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Heldin P, Basu K, Kozlova I, Porsch H
Adv. Cancer Res. 123 (-) 211-229 [2014-08-02; online 2014-08-02]
Metastatic spread of breast cancer cells, facilitated by the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process, is responsible for the majority of breast cancer mortality. Increased levels of hyaluronan due to deregulation of hyaluronan-synthesizing enzymes, like HAS2, and expression of CD44, the key receptor for hyaluronan, are correlated to poor outcome of patients with basal-like breast cancer. TGFβ induces HAS2 and CD44, both of which are required in the course of efficient TGFβ-induced EMT processes by mammary epithelial cells. Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying tumor-stroma interactions in breast cancer including the regulation of HAS2 and CD44 expression may contribute to the development of better strategies to treat breast cancer patients.
PubMed 25081531
DOI 10.1016/B978-0-12-800092-2.00008-3
Crossref 10.1016/B978-0-12-800092-2.00008-3
pii: B978-0-12-800092-2.00008-3