[HTML][HTML] ESR1 mutation as an emerging clinical biomarker in metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

JO Brett, LM Spring, A Bardia, SA Wander - Breast Cancer Research, 2021 - Springer
In metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, ESR1 mutations are a common
cause of acquired resistance to the backbone of therapy, estrogen deprivation by aromatase …

The great immune escape: understanding the divergent immune response in breast cancer subtypes

SS Onkar, NM Carleton, PC Lucas, TC Bruno, AV Lee… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Breast cancer, the most common type of cancer affecting women, encompasses a collection
of histologic (mainly ductal and lobular) and molecular subtypes exhibiting diverse clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage biology and mechanisms of immune suppression in breast cancer

AK Mehta, S Kadel, MG Townsend, M Oliwa… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are crucial innate immune cells that maintain tissue homeostasis and defend
against pathogens; however, their infiltration into tumors has been associated with adverse …

Hotspot ESR1 Mutations Are Multimodal and Contextual Modulators of Breast Cancer Metastasis

Z Li, Y Wu, ME Yates, N Tasdemir, A Bahreini, J Chen… - Cancer research, 2022 - AACR
Constitutively active estrogen receptor α (ER/ESR1) mutations have been identified in
approximately one-third of ER+ metastatic breast cancers. Although these mutations are …

[HTML][HTML] Autoimmunity and cancer—Two sides of the same coin

J Sakowska, Ł Arcimowicz, M Jankowiak… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Autoimmune disease results from the immune response against self-antigens, while cancer
develops when the immune system does not respond to malignant cells. Thus, for years …

[HTML][HTML] Genome engineering for estrogen receptor mutations reveals differential responses to anti-estrogens and new prognostic gene signatures for breast cancer

A Harrod, CF Lai, I Goldsbrough, GM Simmons… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Mutations in the estrogen receptor (ESR1) gene are common in ER-positive breast cancer
patients who progress on endocrine therapies. Most mutations localise to just three residues …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting protumor factor chitinase-3-like-1 secreted by Rab37 vesicles for cancer immunotherapy

PS Yang, MH Yu, YC Hou, CP Chang, SC Lin… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Chitinase 3-like-1 (CHI3L1) is a secretion glycoprotein associated with the
immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). The secretory mode of CHI3L1 makes …

[HTML][HTML] ESR1 mutant breast cancers show elevated basal cytokeratins and immune activation

Z Li, O McGinn, Y Wu, A Bahreini… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Estrogen receptor alpha (ER/ESR1) is frequently mutated in endocrine resistant ER-positive
(ER+) breast cancer and linked to ligand-independent growth and metastasis. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] ESR1 activating mutations: From structure to clinical application

A Grinshpun, V Chen, ZM Sandusky… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
Estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer is the most common type of both early and
advanced breast cancer. Estrogen receptor alpha (ER) is a nuclear hormone receptor and a …

Estrogen receptor alpha mutations in breast cancer cells cause gene expression changes through constant activity and secondary effects

S Arnesen, Z Blanchard, MM Williams, KC Berrett, Z Li… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
While breast cancer patients with tumors that express estrogen receptor α (ER) generally
respond well to hormone therapies that block ER activity, a significant number of patients …