Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Comprehensive functional analysis of the tousled-like kinase 2 frequently amplified in aggressive luminal breast cancers

  • Jin-Ah Kim,
  • Ying Tan,
  • Xian Wang,
  • Xixi Cao,
  • Jamunarani Veeraraghavan,
  • Yulong Liang,
  • Dean P. Edwards,
  • Shixia Huang,
  • Xuewen Pan,
  • Kaiyi Li,
  • Rachel Schiff,
  • Xiao-Song Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12991
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Luminal B oestrogen receptor positive breast cancers are generally aggressive tumors with poor outcomes. Here, the authors show that the kinase TLK2 is amplified and overexpressed in these tumors and correlates with reduced survival, TLK2 inhibition induces apoptosis in vitroand improves survival in mice.