. In this review, we focus on the key features that enable tumour cell detachment from the primary niche, their migration and interaction with the surrounding microenvironment as well as the crosstalk with the vascular endothelial cells, which eventually lead to intravasation of tumour cells and LVI. Intravascular tumour cell survival and migration, their distant site extravasation, stromal invasion and growth are part of the metastatic cascade. Cancer cell migration commences with loss of tumour cells' cohesion initiating the invasion and migration processes which are usually accompanied by the accumulation of specific cellular and molecular changes that enable tumour cells to overcome the blockades of the extracellular matrix, spread into surrounding tissues and interact with stromal cells and immune cells. Thereafter, tumour cells migrate further via interacting with lymphovascular endothelial cells to penetrate the vessel wall leading ultimately to intravasation of cancer cells. Exploring the potential factors influencing cell migration in LVI can help in understanding the underlying mechanisms of LVI to identify targeted therapy in BC.
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- Yousif A Kariri
- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.,Faculty of Applied Medical Science, Shaqra University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.,Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham Biodiscovery Institute, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom,
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Lee JW, Kim SY, Han SW, Lee JE, Lee HJ, Heo NH, Lee SM. [ 18F]FDG uptake of bone marrow on PET/CT for predicting distant recurrence in breast cancer patients after surgical resection. EJNMMI Res 2020; 10:72. [PMID: 32607957 PMCID: PMC7326752 DOI: 10.1186/s13550-020-00660-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Background The objective of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of 2-Deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) uptake of bone marrow (BM) and metabolic parameters of primary tumor on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for predicting distant recurrence in patients with breast cancer. Methods Pretreatment [18F]FDG PET/CT images of 345 breast cancer patients were retrospectively evaluated. Maximum standardized uptake value, metabolic tumor volume, and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) of primary breast cancer and bone marrow-to-liver uptake ratio (BLR) on PET/CT were measured. A Cox proportional hazard regression model was used to evaluate the prognostic potential of parameters for predicting recurrence-free survival (RFS) and distant RFS. For Kaplan-Meier analysis, the specific cutoff values pf BLR and TLG were determined by the maximal chi-square method. Results The median follow-up duration of the enrolled patients was 48.7 months, and during follow-up, 36 patients (10.4%) experienced the cancer recurrence. BLR was significantly correlated with T stage, serum inflammatory markers, and recurrence pattern (p < 0.05). Patients with high BLR and TLG showed worse RFS and distant RFS than those with low BLR and TLG. On multivariate analysis, BLR was significantly associated with both RFS and distant RFS after adjusting for T stage, estrogen receptor status, and TLG (p = 0.001 for both). Only 0.5% of patients with TLG < 9.64 g and BLR < 0.91 experienced distant recurrence. However, patients with TLG ≥ 9.64 g and BLR ≥ 0.91 had a distant recurrence rate of 40.7%. Conclusions BLR on pretreatment [18F]FDG PET/CT were significant predictors for RFS and distant RFS in patients with breast cancer. By combining [18F]FDG uptake of BM and volumetric PET/CT index of breast cancer, the risk of distant recurrence could be stratified.
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- Jeong Won Lee
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, International St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, Simgok-ro 100-gil 25, Seo-gu, Incheon, 22711, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, 31151, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, 31151, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, 31151, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, 31151, South Korea
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- Clinical Trial Center, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, 31151, South Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 31 Suncheonhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, 31151, South Korea.
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Yousefi M, Dehghani S, Nosrati R, Ghanei M, Salmaninejad A, Rajaie S, Hasanzadeh M, Pasdar A. Current insights into the metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancer - hopes and hurdles. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2020; 43:515-538. [PMID: 32418122 DOI: 10.1007/s13402-020-00513-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women worldwide. Despite various attempts to improve the diagnosis and therapy of ovarian cancer patients, the survival rate for these patients is still dismal, mainly because most of them are diagnosed at a late stage. Up to 90% of ovarian cancers arise from neoplastic transformation of ovarian surface epithelial cells, and are usually referred to as epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Unlike most human cancers, which are disseminated through blood-borne metastatic routes, EOC has traditionally been thought to be disseminated through direct migration of ovarian tumor cells to the peritoneal cavity and omentum via peritoneal fluid. It has recently been shown, however, that EOC can also be disseminated through blood-borne metastatic routes, challenging previous thoughts about ovarian cancer metastasis. CONCLUSIONS Here, we review our current understanding of the most updated cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying EOC metastasis and discuss in more detail two main metastatic routes of EOC, i.e., transcoelomic metastasis and hematogenous metastasis. The emerging concept of blood-borne EOC metastasis has led to exploration of the significance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) as novel and non-invasive prognostic markers in this daunting cancer. We also evaluate the role of tumor stroma, including cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs), tumor associated macrophages (TAMs), endothelial cells, adipocytes, dendritic cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) components in EOC growth and metastasis. Lastly, we discuss therapeutic approaches for targeting EOC. Unraveling the mechanisms underlying EOC metastasis will open up avenues to the design of new therapeutic options. For instance, understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the hematogenous metastasis of EOC, the biology of CTCs, and the detailed mechanisms through which EOC cells take advantage of stromal cells may help to find new opportunities for targeting EOC metastasis.
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- Meysam Yousefi
- Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.,Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.,Halal Research Center of IRI, FDA, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, Arsanjan Branch, Arsanjan, Iran
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. .,Bioinformatics Research Group, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. .,Division of Applied Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK.
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Ciavatta ML, Lefranc F, Vieira LM, Kiss R, Carbone M, van Otterlo WAL, Lopanik NB, Waeschenbach A. The Phylum Bryozoa: From Biology to Biomedical Potential. Mar Drugs 2020; 18:E200. [PMID: 32283669 PMCID: PMC7230173 DOI: 10.3390/md18040200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Less than one percent of marine natural products characterized since 1963 have been obtained from the phylum Bryozoa which, therefore, still represents a huge reservoir for the discovery of bioactive metabolites with its ~6000 described species. The current review is designed to highlight how bryozoans use sophisticated chemical defenses against their numerous predators and competitors, and which can be harbored for medicinal uses. This review collates all currently available chemoecological data about bryozoans and lists potential applications/benefits for human health. The core of the current review relates to the potential of bryozoan metabolites in human diseases with particular attention to viral, brain, and parasitic diseases. It additionally weighs the pros and cons of total syntheses of some bryozoan metabolites versus the synthesis of non-natural analogues, and explores the hopes put into the development of biotechnological approaches to provide sustainable amounts of bryozoan metabolites without harming the natural environment.
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- Maria Letizia Ciavatta
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (ICB), Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; (M.L.C.); (M.C.)
