Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Interplay between Notch1 and Notch3 promotes EMT and tumor initiation in squamous cell carcinoma

  • Mitsuteru Natsuizaka,
  • Kelly A. Whelan,
  • Shingo Kagawa,
  • Koji Tanaka,
  • Veronique Giroux,
  • Prasanna M. Chandramouleeswaran,
  • Apple Long,
  • Varun Sahu,
  • Douglas S. Darling,
  • Jianwen Que,
  • Yizeng Yang,
  • Jonathan P. Katz,
  • E. Paul Wileyto,
  • Devraj Basu,
  • Yoshiaki Kita,
  • Shoji Natsugoe,
  • Seiji Naganuma,
  • Andres J. Klein-Szanto,
  • J. Alan Diehl,
  • Adam J. Bass,
  • Kwok-Kin Wong,
  • Anil K. Rustgi,
  • Hiroshi Nakagawa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01500-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Notch receptors can exert different roles in cancer. In this manuscript, the authors reveal that Notch1 activation and EMT promote tumor initiation and cancer cell heterogeneity in squamous cell carcinoma, while the repression of Notch3 by ZEB1 limits Notch1-induced differentiation, permitting Notch1-mediated EMT.