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SUBMITTER: Basu-Roy U
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4429898 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Basu-Roy Upal U Bayin N Sumru NS Rattanakorn Kirk K Han Eugenia E Placantonakis Dimitris G DG Mansukhani Alka A Basilico Claudio C
Nature communications 20150402
The repressive Hippo pathway has a profound tumour suppressive role in cancer by restraining the growth-promoting function of the transcriptional coactivator, YAP. We previously showed that the stem cell transcription factor Sox2 maintains cancer stem cells (CSCs) in osteosarcomas. We now report that in these tumours, Sox2 antagonizes the Hippo pathway by direct repression of two Hippo activators, Nf2 (Merlin) and WWC1 (Kibra), leading to exaggerated YAP function. Repression of Nf2, WWC1 and hig ...[more]