[HTML][HTML] Targeting lysyl oxidase (LOX) overcomes chemotherapy resistance in triple negative breast cancer

O Saatci, A Kaymak, U Raza, PG Ersan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Chemoresistance is a major obstacle in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), the most
aggressive breast cancer subtype. Here we identify hypoxia-induced ECM re-modeler, lysyl …

Reactivation of cAMP pathway by PDE4D inhibition represents a novel druggable axis for overcoming tamoxifen resistance in ER-positive breast cancer

…, PG Ersan, ÜM Tokat, E Eyüpoğlu, Ö Saatci… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
Purpose: Tamoxifen remains an important hormonal therapy for ER-positive breast cancer;
however, development of resistance is a major obstacle in clinics. Here, we aimed to identify …

Endocrine resistance in breast cancer: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

O Saatci, KT Huynh-Dam, O Sahin - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Estrogen receptor-positive (ER +) breast cancer accounts for approximately 75% of all breast
cancers. Endocrine therapies, including selective ER modulators (SERMs), aromatase …

Targeting PLK1 overcomes T-DM1 resistance via CDK1-dependent phosphorylation and inactivation of Bcl-2/xL in HER2-positive breast cancer

Ö Saatci, S Borgoni, Ö Akbulut, S Durmuş, U Raza… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Trastuzumab-refractory, HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2)-positive breast
cancer is commonly treated with trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1), an antibody–drug …

[HTML][HTML] Thymidylate synthase maintains the de-differentiated state of triple negative breast cancers

…, D Pluim, SA Coggins, O Saatci… - Cell Death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Cancer cells frequently boost nucleotide metabolism (NM) to support their increased
proliferation, but the consequences of elevated NM on tumor de-differentiation are mostly …

miR-200c: a versatile watchdog in cancer progression, EMT, and drug resistance

M Mutlu, U Raza, Ö Saatci, E Eyüpoğlu… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 20–22-nucleotide small endogenous non-coding RNAs which
regulate gene expression at post-transcriptional level. In the last two decades, identification of …

Targeting HIF1-alpha/miR-326/ITGA5 axis potentiates chemotherapy response in triple-negative breast cancer

R Assidicky, UM Tokat, IO Tarman, O Saatci… - Breast cancer research …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive subtype of breast
cancer that is frequently treated with chemotherapy. However, many patients exhibit either de …

Polyol pathway links glucose metabolism to the aggressiveness of cancer cells

…, F Napoli, M Böttcher, B Menchicchi, U Raza, Ö Saatci… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Cancer cells alter their metabolism to support their malignant properties. In this study, we
report that the glucose-transforming polyol pathway (PP) gene aldo-keto-reductase-1-member-…

[HTML][HTML] Thymidylate synthase drives the phenotypes of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in non-small cell lung cancer

…, A Schwab, ME Vazakidou, R Natesan, O Saatci… - British journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) enhances motility, stemness,
chemoresistance and metastasis. Little is known about how various pathways coordinate to elicit …

[HTML][HTML] miR-564 acts as a dual inhibitor of PI3K and MAPK signaling networks and inhibits proliferation and invasion in breast cancer

M Mutlu, Ö Saatci, SA Ansari, E Yurdusev… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Dysregulation of PI3K and MAPK pathways promotes uncontrolled cell proliferation, apoptotic
inhibition and metastasis. Individual targeting of these pathways using kinase inhibitors …