Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Breast cancer metastasis suppressor OTUD1 deubiquitinates SMAD7

  • Zhengkui Zhang,
  • Yao Fan,
  • Feng Xie,
  • Hang Zhou,
  • Ke Jin,
  • Li Shao,
  • Wenhao Shi,
  • Pengfei Fang,
  • Bing Yang,
  • Hans van Dam,
  • Peter ten Dijke,
  • Xiaofeng Zheng,
  • Xiaohua Yan,
  • Junling Jia,
  • Min Zheng,
  • Jin Jin,
  • Chen Ding,
  • Sheng Ye,
  • Fangfang Zhou,
  • Long Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02029-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The activation of TGF-β signaling has been implicated in cancer metastasis. Here, the authors show that OTUD1 suppresses metastasis by antagonizing the TGF-β pathway via the deubiquitination of SMAD7, and its loss correlates with poor prognosis in breast cancer.