New oncogene gives valuable insight into hepatocellular tumors in humans
Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday 23 April: The first identification of GP130 somatic activating mutations* in human tumours was announced today at EASL 2009, the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Liver Disease in Copenhagen, Denmark. Identification of recurrent somatic m...Blocking Oncogene Can Stop Spread of Ovarian Cancer
Lab study showed it had effect on 60% Of malignant cells MONDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Blocking proteins produced by the oncogene MYC can stop the spread of ovarian cancer, researchers say. An oncogene is a gene that has the potential to help cause cancer. In up to 60 perce...Colon Cancer Oncogene Discovered
CDK8 is frequently amplified in these malignancies, study finds SUNDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a new genetic player in the development of colon cancer. The findings implicate CDK8, a protein that regulates gene expression in the proliferation of co...Pair of MicroRNA Molecules Controls Major Oncogene in Most Common Leukemia
Researchers at Ohio State University have discovered that two microRNA (miRNA) molecules help control the oncogene responsible for a dangerous form of B-cell chronic// lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), the most common human leukemia in the world. Their findings, published in the December 15 iss...Gene Connections Key to Brain Tumor Growth
...ther genes. The hub gene is the EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) oncogene on chromosome 7, according to the study. It is amplified in about 45 percen...e researchers reported. A decrease in the function of ANXA7 shoots the EGFR oncogene into overdrive, contributing to the development and progression of maliciou...Study pinpoints novel cancer gene and biomarker
...iguing as this finding was, it was hardly enough to prove that GOLPH3 is an oncogene -- a contributor to cancer when overexpressed within a cell. Demonstrating ...Harvard Medical School. In addition to identifying GOLPH3 as a bona fide oncogene and an indicator of whether rapamycin is likely to be effective against spe...Cancer cells need normal, nonmutated genes to survive
...a tumor, which deprives cells of oxygen. Survival requires a complete kit of stress response tools. "Researchers often characterize cancer cells as oncogene addicts, but they're just as reliant on normal genes that alleviate stress," explains senior author Stephen Elledge, a professor at HMS and Brigham an...NYU Langone Medical Center's tip sheet to the 45th Annual Meeting of ASCO
...ract # 11034, Sunday, May 31, 2009, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Overexpression of an oncogene linked to worse melanoma prognosis Iman Osman, M.D., associate professo...r Institute present preliminary evidence that overabundant expression of an oncogene called Skp2 was associated with a worse melanoma prognosis. The activity of...ARUP Laboratories Applauds FDA's Decision on the Value of KRAS-Mutation Testing in Colorectal Cancer
...ular therapeutic strategy should be used by oncologists. Most colorectal cancer is caused by somatic mutations and is not hereditary. Mutations in the oncogene KRAS are seen in over 40 percent of sporadic colorectal cancers. While several laboratories in the United States offer this test, ARUP Laboratories'...Nektar Announces Expanded Phase 2 Clinical Development Plan For NKTR-102 (PEG-irinotecan)
... Phase 2 Study for NKTR-102 Will Target Newly-Identified K-Ras Mutated oncogene Population in Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer New Phase 2 Clinica... Meeting shows colorectal cancer (CRC) patients with tumors that have K-Ras oncogene mutations (K-Ras mutant types) do not respond to EGFR-inhibitors, such as c...Breast Cancer and HER-2/neu: Diagnostic Tools for Targeted Therapy
...eu as a serum marker. This bypasses the need for a tissue specimen and may allow earlier Her-2/neu detection. The Her-2/neu ELISA (Bayer Diagnostics oncogene Science) is a sandwich-type immunoassay approved to monitor patients with known metastatic breast cancer. With other methods such as RT-PCR on t...Fox Chase researchers uncover one force behind the MYC oncogene in many cancers
Philadelphia (July 27, 2009) DLX5, a gene crucial for embryonic development, promotes cancer by activating the expression of the known oncogene, MYC, according to researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center. Since the DLX5 gene is inactive in normal adults, it may be an ideal target for future anti-...High-throughput oncogene mutation detection in human cancers by mass spectrometry-based genotyping
Researchers have devised a new method to detect a spectrum of known gene mutations in a variety of cancer genes that they say is both sensitive and cost-effective. They say that if validated, this method of genotyping might ultimately be used in "real time" to match patients to available targeted t...Pair of microRNA molecules controls major oncogene in most common leukemia