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- Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Departamento de Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE 50670-901, Brazil;
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- Retired – formerly at the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS), 1000 Brussels, Belgium;
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare (ICB), Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy; (M.L.C.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa;
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- School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA;
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Day CM, Hickey SM, Song Y, Plush SE, Garg S. Novel Tamoxifen Nanoformulations for Improving Breast Cancer Treatment: Old Wine in New Bottles. Molecules 2020; 25:E1182. [PMID: 32151063 PMCID: PMC7179425 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer (BC) is one of the leading causes of death from cancer in women; second only to lung cancer. Tamoxifen (TAM) is a hydrophobic anticancer agent and a selective estrogen modulator (SERM), approved by the FDA for hormone therapy of BC. Despite having striking efficacy in BC therapy, concerns regarding the dose-dependent carcinogenicity of TAM still persist, restricting its therapeutic applications. Nanotechnology has emerged as one of the most important strategies to solve the issue of TAM toxicity, owing to the ability of nano-enabled-formulations to deliver smaller concentrations of TAM to cancer cells, over a longer period of time. Various TAM-containing-nanosystems have been successfully fabricated to selectively deliver TAM to specific molecular targets found on tumour membranes, reducing unwanted toxic effects. This review begins with an outline of breast cancer, the current treatment options and a history of how TAM has been used as a combatant of BC. A detailed discussion of various nanoformulation strategies used to deliver lower doses of TAM selectively to breast tumours will then follow. Finally, a commentary on future perspectives of TAM being employed as a targeting vector, to guide the delivery of other therapeutic and diagnostic agents selectively to breast tumours will be presented.
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- Candace M. Day
- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Cancer Research Institute, North Terrace, 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia; (C.M.D.); (S.M.H.); (Y.S.)
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Cancer Research Institute, North Terrace, 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia; (C.M.D.); (S.M.H.); (Y.S.)
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Cancer Research Institute, North Terrace, 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia; (C.M.D.); (S.M.H.); (Y.S.)
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Cancer Research Institute, North Terrace, 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia; (C.M.D.); (S.M.H.); (Y.S.)
- Future Industry Institute, University of South Australia, 5095 Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Cancer Research Institute, North Terrace, 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia; (C.M.D.); (S.M.H.); (Y.S.)
- Future Industry Institute, University of South Australia, 5095 Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia
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Yang L, Yang X, He W, Liu S, Jiang C, Xie K, Peng K, You Y, Zhang B, Xia L. Comparisons of metastatic patterns of colorectal cancer among patients by age group: a population-based study. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 10:4107-4119. [PMID: 30594909 PMCID: PMC6326680 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Population-based evaluations of the incidence of metastatic colorectal cancer at diagnosis among different age groups are lacking. Therefore, we investigated the effects of age at diagnosis on metastatic colorectal cancer and patients’ prognoses. The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database was used to identify patients diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer. Multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to identify factors associated with poor survival. The Kaplan–Meier analysis was used to estimate survival differences between the subgroups. We identified 30,333 adult patients diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer between 2010 and 2014. The younger and middle-aged groups had better survival than the older group when brain metastasis was not involved. The liver was the most common site of metastasis followed by the liver and lung combined. Age at diagnosis was an independent factor in patients’ survival. Survival differences between two and three-sites of metastases were found in the middle-aged and older groups but not in the younger group. No survival differences between three and four sites of metastases were found in any of the age groups. Therefore, the incidence and prognosis of metastatic sites for metastatic colorectal cancer varied by age group.
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- Lin Yang
- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Mao X, Jin F. The Exosome And Breast Cancer Cell Plasticity. Onco Targets Ther 2019; 12:9817-9825. [PMID: 31819481 PMCID: PMC6874230 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s214133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer cell plasticity is the ability of cancer cells to reversibly interchange between distinct cell status, which plays a key role in cancer progression. Cancer cell plasticity is now known to be shaped by the secreted nanoparticles termed exosomes which transport proteins and lipids as well as nucleic acids. These aspects have emerged as key determinants of tumor progression and targeting, with approaches such as immunotherapy showing promise in the clinic. While significant strides have been made in this research area, some very interesting questions still warrant more and deeper investigation. We provide a review of the interplay between exosomes and breast cancer cell plasticity, and the potential implication in metastases and drug-resistance.
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- Xiaoyun Mao
- Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China
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Kamiya T. [Regulation of Extracellular Redox Homeostasis in Tumor Microenvironment]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2019; 139:1139-1144. [PMID: 31474628 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.19-00128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Excessive generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been implicated in the progression of tumors. Superoxide dismutase 3 (SOD3) is a copper-containing secretory antioxidative enzyme that plays a critical role in redox homeostasis, particularly in extracellular spaces. Considerable evidence suggests that SOD3 protein expression is significantly decreased or lost in several tumor tissues, and this loss results in tumor metastasis. On the other hand, epigenetic disturbances, including DNA hyper-/hypomethylation, histone de/acetylation, and histone de/methylation, may be involved in tumorigenesis and the progression of metastasis. However, regulation of SOD3 in the tumor microenvironment and the involvement of epigenetics in its expression remain unclear. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying SOD3 expression, we investigated the involvement of epigenetics, including DNA methylation and histone modifications, in its regulation in tumor cells and macrophages. SOD3 expression in human monocytic THP-1 cells and human lung cancer A549 cells was silenced by DNA hypermethylation within the SOD3 promoter region. Furthermore, the DNA demethylase, ten-eleven translocation 1, was shown for the first time to play a key role in regulation of DNA methylation within that region. We also demonstrated that myocyte enhancer factor 2 functioned as one of the transcription factors of SOD3 expression in THP-1 cells. Collectively, these novel results will contribute to the elucidation of epigenetic redox regulation, and may provide important insights into tumorigenesis and tumor metastasis.
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- Tetsuro Kamiya
- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics, Department of Biomedical Pharmaceutics, Gifu Pharmaceutical University
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Allocca G, Hughes R, Wang N, Brown HK, Ottewell PD, Brown NJ, Holen I. The bone metastasis niche in breast cancer-potential overlap with the haematopoietic stem cell niche in vivo. J Bone Oncol 2019; 17:100244. [PMID: 31236323 PMCID: PMC6582079 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbo.2019.100244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bone metastasis is one of the most common complications of advanced breast cancer. During dissemination to bone, breast cancer cells locate in a putative 'metastatic niche', a microenvironment that regulates the colonisation, maintenance of tumour cell dormancy and subsequent tumour growth. The precise location and composition of the bone metastatic niche is not clearly defined. We have used in vivo models of early breast cancer dissemination to provide novel evidence that demonstrates overlap between endosteal, perivascular, HSC and the metastatic niche in bone. METHODS Estrogen Receptor (ER) +ve and -ve breast cancer cells were labelled with membrane dyes Vybrant-DiD and Vybrant-CM-DiI and injected via different routes in BALBc/nude mice of different ages. Two-photon microscopy was used to detect and quantitate tumour cells and map their location within the bone microenvironment as well as their distance to the nearest bone surface compared to the nearest other tumour cell. To investigate whether the metastatic niche overlapped with the HSC niche, animals were pre-treated with the CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100 to mobilise hematopoietic (HSCs) prior to injection of breast cancer cells. RESULTS Breast cancer cells displayed a characteristic pattern of homing in the long bones, with the majority of tumour cells seeded in the trabecular regions, regardless of the route of injection, cell-line characteristics (ER status) or animal age. Breast cancer cells located in close proximity to the nearest bone surface and the average distance between individual tumour cells was higher than their distance to bone. Mobilisation of HSCs from the niche to the circulation prior to injection of cell lines resulted in increased numbers of tumour cells disseminated in trabecular regions. CONCLUSION Our data provide evidence that homing of breast cancer cells is independent of their ER status and that the breast cancer bone metastasis niche is located within the trabecular region of bone, an area rich in osteoblasts and microvessels. The increased number of breast cancer cells homing to bone after mobilisation of HSCs suggests that the HSC and the bone metastasis niche overlap.
