Search Results - "Scudamore, Cheryl"
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Dual-Action Combination Therapy Enhances Angiogenesis while Reducing Tumor Growth and Spread
Published in Cancer cell (12-01-2015)“…Increasing chemotherapy delivery to tumors, while enhancing drug uptake and reducing side effects, is a primary goal of cancer research. In mouse and human…”
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Inactivation of PI(3)K p110δ breaks regulatory T-cell-mediated immune tolerance to cancer
Published in Nature (London) (19-06-2014)“…The kinase PI(3)Kδ is shown to be required for the immunosuppressive function of regulatory T cells; inactivation of PI(3)Kδ in these cells leads to enhanced…”
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HOIL‐1 ubiquitin ligase activity targets unbranched glucosaccharides and is required to prevent polyglucosan accumulation
Published in The EMBO journal (19-04-2022)“…HOIL‐1, a component of the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), ubiquitylates serine and threonine residues in proteins by esterification. Here, we…”
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Why are the phenotypes of TRAF6 knock-in and TRAF6 knock-out mice so different?
Published in PloS one (14-02-2022)“…The expression of TNF-Receptor Associated Factor 6 (TRAF6) is essential for many physiological processes. Here we studied the phenotype of TRAF6[L74H] knock-in…”
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Exploring the Lean Phenotype of Glutathione-Depleted Mice: Thiol, Amino Acid and Fatty Acid Profiles
Published in PloS one (27-10-2016)“…Although reduced glutathione (rGSH) is decreased in obese mice and humans, block of GSH synthesis by buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) results in a lean,…”
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Gadd45γ and Map3k4 Interactions Regulate Mouse Testis Determination via p38 MAPK-Mediated Control of Sry Expression
Published in Developmental cell (13-11-2012)“…Loss of the kinase MAP3K4 causes mouse embryonic gonadal sex reversal due to reduced expression of the testis-determining gene, Sry. However, because of…”
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Long‐term treatment of cancer‐prone germline PTEN mutant mice with low‐dose rapamycin extends lifespan and delays tumour development
Published in The Journal of pathology (01-12-2022)“…PTEN is one of the most commonly inactivated tumour suppressor genes in sporadic cancer. Germline heterozygous PTEN gene alterations also underlie PTEN…”
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Inactivation of the Class II PI3K-C2β Potentiates Insulin Signaling and Sensitivity
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (01-12-2015)“…In contrast to the class I phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks), the organismal roles of the kinase activity of the class II PI3Ks are less clear. Here, we…”
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A guide to post-mortem examination procedure in mouse models
Published in Laboratory animals (London) (01-10-2022)“…The main objective of a post mortem is to identify, at a macroscopic level, any anatomical features that characterise mutant or sick mice and to describe…”
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Hypoxia-sensing CAR T cells provide safety and efficacy in treating solid tumors
Published in Cell reports. Medicine (20-04-2021)“…Utilizing T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) to identify and attack solid tumors has proven challenging, in large part because of the lack of…”
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Loss of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Activity in Regulatory T Cells Leads to Neuronal Inflammation
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-07-2020)“…Class I PI3K enzymes are critical for the maintenance of effective immunity. In T cells, PI3Kα and PI3Kδ are activated by the TCR and costimulatory receptors,…”
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Vps34 PI 3-kinase inactivation enhances insulin sensitivity through reprogramming of mitochondrial metabolism
Published in Nature communications (27-11-2017)“…Vps34 PI3K is thought to be the main producer of phosphatidylinositol-3-monophosphate, a lipid that controls intracellular vesicular trafficking. The…”
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Oncogenic PIK3CA induces centrosome amplification and tolerance to genome doubling
Published in Nature communications (24-11-2017)“…Mutations in PIK3CA are very frequent in cancer and lead to sustained PI3K pathway activation. The impact of acute expression of mutant PIK3CA during early…”
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Triggered doxorubicin release in solid tumors from thermosensitive liposome‐peptide hybrids: Critical parameters and therapeutic efficacy
Published in International journal of cancer (01-08-2015)“…Temperature‐sensitive vesicles designed by inclusion of leucine zipper peptides within a lipid bilayer (Lp‐Peptide hybrids) encapsulating Doxorubicin (DOX)…”
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Pharmacological inhibition of FTO
Published in PloS one (01-04-2015)“…In 2007, a genome wide association study identified a SNP in intron one of the gene encoding human FTO that was associated with increased body mass index…”
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Systemic silencing of PHD2 causes reversible immune regulatory dysfunction
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-09-2019)“…Physiological effects of cellular hypoxia are sensed by prolyl hydroxylase (PHD) enzymes which regulate HIFs. Genetic interventions on HIF/PHD pathways reveal…”
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Somatic activating mutations in Pik3ca cause sporadic venous malformations in mice and humans
Published in Science translational medicine (30-03-2016)“…Venous malformations (VMs) are painful and deforming vascular lesions composed of dilated vascular channels, which are present from birth. Mutations in the TEK…”
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The occurrence of tarsal injuries in male mice of C57BL/6N substrains in multiple international mouse facilities
Published in PloS one (15-06-2020)“…Dislocation in hindlimb tarsals are being observed at a low, but persistent frequency in group-housed adult male mice from C57BL/6N substrains. Clinical signs…”
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Disruption of mouse Cenpj, a regulator of centriole biogenesis, phenocopies Seckel syndrome
Published in PLoS genetics (01-11-2012)“…Disruption of the centromere protein J gene, CENPJ (CPAP, MCPH6, SCKL4), which is a highly conserved and ubiquitiously expressed centrosomal protein, has been…”
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Inactivation of class II PI3K-C2α induces leptin resistance, age-dependent insulin resistance and obesity in male mice
Published in Diabetologia (01-07-2016)“…Aims/hypothesis While the class I phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are well-documented positive regulators of metabolism, the involvement of class II PI3K…”
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