Dr. Shen, Chen-Yang
Distinguished Research Fellow
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Specialty:
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Cancer Genetics
- Personalized Medicine
Education and Positions:
Ph.D. Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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FGFR2 regulates Mre11 expression and double-strand break repair via the MEK-ERK-POU1F1 pathway in breast tumorigenesis.
Dr. Shen, Chen-Yang
Hum Mol Genet., May 18, 2015The association between breast cancer risk and genetic variants of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) has been identified and repeatedly confirmed; however, the mechanism underlying FGFR2 in breast tumorigenesis remains obscure. Given that breast tumorigenesis is particularly related to DNA double-strand-break-repair (DSBR), we examined the hypothesis that FGFR2 is involved in DSBR. Our results show that expression of Mre11, a vital exonuclease in DSBR, is downregulated by FGFR2, which is further linked to decreased DSBR.