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Key Words
- ANOVA, Analysis of variance
- Animal models
- Bone metastasis
- Breast cancer
- CTC, Circulating tumour cell
- DAPI, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
- DTC, Disseminated tumour cell
- EDTA, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- ER, Estrogen Receptor
- FBS, Foetal bovine serum
- GFP, Green fluorescent protein
- HSC, Hematopoietic stem cell
- Hematopoietic stem cell
- IC, Intra cardiac
- IV, Intra venous
- Luc2, Luciferase2
- OVX, Ovariectomy
- ROI, Region of interest
- TSP-1, thrombospondin-1
- µCT, Microcomputed tomography
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, Medical School, University of Sheffield, UK
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Hu C, Chen M, Jiang R, Guo Y, Wu M, Zhang X. Exosome-related tumor microenvironment. J Cancer 2018; 9:3084-3092. [PMID: 30210631 PMCID: PMC6134819 DOI: 10.7150/jca.26422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The tumor microenvironment (tumor cells are located in the internal and external environment) is vital for the occurrence, growth and metastasis of tumors. An increasing number of studies have shown that exosomes are closely related to the tumor microenvironment. The mechanisms involved, however, are unclear. The focus of this review is on the exosome-related tumor microenvironment and other relevant factors, such as hypoxia, inflammation and angiogenesis. Many studies have suggested that exosomes are important mediators of metastasis, angiogenesis, and immune modulation in the tumor microenvironment. Additionally, exosomes can be isolated from bodily fluids of cancer patients, including urine, blood, saliva, milk, tumor effusion, cerebrospinal fluid, amniotic fluid and so on. Consequently, exosomes are potential biomarkers for clinical predictions and are also good drug carriers because they can cross the biofilm without triggering an immune response. Collectively, these findings illustrate that exosomes are crucial for developing potential targets for a new generation of pharmaceutical therapies that would improve the tumor microenvironment.
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- Cheng Hu
- School of Medicine and Life Sciences , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Prevention and Treatment of Tumor, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine and Life Sciences , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Prevention and Treatment of Tumor, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine and Life Sciences , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Prevention and Treatment of Tumor, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine and Life Sciences , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Prevention and Treatment of Tumor, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Prevention and Treatment of Tumor, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine and Life Sciences , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Prevention and Treatment of Tumor, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, P.R. China
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Arpel A, Gamper C, Spenlé C, Fernandez A, Jacob L, Baumlin N, Laquerriere P, Orend G, Crémel G, Bagnard D. Inhibition of primary breast tumor growth and metastasis using a neuropilin-1 transmembrane domain interfering peptide. Oncotarget 2018; 7:54723-54732. [PMID: 27351129 PMCID: PMC5342376 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.10101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The transmembrane domains (TMD) in membrane receptors play a key role in cell signaling. As previously shown by us a peptide targeting the TMD of neuropilin-1 (MTP-NRP1), blocks cell proliferation, cell migration and angiogenesis in vitro, and decreases glioblastoma growth in vivo. We now explored the clinical potential of MTP-NRP1 on breast cancer models and demonstrate that MTP-NRP1 blocks proliferation of several breast cancer lines including the MDA-MB-231, a triple negative human breast cancer cell line. In models with long term in vivo administration of the peptide, MTP-NRP1 not only reduced tumor volume but also decreased number and size of breast cancer metastases. Strikingly, treating mice before tumors developed protected from metastasis establishment/formation. Overall, our results report that targeting the TMD of NRP1 in breast cancer is a potent new strategy to fight against breast cancer and related metastasis.
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- Alexia Arpel
- INSERM U 1109, MN3T Laboratory, Labex Medalis, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France.,CNRS UMR 7178, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U 1109, MN3T Laboratory, Labex Medalis, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U 1109, MN3T Laboratory, Labex Medalis, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U 1109, MN3T Laboratory, Labex Medalis, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U 1109, MN3T Laboratory, Labex Medalis, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U 1109, MN3T Laboratory, Labex Medalis, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS UMR 7178, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U 1109, MN3T Laboratory, Labex Medalis, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U 1109, MN3T Laboratory, Labex Medalis, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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- INSERM U 1109, MN3T Laboratory, Labex Medalis, Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France
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Abdouh M, Hamam D, Gao ZH, Arena V, Arena M, Arena GO. Exosomes isolated from cancer patients' sera transfer malignant traits and confer the same phenotype of primary tumors to oncosuppressor-mutated cells. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2017; 36:113. [PMID: 28854931 PMCID: PMC5577828 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-017-0587-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background Horizontal transfer of malignant traits from the primary tumor to distant organs, through blood circulating factors, has recently become a thoroughly studied metastatic pathway to explain cancer dissemination. Recently, we reported that oncosuppressor gene-mutated human cells undergo malignant transformation when exposed to cancer patients’ sera. We also observed that oncosuppressor mutated cells would show an increased uptake of cancer-derived exosomes and we suggested that oncosuppressor genes might protect the integrity of the cell genome by blocking integration of cancer-derived exosomes. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that cancer patients’ sera-derived exosomes might be responsible for the malignant transformation of target cells and that oncosuppressor mutation would promote their increased uptake. We also sought to unveil the mechanisms behind the hypothesized phenomena. Methods We used human BRCA1 knockout (BRCA1-KO) fibroblasts as target cells. Cells were treated in vitro with cancer patients’ sera or cancer patients’ sera-derived exosomes. Treated cells were injected into NOD-SCID mice. Immunohistochemical analyses were performed to determine the differentiation state of the xenotransplants. Mass spectrometry analyses of proteins from cancer exosomes and the BRCA1-KO fibroblasts’ membrane were performed to investigate possible de novo expression of molecules involved in vesicles uptake. Blocking of the identified molecules in vitro was performed and in vivo experiments were conducted to confirm the role of these molecules in the malignant transformation carried out by cancer-derived exosomes. Results Cells treated with exosomes isolated from cancer patients’ sera underwent malignant transformation and formed tumors when transplanted into immunodeficient mice. Histological analyses showed that the tumors were carcinomas that differentiated into the same lineage of the primary tumors of blood donors. Oncosuppressor mutation promoted the de novo expression, on the plasma membrane of target cells, of receptors, responsible for the increased uptake of cancer-derived exosomes. The selective blocking of these receptors inhibited the horizontal transfer of malignant traits. Conclusion These findings strengthen the hypothesis that oncogenic factors transferred via circulating cancer exosomes, induce malignant transformation of target cells even at distance. Oncosuppressor genes might protect the integrity of the cell genome by inhibiting the uptake of cancer-derived exosomes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13046-017-0587-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Mohamed Abdouh
- Cancer Research Program, McGill University Health Centre-Research Institute, 1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Cancer Research Program, McGill University Health Centre-Research Institute, 1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada.,Department of Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, 845 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0G4, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, McGill University Health Centre-Research Institute, 1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Santo Bambino Hospital, via Torre del Vescovo 4, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Organ Transplantation and Advances Technologies, University of Catania, via Santa Sofia, 84, Catania, Italy
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- Cancer Research Program, McGill University Health Centre-Research Institute, 1001 Decarie Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada. .,Department of Surgery, McGill University, St. Mary Hospital, 3830 Lacombe Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1M5, Canada.
