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PAK1 activation drives divergent resistance mechanisms to aromatase inhibition and tamoxifen in a luminal: A breast cancer model

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Breast cancer remains a major cause of cancer death in women, frequently developing endocrine therapy resistance. This study demonstrates that upregulated p21‐activated kinase 1 (PAK1) activity drives resistance to tamoxifen and long‐term estrogen deprivation in ER+ breast cancer models.
Luisa Schwarzmüller, Janina Müller, Efstathios‐Iason Vlachavas, Lukas Beumers, Lena Fleischhacker, Sara Burmester, Angelika Wörner, Sabine Karolus, Dominic Helm, Cindy Körner, Stefan Wiemann   +10 more
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In vitro and in silico modelling of ROS1‐positive non‐small cell lung cancer reveals fusion‐dependent tyrosine kinase inhibitor responses

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Drug resistance limits treatment success in a subset of lung cancers driven by ROS1 gene alterations. Using patient‐derived cells and computer simulations, we studied three key mutations and how they affect five targeted drugs. The mutations reduced drug effectiveness in different ways by altering protein structure and behavior.
Farhan Ul Haq, Marc Terrones, Felicia Rodrigues Fortes, Anne Schepers, Alessia Denis, Christophe Deben, Ken Op de Beeck, Guy Van Camp, Geert Vandeweyer   +8 more
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ZW4864‐mediated inhibition of the β‐catenin/BCL9/BCL9L complex reveals therapeutic potential in bladder cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
BCL9 and BCL9L drive bladder cancer progression by enhancing β‐catenin signaling, promoting proliferation, migration, invasion, and organoid growth. Genetic depletion of BCL9(L) suppresses malignant phenotypes, while pharmacological disruption of the β‐catenin/BCL9(L) complex with ZW4864 inhibits canonical Wnt signaling and tumor‐associated cellular ...
Roland Kotolloshi, Mandy Berndt‐Paetz, Eileen Lerner, Gregoire Najjar, Anca Azoitei, Krishna Pal Singh, Shailendra Kumar Gupta, Olaf Wolkenhauer, Cagatay Günes, Otmar Huber, Marc‐Oliver Grimm, Daniel Steinbach   +11 more
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Epigenetic silencing of the liver‐specific lncRNA LUNAR promotes liver cancer progression via NOTCH activation

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
LUNAR is a liver‐specific long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) that is highly expressed in normal liver but becomes epigenetically silenced in hepatocellular carcinoma through promoter hypermethylation. Loss of LUNAR is associated with NOTCH activation, epithelial–mesenchymal transition, and metastasis, whereas restoring LUNAR restrains metastatic progression ...
Se Ha Jang, Hyung Seok Kim, Geum Ok Baek, Moon Gyeong Yoon, Su In Lee, Jee‐Yeong Jeong, Ji Eun Han, Soon Sun Kim, Jae Youn Cheong, Jung Woo Eun   +9 more
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CEACAM1 participation in breast cancer progression

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
In invasive breast cancer (BC), CEACAM1 shifts from an apical to a uniform membranous/cytoplasmic pattern, or is lost, as tumors dedifferentiate, inversely tracking the Ki‐67 proliferative index. In MCF‐7 cells, only CEACAM1‐4L suppresses proliferation, repressing cell cycle and growth factor genes.
Mykola Lyndin, Irina Kube‐Golovin, Anatolii Romaniuk, Gunther Wennemuth   +3 more
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Pharmacological chromatin remodeling enhances response to estrogen therapy in ER+ breast cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Estrogen therapy elicits clinical benefit in ~ 30% of patients with endocrine‐resistant estrogen receptor (ER)‐positive breast cancer. Based on findings that ER transcriptional activation underlies response to estrogen therapy, we tested the effects of epigenetic dysregulation via pharmacological inhibition of histone deacetylases (HDACi).
Anneka L. Johnson Thomas, Barbara Karakyriakou, Patricia C. Muskus, Alyssa M. Roberts, Justin Rendleman, Alexa Warren, Hanxu Lu, Kimberly A. Birmingham, Malone K. Friedman, Abigail E. Goen, Huijuan Yang, Owen M. Wilkins, Fred W. Kolling, Eugene Demidenko, Julie M. Jorns, Brock C. Christensen, Todd W. Miller   +16 more
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Polarization‐resolved femtosecond Vis/IR spectroscopy tailored for resolving weak signals in biological samples using minimal sample volume

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Unique biological samples, such as site‐specific mutant proteins, are available only in limited quantities. Here, we present a polarization‐resolved transient infrared spectroscopy setup with referencing to improve signal‐to‐noise tailored towards tracing small signals. We provide an overview of characterizing the excitation conditions for polarization‐
Clark Zahn, Karsten Heyne
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Analysing the significance of small conformational changes and low occupancy states in serial crystallographic data

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This protocol paper outlines methods to establish the success of a time‐resolved serial crystallographic experiment, by means of statistical analysis of timepoint data in reciprocal space and models in real space. We show how to amplify the signal from excited states to visualise structural changes in successful experiments.
Jake Hill, Yelyzaveta Pulnova, Elke De Zitter, Helen M. Ginn, Briony A. Yorke   +4 more
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YIPFα1A expression is regulated by multilayered molecular mechanisms

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
YIPFα1A, a five‐pass Golgi protein, is regulated at multiple layers. (1) Rare‐codon enrichment drives translation‐coupled mRNA decay. (2) A proximal 3′‐UTR element stabilizes mRNA. (3) A distal 3′‐UTR element included by alternate poly(A) site usage represses translation, which can be overridden by the proximal 3′‐UTR element.
Tokio Takaji, Yurika Nakanishi, Nobuhiro Nakamura   +2 more
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Acute caffeine treatment protects the developing retina from ischemia‐induced cell death

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Caffeine reduces cell death in the developing retina under ischemia (OGD). This effect does not involve BDNF upregulation or antioxidant pathways (NRF2/VEGF). Neuroprotection occurs mainly through adenosine A2A receptor antagonism, decreasing glutamate release and excitotoxicity, highlighting caffeine's potential as an acute neuroprotective agent in ...
Amanda Alves Nascimento, Danniel Pereira‐Figueiredo, Gabriella Grossi de Lima Dias, Gabriel Ferreira dos Santos, Mariana Rodrigues Pereira, Rafael Brito, Karin C Calaza   +6 more
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