Project description:Comparison between Estrogen receptor positive and Estrogen receptor negative breast cancer samples Keywords: breast cancer type comparison
Project description:Integrative analysis of primary estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), and metaplastic breast cancer (MBC) tumors using Starfysh.
Project description:Micro RNA (miRNA) profiling of breast cancer subtype was demonstrated using RT-PCR. We present herein two cases with miRNA profiling in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and -negative breast cancer. The level of miR-181a expression in ER-positive cancer was higher than in ER-negative cancer, while expression of miR-27a, -107 and -195 was lower in ER-positive when compared with ER-negative cancer.
Project description:The overall study explores differential sensitivity of estrogen-receptor-positive and -negative breast carcinoma cells to retinoids via gene expression and microRNA profiling in MCF7 and MDA-MB-231 cells. This Series reports results of transcriptional profiling of breast carcinoma cell lines comparing the effects of retinoic acid treatment (6 and 48 hours) on estrogen-receptor-positive (MCF7) and estrogen-receptor-negative (MDA-MB-231) cells.
Project description:Estrogen receptor dependent genomic expression profiles in breast cancer cells in response to fatty acids. Estrogen receptor positive cells respond better to omega 3 treatments. two condition experiments: ER positive and negative breast cancer cells exposed to two fatty acids: omega-3 (eicosapentanoic acid) and 6 (arachidonic acid).
Project description:Breast cancer stem cells are considered estrogen receptor negative and estrogen insensitive. However, estrogens potentiate growth of the vast majority of breast tumors. In this study, we characterize the expression of estrogen receptors in breast cancer stem cells. We used microarrays to characterize the global gene expression underlying estrogen receptor activation versus inhibition in breast cancer cells from invasive breast cancers.
Project description:Studying transcription factor (TF) interactions and gene regulatory networks in breast cancer, we have recently identified two distinct and opposing clusters of TFs associated with estrogen receptor-positive and -negative breast cancer and breast cancer risk. The relative activity of these two groups of TFs has a dramatic effect on patient outcomes and is likely to influence the phenotypic plasticity observed in breast cancer. We have identified two novel interactors (NFIB and YBX1) of the estrogen receptor (ESR1) using Rapid Immunoprecipitation Mass Spectrometry of Endogenous Proteins (RIME), co-immunoprecipitation and microscopy experiments. Both NFIB and YBX1 are members of the group of risk TFs that oppose the activity of the risk TFs associated with estrogen receptor-positive disease, and we have demonstrated that they both repress the transcriptional activity of ESR1. Here, we examine the effect of NFIB and YBX1 overexpression on the transcriptome of an estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cell line to see if these risk TFs are able to repress the ESR1 regulon and drive cells towards a less estrogen-dependent phenotype.
Project description:Background: The androgen receptor (AR) is a tumor suppressor in estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer, a role sustained in some ER negative breast cancers. Key factors dictating AR genomic activity in a breast context are largely unknown. Herein, we employed an unbiased chromatin immunoprecipitation-based proteomic technique to identify endogenous AR interacting co-regulatory proteins in ER positive and negative models of breast cancer to gain new insight into mechanisms of AR signaling in this disease. Results: The DNA-binding factor GATA3 is identified and validated as a novel AR interacting protein in breast cancer cells irrespective of ER status. AR activation by the natural ligand 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) increases nuclear AR-GATA3 interactions, resulting in AR-dependent enrichment of GATA3 chromatin binding at a sub-set of genomic loci. Silencing GATA3 reduces but does not prevent AR DNA binding and transactivation of genes associated with AR/GATA3 co-occupied loci, indicating a co-regulatory role for GATA3 in AR signaling. DHT-induced AR/GATA3 binding coincides with upregulation of luminal differentiation genes, including EHF and KDM4B, established master regulators of a breast epithelial cell lineage. These findings are validated in a patient-derived xenograft model of breast cancer. Interaction between AR and GATA3 is also associated with AR-mediated growth inhibition in ER positive and ER negative breast cancer.
