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SUBMITTER: Zhang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3981467 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Weizhou W Tan Wei W Wu Xuefeng X Poustovoitov Maxim M Strasner Amy A Li Wei W Borcherding Nicholas N Ghassemian Majid M Karin Michael M
Cancer cell 20130418 5
IκB kinase α (IKKα) activity is required for ErbB2-induced mammary tumorigenesis. Here, we show that IKKα and its activator, NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK), support the expansion of tumor-initiating cells (TICs) that copurify with a CD24(med)CD49f(hi) population from premalignant ErbB2-expressing mammary glands. Upon activation, IKKα enters the nucleus, phosphorylates the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor p27/Kip1, and stimulates its nuclear export or exclusion. Reduced p27 expression rescues ...[more]