Autophagy deficiency stabilizes TWIST1 to promote epithelial-mesenchymal transition

L Qiang, YY He - Autophagy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The transcription factor TWIST1 is a basic helix-loop-helix protein that regulates epithelial-
mesenchymal transition (EMT) in early embryonic morphogenesis, cancer development, and …

Tripartite motif containing 28 (TRIM28) promotes breast cancer metastasis by stabilizing TWIST1 protein

C Wei, J Cheng, B Zhou, L Zhu, MA Khan, T He… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
TRIM28 regulates its target genes at both transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Here
we report that a TRIM28-TWIST1-EMT axis exists in breast cancer cells and TRIM28 …

Metastasis-induction and apoptosis-protection by TWIST in gastric cancer cells

M Feng, K Wang, H Song, H Yu, Y Qin, Q Shi… - Clinical & experimental …, 2009 - Springer
TWIST, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, has been recently reported to play an
important role in tumorigenesis of human cancer through converting the early stage tumors …

Twist Overexpression Induces In vivo Angiogenesis and Correlates with Chromosomal Instability in Breast Cancer

Y Mironchik, PT Winnard Jr, F Vesuna, Y Kato, F Wildes… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Aggressive cancer phenotypes are a manifestation of many different genetic alterations that
promote rapid proliferation and metastasis. In this study, we show that stable overexpression …

The Aurora-A–Twist1 axis promotes highly aggressive phenotypes in pancreatic carcinoma

J Wang, K Nikhil, K Viccaro, L Chang… - Journal of cell …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
We uncovered a crucial role for the Aurora kinase A (AURKA)–Twist1 axis in promoting
epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer …

STAT3 mediates TGF-β1-induced TWIST1 expression and prostate cancer invasion

KH Cho, KJ Jeong, SC Shin, J Kang, CG Park, HY Lee - Cancer letters, 2013 - Elsevier
TGF-β1 induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) to stimulate cancer cell
progression, and TWIST1 is a critical regulator of EMT. In the present study, we determined …

P300/CBP‐associated factor regulates Y‐box binding protein‐1 expression and promotes cancer cell growth, cancer invasion and drug resistance

M Shiota, A Yokomizo, Y Tada, T Uchiumi… - Cancer …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Twist1 has been proposed to have oncogenic properties. Although Twist1 was reported to
interact with p300/CBP‐associated factor (PCAF) and to inhibit the functions of PCAF, it …

[HTML][HTML] Twist1 is up-regulated in gastric cancer-associated fibroblasts with poor clinical outcomes

CO Sung, KW Lee, S Han, SH Kim - The American journal of pathology, 2011 - Elsevier
Stromal fibroblasts perform important roles in cancer development and progression.
Overexpression of Twist1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, is often associated …

The steroid receptor coactivator-1 regulates twist expression and promotes breast cancer metastasis

L Qin, Z Liu, H Chen, J Xu - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
In breast cancer, steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC-1) expression positively correlates with
HER2 expression and poor prognosis. In mouse mammary tumor virus–polyoma middle T …

Methylation of the TWIST1 promoter, TWIST1 mRNA levels, and immunohistochemical expression of TWIST1 in breast cancer

EH Gort, KPM Suijkerbuijk, SM Roothaan… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2008 - AACR
TWIST1, an antiapoptotic and prometastatic transcription factor, is overexpressed in many
epithelial cancers including breast. Only little is known regarding the regulation of TWIST1 in …