Human Gene Set: TAVAZOIE_METASTASIS


Standard name TAVAZOIE_METASTASIS
Systematic name M2778
Brief description Putative metastasis genes: up-regulated in metastatic cell lines LM2 (lung) and BoM2 (bone) relative to the parental MDA-MB-231 line (breast adenocarcinoma).
Full description or abstract A search for general regulators of cancer metastasis has yielded a set of microRNAs for which expression is specifically lost as human breast cancer cells develop metastatic potential. Here we show that restoring the expression of these microRNAs in malignant cells suppresses lung and bone metastasis by human cancer cells in vivo. Of these microRNAs, miR-126 restoration reduces overall tumour growth and proliferation, whereas miR-335 inhibits metastatic cell invasion. miR-335 regulates a set of genes whose collective expression in a large cohort of human tumours is associated with risk of distal metastasis. miR-335 suppresses metastasis and migration through targeting of the progenitor cell transcription factor SOX4 and extracellular matrix component tenascin C. Expression of miR-126 and miR-335 is lost in the majority of primary breast tumours from patients who relapse, and the loss of expression of either microRNA is associated with poor distal metastasis-free survival. miR-335 and miR-126 are thus identified as metastasis suppressor microRNAs in human breast cancer.
Collection C2: Curated
      CGP: Chemical and Genetic Perturbations
Source publication Pubmed 18185580   Authors: Tavazoie SF,Alarcón C,Oskarsson T,Padua D,Wang Q,Bos PD,Gerald WL,Massagué J
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identifier namespace		 AFFY_HG_U133
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