abstract：:The pivotal role of LYRIC/AEG-1 in malignant transformation, tumourigenesis and chemo-resistance has previously been demonstrated in different cell types and sub-cellular compartments. The localisation of LYRIC/AEG-1 appears crucial to its function and is regulated by three lysine-rich nuclear localisation signal regi...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Luxton HJ,Barnouin K,Kelly G,Hanrahan S,Totty N,Neal DE,Whitaker HC

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short arm of chromosome 8 is a hot spot for chromosomal breaks, losses and amplifications in breast cancer. Although such genetic changes may have phenotypic consequences, the identity of candidate gene(s) remains to be clearly defined. Pol β gene is localized to chromosome 8p12-p11 and encodes a key DNA base excision...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Abdel-Fatah TM,Russell R,Agarwal D,Moseley P,Abayomi MA,Perry C,Albarakati N,Ball G,Chan S,Caldas C,Ellis IO,Madhusudan S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elevated expression and activation of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is associated with the unlimited proliferation of cancer cells. However, the excise mechanism of hTERT regulation during carcinogenesis is not well understood. In this study, we discovered cleavage and polyadenylation specific fac...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Chen W,Qin L,Wang S,Li M,Shi D,Tian Y,Wang J,Fu L,Li Z,Guo W,Yu W,Yuan Y,Kang T,Huang W,Deng W

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous study, we identified 1241 loci with somatic copy number alterations in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using Affymetrix SNP 6.0 arrays, and a putative cancer gene SERPINA5 was uncovered in a novel chromosomal region with recurrent copy number loss at 14q31.1-32.13. The SERPINA5 was reported to be ...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Jing Y,Jia D,Wong CM,Oi-Lin Ng I,Zhang Z,Liu L,Wang Q,Zhao F,Li J,Yao M,Wu X,He X

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient derived xenografts (PDXs) are increasingly appreciated models in cancer research, particularly for preclinical testing, as they reflect the patient's tumor biology more accurately than cancer cell lines. We have established a collection of 20 breast PDXs and characterized their biological and clinical features...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： du Manoir S,Orsetti B,Bras-Gonçalves R,Nguyen TT,Lasorsa L,Boissière F,Massemin B,Colombo PE,Bibeau F,Jacot W,Theillet C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently gained a remarkable understanding of the mutational landscape of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, the nature of the dysregulated signaling networks contributing to HNSCC progression is still poorly defined. Here, we have focused on the role of the family of mitogen activated kin...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Leelahavanichkul K,Amornphimoltham P,Molinolo AA,Basile JR,Koontongkaew S,Gutkind JS

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ cell cancers (GCC) are the most frequent malignancy in young Caucasian males. GCC can consist of seminomas (SE) and non-seminomas (malignant NS: embryonal carcinoma (EC), yolk sac tumor (YS), choriocarcinoma (CH) and teratoma (TE)). Current serum-markers used for diagnosis and follow-up (AFP, hCG) are predominant...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Gillis AJ,Rijlaarsdam MA,Eini R,Dorssers LC,Biermann K,Murray MJ,Nicholson JC,Coleman N,Dieckmann KP,Belge G,Bullerdiek J,Xu T,Bernard N,Looijenga LH

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C4.4A is a metastasis-associated molecule that functions appear to rely on associated alph6beta4 integrin. To corroborate the impact of the C4.4A-alpha6beta4 integrin association on metastasis formation, C4.4A was knocked-down in a highly metastatic rat pancreatic adenocarcinoma (ASML, ASML-C4.4Akd). Metastasis format...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Thuma F,Ngora H,Zöller M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted toxin-based therapeutics are hindered by poor intracellular uptake, limited stability and non-specific immune stimulation. To address these problems, ligand-targeted toxins in combination with low dose saponin mixtures have been adapted and tested in vivo in the past, however, undefined saponin raw mixtures a...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Thakur M,Mergel K,Weng A,von Mallinckrodt B,Gilabert-Oriol R,Dürkop H,Melzig MF,Fuchs H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification of 3q26.2, found in many cancer lineages, is a frequent and early event in ovarian cancer. We previously defined the most frequent region of copy number increase at 3q26.2 to EVI1 (ecotropic viral integration site-1) and MDS1 (myelodysplastic syndrome 1) (aka MECOM), an observation recently confirmed by ...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Dutta P,Bui T,Bauckman KA,Keyomarsi K,Mills GB,Nanjundan M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C13ORF18 is frequently hypermethylated in cervical cancer but not in normal cervix and might serve as a biomarker for the early detection of cervical cancer in scrapings. As hypermethylation is often observed for silenced tumor suppressor genes (TSGs), hypermethylated biomarker genes might exhibit tumor suppressive ac...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Huisman C,Wisman GB,Kazemier HG,van Vugt MA,van der Zee AG,Schuuring E,Rots MG

