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March 7, 2018
Scientists with the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio have discovered a surprising connection between a breast cancer protein, BRCA1, and a pediatric cancer called Ewing sarcoma. Their findings, reported March 7 in the journal Nature, reveal a completely new mechanism by which BRCA1 can be rendered dysfunctional. “The observations raise many new […]
March 7, 2018
Scientists with the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio have discovered a surprising connection between a breast cancer protein, BRCA1, and a pediatric cancer called Ewing sarcoma. Their findings, reported March 7 in the journal Nature, reveal a completely new mechanism by which BRCA1 can be rendered dysfunctional. “The observations raise many new […]
March 7, 2018
Aparna Gorthi, July Carolina Romero, Eva Loranc, Lin Cao, Liesl A. Lawrence, Elicia Goodale, Amanda Balboni Iniguez, Xavier Bernard, V. Pragathi Masamsetti, Sydney Roston, Elizabeth R. Lawlor, Jeffrey A. Toretsky, Kimberly Stegmaier, Stephen L. Lessnick, Yidong Chen & Alexander J. R. Bishop Abstract Ewing sarcoma is an aggressive pediatric cancer of the bone and soft tissue. It results from a chromosomal translocation, predominantly t(11;22)(q24:q12), that fuses the N-terminal transactivation domain of […]
March 6, 2018
Bruna RS Correa, Joanna Hu, Luiz OF Penalva, Richard Schlegel, David L Rimm, Pedro AF Galante, Seema Agarwal Preclinical in vitro models provide an essential tool to study cancer cell biology as well as aid in translational research, including drug target identification and drug discovery efforts. For any model to be clinically relevant, it needs […]
March 1, 2018
Xiaojing Wang, Simona G Codreanu, Bo Wen, Kai Li, Matthew C Chambers, Daniel C Liebler, Bing Zhang Alternative splicing dramatically increases transcriptome complexity but its contribution to proteome diversity remains controversial. Exon-exon junction spanning peptides provide direct evidence for the translation of specific splice isoforms and are critical for delineating protein isoform complexity. Here we […]
March 1, 2018
Madeline N Hayes 1, Karin McCarthy 1, Alexander Jin 1, Mariana L Oliveira 2, Sowmya Iyer 1, Sara P Garcia 1, Sivasish Sindiri 3, Berkley Gryder 3, Zainab Motala 4, G Petur Nielsen 5, Jean-Paul Borg 6, Matt van de Rijn 7, David Malkin 4, Javed Khan 3, Myron S Ignatius 8, David M Langenau 9 Abstract Tumor growth and relapse are driven by tumor propagating cells (TPCs). However, mechanisms regulating TPC fate choices, maintenance, and self-renewal are not fully understood. Here, we show that Van […]
February 22, 2018
Author links open overlay panelShen-YingZhang12339, Nathaniel E.Clark436, Catherine A.Freije536, Elodie Pauwels136Allison J.Taggart636, SatoshiOkada737, Hanna Mandel8937, PaulaGarcia1037, Michael J.Ciancanelli137, Anat Biran137, Fabien G.Lafaille137, Miyuki Tsumura7, Aurélie Cobat23, Jingchuan Luo1112, StefanoV olpi13, Bastian Zimmer14Sonoko Sakata7Alexandra, Dinis15…Jean-Laurent Casanova1233435 Summary Viruses that are typically benign sometimes invade the brainstem in otherwise healthy children. We report bi-allelic DBR1 mutations in unrelated patients from different […]
February 10, 2018
Emmanuel S.Antonarakisab†, ChangxueLub† BrandonLubera ChaoLiangb HaoWanga YanChenb John L.Silbersteinb DaniloPianab ZhaoLaic YidongChencd William B.Isaacsab JunLuoab Abstract Background Inherited DNA-repair gene mutations are more prevalent in men with advanced prostate cancer than previously thought, but their clinical implications are not fully understood. Objective To investigate the clinical significance of germline DNA-repair gene alterations in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) receiving next-generation hormonal […]
February 7, 2018
Xiaojie Yu, Yiqiang Zhang, David Cavazos, Xiuye Ma, Zhenze Zhao, Liqin Du & Alexander Pertsemlidis Abstract miR-195 has recently been reported to function as a tumor suppressor in various cancers, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the mechanisms by which miR-195 represses the tumorigenesis of NSCLC cells are not fully understood. We performed a high-throughput […]
February 1, 2018
Emily B Hollister 1 2, Byron A Foster 3, Mahmoud Dahdouli 1 2, Jesica Ramirez 4, Zhao Lai 5 Abstract Background: Variations in gut microbiota composition and diversity have been associated with childhood adiposity, although most studies describing this have been cross-sectional in nature. Our objective was to evaluate associations between body weight and the gut microbiota over time in obese preschool-age children. Methods: Obese, preschool-age, Hispanic children […]