Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

TRIB3 supports breast cancer stemness by suppressing FOXO1 degradation and enhancing SOX2 transcription

  • Jin-mei Yu,
  • Wei Sun,
  • Zhen-he Wang,
  • Xiao Liang,
  • Fang Hua,
  • Ke Li,
  • Xiao-xi Lv,
  • Xiao-wei Zhang,
  • Yu-ying Liu,
  • Jiao-jiao Yu,
  • Shan-shan Liu,
  • Shuang Shang,
  • Feng Wang,
  • Zhao-na Yang,
  • Chen-xi Zhao,
  • Xue-ying Hou,
  • Ping-ping Li,
  • Bo Huang,
  • Bing Cui,
  • Zhuo-Wei Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13700-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Cancer stem cells contribute to breast cancer metastasis and recurrence. Here the authors show that TRIB3 enhances breast cancer stemness through interaction with AKT to promote FOXO1 stability, which then increases SOX2 activity.