Hyperleptinemia in obese state renders luminal breast cancers refractory to tamoxifen by coordinating a crosstalk between Med1, miR205 and ErbB

Abstract Obese women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer exhibit poor response to therapy and inferior outcomes. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms by which obesity/hyperleptinemia may reduce the efficacy of hormonal therapy remain elusive. Obese mice with hyperleptinemia exhibit...

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Main Authors: Arumugam Nagalingam, Sumit Siddharth, Sheetal Parida, Nethaji Muniraj, Dimiter Avtanski, Panjamurthy Kuppusamy, Justin Elsey, Jack L. Arbiser, Balázs Győrffy, Dipali Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:npj Breast Cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-021-00314-9