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Item HUNK Signaling in Metastatic Breast Cancer(Impact Journals, 2020-05-05) Dilday, Tinslee; Ramos, Nicole; Yeh, Elizabeth; Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of MedicineOnce metastatic disease has occurred, there is no cure for breast cancer. Consequently, identifying factors that promote and support breast cancer metastasis is critical for understanding how to pharmacologically target this process. Hormonally up-regulated neu-associated kinase (HUNK) is a serine/threonine protein kinase related to the sucrose non-fermenting-1 (Snf-1)/5’ adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) family of kinases. HUNK has been found to play a role in breast cancer metastasis. However, conflicting reports indicate HUNK is a metastasis promoting factor as well as an inhibiting factor. Our group recently provided evidence that supports the conclusion that HUNK is a metastasis promoting factor by showing that HUNK regulates breast cancer metastasis through phosphorylation of EGFR. Here, we summarize our findings and discuss their implications toward pharmacological targeting of HUNK in breast cancer.