• Detection of phenotype-specific therapeutic vulnerabilities in breast cells using a CRISPR loss-of-function screen 

      Barkovskaya, Anna; Goodwin, Craig; Seip, Kotryna; Hilmarsdòttir, Bylgja; Pettersen, Solveig; Stalnecker, Clint; Engebraaten, Olav; Briem, Eirikur; Der, Channing J; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Guðjónsson, Þórarinn; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari; Prasmickaite, Lina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Cellular phenotype plasticity between the epithelial and mesenchymal states has been linked to metastasis and heterogeneous responses to cancer therapy, and remains a challenge for the treatment of triple-negative breast ...
    • EMT-derived alterations in glutamine metabolism sensitize mesenchymal breast cells to mTOR inhibition 

      Karvelsson, Sigurdur; Sigurdsson, Arnar; Seip, Kotryna; Grinde, Maria Tunset; Wang, Qiong; Johanssson, Freyr; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Rolfsson, Ottar; Halldórsson, Skarphédinn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a fundamental developmental process with strong implications in cancer progression. Understanding the metabolic alterations associated with EMT may open new avenues of treatment ...
    • Inhibition of O-GlcNAc transferase activates tumor-suppressor gene expression in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells 

      Barkovskaya, Anna; Seip, Kotryna; Prasmickaite, Lina; Mills, Ian Geoffrey; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Itkonen, Harri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this study, we probed the importance of O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) activity for the survival of tamoxifen-sensitive (TamS) and tamoxifen-resistant (TamR) breast cancer cells. Tamoxifen is an antagonist of estrogen ...
    • O-GlcNAc Transferase Inhibition Differentially Affects Breast Cancer Subtypes 

      Barkovskaya, Anna; Seip, Kotryna; Hilmarsdòttir, Bylgja; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari; Moestue, Siver Andreas; Itkonen, Harri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Post-translational modification of intracellular proteins with a single N-acetylglucosamine sugar (O-GlcNAcylation) regulates signaling, proliferation, metabolism and protein stability. In breast cancer, expression of the ...