Inhibition of AP-1 transcription factor causes blockade of multiple signal transduction pathways and inhibits breast cancer growth

Y Liu, J Ludes-Meyers, Y Zhang, D Munoz-Medellin… - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
AP-1 transcription factors play a critical role in signal transduction pathways in many cells.
We have investigated the role of AP-1 in controlling proliferative signals in breast cells, and …

AP-1 blockade in breast cancer cells causes cell cycle arrest by suppressing G1 cyclin expression and reducing cyclin-dependent kinase activity

Y Liu, C Lu, Q Shen, D Munoz-Medellin, H Kim… - Oncogene, 2004 - nature.com
The AP-1 transcription factor is a central component of signal transduction pathways in many
cells, although the exact role of AP-1 in controlling cell growth and malignant transformation …

AP-1 blockade inhibits the growth of normal and malignant breast cells

JH Ludes-Meyers, Y Liu, D Muñoz-Medellin… - Oncogene, 2001 - nature.com
We have previously demonstrated that basal AP-1 transcriptional activity is high in normal
human mammary epithelial cells, intermediate in immortal breast cells, and relatively low in …

Expression of AP-2 transcription factors in human breast cancer correlates with the regulation of multiple growth factor signalling pathways

BC Turner, J Zhang, AA Gumbs, MG Maher, L Kaplan… - Cancer research, 1998 - AACR
The AP-2 transcription factors are required for normal growth and morphogenesis during
mammalian development. Previous in vitro studies have also indicated that the AP-2 family …

Activation and inhibition of the AP‐1 complex in human breast cancer cells

TK Chen, LM Smith, DK Gebhardt… - … in cooperation with …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
We have studied the expression and activity of the jun and fos families of transcription
factors in a panel of human breast cancer cells. Numerous breast‐cancer cell lines showed …

AP2α and AP2γ: a comparison of binding site specificity and trans-activation of the estrogen receptor promoter and single site promoter constructs

LA McPherson, RJ Weigel - Nucleic acids research, 1999 - academic.oup.com
The AP2 transcription factors exhibit a high degree of homology in the DNA binding and
dimerization domains. In this study, we methodically compared the binding specificity of …

[HTML][HTML] The AP-1 transcription factor regulates postnatal mammary gland development

Q Shen, Y Zhang, IP Uray, JL Hill, HT Kim, C Lu… - Developmental …, 2006 - Elsevier
The AP-1 transcription factor is activated by multiple growth factors that are critical regulators
of breast cell proliferation. We previously demonstrated that AP-1 blockade inhibits breast …

The AP-1 transcription factor regulates breast cancer cell growth via cyclins and E2F factors

Q Shen, IP Uray, Y Li, TI Krisko, TE Strecker, HT Kim… - Oncogene, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract The activating protein-1 (AP-1) transcription factor transduces growth signals
through signal transduction pathways to the nucleus, leading to the expression of genes …

Differential regulation of AP1 activity by retinoic acid in hormone-dependent and-independent breast cancer cells

B van der Burg, R Slager-Davidov, M Bas-jan… - Molecular and cellular …, 1995 - Elsevier
We have studied the role of the AP1 transcription factor in the progression of human breast
carcinomas. This progression is characterized by a loss of dependence for proliferation on …

Reduced nuclear expression of transcription factor AP-2 associates with aggressive breast cancer

J Pellikainen, V Kataja, K Ropponen, J Kellokoski… - Clinical Cancer …, 2002 - AACR
Purpose: We proposed to investigate the expression and prognostic significance of activator
protein 2 (AP-2) in breast cancer. Experimental Design: AP-2 was immunohistochemically …