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Collective Invasion in Breast Cancer Requires a Conserved Basal Epithelial Program

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Cheung, Kevin J., Gabrielson, Edward, Werb, Zena, Ewald, Andrew J.·2013·Cell

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SUMMARY Carcinomas typically invade as a cohesive multicellular unit, a process termed collective invasion. It remains unclear how different subpopulations of cancer cells contribute to this process. We developed three-dimensional (3D) organoid assays to identify the most invasive cancer cells in primary breast tumors. Collective invasion was led by specialized cancer cells that were defined by their expression of basal epithelial genes, such as cytokeratin-14 (K14) and p63. Furthermore, K14+ cells led collective invasion in the major human breast cancer subtypes. Importantly, luminal cancer cells were observed to convert phenotypically to invasive leaders following induction of basal epithelial genes. Although only a minority of cells within luminal tumors expressed basal epithelial genes, knockdown of either K14 or p63 was sufficient to block collective invasion. Our data reveal that heterotypic interactions between epithelial subpopulations are critical to collective invasion. We suggest that targeting the basal invasive program could limit metastatic progression.

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Authors
Cheung, K. J., Gabrielson, E., Werb, Z., & Ewald, A. J.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-12
Volume
155
Issue
7
Pages
1639-1651
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
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W2112270062
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833
References
44
FWCI
23.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Cheung, K. J., Gabrielson, E., Werb, Z., & Ewald, A. J. (2013). Collective Invasion in Breast Cancer Requires a Conserved Basal Epithelial Program. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.11.029

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