• Age-Related Dysfunction in Mechanotransduction Impairs Differentiation of Human Mammary Epithelial Progenitors 

      Pelissier, Fanny; Garbe, James C.; Ananthanarayanan, Badriprasad; Miyano, Masaru; Lin, ChunHan; Jokela, Tiina; Kumar, Sanjay; Stampfer, Martha R.; Lorens, James; LaBarge, Mark A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-26)
      Dysfunctional progenitor and luminal cells with acquired basal cell properties accumulate during human mammary epithelial aging for reasons not understood. Multipotent progenitors from women aged <30 years were exposed to ...
    • AXL is a driver of stemness in normal mammary gland and breast cancer 

      Engelsen, Agnete; Wnuk-Lipinska, Katarzyna; Bougnaud, Sébastien; Vatter, Fanny A. Pelissier; Tiron, Crina Elena; Villadsen, René; Miyano, Masaru; Lotsberg, Maria Lie; Madeleine, Noëlly; Panahandeh, Pouda; Dhakal, Sushil; Tan, Tuan Zea; Peters, Stacey D'Mello; Grøndal, Sturla Magnus; Aziz, Sura Mohammed; Nord, Silje; Herfindal, Lars; Stampfer, Martha R.; Sørlie, Therese; Brekken, Rolf A; Straume, Oddbjørn; Halberg, Nils; Gausdal, Gro; Thiery, Jean Paul; Akslen, Lars A.; Petersen, Ole W.; LaBarge, Mark A.; Lorens, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      The receptor tyrosine kinase AXL is associated with epithelial plasticity in several solid tumors including breast cancer and AXL-targeting agents are currently in clinical trials. We hypothesized that AXL is a driver of ...
    • Breast-Specific Molecular Clocks Comprised of ELF5 Expression and Promoter Methylation Identify Individuals Susceptible to Cancer Initiation 

      Miyano, Masaru; Sayaman, Rosalyn W.; Shalabi, Sundus F.; Senapati, Parijat; Lopez, Jennifer C.; Angarola, Brittany Lynn; Hinz, Stefan; Zirbes, Arrianna; Anczukow, Olga; Yee, Lisa D.; Sedrak, Mina S.; Stampfer, Martha R.; Seewaldt, Victoria; LaBarge, Mark A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      A robust breast cancer prevention strategy requires risk assessment biomarkers for early detection. We show that expression of ELF5, a transcription factor critical for normal mammary development, is downregulated in mammary ...
    • Loss of epigenetic suppression of retrotransposons with oncogenic potential in aging mammary luminal epithelial cells 

      Senapati, Parijat; Miyano, Masaru; Sayaman, Rosalyn W.; Basam, Mudaser; Leung, Amy; LaBarge, Mark; Schones, Dustin E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      A primary function of DNA methylation in mammalian genomes is to repress transposable elements (TEs). The widespread methylation loss that is commonly observed in cancer cells results in the loss of epigenetic repression ...