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Kamal Mustafa

University of BergenORCID 0000-0002-2968-2856Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:ATAC-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Gunnar MellgreniD· 2 shared Jan-Inge BjuneiD· 2 shared Pouda PanahandehiD· 2 shared Shuntaro YamadaiD· 2 shared Simon EN DankeliD· 2 shared Elisabeth WikiD· 1 shared Emmet McCormackiD· 1 shared Karianne FjeldiD· 1 shared

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ERα-regulated IRX3 controls the growth of ER-positive breast tumors

Pouda Panahandeh, Jan-Inge Bjune, Regine Åsen Jersin, Mihaela Popa, Shuntaro Yamada, Kamal Mustafa, Emmet McCormack, Karianne Fjeld, Elisabeth Wik, Simon EN Dankel, Gunnar Mellgren

This study identifies IRX3 as an ERα-regulated gene that promotes ER+ breast tumor growth and metastasis by enhancing vascularization, with low IRX3 expression linked to poorer patient survival.

bioRxiv · May 21, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

Mechanisms of the FTO locus association with obesity: Irx3 controls a sumoylation-dependent switch between adipogenesis and osteogenesis

Jan-Inge Bjune, Samantha Laber, Laurence Lawrence‐Archer, Patrizia Maria Christiane Nothnagel, Shuntaro Yamada, Xu Zhao, Pouda Panahandeh, Niyaz Al‐Sharabi, Kamal Mustafa, Pål R. Njølstad, Melina Claussnitzer, Roger Cox, Pierre Chymkowitch, Gunnar Mellgren, Simon N. Dankel

This study identifies IRX3 as a regulator of sumoylation that controls adipogenesis and osteogenesis through epigenetic mechanisms, linking the FTO locus to obesity.

Nature Communications · Aug 6, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology