Britta Jacobsen, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pathology

Publications

• Astashchanka A, Shroka TM, Jacobsen BM. Mucin 2 (MUC2) modulates the aggressiveness of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2019 Jan;173(2):289-299. PubMed PMID: 30317423
• Bossart EA, Tasdemir N, Sikora MJ, Bahreini A, Levine KM, Chen J, Basudan A, Jacobsen BM, Burns TF, Oesterreich S. SNAIL is induced by tamoxifen and leads to growth inhibition in invasive lobular breast carcinoma. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2019 Jun;175(2):327-337. PubMed PMID: 30798422
• Giulianelli S, Riggio M, Guillardoy T, Pérez Piñero C, Gorostiaga MA, Sequeira G, Pataccini G, Abascal MF, Toledo MF, Jacobsen BM, Guerreiro AC, Barros A, Novaro V, Monteiro FL, Amado F, Gass H, Abba M, Helguero LA, Lanari C. FGF2 induces breast cancer growth through ligand-independent activation and recruitment of ERa and PRB?4 isoform to MYC regulatory sequences. Int J Cancer. 2019 Oct 1;145(7):1874-1888. PubMed PMID: 30843188
• Nagle AM, Levine KM, Tasdemir N, Scott JA, Burlbaugh K, Kehm J, Katz TA, Boone DN, Jacobsen BM, Atkinson JM, Oesterreich S, Lee AV. Loss of E-cadherin Enhances IGF1-IGF1R Pathway Activation and Sensitizes Breast Cancers to Anti-IGF1R/InsR Inhibitors. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Oct 15;24(20):5165-5177. PubMed PMID: 29941485
• Sahores A, Figueroa V, May M, Liguori M, Rubstein A, Fuentes C, Jacobsen BM, Elía A, Rojas P, Sequeira GR, Álvarez MM, González P, Gass H, Hewitt S, Molinolo A, Lanari C, Lamb CA. Increased High Molecular Weight FGF2 in Endocrine-Resistant Breast Cancer. Horm Cancer. 2018 Oct;9(5):338-348. PubMed PMID: 29956066
• Lamb CA, Fabris VT, Jacobsen B, Molinolo AA, Lanari C. Biological and clinical impact of imbalanced progesterone receptor isoform ratios in breast cancer. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2018 Jul 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29991638
• Wellberg EA, Kabos P, Gillen AE, Jacobsen BM, Brechbuhl HM, Johnson SJ, Rudolph MC, Edgerton SM, Thor AD, Anderson SM, Elias A, Zhou XK, Iyengar NM, Morrow M, Falcone DJ, El-Hely O, Dannenberg AJ, Sartorius CA, MacLean PS. FGFR1 underlies obesity-associated progression of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer after estrogen deprivation. JCI Insight. 2018 Jul 25;3(14). [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30046001
• Tasdemir N, Bossart EA, Li Z, Zhu L, Sikora MJ, Levine KM, Jacobsen BM, Tseng GC, Davidson NE, Oesterreich S. Comprehensive Phenotypic Characterization of Human Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Cell Lines in 2D and 3D Cultures. Cancer Res. 2018 Nov 1;78(21):6209-6222. PubMed PMID: 30228172
• Sahores A, May M, Sequeira G, Fuentes C, Jacobsen B, Lanari C, Lamb CA. Targeting FGFR with BGJ398 in breast cancer: Effect on tumor growth and metastasis. Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 2017 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29237381
• Sahores A, May M, Sequeira G, Fuentes C, Jacobsen B, Lanari C, Lamb CA. Targeting FGFR with BGJ398 in breast cancer: Effect on tumor growth and metastasis. Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 2017 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29237381
• Contreras-Zárate MJ, Ormond DR, Gillen AE, Hanna C, Day NL, Serkova NJ, Jacobsen BM, Edgerton SM, Thor AD, Borges VF, Lillehei KO, Graner MW, Kabos P, Cittelly DM. Development of Novel Patient-Derived Xenografts from Breast Cancer Brain Metastases. Front Oncol. 2017;7:252. PubMed PMID: 29164052
• Fabris V, Abascal MF, Giulianelli S, May M, Sequeira GR, Jacobsen B, Lombès M, Han J, Tran L, Molinolo A, Lanari C. Isoform specificity of progesterone receptor antibodies. J Pathol Clin Res. 2017 Oct;3(4):227-233. PubMed PMID: 29085663
• Finlay-Schultz J, Gillen AE, Brechbuhl HM, Ivie JJ, Matthews SB, Jacobsen BM, Bentley DL, Kabos P, Sartorius CA. Breast Cancer Suppression by Progesterone Receptors Is Mediated by Their Modulation of Estrogen Receptors and RNA Polymerase III. Cancer Res. 2017 Sep 15;77(18):4934-4946. PubMed PMID: 28729413
