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SUBMITTER: Arsic N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4400643 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arsic Nikola N Gadea Gilles G Lagerqvist E Louise EL Busson Muriel M Cahuzac Nathalie N Brock Carsten C Hollande Frederic F Gire Veronique V Pannequin Julie J Roux Pierre P
Stem cell reports 20150305 4
Cancer stem cells (CSC) are responsible for cancer chemoresistance and metastasis formation. Here we report that Δ133p53β, a TP53 splice variant, enhanced cancer cell stemness in MCF-7 breast cancer cells, while its depletion reduced it. Δ133p53β stimulated the expression of the key pluripotency factors SOX2, OCT3/4, and NANOG. Similarly, in highly metastatic breast cancer cells, aggressiveness was coupled with enhanced CSC potential and Δ133p53β expression. Like in MCF-7 cells, SOX2, OCT3/4, an ...[more]