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Unraveling heterogeneous susceptibility and the evolution of breast cancer using a systems biology approach

Overview of attention for article published in Genome Biology, February 2015
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Title
Unraveling heterogeneous susceptibility and the evolution of breast cancer using a systems biology approach
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Genome Biology, February 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13059-015-0599-z
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Andrés Castellanos-Martín, Sonia Castillo-Lluva, María del Mar Sáez-Freire, Adrián Blanco-Gómez, Lourdes Hontecillas-Prieto, Carmen Patino-Alonso, Purificación Galindo-Villardon, Luis Pérez del Villar, Carmen Martín-Seisdedos, María Isidoro-Garcia, María del Mar Abad-Hernández, Juan Jesús Cruz-Hernández, César Augusto Rodríguez-Sánchez, Rogelio González-Sarmiento, Diego Alonso-López, Javier De Las Rivas, Begoña García-Cenador, Javier García-Criado, Do Yup Lee, Benjamin Bowen, Wolfgang Reindl, Trent Northen, Jian-Hua Mao, Jesús Pérez-Losada

Abstract

An essential question in cancer is why individuals with the same disease have different clinical outcomes. Progress toward a more personalized medicine in cancer patients requires taking into account the underlying heterogeneity at different molecular levels. Here, we present a model in which there are complex interactions at different cellular and systemic levels that account for the heterogeneity of susceptibility to and evolution of ERBB2-positive breast cancers. Our model is based on our analyses of a cohort of mice that are characterized by heterogeneous susceptibility to ERBB2-positive breast cancers. Our analysis reveals that there are similarities between ERBB2 tumors in humans and those of backcross mice at clinical, genomic, expression, and signaling levels. We also show that mice that have tumors with intrinsically high levels of active AKT and ERK are more resistant to tumor metastasis. Our findings suggest for the first time that a site-specific phosphorylation at the serine 473 residue of AKT1 modifies the capacity for tumors to disseminate. Finally, we present two predictive models that can explain the heterogeneous behavior of the disease in the mouse population when we consider simultaneously certain genetic markers, liver cell signaling and serum biomarkers that are identified before the onset of the disease. Considering simultaneously tumor pathophenotypes and several molecular levels, we show the heterogeneous behavior of ERBB2-positive breast cancer in terms of disease progression. This and similar studies should help to better understand disease variability in patient populations.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Denmark 1 2%
Argentina 1 2%
Unknown 49 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 15 29%
Other 4 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 8%
Student > Postgraduate 3 6%
Professor 3 6%
Other 10 20%
Unknown 12 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 22%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 16%
Environmental Science 1 2%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 2%
Other 6 12%
Unknown 14 27%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 March 2015.
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#7,302,411
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#3,294
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#77,724
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#64
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