The in situ transcriptomic landscape of breast tumour-associated and normal adjacent endothelial cells.
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis
; 1870(2): 166985, 2024 02.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is associated with increased angiogenesis, which is known to aid tumour growth and metastasis. Anti-angiogenic therapies that have been developed to target this feature have mostly generated disappointing clinical results. Further research into targeted approaches is limited by a lack of understanding of the in situ molecular profile of tumour-associated vasculature. In this study, we aimed to understand the differences in the molecular profiles of tumour endothelial cells vs normal-adjacent endothelial cells in TNBC tissues.METHOD:
We have applied unbiased whole transcriptome spatial profiling of in situ gene expressions of endothelial cells localized in full-face patient TNBC tissues (n = 4) and normal-adjacent regions of the same patient breast tissues.RESULTS:
Our comparative analysis revealed that 2412 genes were differentially expressed (padj < 0.05) between the tumour endothelial cells and normal-adjacent endothelial cells. Pathway enrichment showed the enrichment of gene sets related to cell-cell, cell-ECM adhesion, chromatin organization and remodeling, and protein-DNA complex subunit organization.CONCLUSION:
Overall, the results revealed unique molecular profiles and signalling pathways of tumour-associated vasculature, which is a critical step towards larger cohort studies investigating potential targets for TNBC prognosis and anti-angiogenic treatments.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Transcriptoma
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Neoplasias de Mama Triplo Negativas
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article