Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Cooperative interaction between ERα and the EMT-inducer ZEB1 reprograms breast cancer cells for bone metastasis

  • Nastaran Mohammadi Ghahhari,
  • Magdalena K. Sznurkowska,
  • Nicolas Hulo,
  • Lilia Bernasconi,
  • Nicola Aceto,
  • Didier Picard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29723-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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The epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is important in the metastatic spread of cancer cells. Here, the authors show that the EMT transcription factor, ZEB1, can modify estrogen receptor α during EMT and facilitate the migration of breast cancer cells to the bone