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Shi Q, Jiang Z, Yang J, Cheng Y, Pang Y, Zheng N, Chen J, Chen W, Jia L. A Flavonoid Glycoside Compound from Murraya paniculata (L.) Interrupts Metastatic Characteristics of A549 Cells by Regulating STAT3/NF-κB/COX-2 and EGFR Signaling Pathways. AAPS JOURNAL 2017; 19:1779-1790. [PMID: 28842850 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-017-0134-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Metastasis remains the leading cause of death from lung carcinoma. It is urgent to find safe and efficient pre-metastasis preventive agents for cancer survivors. We isolated a flavonoid glycoside, hexamethoxy flavanone-o-[rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 4)-rhamnopyranoside (HMFRR), from the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Murraya paniculata (L.) that can effectively inhibit the adhesion, migration, and invasion of lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells in vitro. Molecular and cellular studies demonstrated that HMFRR significantly downregulated the expressions of cell adhesion-related and invasion-related molecules such as integrin β1, EGFR, COX-2, MMP-2, and MMP-9 proteins. Additionally, HMFRR effectively downregulated the expressions of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers (N-cadherin and vimentin) and upregulated that of E-cadherin. Moreover, these inhibitions were mediated by interrupting STAT3/NF-κB/COX-2 and EGFR/PI3K/AKT signaling pathways. Furthermore, HMFRR counteracted the expressions of cell adhesion molecules (ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and E-selectin) stimulated by interleukin-1β in human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (HPMECs). As a result, HMFRR interrupted the adhesion of A549 cells to HPMECs. Collectively, these results indicate that HMFRR may become a good candidate for cancer metastatic chemopreventive agents by interrupting the STAT3/NF-κB/COX-2 and EGFR signaling pathways.
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- Qing Shi
- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, and Biopharmaceutical Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, and Biopharmaceutical Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, and Biopharmaceutical Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, and Biopharmaceutical Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, and Biopharmaceutical Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, and Biopharmaceutical Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, and Biopharmaceutical Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, and Biopharmaceutical Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, and Biopharmaceutical Photocatalysis, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. .,Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Cancer Metastasis Chemoprevention and Chemotherapy, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. .,Cancer Metastasis Alert and Prevention Center, Fuzhou University, Sunlight Building, 6FL; Science Park, Xueyuan Road, University Town, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China.
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Comparison of patterns and prognosis among distant metastatic breast cancer patients by age groups: a SEER population-based analysis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9254. [PMID: 28835702 PMCID: PMC5569011 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10166-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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To investigate the effects of age at diagnosis on metastatic breast cancer and patients' prognosis, we collected patient data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. We finally identified 4932 eligible metastatic breast cancer patients diagnosed between 2010-2013, including 850 younger patients (<50 years), 2,540 middle-aged patients (50-69 years) and 1,542 elder patients (>69 years). The results revealed that in stage IV patients, elder patients were more likely to have lung metastasis (P < 0.001) and less likely to have only distant lymphatic spread (P = 0.004). Higher proportion of younger (34.9%) and middle-aged (36.2%) patients had multiple metastatic sites than elder patients (28.3%) (P < 0.001). In survival analysis, younger patients presented the best prognosis, while elder patients had the worst both in overall survival (χ2 = 121.9, P < 0.001) and breast cancer-specific survival (χ2 = 69.8, P < 0.001). Age at diagnosis was an independent prognostic factor for metastatic breast cancer patients. Moreover, patients with bone metastasis only had superior survival compared to other metastatic patients (P < 0.001). Brain metastasis only group and multiple sites metastasis group had the poorest prognosis (P < 0.05). We hope the results will provide insights into a better understanding of distant metastatic breast cancer.
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IL-6 variant is associated with metastasis in breast cancer patients. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181725. [PMID: 28732081 PMCID: PMC5521838 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Although tumor metastases remain significant drivers of mortality, the genetic factors that increase the risks of metastases are not fully identified. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) has emerged as an important factor in breast cancer progression with IL-6 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variants shown to affect survival. We hypothesized that SNPs of the IL-6 promoter at rs1800795 in breast cancer patients are associated with distant metastases. METHODS We performed an initial case-control study using Vanderbilt University Medical Center's BioVU, a genomic biobank linked to de-identified electronic medical records in the Synthetic Derivative database, to identify germline SNPs that may predict the development of metastatic disease to any site from any solid tumor including breast cancer. We identified a SNP in IL-6: rs1800795 to be of significance and evaluated this finding using a separate, matched-pair cohort of breast cancer patients with and without metastases from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. RESULTS The initial study suggested that GG relative to CG at rs1800795 (OR 1.52; 95% CI 1.14-2.02; p = 0.004) was significantly associated with the development of metastases. This association was also observed in the Ohio State University cohort (OR 2.23; 95% CI 1.06-4.71; p = 0.001). There were no significant relationships between rs1800795 status and any patient or tumor characteristics, including estrogen receptor status. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that GG SNP at IL-6: rs1800795 may indicate an increased risk of metastasis of primary breast cancer. Further studies in larger population sets are warranted as advanced screening and prophylactic intervention might be employed in GG carriers.
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Ebner F, Wöckel A, Janni W, Kreienberg R, Schwentner L, Wischnewsky M. Personalized axillary dissection: the number of excised lymph nodes of nodal-positive breast cancer patients has no significant impact on relapse-free and overall survival. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2017; 143:1823-1831. [DOI: 10.1007/s00432-017-2425-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Blackburn HL, Ellsworth DL, Shriver CD, Ellsworth RE. Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Axillary Lymph Nodes: Are Changes to the Lymph Node "Soil" Localized or Systemic? BREAST CANCER-BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH 2017; 11:1178223417691246. [PMID: 28469436 PMCID: PMC5391061 DOI: 10.1177/1178223417691246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Metastasis is a multistep process that is not well understood. Colonization of a secondary organ requires specific molecular alterations of the host microenvironment. To determine the temporal and spatial changes associated with metastatic dissemination to the axillary lymph nodes, gene expression profiles were compared between histologically normal lymph nodes from node-positive patients and tumor-free nodes from node-negative patients. Using a stringent false discovery rate correction (<0.05) for multiple hypothesis testing, we did not detect any differentially expressed genes between the lymph node groups. Thus, the presence of metastatic cells within the lymphatic system does not elicit widespread changes in gene expression through the axillary basin; rather, lymph nodes independently respond to disseminated tumor cells.
