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Nikita Umesh

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Research Focus:cancer & tumor microenvironment· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Ahhyun KimiD· 1 shared Angie L. MordantiD· 1 shared Claire C. CheniD· 1 shared Claudia A. BenaventeiD· 1 shared Laura E. HerringiD· 1 shared Marina Suarez-Pizarro· 1 shared Michael J. EmanueleiD· 1 shared Natalie K. BarkeriD· 1 shared

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USP7 inhibition perturbs proteostasis and tumorigenesis in triple negative breast cancer

Ahhyun Kim, Priya Gopalakrishnan, Marina Suarez-Pizarro, Claire C. Chen, Xianxi Wang, Sydney M. McCoy, Nikita Umesh, Angie L. Mordant, Natalie K. Barker, Laura E. Herring, Rasha T. Kakati, Philip M. Spanheimer, Michael J. Emanuele, Claudia A. Benavente

This study shows USP7 inhibition disrupts proteostasis and tumor growth in triple negative breast cancer by stabilizing E3 ubiquitin ligases and affecting DNA repair pathways.

npj Breast Cancer · May 23, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology