Mitotic polarization of transcription factors during asymmetric division establishes fate of forming cancer cells

Transition from premalignant lesion to cancer cell highlights tumor initiation. Here, the authors use a model of K-Ras-initiated lung cancer to document two successive asymmetric divisions, each driven by mitotic polarization of key transcription factors, which lead to generation of initial cancer c...

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Main Authors: Yongqing Liu, Laura Siles, Xiaoqin Lu, Kevin C. Dean, Miriam Cuatrecasas, Antonio Postigo, Douglas C. Dean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04663-1
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Summary:Transition from premalignant lesion to cancer cell highlights tumor initiation. Here, the authors use a model of K-Ras-initiated lung cancer to document two successive asymmetric divisions, each driven by mitotic polarization of key transcription factors, which lead to generation of initial cancer cells.
ISSN:2041-1723