• Sikora MJ, Jacobsen BM, Levine K, Chen J, Davidson NE, Lee AV, Alexander CM, Oesterreich S. WNT4 mediates estrogen receptor signaling and endocrine resistance in invasive lobular carcinoma cell lines. Breast Cancer Res. 2016 Sep 20;18(1):92. PubMed PMID: 27650553
• D'Amato NC, Gordon MA, Babbs B, Spoelstra NS, Carson Butterfield KT, Torkko KC, Phan VT, Barton VN, Rogers TJ, Sartorius CA, Elias A, Gertz J, Jacobsen BM, Richer JK. Cooperative Dynamics of AR and ER Activity in Breast Cancer. Mol Cancer Res. 2016 Nov;14(11):1054-1067. PubMed PMID: 27565181
• Barton VN, D'Amato NC, Gordon MA, Lind HT, Spoelstra NS, Babbs BL, Heinz RE, Elias A, Jedlicka P, Jacobsen BM, Richer JK. Multiple molecular subtypes of triple-negative breast cancer critically rely on androgen receptor and respond to enzalutamide in vivo. Mol Cancer Ther. 2015 Mar;14(3):769-78. PubMed PMID: 25713333
• Wargon V, Riggio M, Giulianelli S, Sequeira GR, Rojas P, May M, Polo ML, Gorostiaga MA, Jacobsen B, Molinolo A, Novaro V, Lanari C. Progestin and antiprogestin responsiveness in breast cancer is driven by the PRA/PRB ratio via AIB1 or SMRT recruitment to the CCND1 and MYC promoters. Int J Cancer. 2015 Jun 1;136(11):2680-92. PubMed PMID: 25363551
• Finlay-Schultz J, Cittelly DM, Hendricks P, Patel P, Kabos P, Jacobsen BM, Richer JK, Sartorius CA. Progesterone downregulation of miR-141 contributes to expansion of stem-like breast cancer cells through maintenance of progesterone receptor and Stat5a. Oncogene. 2015 Jul;34(28):3676-87. PubMed PMID: 25241899
• Cochrane DR, Bernales S, Jacobsen BM, Cittelly DM, Howe EN, D Amato NC, Spoelstra NS, Edgerton SM, Jean A, Guerrero J, Gómez F, Medicherla S, Alfaro IE, McCullagh E, Jedlicka P, Torkko KC, Thor AD, Elias AD, Protter AA, Richer JK. Role of the Androgen Receptor in Breast Cancer and Preclinical Analysis of Enzalutamide. Breast Cancer Res. 2014 Jan 22;16(1):R7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24451109
• Pinto MP, Dye WW, Jacobsen BM, Horwitz KB. Malignant stroma increases luminal breast cancer cell proliferation and angiogenesis through platelet-derived growth factor signaling. BMC Cancer. 2014 Oct 1;14:735. PubMed PMID: 25274034
• Finlay-Schultz J, Cittelly DM, Hendricks P, Patel P, Kabos P, Jacobsen BM, Richer JK, Sartorius CA. Progesterone downregulation of miR-141 contributes to expansion of stem-like breast cancer cells through maintenance of progesterone receptor and Stat5a. Oncogene. 2014 Sep 22;0. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25241899
• Cochrane DR, Bernales S, Jacobsen BM, Cittelly DM, Howe EN, D'Amato NC, Spoelstra NS, Edgerton SM, Jean A, Guerrero J, Gómez F, Medicherla S, Alfaro IE, McCullagh E, Jedlicka P, Torkko KC, Thor AD, Elias AD, Protter AA, Richer JK. Role of the androgen receptor in breast cancer and preclinical analysis of enzalutamide. Breast Cancer Res. 2014 Jan 22;16(1):R7. PubMed PMID: 24451109
• Wargon V, Riggio M, Giulianelli S, Sequeira GR, Rojas P, May M, Polo ML, Gorostiaga MA, Jacobsen B, Molinolo A, Novaro V, Lanari C. Progestin and antiprogestin responsiveness in breast cancer is driven by the PRA/PRB ratio via AIB1 or SMRT recruitment to the CCND1 and MYC promoters. Int J Cancer. 2014 Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25363551
• Harvell DM, Kim J, O'Brien J, Tan AC, Borges VF, Schedin P, Jacobsen BM, Horwitz KB. Genomic signatures of pregnancy-associated breast cancer epithelia and stroma and their regulation by estrogens and progesterone. Horm Cancer. 2013 Jun;4(3):140-53. PubMed PMID: 23479404
• Jambal P, Badtke MM, Harrell JC, Borges VF, Post MD, Sollender GE, Spillman MA, Horwitz KB, Jacobsen BM. Estrogen switches pure mucinous breast cancer to invasive lobular carcinoma with mucinous features. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Jan;137(2):431-48. PubMed PMID: 23247610
• Cittelly DM, Finlay-Schultz J, Howe EN, Spoelstra NS, Axlund SD, Hendricks P, Jacobsen BM, Sartorius CA, Richer JK. Progestin suppression of miR-29 potentiates dedifferentiation of breast cancer cells via KLF4. Oncogene. 2013 May 16;32(20):2555-64. PubMed PMID: 22751119