Chemotherapy-treated breast cancer cells activate the Wnt signaling pathway to enter a diapause-DTP state.
Youssef El Laithy, Willy Antoni Abreu de Oliveira, Anirudh Pabba, Alessandra Qualizza, Gwenny Cosemans, Paula García-Díaz, François Richard, Paraskevi Athanasouli, Carla Ríos‐Luci, Wout De Wispelaere, Larissa Mourão, Siân Hamer, Stijn Moens, Anchel De Jaime-Soguero, Maria Francesca Baietti, , Frederic Lluís
This study shows chemotherapy induces a Wnt-active diapause-DTP state in breast cancer cells, which can be targeted by combined Wnt and chemotherapy inhibition.
Cancer Research · Oct 21, 2025Peer-reviewedCancer Biology