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- Heather L Blackburn
- Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber, Windber, PA, USA
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- Chan Soon-Shiong Institute of Molecular Medicine at Windber, Windber, PA, USA
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- Clinical Breast Care Project, Murtha Cancer Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Song JL, Chen C, Yuan JP, Sun SR. Progress in the clinical detection of heterogeneity in breast cancer. Cancer Med 2016; 5:3475-3488. [PMID: 27774765 PMCID: PMC5224851 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is currently the most common form of cancer and the second‐leading cause of death from cancer in women. Though considerable progress has been made in the treatment of breast cancer, the heterogeneity of tumors (both inter‐ and intratumor) remains a considerable diagnostic and prognostic challenge. From clinical observation to genetic mutations, the history of understanding the heterogeneity of breast cancer is lengthy and detailed. Effectively detecting heterogeneity in breast cancer is important during treatment. Various methods of depicting this heterogeneity are now available and include genetic, pathologic, and imaging analysis. These methods allow characterization of the heterogeneity of breast cancer on a genetic level, providing greater insight during the process of establishing an effective therapeutic plan. This study reviews how the understanding of tumor heterogeneity in breast cancer evolved, and further summarizes recent advances in the detection and monitoring of this heterogeneity in patients with breast cancer.
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- Jun-Long Song
- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430060, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430060, China
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- Department of Pathology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430060, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430060, China
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Lee M, Crawford NPS. Defining the Influence of Germline Variation on Metastasis Using Systems Genetics Approaches. Adv Cancer Res 2016; 132:73-109. [PMID: 27613130 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acr.2016.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cancer is estimated to be responsible for 8 million deaths worldwide and over half a million deaths every year in the United States. The majority of cancer-related deaths in solid tumors is directly associated with the effects of metastasis. While the influence of germline factors on cancer risk and development has long been recognized, the contribution of hereditary variation to tumor progression and metastasis has only gained acceptance more recently. A variety of approaches have been used to define how hereditary variation influences tumor progression and metastasis. One approach that garnered much early attention was epidemiological studies of cohorts of cancer patients, which demonstrated that specific loci within the human genome are associated with a differential propensity for aggressive tumor development. However, a powerful, and somewhat underutilized approach has been the use of systems genetics approaches in transgenic mouse models of human cancer. Such approaches are typically multifaceted, and involve integration of multiple lines of evidence derived, for example, from genetic and transcriptomic screens of genetically diverse mouse models of cancer, coupled with bioinformatics analysis of human cancer datasets, and functional analysis of candidate genes. These methodologies have allowed for the identification of multiple hereditary metastasis susceptibility genes, with wide-ranging cellular functions including regulation of gene transcription, cell proliferation, and cell-cell adhesion. In this chapter, we review how each of these approaches have facilitated the identification of these hereditary metastasis modifiers, the molecular functions of these metastasis-associated genes, and the implications of these findings upon patient survival.
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- M Lee
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States.
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Ma RM, Chen CZ, Zhang W, You J, Huang DP, Guo GL. Prognostic Value of Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia at the First Cycle in Invasive Breast Cancer. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e3240. [PMID: 27043697 PMCID: PMC4998558 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000003240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) was the most apparent side effects of bone marrow suppression with adjuvant chemotherapy. Recently, several studies revealed that CIN may predict better outcomes. However, the researches upon breast cancer were still indefinite. We reviewed the female patients with pathologically diagnosed invasive breast cancer at the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, between Jan 2008 and Dec 2010. The lowest neutrophil counts in the second week after the first cycle of chemotherapy were collected. Clinicopathological characteristics and survival rates were compared and analyzed between the CIN group and non-CIN group. The median follow-up time was 62 months. The differences of over-all survival and local recurrence-free survival between the 2 groups were nonsense (P = 0.938, P = 0.695, respectively). But the disease-free survival and distant metastasis-free survival of the CIN group were statically significantly better (HR = 0.391, P = 0.009, and HR = 0.315, P = 0.005, respectively). The bone metastasis-free survival may be responsible for the differences (HR = 0.469, P = 0.005). Subgroup analyses showed the CIN may predict lower bone metastases rates with ER positive status, premenopause or younger age (≤ 40) (P = 0.002, P = 0.004, and P = 0.0001, respectively). Cox analysis showed younger ages, N staging, and the presence of CIN were associated with bone metastasis-free survival independently adjusting to peritumoral vascular invasion (P < 0.05). CIN may predict a decreased recurrence risk of breast cancer, especially bone metastases.
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- Rui-Min Ma
- From the Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Liang C, Xu L, Song G, Liu Z. Emerging nanomedicine approaches fighting tumor metastasis: animal models, metastasis-targeted drug delivery, phototherapy, and immunotherapy. Chem Soc Rev 2016; 45:6250-6269. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00458j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Nanomedicine approaches may bring new opportunities for tumor metastasis treatment.
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- Chao Liang
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices
- Soochow University
- Suzhou
- China
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Xu C, Wang Z, Cui R, He H, Lin X, Sheng Y, Zhang H. Co-expression of parathyroid hormone related protein and TGF-beta in breast cancer predicts poor survival outcome. BMC Cancer 2015; 15:925. [PMID: 26597083 PMCID: PMC4655491 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1873-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Better methods to predict prognosis can play a supplementary role in administering individualized treatment for breast cancer patients. Altered expressions of PTHrP and TGF-β have been observed in various types of human cancers. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the association of PTHrP and TGF-β level with the clinicopathological features of the breast cancer patients. Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to examine PTHrP and TGF-β protein expression in 497 cases of early breast cancer, and Kaplan-Meier method and COX’s Proportional Hazard Model were applied to the prognostic value of PTHrP and TGF-β expression. Results Both over-expressed TGF-β and PTHrP were correlated with the tumor in larger size, higher proportion of axillary lymph node metastasis and later clinical stage. Additionally, the tumors with a high TGF-β level developed poor differentiation, and only TGF-β expression was associated with disease-free survival (DFS) of the breast cancer patients. Followed up for a median of 48 months, it was found that only the patients with negative TGF-β expression had longer DFS (P < 0.05, log-rank test). Nevertheless, those with higher PTHrP expression tended to show a higher rate of bone metastasis (67.6 % vs. 45.8 %, P = 0.019). In ER negative subgroup, those who developed PTHrP positive expression presented poor prognosis (P < 0.05, log-rank test). The patients with both positive TGF-β and PTHrP expression were significantly associated with the high risk of metastases. As indicated by Cox’s regression analysis, TGF-β expression and the high proportion of axillary lymph node metastasis served as significant independent predictors for breast cancer recurrence. Conclusions TGF-β and PTHrP were confirmed to be involved in regulating the malignant progression in breast cancer, and PTHrP expression, to be associated with bone metastasis as a potential prognostic marker in ER negative breast cancer.
