Advances in Urology: Microbiome within Primary Tumor Tissue from Renal Cell Carcinoma May Be Associated with PD-L1 Expression of the Venous Tumor Thrombus

February 18, 2020

Michael A. Liss,1 Yidong Chen,2 Ronald Rodriguez,1 Deepak Pruthi,1 Teresa Johnson-Pais,3 Hanzhang Wang,1 Ahmed Mansour,1 James R. White,4 and Dharam Kaushik1 Abstract Objective. To perform a proof of concept microbiome evaluation and PD-L1 expression profiling in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (cc-RCC) with associated tumor thrombus (TT). Methods. After IRB approval, six patients underwent radical nephrectomy (RN) with venous tumor thrombectomy (VTT). We collected fresh tissue […]

Springer: Prospective use of the single-mouse experimental design for the evaluation of PLX038A

January 11, 2020

Samson Ghilu, Qilin Li, Shaun D. Fontaine, Daniel V. Santi, Raushan T. Kurmasheva, Siyuan Zheng & Peter J. Houghton Abstract Purpose Defining robust criteria for drug activity in preclinical studies allows for fewer animals per treatment group, and potentially allows for the inclusion of additional cancer models that more accurately represent genetic diversity and, potentially, allows for tumor sensitivity biomarker identification. Methods […]

Endocrinology: Inhibitory Interplay of SULT2B1b Sulfotransferase with AKR1C3 Aldo-keto Reductase in Prostate Cancer

January 2, 2020

Sulgi Park, Chung-Seog Song, Chun-Lin Lin, Shoulei Jiang, Pawel A Osmulski, Chiou-Miin Wang, Brett T Marck, Alvin M Matsumoto, Colm Morrissey, Maria E Gaczynska, Yidong Chen, Elahe A Mostaghel, Bandana Chatterjee Abstract SULT2B1b (SULT2B) is a prostate-expressed hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase, which may regulate intracrine androgen homeostasis by mediating 3β-sulfation of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), the precursor for 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) biosynthesis. The aldo-keto reductase (AKR)1C3 regulates androgen receptor (AR) activity in […]

Frontiers in Biosciences (Elite Ed) Cytogenetics of hepatoblastoma

January 2, 2020

Gail E Tomlinson 1 Abstract The cytogenetics of hepatoblastoma demonstrate recurring events which include whole chromosome trisomies, most commonly trisomy of chromosome 2, 8, or 10. In addition, unbalanced translocations involving a breakpoint on the proximal short arm of chromosome 1 are observed which results in a duplication of the long arm of chromosome 1q. The […]

Molecular Cancer Research: ELF4 is a target of miR-124 and promotes neuroblastoma proliferation and undifferentiated state

January 1, 2020

Adam Kosti, Liqin Du, Haridha Shivram, Mei Qiao, Suzanne Burns, Juan Gabriel Garcia, Alexander Pertsemlidis, Vishwanath R Iyer, Erzsebet Kokovay, Luiz OF Penalva 13-Cis-retinoic acid (RA) is typically used in postremission maintenance therapy in patients with neuroblastoma. However, side effects and recurrence are often observed. We investigated the use of miRNAs as a strategy to […]

Scientific Reports: Genomic analyses of early responses to radiation in glioblastoma reveal new alterations at transcription, splicing, and translation levels

January 1, 2020

Choudhary Saket, Suzanne C Burns, Mirsafian Hoda, Wenzheng Li, Dat T Vo, Qiao Mei, Lei Xiufen, Andrew D Smith, Luiz O Penalva High-dose radiation is the main component of glioblastoma therapy. Unfortunately, radio-resistance is a common problem and a major contributor to tumor relapse. Understanding the molecular mechanisms driving response to radiation is critical for […]

bioRxiv: Altered lipid metabolism marks glioblastoma stem and non-stem cells in separate tumor niches

January 1, 2020

Sajina Shakya, Anthony D Gromovsky, James S Hale, Arnon M Knudsen, Briana Prager, Lisa C Wallace, Luiz OF Penalva, Pavlina Ivanova, H Alex Brown, Bjarne W Kristensen, Jeremy N Rich, Justin D Lathia, J Mark Brown, Christopher G Hubert Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is marked by cellular heterogeneity, including metabolic heterogeneity, that varies among cellular microenvironments […]

BMG Genomics: An ancestry informative marker panel design for individual ancestry estimation of Hispanic population using whole exome sequencing data

December 30, 2019

Li-Ju Wang, Catherine W. Zhang, Sophia C. Su, Hung-I H. Chen, Yu-Chiao Chiu, Zhao Lai, Hakim Bouamar, Amelie G. Ramirez, Francisco G. Cigarroa, Lu-Zhe Sun & Yidong Chen Abstract Background Europeans and American Indians were the major genetic ancestry of Hispanics in the U.S. These ancestral groups have markedly different incidence rates and outcomes in many types of cancers. Therefore, the genetic admixture may cause a […]

Molecular Carcinogenesis: PELP1 signaling contributes to medulloblastoma progression by regulating the NF‐κB pathway

December 24, 2019

Yiliao Luo Mengxing Li Uday P. Pratap Suryavathi Viswanadhapalli Junhao Liu Prabhakar P. Venkata Kristin A. Altwegg Bridgitte E. Palacios Xiaonan Li Yihong Chen Manjeet K. Rao Andrew J. Brenner Gangadhara R. Sareddy Ratna K. Vadlamud Abstract Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common and deadliest brain tumor in children. Proline‐, glutamic acid‐, and leucine‐rich protein […]