Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

NOTCH1 activation compensates BRCA1 deficiency and promotes triple-negative breast cancer formation

  • Kai Miao,
  • Josh Haipeng Lei,
  • Monica Vishnu Valecha,
  • Aiping Zhang,
  • Jun Xu,
  • Lijian Wang,
  • Xueying Lyu,
  • Si Chen,
  • Zhengqiang Miao,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Sek Man Su,
  • Fangyuan Shao,
  • Barani Kumar Rajendran,
  • Jiaolin Bao,
  • Jianming Zeng,
  • Heng Sun,
  • Ping Chen,
  • Kaeling Tan,
  • Qiang Chen,
  • Koon Ho Wong,
  • Xiaoling Xu,
  • Chu-Xia Deng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16936-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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BRCA1 mutation carriers have higher chances of developing triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Here, the authors use the Sleeping Beauty mutagenesis system in Brca1 deficient mice and identify 169 putative driver genes, of which NOTCH1 accelerates TNBC formation through promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cell cycle progression.