Search Results - "Hoek, Keith S"
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Cancer stem cells versus phenotype-switching in melanoma
Published in Pigment cell and melanoma research (01-12-2010)“…Summary Tumours comprise multiple phenotypically distinct subpopulations of cells, some of which are proposed to possess stem cell‐like properties, being able…”
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In vivo Switching of Human Melanoma Cells between Proliferative and Invasive States
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-02-2008)“…Metastatic melanoma represents a complex and heterogeneous disease for which there are no therapies to improve patient survival. Recent expression profiling of…”
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Mitf regulation of Dia1 controls melanoma proliferation and invasiveness
Published in Genes & development (15-12-2006)“…It is widely held that cells with metastatic properties such as invasiveness and expression of matrix metalloproteinases arise through the stepwise…”
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Systematic classification of melanoma cells by phenotype-specific gene expression mapping
Published in Pigment cell and melanoma research (01-05-2012)“…Summary There is growing evidence that the metastatic spread of melanoma is driven not by a linear increase in tumorigenic aggressiveness, but rather by…”
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Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy
Published in Pigment cell and melanoma research (01-12-2008)“…Summary Malignant melanoma is a chemotherapy‐resistant cancer with high mortality. Recent advances in our understanding of the disease at the molecular level…”
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GLI2-Mediated Melanoma Invasion and Metastasis
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (04-08-2010)“…Background The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) pathway, which has both tumor suppressor and pro-oncogenic activities, is often constitutively active in…”
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CT-X antigen expression in human breast cancer
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (11-08-2009)“…Cancer/testis (CT) genes are predominantly expressed in human germ line cells, but not somatic tissues, and frequently become activated in different cancer…”
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Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Modulation of Wnt5A Signal Transduction in Metastatic Melanoma Cells
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (16-10-2009)“…Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) are important modulators for optimizing signal transduction of many pathways, including the Wnt pathways. We demonstrate…”
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A proliferative melanoma cell phenotype is responsive to RAF/MEK inhibition independent of BRAF mutation status
Published in Pigment cell and melanoma research (01-04-2011)“…Summary Oncogenic mutations within the MAPK pathway are frequent in melanoma, and targeting of MAPK signaling has yielded spectacular responses in a…”
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A Purine Nucleotide Biosynthesis Enzyme Guanosine Monophosphate Reductase Is a Suppressor of Melanoma Invasion
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (01-10-2013)“…Melanoma is one of the most aggressive types of human cancers, and the mechanisms underlying melanoma invasive phenotype are not completely understood. Here,…”
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Wnt5A Activates the Calpain-Mediated Cleavage of Filamin A
Published in Journal of investigative dermatology (01-07-2009)“…We have previously shown that Wnt5A and ROR2, an orphan tyrosine kinase receptor, interact to mediate melanoma cell motility. In other cell types, this can…”
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Filamin A Modulates Kinase Activation and Intracellular Trafficking of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors in Human Melanoma Cells
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-06-2009)“…The actin-binding protein filamin A (FLNa) affects the intracellular trafficking of various classes of receptors and has a potential role in oncogenesis…”
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Loss of full length CtBP1 expression enhances the invasive potential of human melanoma
Published in BMC cancer (12-02-2009)“…The C-terminal binding protein 1 (CtBP1) is a known co-repressor of gene transcription. We recently revealed that CtBP1 expression is lost in melanoma cells…”
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hnRNP A2 Selectively Binds the Cytoplasmic Transport Sequence of Myelin Basic Protein mRNA
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (12-05-1998)“…Segregation of mRNAs in the cytoplasm of polar cells has been demonstrated for proteins involved in Xenopus and Drosophila oogenesis, and for some proteins in…”
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Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A3, a Novel RNA Trafficking Response Element-binding Protein
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (17-05-2002)“…The cis- acting response element, A2RE, which is sufficient for cytoplasmic mRNA trafficking in oligodendrocytes, binds a small group of rat brain proteins…”
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Hypoxia Contributes to Melanoma Heterogeneity by Triggering HIF1α-Dependent Phenotype Switching
Published in Journal of investigative dermatology (01-10-2013)“…We have previously reported a model for melanoma progression in which oscillation between melanoma cell phenotypes characterized by invasion or proliferation…”
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Differential LEF1 and TCF4 expression is involved in melanoma cell phenotype switching
Published in Pigment cell and melanoma research (01-08-2011)“…Summary Recent observations suggest that melanoma cells drive disease progression by switching back and forth between phenotypic states of proliferation and…”
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E-cadherin determines Caveolin-1 tumor suppression or metastasis enhancing function in melanoma cells
Published in Pigment cell and melanoma research (01-07-2013)“…Summary The role of caveolin‐1 (CAV1) in cancer is highly controversial. CAV1 suppresses genes that favor tumor development, yet also promotes focal adhesion…”
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MITF: the power and the glory
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GLI2 and M-MITF transcription factors control exclusive gene expression programs and inversely regulate invasion in human melanoma cells
Published in Pigment cell and melanoma research (01-10-2011)“…Summary We recently identified GLI2, the most active of GLI transcription factors, as a direct TGF‐β/SMAD target, whose expression in melanoma cells is…”
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