Nature Communications (May 2021)

Human ribonuclease 1 serves as a secretory ligand of ephrin A4 receptor and induces breast tumor initiation

  • Heng-Huan Lee,
  • Ying-Nai Wang,
  • Wen-Hao Yang,
  • Weiya Xia,
  • Yongkun Wei,
  • Li-Chuan Chan,
  • Yu-Han Wang,
  • Zhou Jiang,
  • Shouping Xu,
  • Jun Yao,
  • Yufan Qiu,
  • Yi-Hsin Hsu,
  • Wei-Lun Hwang,
  • Meisi Yan,
  • Jong-Ho Cha,
  • Jennifer L. Hsu,
  • Jia Shen,
  • Yuanqing Ye,
  • Xifeng Wu,
  • Ming-Feng Hou,
  • Lin-Ming Tseng,
  • Shao-Chun Wang,
  • Mei-Ren Pan,
  • Chin-Hua Yang,
  • Yuan-Liang Wang,
  • Hirohito Yamaguchi,
  • Da Pang,
  • Gabriel N. Hortobagyi,
  • Dihua Yu,
  • Mien-Chie Hung

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23075-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Human ribonuclease 1 (hRNase 1) regulates innate immunity, hemostasis and RNA clearance. Here, the authors report an alternative function of hRNase 1 as a secretory ligand of Eph receptor EphA4 to enhance breast cancer stemness and promote breast tumour initiation.