Search Results - "Dlugosz, Andrzej A"
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Genomic Analysis of Smoothened Inhibitor Resistance in Basal Cell Carcinoma
Published in Cancer cell (09-03-2015)“…Smoothened (SMO) inhibitors are under clinical investigation for the treatment of several cancers. Vismodegib is approved for the treatment of locally advanced…”
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Basal Cell Carcinoma Preferentially Arises from Stem Cells within Hair Follicle and Mechanosensory Niches
Published in Cell stem cell (02-04-2015)“…Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is characterized by frequent loss of PTCH1, leading to constitutive activation of the Hedgehog pathway. Although the requirement for…”
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Obesity accelerates hair thinning by stem cell-centric converging mechanisms
Published in Nature (London) (08-07-2021)“…Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that predisposes individuals to many age-associated diseases, but its exact effects on organ dysfunction are largely unknown 1…”
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Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Promote Aggressive Gastric Cancer Phenotypes via Heat Shock Factor 1-Mediated Secretion of Extracellular Vesicles
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-04-2021)“…Gastric cancer is the third most lethal cancer worldwide, and evaluation of the genomic status of gastric cancer cells has not translated into effective…”
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Keratin 17 promotes epithelial proliferation and tumor growth by polarizing the immune response in skin
Published in Nature genetics (01-10-2010)“…Basaloid skin tumors, including basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and basaloid follicular hamartoma, are associated with aberrant Hedgehog (Hh) signaling and, in the…”
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Dual and opposing roles of primary cilia in medulloblastoma development
Published in Nature medicine (01-09-2009)“…Recent work has shown that primary cilia are essential for Hedgehog (Hh) signaling during mammalian development. It is also known that aberrant Hh signaling…”
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Primary cilia can both mediate and suppress Hedgehog pathway-dependent tumorigenesis
Published in Nature medicine (01-09-2009)“…Primary cilia are present on most mammalian cells and are implicated in transducing Hedgehog (Hh) signals during development; however, the prevalence of cilia…”
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Hedgehog/Ras interactions regulate early stages of pancreatic cancer
Published in Genes & development (15-11-2006)“…Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) constitutes a lethal disease that affects >30,000 people annually in the United States. Deregulation of Hedgehog…”
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Maintenance of Taste Organs Is Strictly Dependent on Epithelial Hedgehog/GLI Signaling
Published in PLoS genetics (28-11-2016)“…For homeostasis, lingual taste papilla organs require regulation of epithelial cell survival and renewal, with sustained innervation and stromal interactions…”
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Niche-Specific Factors Dynamically Regulate Sebaceous Gland Stem Cells in the Skin
Published in Developmental cell (04-11-2019)“…Oil-secreting sebaceous glands (SGs) are critical for proper skin function; however, it remains unclear how different factors act together to modulate SG stem…”
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Distinct mechanisms for sebaceous gland self-renewal and regeneration provide durability in response to injury
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (26-09-2023)“…Sebaceous glands (SGs) release oils that protect our skin, but how these glands respond to injury has not been previously examined. Here, we report that SGs…”
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Next generation sequencing of Cytokeratin 20-negative Merkel cell carcinoma reveals ultraviolet-signature mutations and recurrent TP53 and RB1 inactivation
Published in Modern pathology (01-03-2016)“…Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare but highly aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma. Cytokeratin 20 (CK20) is expressed in ~95% of Merkel cell carcinomas…”
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Basal cell carcinomas in mice arise from hair follicle stem cells and multiple epithelial progenitor populations
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-05-2011)“…Uncontrolled Hedgehog (Hh) signaling leads to the development of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common human cancer, but the cell of origin for BCC is…”
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Direct cellular reprogramming enables development of viral T antigen-driven Merkel cell carcinoma in mice
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-04-2022)“…Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine skin cancer that frequently carries an integrated Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) genome and…”
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Reciprocal interplay between thyroid hormone and microRNA-21 regulates hedgehog pathway-driven skin tumorigenesis
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-06-2016)“…The thyroid hormone-inactivating (TH-inactivating) enzyme type 3 iodothyronine deiodinase (D3) is an oncofetal protein that is rarely expressed in adult life…”
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Multiple Shh signaling centers participate in fungiform papilla and taste bud formation and maintenance
Published in Developmental biology (01-10-2013)“…The adult fungiform taste papilla is a complex of specialized cell types residing in the stratified squamous tongue epithelium. This unique sensory organ…”
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Distinct Gene Expression Profiles of Viral- and Nonviral-Associated Merkel Cell Carcinoma Revealed by Transcriptome Analysis
Published in Journal of investigative dermatology (01-04-2013)“…Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is an aggressive cutaneous neuroendocrine tumor with high mortality rates. Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV), identified in the…”
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Paracrine Hedgehog Signaling in Stomach and Intestine: New Roles for Hedgehog in Gastrointestinal Patterning
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-08-2009)“…Background & Aims Hedgehog signaling is critical in gastrointestinal patterning. Mice deficient in Hedgehog signaling exhibit abnormalities that mirror…”
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