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- Cheng Xu
- Department of Breast Surgery, Yangpu Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200090, China.
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Yangpu Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200090, China.
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Yangpu Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200090, China.
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Yangpu Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200090, China.
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Kaabi B, Belaaloui G, Benbrahim W, Hamizi K, Sadelaoud M, Toumi W, Bounecer H. ADRA2A Germline Gene Polymorphism is Associated to the Severity, but not to the Risk, of Breast Cancer. Pathol Oncol Res 2015; 22:357-65. [PMID: 26563278 DOI: 10.1007/s12253-015-0010-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Breast cancer (BC) prognosis and risk were associated to obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Two Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) of the adrenergic receptor-2a gene (ADRA2A): rs1800544 and rs553668, have been associated to these metabolic disorders. We investigated these SNPs in BC risk and prognosis. A total of 102 BC patients and 102 healthy controls were included. The rs1800544 and rs553668 were determined by real-time PCR. Genotypes and haplotypes frequencies between patients and controls, and for different clinico-pathologic parameters were compared. We found a significant association of rs1800544 GG genotype with young age at diagnosis, premenopausal status, higher tumor size, metastasis in lymph nodes, advanced TNM stages and higher Nottingham Prognosis Indicator (NPI) (p < 0.05). There was no association between rs1800544 and SBR stages, Her2, ER and PR statuses and the molecular classification. The rs553668 AA genotype was associated to young age at diagnosis and premenopausal status (p < 0.05). The haplotype GA was associated to the early age of diagnosis (p = 0.03), and the haplotype GG to higher tumor size, lymph node involvement, advanced TNM stages and Her2 positive status (p < 0.05). There was no polymorphism or haplotype association with BC risk (p > 0.05). ADRA2A polymorphism is associated with indicators BC poor prognosis but not with BC susceptibility. This is the first report suggesting that ADRA2A germline gene polymorphism could represent a predictor factor for BC outcome. Further investigation of other ADRA2A polymorphisms in BC risk or prognosis are needed and may lead to a genotype-based therapy.
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- Batoul Kaabi
- Faculty of Sciences, Batna 1 University, Batna, Algeria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Batna 2 University, 05000, Citée Ezzouhour, Batna, Algeria.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Batna 2 University, 05000, Citée Ezzouhour, Batna, Algeria.,Anti-Cancer Center, Batna, Algeria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Batna 2 University, 05000, Citée Ezzouhour, Batna, Algeria.,Anti-Cancer Center, Batna, Algeria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Batna 2 University, 05000, Citée Ezzouhour, Batna, Algeria.,Epidemiology Unit, University Hospital Center, Batna, Algeria
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Traditionally, intertumour heterogeneity in breast cancer has been documented in terms of different histological subtypes, treatment sensitivity profiles, and clinical outcomes among different patients. Results of high-throughput molecular profiling studies have subsequently revealed the true extent of this heterogeneity. Further complicating this scenario, the heterogeneous expression of the oestrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and HER2 has been reported in different areas of the same tumour. Furthermore, discordance, in terms of ER, PR and HER2 expression, has also been reported between primary tumours and their matched metastatic lesions. High-throughput molecular profiling studies have confirmed that spatial and temporal intratumour heterogeneity of breast cancers exist at a level beyond common expectations. We describe the different levels of tumour heterogeneity, and discuss the strategies that can be adopted by clinicians to tackle treatment response and resistance issues associated with such heterogeneity, including a rationally selected combination of agents that target driver mutations, the targeting of deleterious passenger mutations, identifying and eradicating the 'lethal' clone, targeting the tumour microenvironment, or using adaptive treatments and immunotherapy. The identification of the most-appropriate strategies and their implementation in the clinic will prove highly challenging and necessitate the adoption of radically new practices for the optimal clinical management of breast malignancies.
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- Dimitrios Zardavas
- Breast International Group (BIG)-aisbl c/o Jules Bordet Institute, Boulevard de Waterloo 121, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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- Breast International Group (BIG)-aisbl c/o Jules Bordet Institute, Boulevard de Waterloo 121, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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- University College London Cancer Institute, Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, Paul O'Gorman Building, Huntley Street, London WC1E 6DD, UK
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- Jules Bordet Institute, Boulevard de Waterloo 121, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Pirie A, Guo Q, Kraft P, Canisius S, Eccles DM, Rahman N, Nevanlinna H, Chen C, Khan S, Tyrer J, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Lush M, Dunning AM, Shah M, Czene K, Darabi H, Eriksson M, Lambrechts D, Weltens C, Leunen K, van Ongeval C, Nordestgaard BG, Nielsen SF, Flyger H, Rudolph A, Seibold P, Flesch-Janys D, Blomqvist C, Aittomäki K, Fagerholm R, Muranen TA, Olsen JE, Hallberg E, Vachon C, Knight JA, Glendon G, Mulligan AM, Broeks A, Cornelissen S, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Schumacher F, Le Marchand L, Hopper JL, Tsimiklis H, Apicella C, Southey MC, Cross SS, Reed MWR, Giles GG, Milne RL, McLean C, Winqvist R, Pylkäs K, Jukkola-Vuorinen A, Grip M, Hooning MJ, Hollestelle A, Martens JWM, van den Ouweland AMW, Marme F, Schneeweiss A, Yang R, Burwinkel B, Figueroa J, Chanock SJ, Lissowska J, Sawyer EJ, Tomlinson I, Kerin MJ, Miller N, Brenner H, Butterbach K, Holleczek B, Kataja V, Kosma VM, Hartikainen JM, Li J, Brand JS, Humphreys K, Devilee P, Tollenaar RAEM, Seynaeve C, Radice P, Peterlongo P, Manoukian S, Ficarazzi F, Beckmann MW, Hein A, Ekici AB, Balleine R, Phillips KA, Benitez J, Zamora MP, Perez JIA, Menéndez P, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Gronwald J, Durda K, Hamann U, Kabisch M, Ulmer HU, Rüdiger T, Margolin S, Kristensen V, Nord S, Evans DG, Abraham J, Earl H, Poole CJ, Hiller L, Dunn JA, Bowden S, Yang R, Campa D, Diver WR, Gapstur SM, Gaudet MM, Hankinson S, Hoover RN, Hüsing A, Kaaks R, Machiela MJ, Willett W, Barrdahl M, Canzian F, Chin SF, Caldas C, Hunter DJ, Lindstrom S, Garcia-Closas M, Couch FJ, Chenevix-Trench G, Mannermaa A, Andrulis IL, Hall P, Chang-Claude J, Easton DF, Bojesen SE, Cox A, Fasching PA, Pharoah PDP, Schmidt MK. Common germline polymorphisms associated with breast cancer-specific survival. Breast Cancer Res 2015; 17:58. [PMID: 25897948 PMCID: PMC4484708 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-015-0570-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Previous studies have identified common germline variants nominally associated with breast cancer survival. These associations have not been widely replicated in further studies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association of previously reported SNPs with breast cancer-specific survival using data from a pooled analysis of eight breast cancer survival genome-wide association studies (GWAS) from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. METHODS A literature review was conducted of all previously published associations between common germline variants and three survival outcomes: breast cancer-specific survival, overall survival and disease-free survival. All associations that reached the nominal significance level of P value <0.05 were included. Single nucleotide polymorphisms that had been previously reported as nominally associated with at least one survival outcome were evaluated in the pooled analysis of over 37,000 breast cancer cases for association with breast cancer-specific survival. Previous associations were evaluated using a one-sided test based on the reported direction of effect. RESULTS Fifty-six variants from 45 previous publications were evaluated in the meta-analysis. Fifty-four of these were evaluated in the full set of 37,954 breast cancer cases with 2,900 events and the two additional variants were evaluated in a reduced sample size of 30,000 samples in order to ensure independence from the previously published studies. Five variants reached nominal significance (P <0.05) in the pooled GWAS data compared to 2.8 expected under the null hypothesis. Seven additional variants were associated (P <0.05) with ER-positive disease. CONCLUSIONS Although no variants reached genome-wide significance (P <5 x 10(-8)), these results suggest that there is some evidence of association between candidate common germline variants and breast cancer prognosis. Larger studies from multinational collaborations are necessary to increase the power to detect associations, between common variants and prognosis, at more stringent significance levels.