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal types of human cancer for which there are no effective therapies. Deep sequencing of PDAC tumors has revealed the presence of a high number of mutations (>50) that affect at least a dozen key signaling pathways. This scenario highlights the urgent need ...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Guerra C,Barbacid M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current hypotheses suggest that tumors originate from cells that carry out a process of "malignant reprogramming" driven by genetic and epigenetic alterations. Multiples studies reported the existence of stem-cell-like cells that acquire the ability to self-renew and are able to generate the bulk of more differentiate...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Muñoz P,Iliou MS,Esteller M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to chemotherapy is a serious problem for the successful treatment of ovarian cancer patients but signalling pathways that contribute to this chemoinsensitivity are largely unknown. We demonstrate that the chemotherapeutic drug doxorubicin induces activation of the HER3-PI3K-AKT signalling cascade in ovarian...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Bezler M,Hengstler JG,Ullrich A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CDC25 (cell division cycle 25) phosphatases are essential for cell cycle control under normal conditions and in response to DNA damage. They are represented by three isoforms, CDC25A, B and C, each of them being submitted to an alternative splicing mechanism. Alternative splicing of many genes is affected in response ...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Albert H,Battaglia E,Monteiro C,Bagrel D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PKN3 is an AGC-family protein kinase implicated in growth of metastatic prostate cancer cells with phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway deregulation. The molecular mechanism, however, by which PKN3 contributes to malignant growth and tumorigenesis is not well understood. Using orthotopic mouse tumor models, we now show t...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Unsal-Kacmaz K,Ragunathan S,Rosfjord E,Dann S,Upeslacis E,Grillo M,Hernandez R,Mack F,Klippel A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacogenomics is the study of genetic factors determining drug response or toxicity. The use of pharmacogenomics is especially desirable in oncology because the therapeutic index of oncology drugs is often narrow, the need for favorable drug response is often acute, and the consequences of drug toxicity can be life...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： O'Donnell PH,Ratain MJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA ploidy analysis is useful for prognostication in cancer patients, but the genomic details underlying ploidy changes are not fully understood. To improve this understanding, we compared DNA ploidy status with karyotypic and comparative genomic hybridization data on 51 endometrial adenocarcinomas. Out of 34 DNA dipl...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Kildal W,Micci F,Risberg B,Abeler VM,Kristensen GB,Heim S,Danielsen HE

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between nuclear factor I/B (NFIB) gene and triple negative breast cancer has been previously suggested. METHODS:We investigated the relationship between NFIB mRNA and protein expression and molecular subtypes of breast cancer as well as the effect of NFIB silencing on the proliferation and a...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Moon HG,Hwang KT,Kim JA,Kim HS,Lee MJ,Jung EM,Ko E,Han W,Noh DY

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:JS-2 is a novel gene located at 5p15.2 and originally detected in primary oesophageal cancer. There is no study on the role of JS-2 in colorectal cancer. The aim of this study is to determine the gene copy number and expression of JS-2 in a large cohort of patients with colorectal tumours and correlate these to the cl...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Lam AK,Gopalan V,Nassiri MR,Kasim K,Dissanayake J,Tang JC,Smith RA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that glioblastoma possess 'stem-like' cells, low concentrations of which can initiate a tumour. It has been proposed that these cells are radioresistant, and that this property contributes to the poor treatment outcomes of these tumours. In this paper we propose that radioresistance is not...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Mannino M,Chalmers AJ

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A typical array experiment yields at least tens of thousands of measurements on often not more than a hundred patients, a situation often denoted as the curse of dimensionality. With a focus on prognostic multi-biomarker scores derived from microarrays, we highlight the multidimensionality of the problem and the issue...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Michiels S,Kramar A,Koscielny S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of breast cancers reflects variations in underlying biology and affects the clinical implications for patients. Gene expression studies have identified five major subtypes- Luminal A, Luminal B, basal-like, ErbB2+ and Normal-Like. We set out to determine the role of DNA methylation in subtypes by perform...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Kamalakaran S,Varadan V,Giercksky Russnes HE,Levy D,Kendall J,Janevski A,Riggs M,Banerjee N,Synnestvedt M,Schlichting E,Kåresen R,Shama Prasada K,Rotti H,Rao R,Rao L,Eric Tang MH,Satyamoorthy K,Lucito R,Wigler M,Dim

