Nature Communications (May 2019)

The transcription factor CBFB suppresses breast cancer through orchestrating translation and transcription

  • Navdeep Malik,
  • Hualong Yan,
  • Nellie Moshkovich,
  • Murali Palangat,
  • Howard Yang,
  • Vanesa Sanchez,
  • Zhuo Cai,
  • Tyler J. Peat,
  • Shunlin Jiang,
  • Chengyu Liu,
  • Maxwell Lee,
  • Beverly A. Mock,
  • Stuart H. Yuspa,
  • Daniel Larson,
  • Lalage M. Wakefield,
  • Jing Huang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10102-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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CBFB is highly mutated in breast cancers and is known to interact with RUNX proteins to regulate transcription. Here, the authors describe a non-canonical role of CBFB in translation regulation in which it binds to mRNAs through hnRNPK, facilitating translation by eIF4B.