PLOS One: Combined Gene Expression and RNAi Screening to Identify Alkylation Damage Survival Pathways from Fly to Human

April 21, 2016

Alfeu Zanotto-Filho, Ravi Dashnamoorthy, Eva Loranc, Luis H. T. de Souza, José C. F. Moreira, Uthra Suresh, Yidong Chen, Alexander J. R. Bishop Abstract Alkylating agents are a key component of cancer chemotherapy. Several cellular mechanisms are known to be important for its survival, particularly DNA repair and xenobiotic detoxification, yet genomic screens indicate that […]

PLOS One: Combined Gene Expression and RNAi Screening to Identify Alkylation Damage Survival Pathways from Fly to Human

April 21, 2016

Alfeu Zanotto-Filho, Ravi Dashnamoorthy, Eva Loranc, Luis H. T. de Souza, José C. F. Moreira, Uthra Suresh, Yidong Chen, Alexander J. R. Bishop  Abstract Alkylating agents are a key component of cancer chemotherapy. Several cellular mechanisms are known to be important for its survival, particularly DNA repair and xenobiotic detoxification, yet genomic screens indicate that […]

Genes & Cancer: FGF19 functions as autocrine growth factor for hepatoblastoma

April 6, 2016

David J. Elzi1, Meihua Song1, Barron Blackman1, Susan T. Weintraub2, Dolores López-Terrada5, Yidong Chen1,3, Gail E. Tomlinson1,4 and Yuzuru Shiio1,2 ABSTRACT Hepatoblastoma is the most common liver cancer in children, accounting for over 65% of all childhood liver malignancies. Hepatoblastoma is distinct from adult liver cancer in that it is not associated with hepatitis virus infection, […]

Pediatric Blood & Cancer: Initial Testing of NSC 750854, a Novel Purine Analog, Against Pediatric Tumor Models by the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program

March 1, 2016

Richard Gorlick 1, E Anders Kolb 2, Stephen T Keir 3, John M Maris 4, Richard B Lock 5, Hernan Carol 5, C Patrick Reynolds 6, Min H Kang 6, Catherine A Billups 7, Jerry Collins 8, Dias Kurmashev 9, Raushan T Kurmasheva 9, Peter J Houghton 9, Malcolm A Smith 10 Abstract Background: NSC 750854 is a purine analog with an antitumor activity profile distinctive from that of other anticancer purines. It has shown significant activity against adult cancer preclinical models. Procedure: NSC […]

Scientific Report: Roles of Distal and Genic Methylation in the Development of Prostate Tumorigenesis Revealed by Genome-wide DNA Methylation Analysis

February 29, 2016

Yao Wang 1, Rohit Ramakant Jadhav 1, Joseph Liu 1, Desiree Wilson 2, Yidong Chen 3, Ian M Thompson 4 5, Dean A Troyer 6, Javier Hernandez 4, Huidong Shi 7, Robin J Leach 2 4 5, Tim H-M Huang 1 5, Victor X Jin 1 3 Abstract Aberrant DNA methylation at promoters is often linked to tumorigenesis. But many aspects of DNA methylation remain unexplored, including the individual roles of distal and gene body methylation, as well as their collaborative roles with […]

IEEE: Cancer Progression Prediction Using Gene Interaction Regularized Elastic Net.

December 23, 2015

Lin Zhang; Hui Liu; Yufei Huang; Xuesong Wang; Yidong Chen; Jia Meng Abstract: Different types of genomic aberration may simultaneously contribute to tumorigenesis. To obtain a more accurate prognostic assessment to guide therapeutic regimen choice for cancer patients, the heterogeneous multi-omics data should be integrated harmoniously, which can often be difficult. For this purpose, we propose a Gene Interaction Regularized […]

Genes & Cancer: The role of FLI-1-EWS, a fusion gene reciprocal to EWS-FLI-1, in Ewing sarcoma

November 7, 2015

David J. Elzi1, Meihua Song1, Peter J. Houghton1,2,3, Yidong Chen1,2,4, and Yuzuru Shiio1,2,5 ABSTRACT Ewing sarcoma is a cancer of the bone and soft tissue in children that is characterized by a chromosomal translocation involving EWS and an Ets family transcription factor, most commonly FLI-1. The EWS-FLI-1 fusion oncogene is widely believed to play a central […]

PNAS: Proline-, glutamic acid-, and leucine-rich protein 1 mediates estrogen rapid signaling and neuroprotection in the brain

November 1, 2015

Gangadhara R. Sareddy, Quanguang Zhang, Ruimin Wang, Erin Scott, Yi Zou, Jason C. O’Connor, Yidong Chen, Yan Dong, Ratna K. Vadlamudi, and Darrell Brann Abstract 17-β estradiol (E2) has been implicated as neuroprotective in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders. However, the underlying mechanism remains unknown. Here, we provide genetic evidence, using forebrain-specific knockout (FBKO) mice, that proline-, glutamic acid-, and leucine-rich protein 1 (PELP1), […]

Oncotarget: An mRNA expression signature for prognostication in de novo acute myeloid leukemia patients with normal karyotype

October 23, 2015

Ming-Kai Chuang1,*, Yu-Chiao Chiu2,5,*, Wen-Chien Chou1,3, Hsin-An Hou3, Mei-Hsuan Tseng3, Yi-Yi Kuo1,3, Yidong Chen5,6, Eric Y. Chuang2,4, Hwei-Fang Tien3 ABSTRACT Although clinical features, cytogenetics, and mutations are widely used to predict prognosis in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), further refinement of risk stratification is necessary for optimal treatment, especially in cytogenetically normal (CN) patients. […]

Molecular Cancer Research: ZBTB7A Suppresses Melanoma Metastasis by Transcriptionally Repressing MCAM

August 1, 2015

Xue-Song Liu, Matthew D. Genet, Jenna E. Haines, Elie K. Mehanna, Shaowei Wu, Hung-I Harry Chen, Yidong Chen, Abrar A. Qureshi, Jiali Han, Xiang Chen, David E. Fisher, Pier Paolo Pandolfi, and Zhi-Min Yuan Abstract The excessive metastatic propensity of melanoma makes it the most deadly form of skin cancer, yet the underlying mechanism of metastasis remains elusive. Here, mining of cancer genome datasets discovered a frequent loss of chromosome 19p13.3 and associated downregulation of the zinc finger transcription factor ZBTB7A […]