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- Ailith Pirie
- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
- />Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- />Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- />Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, SM2 5NG Surrey, UK
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- />Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 8, FIN-00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland
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- />Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- />Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 8, FIN-00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12A, Stockholm, 17177 Sweden
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- />Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12A, Stockholm, 17177 Sweden
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- />Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12A, Stockholm, 17177 Sweden
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- />Vesalius Research Center (VRC), Vib, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
- />Laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Oncology, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- />Oncology Department, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- />Oncology Department, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- />Oncology Department, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- />Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 Herlev, Copenhagen Denmark
- />Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 Herlev, Copenhagen Denmark
- />Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2220 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- />Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 Herlev, Copenhagen Denmark
- />Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 Herlev, Copenhagen Denmark
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- />Department of Breast Surgery, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 Herlev, Copenhagen Denmark
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Department of Cancer Epidemiology/Clinical Cancer Registry and Institute for Medical Biometrics and Epidemiology, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- />Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Sairaalatie 8, 08 200 LOHJA Helsinki, Finland
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- />Department of Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Sairaalatie 8, 08 200 LOHJA Helsinki, Finland
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- />Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 8, FIN-00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland
- />Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Sairaalatie 8, 08 200 LOHJA Helsinki, Finland
- />Department of Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Sairaalatie 8, 08 200 LOHJA Helsinki, Finland
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- />Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 8, FIN-00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland
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- />Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA
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- />Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA
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- />Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA
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- />Prosserman Centre for Health Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
- />Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 3M7 Canada
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- />Ontario Cancer Genetics Network, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
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- />Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8 Canada
- />Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 Canada
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- />Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
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- />Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
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- />Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
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- />Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA
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- />Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
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- />Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
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- />Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
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- />Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
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- />Academic Unit of Pathology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, 385a Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HQ UK
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- />CRUK/YCR Sheffield Cancer Research Centre, Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX UK
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- />Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
- />Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, 615 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004 Australia
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- />Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
- />Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, 615 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004 Australia
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- />Anatomical Pathology, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3007 Australia
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- />Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Department of Clinical Genetics and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Kajaanintie 50, FI-90220 Oulu, Finland
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- />Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology, Department of Clinical Genetics and Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, Kajaanintie 50, FI-90220 Oulu, Finland
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- />Department of Oncology, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Kajaanintie 50, FI-90220 Oulu, Finland
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- />Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Kajaanintie 50, FI-90220 Oulu, Finland
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- />Department of Medical Oncology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus McCancer Institute, ’s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Medical Oncology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus McCancer Institute, ’s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Medical Oncology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus McCancer Institute, ’s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Medical Oncology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus McCancer Institute, ’s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, Voßstrasse 9, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- />National Center for Tumor Diseases, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, Voßstrasse 9, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- />National Center for Tumor Diseases, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, Voßstrasse 9, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Heidelberg, Voßstrasse 9, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- />Molecular Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
- />Core Genotyping Facility, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, 8717 Grovemont Circle, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 USA
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- />Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Roentena 5, 02-781 Warsaw, Poland
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- />Division of Cancer Studies, NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in Partnership with King’s College London, Guy’s Campus, SE1 1UL London, UK
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- />Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN UK
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- />Clinical Science Institute, University Hospital Galway, Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland
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- />Clinical Science Institute, University Hospital Galway, Newcastle Road, Galway, Ireland
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- />Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- />German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Bernd Holleczek
- />Saarland Cancer Registry, Präsident Baltz Strasse 5, 66119 Saarbrücken, Germany
| | - Vesa Kataja
- />School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oncology and Cancer Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
| | - Veli-Matti Kosma
- />School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
- />Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
| | - Jaana M Hartikainen
- />School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
- />Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
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- />Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12A, Stockholm, 17177 Sweden
| | - Judith S Brand
- />Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12A, Stockholm, 17177 Sweden
| | - Keith Humphreys
- />Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12A, Stockholm, 17177 Sweden
| | - Peter Devilee
- />Department of Human Genetics and Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Robert AEM Tollenaar
- />Department of Surgical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Medical Oncology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus McCancer Institute, ’s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- />Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori (INT), Via Adamello 16, Milan, 20139 Italy
| | - Paolo Peterlongo
- />IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC Di Oncologia Molecolare, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
| | - Siranoush Manoukian
- />Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori (INT), Via Adamello 16, Milan, 20139 Italy
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- />IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC Di Oncologia Molecolare, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
- />Cogentech Cancer Genetic Test Laboratory, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy
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- />Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-Emn, Universitaetsstrasse 21-23, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- />Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-Emn, Universitaetsstrasse 21-23, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- />Institute of Human Genetics; University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-Emn, Universitaetsstrasse 21-23, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- />Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health Districts, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, 176 Hawkesbury Road, Sydney, NSW 2145 Australia
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- />Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie Street, Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
- />Peter Maccallum Cancer Center, 2 St Andrews Place, Melbourne, VIC 3002 Australia
- />Sir Peter Maccallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, 2 St Andrews Place, Melbourne, VIC 3002 Australia
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- />Human Genetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Calle de Melchor Fernández, Almagro, 3, 28029 Madrid Spain
- />Centro de Investigación En Red De Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Calle de Álvaro de Bazán, 10 Bajo, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- />Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- />Servicio de Cirugía General y Especialidades, Hospital Monte Naranco, Avenida Doctores Fernández Vega, 107, 33012 Oviedo, Spain
