Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Non-canonical functions of SNAIL drive context-specific cancer progression

  • Mariel C. Paul,
  • Christian Schneeweis,
  • Chiara Falcomatà,
  • Chuan Shan,
  • Daniel Rossmeisl,
  • Stella Koutsouli,
  • Christine Klement,
  • Magdalena Zukowska,
  • Sebastian A. Widholz,
  • Moritz Jesinghaus,
  • Konstanze K. Heuermann,
  • Thomas Engleitner,
  • Barbara Seidler,
  • Katia Sleiman,
  • Katja Steiger,
  • Markus Tschurtschenthaler,
  • Benjamin Walter,
  • Sören A. Weidemann,
  • Regina Pietsch,
  • Angelika Schnieke,
  • Roland M. Schmid,
  • Maria S. Robles,
  • Geoffroy Andrieux,
  • Melanie Boerries,
  • Roland Rad,
  • Günter Schneider,
  • Dieter Saur

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36505-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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SNAIL promotes tumour metastasis through inducing epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). Here the authors report that SNAIL bypasses senescence and regulates cell cycle progression to promote pancreatic carcinogenesis and this is independent of EMT induction.