TY - T1 - Increased alpha-actinin-1 destabilizes E-cadherin-based adhesions and associates with poor prognosis in basal-like breast cancer SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/237101 T3 - A1 - Kovac, Bianca; Makela, Tomi P.; Vallenius, Tea A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - The controlled formation and stabilization of E-cadherin-based adhesions is vital for epithelial integrity. This requires co-operation between the E-cadherin-based adhesions and the associated actin cytoskeleton. In cancer, this co-operation often fails, predisposing cells to migration through molecular mechanisms that have only been partially characterized. Here, we demonstrate that the actin filament cross-linker alpha-actinin-1 is frequently increased in human breast cancer. In mammary epithe... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - GROWTH-FACTOR-BETA; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; CELL-CELL JUNCTIONS; ALPHA-ACTININ; GENE-EXPRESSION; INDEPENDENT MANNER; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; OVARIAN-CANCER; TGF-BETA; INVASION; 3111 Biomedicine; 3122 Cancers N1 - PP - ER -