Breast cancer metastasis suppressor OTUD1 deubiquitinates SMAD7

The activation of TGF-β signaling has been implicated in cancer metastasis. Here, the authors show that OTUD1 suppresses metastasis by antagonizing the TGF-β pathway via the deubiquitination of SMAD7, and its loss correlates with poor prognosis in breast cancer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhengkui Zhang, Yao Fan, Feng Xie, Hang Zhou, Ke Jin, Li Shao, Wenhao Shi, Pengfei Fang, Bing Yang, Hans van Dam, Peter ten Dijke, Xiaofeng Zheng, Xiaohua Yan, Junling Jia, Min Zheng, Jin Jin, Chen Ding, Sheng Ye, Fangfang Zhou, Long Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02029-7