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High glucose levels promote the proliferation of breast cancer cells through GTPases

Overview of attention for article published in Breast cancer targets and therapy, June 2017
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#27 of 322)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (87th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (77th percentile)

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Title
High glucose levels promote the proliferation of breast cancer cells through GTPases
Published in
Breast cancer targets and therapy, June 2017
DOI 10.2147/bctt.s135665
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Yilin Hou, Man Zhou, Jing Xie, Ping Chao, Qiyu Feng, Jun Wu

Abstract

Hyperglycemia or diabetes mellitus (DM), which is characterized by high blood glucose levels, has been linked to an increased risk of cancer for years. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of the pathophysiological link are not yet fully understood. In this study, we demonstrate that high glucose levels promote the proliferation of breast cancer cells by stimulating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation and the Rho family GTPase Rac1 and Cdc42 mediate the corresponding signaling induced by high glucose levels. We further show that Cdc42 promotes EGFR phosphorylation by blocking EGFR degradation, which may be mediated by the Cbl proteins, whereas the Rac1-mediated EGFR phosphorylation is independent of EGFR degradation. Our findings elucidate a part of the underlying molecular mechanism of the link between high glucose levels and tumorigenesis in breast cancer and may provide new insights on the therapeutic strategy for cancer patients with diabetes or hyperglycemia.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 78 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 11 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 13%
Researcher 9 12%
Student > Master 9 12%
Other 4 5%
Other 12 15%
Unknown 23 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 19 24%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 15%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 5%
Engineering 3 4%
Other 11 14%
Unknown 23 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 August 2021.
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#2,308,046
of 25,584,565 outputs
Outputs from Breast cancer targets and therapy
#27
of 322 outputs
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#42,456
of 331,010 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Breast cancer targets and therapy
#5
of 18 outputs
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