Researchers at Ohio State University have discovered that two microRNA (miRNA) molecules help control the oncogene responsible for a dangerous form of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), the most common human leukemia in the world. Their findings, published in the December 15 issue of C...Protein identified as critical to insulating the body's wiring could also become treatment target
... and Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, a genetic, progressive disease that weakens muscles. Cancer is an issue because the ErbB2 receptor also is an oncogene highly expressed in tumors. ErbB2 helps cancer cells grow and spread so finding its role in the receptor's stability and function provides a potential...CSHL team develops mouse models of leukemia that predict response to chemotherapy
...tions identified by Lowe's team in AML patients have been well studied. The oncogene AML1/ETO previously has been associated with a favorable therapeutic outcom...be correct. Just as in humans, leukemias in mice that received the AML1/ETO oncogene were also sensitive to chemotherapy and soon regressed, whereas MLL-trigger...Skin cancer study uncovers new tumor suppressor gene
...led to slow -- and in some cases even sped up -- tumor growth. Now, it turns out that one of the most often mutated MMP genes in melanoma is not an oncogene at all. In its study, the team led by researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) found that MMP-8 actually serves as a tumo...Small molecules block cancer gene
... HOUSTON (March 10, 2009) Finding molecules that block the activity of the oncogene Stat 3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription) required screening literally millions of compounds, using computers that compared the struct...NYU Langone Medical Center researchers find micro RNA plays a key role in melanoma metastasis
...und a miRNA is over-expressed in metastatic melanoma cell lines and tissues. The lab found that the elevated expression of miRNA 182 turns it into an oncogene (a gene involved in cancer tumor initiation or progression), by increasing the invasive capacity of melanoma cells in vitro and stimulating the cell's...Cancer-causing gene discovery suggests new therapies
...r on the paper with Barna. "The ability of the Myc oncogene to directly alter this process may well explain th... in DNA activity in the cell nucleus. But how the oncogene affected the subsequent production of proteins, a ...ne that was cancer-prone and overexpressed the Myc oncogene and one that was newly engineered to lower protein...Festschrift Issue honoring Judah Folkman, M.D. in Lymphatic Research and Biology
...e Lymphangiogenesis?," Yihai Cao explains the processes behind increased lymphatic supply to cancerous lesions. Dean Felsher explores the phenomena of oncogene addiction, cellular senescence, and the angiogenic switch in a report entitled, "Reversing Cancer From Inside and Out." In a forward-looking review, S...Cequent Names F. Stephen Laroux, Ph.D., Director, Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases
...house IBD program. "While we are furthest along with our drug candidate CEQ508, an orally administered tk RNAi therapeutic targeting the primary oncogene (beta-catenin, CTNNB1) in FAP (familial adenomatous polyposis) -- our IBD program is actually the company's largest, and Stephen has been critical to ...NFGC Conducts Multi-Institutional Research Project in Ovarian Cancer
...ject in ovarian cancer. For the first phase of the project, the group will use a biologically-driven approach to characterize gene expression and oncogene activation of copy number and point mutations in preclinical models by profiling ovarian cancer cells and ovarian cancer stem cells. The consortium wi...Festschrift Issue Honoring Judah Folkman, M.D. in Lymphatic Research and Biology
...mphangiogenesis?," Yihai Cao explains the processes behind increased lymphatic supply to cancerous lesions. Dean Felsher explores the phenomena of oncogene addiction, cellular senescence, and the angiogenic switch in a report entitled, "Reversing Cancer From Inside and Out." In a forward-looking review, ...Oncomine(TM) Again Key to Prostate Cancer Discovery
...Ph.D., in his continued role as a research investigator at the University of Michigan, led the Oncomine analysis that identified SPINK1 as a candidate oncogene in prostate cancer. Further experimental work by many of the same scientists that previously identified ETS-family gene fusions in prostate cancer usi...New Insights Into DNA Decontamination
...tion of mouse skin endothelial cells in vivo by direct application of plasmid DNA encoding the human T24 H-ras oncogene. oncogene 6(11), 1973-1978. ...Research Tools for Analysis of ZAP-70
... References 1. Palacios, E.H. and Weiss, A. (2004) Function of the Src-family kinases, Lck and Fyn, in T-cell development and activation. oncogene 23:7990-8000. 2. Abraham, R.T. and Weiss, A. (2004) Jurkat T cells and development of the T-cell receptor signalling paradigm. Nature Rev...Rabbit Anti-Human RAB32 Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Proteintech Group, Inc.
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