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease that can be divided in subtypes based on histology, gene expression profiles as well as differences in genomic aberrations. Distinct global DNA methylation profiles have been reported in normal breast epithelial cells as well as in breast tumors. However, the influence of the t...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Rønneberg JA,Fleischer T,Solvang HK,Nordgard SH,Edvardsen H,Potapenko I,Nebdal D,Daviaud C,Gut I,Bukholm I,Naume B,Børresen-Dale AL,Tost J,Kristensen V

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our limited understanding of the biological impact of the whole spectrum of early breast lesions together with a lack of accurate molecular-based risk criteria for the diagnosis and assignment of prognostic significance to biopsy findings presents an important problem in the clinical management of patients harboring p...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Moreira JM,Cabezón T,Gromova I,Gromov P,Timmermans-Wielenga V,Machado I,Llombart-Bosch A,Kroman N,Rank F,Celis JE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cancer stem cell (CSC) hypothesis postulates that tumors are maintained by a self-renewing CSC population that is also capable of differentiating into non-self-renewing cell populations that constitute the bulk of the tumor. Although, the CSC hypothesis does not directly address the cell of origin of cancer, it is...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： McDermott SP,Wicha MS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic and lifestyle/environmental factors are implicated in the aetiology of breast cancer. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on rare high penetrance mutations, as well as moderate and low-penetrance genetic variants implicated in breast cancer aetiology. We summarize recent discoveries from larg...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Mavaddat N,Antoniou AC,Easton DF,Garcia-Closas M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic changes can be defined as stable molecular alterations of a cellular phenotype such as the gene expression profile of a cell that are heritable during somatic cell divisions (and sometimes germ line transmissions) but do not involve changes of the DNA sequence itself. Epigenetic phenomena are mediated by se...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Jovanovic J,Rønneberg JA,Tost J,Kristensen V

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosylation is the stepwise procedure of covalent attachment of oligosaccharide chains to proteins or lipids, and alterations in this process have been associated with malignant transformation. Simultaneous analysis of the expression of all glycan-related genes clearly gives the advantage of enabling a comprehensive...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Potapenko IO,Haakensen VD,Lüders T,Helland A,Bukholm I,Sørlie T,Kristensen VN,Lingjaerde OC,Børresen-Dale AL

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Prep1 homeodomain transcription factor is essential for embryonic development. 25% of hypomorphic Prep1(i/i) embryos, expressing the gene at 2% of the normal levels, survive pregnancy and live a normal-length life. Later in life, however, these mice develop spontaneous pre-tumoral lesions or solid tumors (lymphoma...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Longobardi E,Iotti G,Di Rosa P,Mejetta S,Bianchi F,Fernandez-Diaz LC,Micali N,Nuciforo P,Lenti E,Ponzoni M,Doglioni C,Caniatti M,Di Fiore PP,Blasi F

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy, a well-described cellular mechanism for lysosomal degradation of cytoplasmic content, has emerged as a tumour suppression pathway. Recent evidence indicates that the tumour suppressor function of autophagy is mediated by scavenging of damaged oxidative organelles, thereby preventing accumulation of toxic ox...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Brech A,Ahlquist T,Lothe RA,Stenmark H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocytosis is an important regulator of cell-cell signaling and endocytic trafficking has been increasingly implicated in control of tumor suppression. Recent insights from Drosophila indicate that impairment of multiple trafficking steps which lead to receptor degradation can cause tumor formation in epithelial orga...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Vaccari T,Bilder D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinomas express neurotensin receptors in up to 90% of cases, however, their role in tumor biology and as a drug target is not clear. In the present study, a stable neurotensin (NT) analog induced intracellular calcium release and intracellular alkalinization in BxPC-3 and PANC-1 pancreatic cancer ce...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Olszewski U,Hamilton G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GPNMB is a melanoma-associated glycoprotein that is targeted by the CR011-vcMMAE antibody-drug conjugate (ADC). Previous studies have shown that CR011-vcMMAE induces the apoptosis of GPNMB-expressing tumor cells in vitro and tumor regression in xenograft models. This ADC is currently in clinical trials for melanoma. I...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Qian X,Mills E,Torgov M,LaRochelle WJ,Jeffers M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse models of human cancers may provide a valuable resource for the discovery of cancer biomarkers. We have developed a practical strategy for profiling specific proteins in mouse plasma using low-volume sandwich-immunoassays. We used this method to profile the levels of 14 different cytokines, acute-phase reactants...

journal_title：Molecular oncology

authors： Forrester S,Hung KE,Kuick R,Kucherlapati R,Haab BB

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00