Sentences with phrase «induced in tumour cells»

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«It was really surprizing to realize that oncogenic Pik3ca in basal cells induced the formation of luminal tumours, while its expression in luminal cells gave rise to heterogeneous and more aggressive tumors including basal - like tumors,» comments Alexandra Van Keymeulen, the first author of the paper.

Molecular characterization of the cells that undergo cell fate transition upon oncogenic Pik3ca expression demonstrated a profound oncogene - induced reprogramming of these newly formed cells and identified gene expression signatures, characteristic of the different cell fate switches, which was predictive of the cancer cell of origin, tumour type and clinical outcomes in women with breast cancers.

The researchers found much higher levels of heparanase in childhood brain tumours than in the normal brain, and furthermore, a molecule that can block this enzyme induces cell death in medulloblastoma cells in culture, while normal brain cells were not affected.