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Cell counting kit-8 (CCK8), colony formation, and transwell migration assays were employed to assess the proliferation and migration of breast cancer cells.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>KAT7 was highly expressed in breast cancer and correlated with poor patient prognosis. KAT7 expression was significantly higher in breast cancer than in adjacent non-cancerous tissue. 67 of 94 breast cancer samples tested positive for KAT7. KAT7 was significantly negatively correlated with estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone  receptor (PR), and Ki67, and was significantly positively correlated with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). KAT7 expression is strongly associated with tumor subtypes. Inhibition of KAT7 significantly suppressed growth, clonogenic formation, and migration in MCF-7 and MDAMB231 cells.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings demonstrate that KAT7 was highly expressed in breast cancer, and inhibition of KAT7 suppressed proliferation and migration of breast cancer cells.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fonc.2026.1893745","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]],"date-time":"2026-09-03T09:36:16Z","timestamp":1788428176000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Inhibition of histone acetyltransferase KAT7 suppresses proliferation and migration of breast cancer cells"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Wei","family":"Du","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of 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