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ArticleCells2025

Identification of Epigenetic Regulatory Networks of Gene Methylation-miRNA-Transcription Factor Feed-Forward Loops in Basal-like Breast Cancer.

Larissa M Okano, Alexandre L K de Azevedo, Tamyres M Carvalho, Jean Resende, Jessica M Magno, Bonald C Figueiredo, Tathiane M Malta, Mauro A A Castro, Luciane R Cavalli

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Article in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Larissa M OkanoResearch Institute Pelé Pequeno Príncipe, Faculdades Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba 80250-060, PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7940-9671
Alexandre L K de AzevedoGenetics Department, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba 80060-000, PR, Brazil.
Tamyres M CarvalhoGenetics Department, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba 80060-000, PR, Brazil.
Jean ResendeResearch Institute Pelé Pequeno Príncipe, Faculdades Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba 80250-060, PR, Brazil.
Jessica M MagnoGenetics Department, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba 80060-000, PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0168-1488
Bonald C FigueiredoResearch Institute Pelé Pequeno Príncipe, Faculdades Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba 80250-060, PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1051-2056
Tathiane M MaltaSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-903, SP, Brazil.
Mauro A A CastroBioinformatics and Systems Biology Laboratory, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba 81520-260, PR, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4942-8131
Luciane R CavalliResearch Institute Pelé Pequeno Príncipe, Faculdades Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba 80250-060, PR, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Basal-like breast cancer (BLBC) is associated with poor prognosis, high recurrence rates, and limited therapeutic options, largely due to its molecular heterogeneity and complexity, which include epigenetic alterations. This study investigated epigenetic regulatory networks in BLBC by analyzing DNA methylation in distal cis-regulatory regions and its impact on genes, transcription factors (TFs), and microRNAs (miRNAs) expression. Data from TCGA were processed using the ELMER and DESeq2 tools to identify differentially methylated regions and differentially expressed genes, TFs, and miRNAs. The FANMOD algorithm was used to identify the regulatory interactions uncovering the feed-forward loops (FFLs). The analysis identified 110 TF-mediated FFLs, 43 miRNA-mediated FFLs, and five composite FFLs, involving 18 hypermethylated and 32 hypomethylated genes, eight upregulated and nine downregulated TFs, and 21 upregulated and seven downregulated miRNAs. The TF-mediated FFLs major regulators involved the

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Breast NeoplasmsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene Regulatory NetworksMicroRNAsTranscription FactorsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMicroRNAsTranscription Factorsbasal-like breast cancerdistal probesDNA methylationfeed-forward loopsgenesmiRNAregulatory epigenetic networkstranscription factors

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PMID40862714
PMCPMC12384104

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