Search Results - "Brune, Kieran"
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Pulmonary epithelial barrier function: some new players and mechanisms
Published in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology (15-04-2015)“…The pulmonary epithelium serves as a barrier to prevent access of the inspired luminal contents to the subepithelium. In addition, the epithelium dictates the…”
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HIV Impairs Lung Epithelial Integrity and Enters the Epithelium to Promote Chronic Lung Inflammation
Published in PloS one (01-03-2016)“…Several clinical studies show that individuals with HIV are at an increased risk for worsened lung function and for the development of COPD, although the…”
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Cigarette smoke disrupts monolayer integrity by altering epithelial cell-cell adhesion and cortical tension
Published in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology (01-09-2017)“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Cigarette smoke (CS) drives disease development and progression. The…”
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PancPRO: Risk Assessment for Individuals With a Family History of Pancreatic Cancer
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (10-04-2007)“…The rapid fatality of pancreatic cancer is, in large part, the result of an advanced stage of diagnosis for the majority of patients. Identification of…”
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Importance of Age of Onset in Pancreatic Cancer Kindreds
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (20-01-2010)“…Background Young-onset cancer is a hallmark of many familial cancer syndromes, yet the implications of young-onset disease in predicting risk of pancreatic…”
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Prospective risk of pancreatic cancer in familial pancreatic cancer kindreds
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-04-2004)“…Individuals with a family history of pancreatic cancer have an increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Quantification of this risk provides a rational…”
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Screening for early pancreatic neoplasia in high-risk individuals: a prospective controlled study
Published in Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology (01-06-2006)“…Individuals with a strong family history of pancreatic cancer and persons with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) have an increased risk for pancreatic cancer. This…”
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The Prevalence of BRCA2 Mutations in Familial Pancreatic Cancer
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-02-2007)“…Mutations in the BRCA2 gene have been implicated in pancreatic cancer susceptibility through studies of high-risk breast and ovarian cancer families. To…”
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Screening for pancreatic neoplasia in high-risk individuals: an EUS-based approach
Published in Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology (01-07-2004)“…Relatives of patients with pancreatic cancer and persons with certain inherited syndromes are at increased risk for developing pancreatic cancer. We…”
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Elevated Cancer Mortality in the Relatives of Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-11-2009)“…Most inherited cancer syndromes are characterized by the familial clustering of cancers at several organ sites. To determine if cancers, other than pancreatic…”
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Evaluation of candidate genes MAP2K4, MADH4, ACVR1B, and BRCA2 in familial pancreatic cancer: Deleterious BRCA2 mutations in 17
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-07-2002)“…It is estimated that familial aggregation and genetic susceptibility play a role in as many as 10% of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas. To investigate the…”
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Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations of Familial Pancreatic Cancers
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-12-2008)“…Background: Little is known about the genetic and epigenetic changes that contribute to familial pancreatic cancers. The aim of this study was to compare the…”
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Absence of germline BRCA1 mutations in familial pancreatic cancer patients
Published in Cancer biology & therapy (01-01-2009)“…Recent studies have suggested that germ line mutations in the BRCA1 gene may confer an increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. To determine if BRCA1…”
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Genome-Wide Allelotypes of Familial Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas and Familial and Sporadic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-10-2007)“…Purpose: Most familial cancer susceptibility genes are tumor suppressor genes that are biallelically inactivated in familial neoplasms through somatic deletion…”
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Methylation of Cyclin D2 Is Observed Frequently in Pancreatic Cancer but Is Also an Age-related Phenomenon in Gastrointestinal Tissues
Published in Clinical cancer research (01-04-2003)“…Purpose : Hypermethylation of CpG islands in the promoters of selected genes is a common feature of neoplasia. Aberrantmethylation of cyclin D2 has been…”
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Absence of Deleterious Palladin Mutations in Patients with Familial Pancreatic Cancer
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-04-2009)“…It has been reported that germline mutations in the palladin gene ( PALLD ) cause the familial aggregation of pancreatic cancer, but the evidence is weak and…”
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Increased prevalence of the BRCA2 polymorphic stop codon K3326X among individuals with familial pancreatic cancer
Published in Oncogene (19-05-2005)“…Germline BRCA2 mutations predispose to the development of pancreatic cancer. A polymorphic stop codon in the coding region of BRCA2 (K3326X) has been…”
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Clinical importance of precursor lesions in the pancreas
Published in Journal of Hepato‐Biliary‐Pancreatic Surgery (01-05-2007)“…Three distinct noninvasive precursor lesions to invasive ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas have been described. These include the mucinous cystic neoplasm,…”
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Evidence for a major gene influencing risk of pancreatic cancer
Published in Genetic epidemiology (01-08-2002)“…Family history of pancreatic cancer, the fifth leading cause of cancer death in the United States, confers a 1.5–13‐fold higher risk of developing pancreatic…”
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Copy-number variants in patients with a strong family history of pancreatic cancer
Published in Cancer biology & therapy (01-10-2007)“…Copy-number variants such as germ-line deletions and amplifications are associated with inherited genetic disorders including familial cancer. The gene or…”
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