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A European Platform for Translational Cancer Research (EUROCANPLATFORM)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

Europe has a number of advantages as regards developing translational cancer research, yet there is no clear European strategy to meet the increasing burden posed by cancer. The FP6 Eurocan+Plus project analysed the barriers underlying the increasing fragmentation of cancer research and stressed the need to improve collaboration between basic/preclinical and comprehensive cancer centres (CCCs), in ...
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The DNA damage response and breast cancer (DDRESPONSE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

We will exploit the DNA damage response (DDR) to assess and predict individual susceptibility and response focussed on breast cancer and breast cancer therapies. The 1st targeted therapy based on the DDR is inhibition of PARP by olaparib, which induces synthetic lethality in cancer cells with a specific DDR defect. Our members discovered olaparib, which is currently in Phase II trials. Its use in ...
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Breast Cancer Somatic Genetics Study (BASIS)

Start date: Jul 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

"All cancers arise due to somatically acquired mutations in their genomes which alter the function of key cancer genes. Understanding these critical mutational events underlying cancer development is paramount for advancing prevention, early detection, monitoring and treatment of the disease. Breast cancer is the most common class of cancer diagnosed in women worldwide with more than one million c ...
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pARylation-mediated regulation of cancer pathways (pARylome)

Start date: Mar 1, 2011, End date: Aug 8, 2013,

Poly(ADP)ribosylation (pARylation) is an important post-translational modification of proteins that affects diverse biological processes such as DNA damage repair, apoptosis and transcription. The conjugation of Poly(ADP)-ribose (pADPr) to target proteins is mediated by members of the Poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase (ARTD/PARP) protein family. ADPr can be attached either as a single moiety or as chain ...
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Molecular mechanisms of melanoma invasion (Melanoma Invasion)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: Jun 14, 2013,

Malignant melanoma is highly invasive and metastatic resulting in a major clinical problem in management of the disease. The aim of this project is to gain a better understanding of mechanisms of cell migration to identify novel therapeutic targets to block invasion. Disruption of cell signalling pathways that dynamically regulate the cytoskeleton underlie the altered migratory potential of tumour ...
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The influence of Her2 status on mammary stem/progenitor cells (HER2 MAMMARYSTEMCELL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

"c-ERBB2/HER2 is a gene that is found overexpressed in ~25% of mammary tumours, and defines the molecular signature of one of the breast cancer subtypes: the HER2-positive tumour subtype. However, the role of the c-ErbB2 tyrosine kinase and the stem cell of origin of HER2-positive breast cancers are poorly understood. Our project aims to study the relationship between c-ErbB2 function and normal a ...
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Synthetic lethality approaches to BRCA-associated cancer (SYNTHLE BRCA)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2010,

"Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes confer high lifetime risks of developing breast and other cancers. Moreover, several studies suggest that tumours arising in mutation carriers have generally lost the wild-type allele and do not express functional BRCA1 or BRCA2 proteins. Both BRCA proteins are important for repair of double strand DNA breaks by homologous recombination. The subject of this proj ...
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Characterization of myoepithelial differentiation in basal-like breast cancer cells (Basal Breast Cancer)

Start date: Jun 1, 2008, End date: May 31, 2010,

Translational research in cancer is one of the thematic priorities within FP7 Health Investigation Programme. Breast cancer is the most frequent tumour type in European women. 20-25% of breast carcinomas express myoepithelial markers, thus showing the basal-like phenotype. Basal-like tumours are typically high-grade, aggressive cancers with poor prognosis. Since basal-like phenotype closely resemb ...
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