6 results on '"Pamela Hunborg"'
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2. SALL1 functions as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer by regulating cancer cell senescence and metastasis through the NuRD complex
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Chunling Ma, Guangyong Peng, Michael Rauchman, Xiaoli Zhong, Yanping Zhang, Fusheng Si, Eddy C. Hsueh, Fang Wang, Mark A. Varvares, Susan M. Kiefer, Jian Ye, Bing Han, Lynn Robbins, and Pamela Hunborg
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0301 basic medicine ,Cancer Research ,Tumor suppressor gene ,Estrogen receptor ,Down-Regulation ,Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms ,Biology ,NuRD complex ,medicine.disease_cause ,Senescence ,lcsh:RC254-282 ,Metastasis ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mice ,Breast cancer ,Cell Line, Tumor ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Neoplasm Metastasis ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Triple-negative breast cancer ,Cellular Senescence ,Cell Proliferation ,SALL1 ,Research ,Cancer ,medicine.disease ,lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,Coculture Techniques ,3. Good health ,Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ,030104 developmental biology ,Oncology ,Cancer cell ,Tumorigenesis ,Cancer research ,MCF-7 Cells ,Molecular Medicine ,Female ,Carcinogenesis ,Neoplasm Transplantation ,Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex ,Transcription Factors - Abstract
Background SALL1 is a multi-zinc finger transcription factor that regulates organogenesis and stem cell development, but the role of SALL1 in tumor biology and tumorigenesis remains largely unknown. Methods We analyzed SALL1 expression levels in human and murine breast cancer cells as well as cancer tissues from different types of breast cancer patients. Using both in vitro co-culture system and in vivo breast tumor models, we investigated how SALL1 expression in breast cancer cells affects tumor cell growth and proliferation, metastasis, and cell fate. Using the gain-of function and loss-of-function strategies, we dissected the molecular mechanism responsible for SALL1 tumor suppressor functions. Results We demonstrated that SALL1 functions as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer, which is significantly down-regulated in the basal like breast cancer and in estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) triple negative breast cancer patients. SALL1 expression in human and murine breast cancer cells inhibited cancer cell growth and proliferation, metastasis, and promoted cell cycle arrest. Knockdown of SALL1 in breast cancer cells promoted cancer cell growth, proliferation, and colony formation. Our studies revealed that tumor suppression was mediated by recruitment of the Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex by SALL1, which promoted cancer cell senescence. We further demonstrated that the mechanism of inhibition of breast cancer cell growth and invasion by SALL1-NuRD depends on the p38 MAPK, ERK1/2, and mTOR signaling pathways. Conclusion Our studies indicate that the developmental control gene SALL1 plays a critical role in tumor suppression by recruiting the NuRD complex and thereby inducing cell senescence in breast cancer cells.
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3. CD4+ and CD8+ T cells have opposing roles in breast cancer progression and outcome
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Pamela Hunborg, Chunling Ma, Fang Wang, Yanping Zhang, Qunyuan Zhang, Daniel F. Hoft, Yi Huang, Eddy C. Hsueh, Guangyong Peng, Mark A. Varvares, and Jian Ye
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CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes ,Gerontology ,Population ,Breast Neoplasms ,Kaplan-Meier Estimate ,CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes ,CD8+ T cells ,regulatory T cells ,Mice ,Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating ,Immune system ,Breast cancer ,T-Lymphocyte Subsets ,Tumor Microenvironment ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Cytotoxic T cell ,Th17 cells ,education ,Mice, Inbred BALB C ,Tumor microenvironment ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Cancer ,Flow Cytometry ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,CD4+ T cells ,Mice, Inbred C57BL ,breast tumor microenvironment ,Oncology ,Immunoediting ,Disease Progression ,Cancer research ,Female ,business ,CD8 ,Research Paper - Abstract
The Cancer Immunoediting concept has provided critical insights suggesting dual functions of immune system during the cancer initiation and development. However, the dynamics and roles of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in the pathogenesis of breast cancer remain unclear. Here we utilized two murine breast cancer models (4T1 and E0771) and demonstrated that both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were increased and involved in immune responses, but with distinct dynamic trends in breast cancer development. In addition to cell number increases, CD4+ T cells changed their dominant subsets from Th1 in the early stages to Treg and Th17 cells in the late stages of the cancer progression. We also analyzed CD4+ and CD8+ T cell infiltration in primary breast cancer tissues from cancer patients. We observed that CD8+ T cells are the key effector cell population mediating effective anti-tumor immunity resulting in better clinical outcomes. In contrast, intra-tumoral CD4+ T cells have negative prognostic effects on breast cancer patient outcomes. These studies indicate that CD4+ and CD8+ T cells have opposing roles in breast cancer progression and outcomes, which provides new insights relevant for the development of effective cancer immunotherapeutic approaches.
