title: Another tie that binds the MTA family to breast cancer.
abstract: In this issue of Cell, demonstrate that MTA3 is an estrogen-dependent component of the NuRD complex and identify the Snail gene as its direct target. ER signaling upregulates MTA3 levels to negatively modulate Snail-mediated repression of E-cadherin. These findings may explain how ER status controls epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human breast tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D001141:Aromatase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics*; D006655:Histone Deacetylases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D056245:Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000071250:Snail Family Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C486657:MTA3 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D000071250:Snail Family Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D001141:Aromatase; D006655:Histone Deacetylases; D056245:Mi-2 Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex