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Differential expression of the BCAT isoforms between breast cancer subtypes (2020)
Journal Article
Shafei, M. A., Flemban, A., Daly, C., Kendrick, P., White, P., Dean, S., …Conway, M. E. (2021). Differential expression of the BCAT isoforms between breast cancer subtypes. Breast Cancer, 28, 592–607. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12282-020-01197-7

© 2020, The Author(s). Background: Biological characterisation of breast cancer subtypes is essential as it informs treatment regimens especially as different subtypes have distinct locoregional patterns. This is related to metabolic phenotype, where... Read More about Differential expression of the BCAT isoforms between breast cancer subtypes.

BCATc modulates crosstalk between the PI3K/Akt and the Ras/ERK pathway regulating proliferation in triple negative breast cancer (2020)
Journal Article
Shafei, M. A., Forshaw, T., Davis, J., Flemban, A., Qualtrough, D., Dean, S., …Conway, M. E. (2020). BCATc modulates crosstalk between the PI3K/Akt and the Ras/ERK pathway regulating proliferation in triple negative breast cancer. Oncotarget, 11, 1971-1987. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27607

The cytosolic branched chain aminotransferase (BCATc) protein has been found to be highly expressed in breast cancer subtypes, including triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), compared with normal breast tissue. The catabolism of branched-chain amino... Read More about BCATc modulates crosstalk between the PI3K/Akt and the Ras/ERK pathway regulating proliferation in triple negative breast cancer.

Hypoxia modulates the stem cell population and induces EMT in the MCF-10A breast epithelial cell line (2017)
Journal Article
Daly, C. S., Flemban, A., Shafei, M., Conway, M. E., Qualtrough, D., & Dean, S. J. (2018). Hypoxia modulates the stem cell population and induces EMT in the MCF-10A breast epithelial cell line. Oncology Reports, 39(2), 483-490. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2017.6125

A common feature among pre-malignant lesions is the induction of hypoxia through increased cell propagation and reduced access to blood flow. Hypoxia in breast cancer has been associated with poor patient prognosis, resistance to chemotherapy and inc... Read More about Hypoxia modulates the stem cell population and induces EMT in the MCF-10A breast epithelial cell line.

The hedgehog inhibitor cyclopamine reduces β-catenin-Tcf transcriptional activity, induces E-cadherin expression, and reduces invasion in colorectal cancer cells (2015)
Journal Article
Qualtrough, D., Rees, P., Speight, B., Williams, A. C., & Paraskeva, C. (2015). The hedgehog inhibitor cyclopamine reduces β-catenin-Tcf transcriptional activity, induces E-cadherin expression, and reduces invasion in colorectal cancer cells. Cancers, 7(3), 1885-1899. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers7030867

© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Colorectal cancer is a major global health problem resulting in over 600,000 deaths world-wide every year with the majority of these due to metastatic disease. Wnt signalling, and more specifi... Read More about The hedgehog inhibitor cyclopamine reduces β-catenin-Tcf transcriptional activity, induces E-cadherin expression, and reduces invasion in colorectal cancer cells.

The potential role of hedgehog signaling in the luminal/basal phenotype of breast epithelia and in breast cancer invasion and metastasis (2015)
Journal Article
Qualtrough, D., & Flemban, A. (2015). The potential role of hedgehog signaling in the luminal/basal phenotype of breast epithelia and in breast cancer invasion and metastasis. Cancers, 7(3), 1863-1884. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers7030866

© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The epithelium of the lactiferous ducts in the breast is comprised of luminal epithelial cells and underlying basal myoepithelial cells. The regulation of cell fate and transit of cells betwee... Read More about The potential role of hedgehog signaling in the luminal/basal phenotype of breast epithelia and in breast cancer invasion and metastasis.