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    KRAS allelic imbalance drives tumour initiation yet suppresses metastasis in colorectal cancer in vivo

    Oncogenic KRAS mutations are well-described functionally and are known to drive tumorigenesis. Recent reports describe a significant prevalence of KRAS allelic imbalances or gene dosage changes in human cancers, ...

    Arafath K. Najumudeen, Sigrid K. Fey, Laura M. Millett in Nature Communications (2024)

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    Driver gene combinations dictate cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma disease continuum progression

    The molecular basis of disease progression from UV-induced precancerous actinic keratosis (AK) to malignant invasive cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and potentially lethal metastatic disease remains u...

    Peter Bailey, Rachel A. Ridgway, Patrizia Cammareri in Nature Communications (2023)

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    Author Correction: Epithelial TGFβ engages growth-factor signalling to circumvent apoptosis and drive intestinal tumourigenesis with aggressive features

    Dustin J. Flanagan, Raheleh Amirkhah, David F. Vincent in Nature Communications (2023)

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    Epithelial TGFβ engages growth-factor signalling to circumvent apoptosis and drive intestinal tumourigenesis with aggressive features

    The pro-tumourigenic role of epithelial TGFβ signalling in colorectal cancer (CRC) is controversial. Here, we identify a cohort of born to be bad early-stage (T1) colorectal tumours, with aggressive features and ...

    Dustin J. Flanagan, Raheleh Amirkhah, David F. Vincent in Nature Communications (2022)

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    Oncogenic BRAF, unrestrained by TGFβ-receptor signalling, drives right-sided colonic tumorigenesis

    Right-sided (proximal) colorectal cancer (CRC) has a poor prognosis and a distinct mutational profile, characterized by oncogenic BRAF mutations and aberrations in mismatch repair and TGFβ signalling. Here, we de...

    Joshua D. G. Leach, Nikola Vlahov, Petros Tsantoulis in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Author Correction: Loss of BCL9/9l suppresses Wnt driven tumourigenesis in models that recapitulate human cancer

    The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Miryam Müller, which was incorrectly given as Miryam Müeller. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions...

    David M. Gay, Rachel A. Ridgway, Miryam Müller, Michael C. Hodder in Nature Communications (2019)

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    Loss of BCL9/9l suppresses Wnt driven tumourigenesis in models that recapitulate human cancer

    Different thresholds of Wnt signalling are thought to drive stem cell maintenance, regeneration, differentiation and cancer. However, the principle that oncogenic Wnt signalling could be specifically targeted ...

    David M. Gay, Rachel A. Ridgway, Miryam Müller, Michael C. Hodder in Nature Communications (2019)

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    A novel tankyrase inhibitor, MSC2504877, enhances the effects of clinical CDK4/6 inhibitors

    Inhibition of the PARP superfamily tankyrase enzymes suppresses Wnt/β-catenin signalling in tumour cells. Here, we describe here a novel, drug-like small molecule inhibitor of tankyrase MSC2504877 that inhibit...

    Malini Menon, Richard Elliott, Leandra Bowers, Nicolae Balan in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Phosphorylation of Rab-coupling protein by LMTK3 controls Rab14-dependent EphA2 trafficking to promote cell:cell repulsion

    The Rab GTPase effector, Rab-coupling protein (RCP) is known to promote invasive behaviour in vitro by controlling integrin and receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) trafficking, but how RCP influences metastasis in viv...

    Christine Gundry, Sergi Marco, Elena Rainero, Bryan Miller in Nature Communications (2017)

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    Genome-wide in vivo screen identifies novel host regulators of metastatic colonization

    Screening mutant mouse lines using a genome-wide in vivo assay identifies microenvironmental regulators of metastatic colonization and defines SPNS2 as an important mediator of lung colonization.

    Louise van der Weyden, Mark J. Arends, Andrew D. Campbell, Tobias Bald in Nature (2017)

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    A caveolin-dependent and PI3K/AKT-independent role of PTEN in β-catenin transcriptional activity

    Loss of the tumour suppressor PTEN is frequent in human melanoma, results in MAPK activation, suppresses senescence and mediates metastatic behaviour. How PTEN loss mediates these effects is unknown. Here we s...

    Alejandro Conde-Perez, Gwendoline Gros, Christine Longvert in Nature Communications (2015)

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    P-Rex1 is required for efficient melanoblast migration and melanoma metastasis

    Metastases are the major cause of death from melanoma, a skin cancer that has the fastest rising incidence of any malignancy in the Western world. Molecular pathways that drive melanoblast migration in develop...

    Colin R. Lindsay, Samuel Lawn, Andrew D. Campbell in Nature Communications (2011)