Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Uncovering the signaling landscape controlling breast cancer cell migration identifies novel metastasis driver genes

  • Esmee Koedoot,
  • Michiel Fokkelman,
  • Vasiliki-Maria Rogkoti,
  • Marcel Smid,
  • Iris van de Sandt,
  • Hans de Bont,
  • Chantal Pont,
  • Janna E. Klip,
  • Steven Wink,
  • Mieke A. Timmermans,
  • Erik A. C. Wiemer,
  • Peter Stoilov,
  • John A. Foekens,
  • Sylvia E. Le Dévédec,
  • John W. M. Martens,
  • Bob van de Water

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11020-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) have enhanced migratory behaviour. Here, the authors perform a phenotypic imaging-based RNAi screen to identify several genes associated with regulation of migratory phenotypes and show that one of the regulators, PRPF4B, mediates metastasis in TNBC in mice.