Greehey CCRI News & Events Archive
Breast Cancer Research: Common breast cancer susceptibility alleles are associated with tumour subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2
November 12, 2011Anna Marie Mulligan 1, Fergus J Couch, Daniel Barrowdale, Susan M Domchek, Diana Eccles, Heli Nevanlinna, Susan J Ramus, Mark Robson, Mark Sherman, Amanda B Spurdle, Barbara Wappenschmidt, Andrew Lee, Lesley McGuffog, Sue Healey, Olga M Sinilnikova, Ra …
Biotechniques: Isolation of Sertoli, Leydig, and spermatogenic cells from the mouse testis
November 5, 2011Yao-Fu Chang 1, Jennifer S Lee-Chang, Subbarayalu Panneerdoss, James A MacLean 2nd, Manjeet K Rao Abstract A thorough understanding of the events during mammalian spermatogenesis requires studying specific molecular signatures of individual testicular …
Journal of Biological Chemistry: Mutant p53 Disrupts Role of ShcA Protein in Balancing Smad Protein-dependent and -independent Signaling Activity of Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGF-β)*
October 26, 2011Shu Lin‡, Lan Yu‡, Junhua Yang‡, Zhao Liu‡, Bijal Karia‡§, Alexander J. R. Bishop‡§¶, James Jackson‖, Guillermina Lozano‖, John A. Copland**, Xiaoxin Mu‡‡‡, Beicheng Sun‡‡ and Lu-Zhe Sun‡¶,1 Abstract Biomarkers are lacking for identifying the switch of …
IEEE: Stochastic Modeling of the Relationship between Copy Number and Gene Expression Based on Transcriptional Logic
October 24, 2011Fang-Han Hsu; Erchin Serpedin; Yidong Chen; Edward R. Dougherty Abstract: DNA copy number alterations (CNAs) can cause genetic diseases, and studies have revealed a relationship between CNAs and gene expression; however, the manner in which CNAs relate …
Molecular Profiling: Genome-Wide Methylation Profiling in Archival Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Samples
October 21, 2011J. Keith Killian, Robert L. Walker, Sven Bilke, Yidong Chen, Sean Davis, Robert Cornelison, William I. Smith, Paul S. Meltzer Abstract New technologies allow for the genome-scale measurement of DNA methylation. In an effort to increase the clinical uti …
Proteome Science: Bayesian non-negative factor analysis for reconstructing transcription factor mediated regulatory networks
October 14, 2011Jia Meng, Jianqiu (Michelle) Zhang, Yidong Chen & Yufei Huang Abstract Background Transcriptional regulation by a transcription factor (TF) controls the time and abundance of mRNA transcription. Due to the limitation of current proteomics technolog …
BMC Research Notes: A model-based circular binary segmentation algorithm for the analysis of array CGH data
October 10, 2011Fang-Han Hsu, Hung-I H Chen, Mong-Hsun Tsai, Liang-Chuan Lai, Chi-Cheng Huang, Shih-Hsin Tu, Eric Y Chuang & Yidong Chen Abstract Background Circular Binary Segmentation (CBS) is a permutation-based algorithm for array Comparative Genomic Hybridiza …
BMC Cancer: Activating mutation in MET oncogene in familial colorectal cancer
October 4, 2011Deborah W Neklason 1, Michelle W Done, Nykole R Sargent, Ann G Schwartz, Hoda Anton-Culver, Constance A Griffin, Dennis J Ahnen, Joellen M Schildkraut, Gail E Tomlinson, Louise C Strong, Alexander R Miller, Jill E Stopfer, Randall W Burt Abstract Backg …
Carcinogenesis: Candidate gene association analysis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia identifies new susceptibility locus at 11p15 (LMO1)
September 21, 2011Joke Beuten 1, Jonathan A L Gelfond, Duangjai Piwkham, Brad H Pollock, Naomi J Winick, Anderson B Collier 3rd, Gail E Tomlinson Abstract To determine the contribution of susceptibility loci in explaining the genetic basis of acute lymphoblastic leukemi …
Molecular & Cellular Biology: A Conditional Mouse Model for Measuring the Frequency of Homologous Recombination Events In Vivo in the Absence of Essential Genes
August 10, 2011Adam D. Brown, Alison B. Claybon, Alexander J. R. Bishop ABSTRACT The ability to detect and repair DNA damage is crucial to the prevention of various diseases. The loss of function of genes involved in these processes is known to result in significant …