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01-05-2010 | Poster presentation
Reduced MCPH1 expression in breast cancer and response to chemotherapy
Authors:
J Richardson, A Shaaban, M Kamal, I Ellis, V Speirs, A Green, SM Bell
Published in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Special Issue 1/2010
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Excerpt
Previously we identified MCPH1, a DNA damage response protein involved in the regulation of BRCA1 and BRCA2, as the defective protein in one form of microcephaly. BRCA1 mutations are associated with basal-like breast cancer, which are often also negative for oestrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2. Our data indicate that MCPH1 plays a role in response to chemotherapeutic agents used in the treatment of breast cancer due to its role in DNA repair and the spindle checkpoint. …