Nature Communications (May 2021)

An RFC4/Notch1 signaling feedback loop promotes NSCLC metastasis and stemness

  • Lei Liu,
  • Tianyu Tao,
  • Shihua Liu,
  • Xia Yang,
  • Xuwei Chen,
  • Jiaer Liang,
  • Ruohui Hong,
  • Wenting Wang,
  • Yi Yang,
  • Xiaoyi Li,
  • Youhong Zhang,
  • Quanfeng Li,
  • Shujun Liang,
  • Haocheng Yu,
  • Yun Wu,
  • Xinyu Guo,
  • Yan Lai,
  • Xiaofan Ding,
  • Hongyu Guan,
  • Jueheng Wu,
  • Xun Zhu,
  • Jie Yuan,
  • Jun Li,
  • Shicheng Su,
  • Mengfeng Li,
  • Xiuyu Cai,
  • Junchao Cai,
  • Han Tian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22971-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Activated Notch signalling promotes cancer metastasis and stemness. Here the authors show that Notch1 activates transcription of DNA replication factor RCF4 and that RCF4 binds and stabilises Notch1 intracellular domain (NICD1) to promote cancer metastasis.