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4. Tumor-Infiltrating γδ T Lymphocytes Predict Clinical Outcome in Human Breast Cancer
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Mark A. Varvares, Chunling Ma, Qunyuan Zhang, Jian Ye, Pamela Hunborg, Guangyong Peng, Yanping Zhang, Daniel F. Hoft, Theresa Schwartz, Eddy C. Hsueh, Fang Wang, and Eric Wevers
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Adult ,CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes ,Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,T cell ,Immunology ,Breast Neoplasms ,CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes ,Article ,Disease-Free Survival ,Breast cancer ,Antigen ,Cell Movement ,T-Lymphocyte Subsets ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Survival rate ,Aged ,Neoplasm Staging ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,Cancer ,FOXP3 ,Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta ,Immunotherapy ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Immunohistochemistry ,Survival Rate ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Female ,business ,Biomarkers ,CD8 - Abstract
Understanding and dissecting the role of different subsets of regulatory tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in the immunopathogenesis of individual cancer is a challenge for anti-tumor immunotherapy. High levels of γδ regulatory T cells have been discovered in breast TILs. However, the clinical relevance of these intratumoral γδ T cells is unknown. In this study, γδ T cell populations were analyzed by performing immunohistochemical staining in primary breast cancer tissues from patients with different stages of cancer progression. Retrospective multivariate analyses of the correlations between γδ T cell levels and other prognostic factors and clinical outcomes were completed. We found that γδ T cell infiltration and accumulation in breast tumor sites was a general feature in breast cancer patients. Intratumoral γδ T cell numbers were positively correlated with advanced tumor stages, HER2 expression status, and high lymph node metastasis but inversely correlated with relapse-free survival and overall survival of breast cancer patients. Multivariate and univariate analyses of tumor-infiltrating γδ T cells and other prognostic factors further suggested that intratumoral γδ T cells represented the most significant independent prognostic factor for assessing severity of breast cancer compared with the other known factors. Intratumoral γδ T cells were positively correlated with FOXP3+ cells and CD4+ T cells but negatively correlated with CD8+ T cells in breast cancer tissues. These findings suggest that intratumoral γδ T cells may serve as a valuable and independent prognostic biomarker, as well as a potential therapeutic target for human breast cancer.
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- 2012
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5. Prospective validation of gene expression profiling in primary cutaneous melanoma
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Theresa Schwartz, Eddy C. Hsueh, Jason M. Lizalek, Pamela Hunborg, Leslie Hinyard, and M. Yadira Hurley
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0301 basic medicine ,Oncology ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Cancer ,medicine.disease ,Gene expression profiling ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Internal medicine ,Cutaneous melanoma ,medicine ,Treatment decision making ,business - Abstract
9565Background: Gene expression profiling (GEP) is becoming an integral part of treatment decision making in cancer. A GEP test (DecisionDx-Melanoma) has been in commercial use based on data from m...
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- 2016
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6. Abstract 3544: Role of tumor-infiltrating gammadelta T lymphocytes in breast cancer
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Jian Ye, Qunyuan Zhang, Guangyong Peng, Yanping Zhang, Pamela Hunborg, Theresa Schwartz, Eddy C. Hsueh, Chunling Ma, Eric Wevers, Daniel F. Hoft, and Mark A. Vavares
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Cancer Research ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,T cell ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Population ,FOXP3 ,Cancer ,Immunotherapy ,medicine.disease ,Breast cancer ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Oncology ,Immunology ,medicine ,Cancer research ,education ,business ,Lymph node ,CD8 - Abstract
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide. Increasing evidence suggests that immunotherapy is a promising strategy for treating breast cancer, and understanding of the roles of different subtypes of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in the tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment may be essential to cancer treatment and elimination. We recently discovered that enriched gammadelta1 T cell populations in the breast cancer TILs can suppress naïve and effector T cell responses and block the maturation and activities of dendritic cells (DC). In order to investigate the functional role of tumor-infiltrating gammadelta T cells in the immune pathogenesis of breast cancer, we further performed immunohistochemical staining to analyze gammadelta T cells, as well as CD4+, CD8+, IL-17-producing and FoxP3+ T cells in 50 freshly frozen tumor tissues from different stages of identified primary breast cancer and paired normal breast tissues. We found that the numbers of gammadelta T cells among tumor tissues were significantly increased compared with those in normal breast tissues in breast cancer patients. High numbers of gammadelta T cells were present in the patients with high tumor grades and lymph node metastases. Importantly, the patients with a high proportion of gammadelta T cells showed poorer survival rates in comparison to those with a low proportion of gammadelta T cells in breast cancer. These results indicate that gammadelta T cells constitute a dominant population existing in the breast tumor suppressive microenvironment that is negatively associated with clinical outcome, which may be an important cancer immunotherapeutic target for breast cancer. Citation Format: {Authors}. {Abstract title} [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2012 Mar 31-Apr 4; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2012;72(8 Suppl):Abstract nr 3544. doi:1538-7445.AM2012-3544
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