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- />Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Monte Naranco, Avenida Doctores Fernández Vega, 107, 33012 Oviedo, Spain
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- />Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, ul. Rybacka 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- />Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, ul. Rybacka 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- />Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, ul. Rybacka 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- />Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, ul. Rybacka 1, Szczecin, Poland
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- />Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Frauenklinik der Stadtklinik Baden-Baden, Balger Strasse 50, 76532 Baden-Baden, Germany
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- />Institute of Pathology, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Moltkestrasse 90, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- />Department of Oncology - Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Tomtebodavägen 23b, Stockholm, 171 65 Sweden
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- />Faculty of Medicine (Faculty Division Ahus), University of Oslo (UiO), Problemveien 7, Oslo, 0313 Norway
- />Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, Montebello, 0379 Oslo Norway
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- />Faculty of Medicine (Faculty Division Ahus), University of Oslo (UiO), Problemveien 7, Oslo, 0313 Norway
- />Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet, Montebello, 0379 Oslo Norway
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- />Faculty of Medicine (Faculty Division Ahus), University of Oslo (UiO), Problemveien 7, Oslo, 0313 Norway
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- />Genomic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, St. Mary’s Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL UK
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
- />Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE UK
- />Cambridge Breast Unit and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge NHS Foundation Hospitals, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- />Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE UK
- />Cambridge Breast Unit and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge NHS Foundation Hospitals, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- />Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Campus, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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- />Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Campus, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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- />Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Campus, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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- />Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute for Cancer Studies, the University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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- />Early Detection Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- />Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Lungarno Pacinotti 43, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- />Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
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- />Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
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- />Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
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- />Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
- />Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, 715 N Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01002 USA
- />Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- />Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Breast Cancer Functional Genomics Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, CB2 0RE UK
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- />Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE UK
- />Cambridge Breast Unit and NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge NHS Foundation Hospitals, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
- />Breast Cancer Functional Genomics Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, CB2 0RE UK
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- />Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
- />Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- />Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
- />Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- />Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, SM2 5NG Surrey, UK
- />Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, 123 Old Brompton Road, London, SW7 3RP UK
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- />Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905 USA
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- />Department of Genetics, Qimr Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD 4006 Australia
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- />School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cancer Center of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
- />Imaging Center, Department of Clinical Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, Puijonlaaksontie 2, 70210 Kuopio, Finland
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- />Ontario Cancer Genetics Network, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
- />Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8 Canada
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- />Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12A, Stockholm, 17177 Sweden
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- />Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 Herlev, Copenhagen Denmark
- />Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730 Herlev, Copenhagen Denmark
- />Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2220 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- />CRUK/YCR Sheffield Cancer Research Centre, Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX UK
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- />Institute of Human Genetics; University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-Emn, Universitaetsstrasse 21-23, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
- />David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
- />Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN UK
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- />Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Celardo I, Antonov A, Amelio I, Annicchiarico-Petruzzelli M, Melino G. p63 transcriptionally regulates the expression of matrix metallopeptidase 13. Oncotarget 2015; 5:1279-89. [PMID: 24658133 PMCID: PMC4012734 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.1778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
p63 is a transcriptional factor belonging to p53 family of genes. Beside the role in cancer, partially shared with p53 and the other member p73, p63 also plays exclusive roles in development and homeostasis of ectodermal/epidermal-related organs. Here we show that p63 transcriptionally controls the expression of the matrix metallopeptidase 13 (MMP13). p63 binds a p53-like responsive element in the human promoter of MMP13, thus promoting the activation of its transcription. The catalytic activity of MMP13 is required in high invasion capacity of metastatic cancer cells, however, although p63 and MMP13 expression correlates in cancer patients, their co-expression does not predict cancer patient survival. Our results demonstrate that p63 directly controls MMP13 expression.
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- Ivana Celardo
- Medical Research Council, Toxicology Unit, Leicester University, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW With the majority of deaths from cancer because of their metastases, strategies to reduce this from occurring are at the forefront of treatment. It has been hypothesized that morphine may result in an increase in cancer metastases, following many in-vitro and animal studies, but the evidence from human retrospective data is inconclusive. This article will explore the possible mechanisms by which opioids can impact on the natural history of the cancer cell and whether they are likely to be harmful in individuals with cancer. RECENT FINDINGS Although there have been trials demonstrating benefits with regional anaesthesia techniques (opioid sparing) in the surgical population, it is not clear whether the source of the benefit arises directly from the avoidance of opioids or an added benefit afforded by regional anaesthesia. Research has shown that in particular cancer cell types, morphine may actually be beneficial and that the μ-opioid receptor (MOR) plays a role in cancer disease. With the crystal structure of the MOR having recently been elucidated, this may offer new opportunities for treatments aimed at reducing cancer metastasis. SUMMARY The role opioids play in the development of cancer metastasis and recurrence is far from clear and appears to differ depending on the cancer cell type in question. Prospective randomized controlled trials are currently underway in humans to help clarify the situation further and there results are awaited with anticipation. The negative impact of pain on the immune system is well documented and it appears that appropriate analgesia is paramount in minimizing this. Opioids still constitute a central role in the management of moderate-to-severe cancer pain.
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Hamabe A, Yamamoto H, Konno M, Uemura M, Nishimura J, Hata T, Takemasa I, Mizushima T, Nishida N, Kawamoto K, Koseki J, Doki Y, Mori M, Ishii H. Combined evaluation of hexokinase 2 and phosphorylated pyruvate dehydrogenase-E1α in invasive front lesions of colorectal tumors predicts cancer metabolism and patient prognosis. Cancer Sci 2014; 105:1100-8. [PMID: 25060325 PMCID: PMC4462394 DOI: 10.1111/cas.12487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Revised: 06/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Although numerous studies have shown the significance of cancer-specific aerobic glycolysis, how glycolysis contributes to tumor invasion, a critical phenomenon in metastasis, remains unclear. With regard to colorectal cancer (CRC), we studied two critical gate enzymes, hexokinase 2 (HK2), which is involved in glycolysis, and phosphorylated pyruvate dehydrogenase-E1α (p-PDH), which is involved in oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos). Immunohistochemical analyses using anti-HK2 and p-PDH antibodies were performed on surgically resected CRC samples (n = 104), and the expression in invasive front lesions of tumors was assessed. Positive HK2 expression correlated with extensive tumor diameter (P = 0.0460), advanced tumor depth (P = 0.0395), and presence of lymph node metastasis (P = 0.0409). Expression of p-PDH tended to be higher in right-sided CRCs than in left-sided CRCs (P = 0.0883). In survival analysis, the combined evaluation of positive HK2 and negative p-PDH was associated with reduced recurrence-free survival (RFS) (P = 0.0169 in all stages and P = 0.0238 in Stage II and III patients, respectively). This evaluation could predict RFS more precisely than the independent evaluation. The present study indicated that high HK2 expression combined with low p-PDH expression in the invasive front lesions of CRC tumors is predictive of tumor aggressiveness and survival of CRC cases.
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- Atsushi Hamabe
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department ofCancer Profiling Discovery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
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- Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
- Department ofCancer Profiling Discovery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka UniversityOsaka, Japan
- Correspondence Hideshi Ishii, Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Yamadaoka 2-2, Osaka 565-0871, Japan., Tel: +81-(0)6-6879-2641, 2640; Fax: +81-(0)6-6879-2639;, E-mail:
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