Projects funded by the NCN


Information on the principal investigator and host institution

Information of the project and the call

Keywords

Equipment

Delete all

The role of tumor microenvironment in phenotype regulation of disseminated breast cancer cells - research in vitro, in vivo and in the clinic

2016/22/E/NZ4/00664

Keywords:

breast cancer tumor microenvironment metastasis circulating tumor cells

Descriptors:

  • NZ5_3: Pathogenesis of human diseases
  • NZ5_5: Diagnostics in human diseases
  • NZ4_5: Anatomical pathology

Panel:

NZ4 - Biology of tissues, organs and organisms: morphology and functions of animal's and human's systems, organs and organisms, experimental medicine, basics of neurology

Host institution :

Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny, Międzyuczelniany Wydział Biotechnologii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego i Gdańskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego

woj. pomorskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Anna Żaczek 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 13

Call: SONATA BIS 6 - announced on 2016-06-15

Amount awarded: 1 552 070 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-05-18

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-03-17

Project duration:: 70 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Project description

Download the project description in a pdf file

Note - project descriptions were prepared by the authors of the applications themselves and placed in the system in an unchanged form.

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. System do mechanicznej dysagregacji tkanek (17 000 PLN)
  2. Komputer z oprogramowaniem (13 000 PLN)
  3. Zamrażarka niskotemperaturowa (45 000 PLN)
  4. System do hybrydyzacji in situ (16 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (9)
  1. Spectrum of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Phenotypes in Circulating Tumour Cells from Early Breast Cancer Patients
    Authors:
    Markiewicz A, Topa J, Nagel A, Skokowski J, Seroczynska B, Stokowy T, Welnicka-Jaskiewicz M, Zaczek AJ
    Academic press:
    Cancers (rok: 2019, tom: 11, strony: 59), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/cancers11010059 - link to the publication
  2. Activation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition process during breast cancer progression - the impact of molecular subtype and stromal composition
    Authors:
    Markiewicz A, Topa J, Popęda M, Szade J, Skokowski J, Wełnicka-Jaśkiewicz M, Żaczek A
    Academic press:
    Acta Biochim Polonica (rok: 2021, tom: 68 (3), strony: 385–392), Wydawca: Polish Biochemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.18388/abp.2020_5719 - link to the publication
  3. Alpha‑smooth muscle actin‑positive cancer‑associated fibroblasts secreting osteopontin promote growth of luminal breast cancer
    Authors:
    Muchlińska A, Nagel A, Popęda M, Szade J, Niemira M, Zieliński J, Skokowski J, Bednarz-Knoll N, Żaczek AJ
    Academic press:
    Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters (rok: 2022, tom: 27(1), strony: 45), Wydawca: BioMed Central, Springer NAture
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s11658-022-00351-7 - link to the publication
  4. ERα36-High Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts as an Unfavorable Factor in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
    Authors:
    Nagel A, Popeda M, Muchlinska A, Sadej R, Szade J, Zielinski J, Skokowski J, Niemira M, Kretowski A, Markiewicz A, Zaczek AJ.
    Academic press:
    Cancers (rok: 2022, tom: 14(8), strony: 2005), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/cancers14082005 - link to the publication
  5. NF-kappa B Signaling-Related Signatures Are Connected with the Mesenchymal Phenotype of Circulating Tumor Cells in Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer
    Authors:
    Popeda, M.; Stokowy, T.; Bednarz-Knoll, N.; Jurek, A.; Niemira, M.; Bielska, A.; Kretowski, A.; Kalinowski, L.; Szade, J.; Markiewicz, A.; Zaczek, AJ
    Academic press:
    Cancers (rok: 2019, tom: 11, strony: 1961), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/cancers11121961 - link to the publication
  6. Aggressive Phenotype of Cells Disseminated via Hematogenous and Lymphatic Route in Breast Cancer Patients
    Authors:
    Markiewicz A, Nagel A, Szade J, Majewska H, Skokowski J, Seroczynska B, Stokowy T, Welnicka-Jaskiewicz M, Zaczek AJ
    Academic press:
    Translational Oncology (rok: 2018, tom: 11, strony: 722-731), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.tranon.2018.03.006 - link to the publication
  7. Reduced expression of innate immunity-related genes in lymph node metastases of luminal breast cancer patients
    Authors:
    Popęda M, Markiewicz A, Stokowy T, Szade J, Niemira M, Kretowski A, Bednarz-Knoll N, Żaczek AJ.
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2021, tom: 11(1), strony: 5097), Wydawca: grupa Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-021-84568-0 - link to the publication
  8. Circulating Tumor Cells in Early and Advanced Breast Cancer; Biology and Prognostic Value
    Authors:
    Anna Fabisiewicz, Malgorzata Szostakowska-Rodzos, Anna J. Zaczek, Ewa A. Grzybowska
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2020, tom: 21, strony: 1671), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms21051671 - link to the publication
  9. Higher platelet counts correlate to tumour progression and can be induced by intratumoural stroma in non-metastatic breast carcinomas
    Authors:
    8.Bednarz-Knoll N, Popęda M, Kryczka T, Kozakiewicz B, Pogoda K, Szade J, Markiewicz A, Strzemecki D, Kalinowski L, Skokowski J, Liu J, Żaczek AJ
    Academic press:
    British Journal of Cancer (rok: 2022, tom: 126(3), strony: 464-471), Wydawca: Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41416-021-01647-9 - link to the publication