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The new (Version 9) American Joint Committee on Cancer tumor, node, metastasis staging for cervical cancer
Published in CA: a cancer journal for clinicians (01-07-2021)“…The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumor, node, metastasis (TNM) staging for all cancer sites has been periodically updated as a published manual…”
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Pharmacological blockade of ASCT2-dependent glutamine transport leads to antitumor efficacy in preclinical models
Published in Nature medicine (01-02-2018)“…A small molecule selectively targeting the cell-surface glutamine transporter ASCT2 disrupts glutamine signaling and metabolism. This compound displays low…”
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Translesion Synthesis: Insights into the Selection and Switching of DNA Polymerases
Published in Genes (10-01-2017)“…DNA replication is constantly challenged by DNA lesions, noncanonical DNA structures and difficult-to-replicate DNA sequences. Two major strategies to rescue a…”
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Conformational flexibility of fork-remodeling helicase Rad5 shown by full-ensemble hybrid methods
Published in PloS one (18-10-2019)“…Several pathways exist to bypass DNA damage during replication. One such pathway is template switching. The Rad5 protein plays two important roles in template…”
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote directional cancer cell migration by aligning fibronectin
Published in The Journal of cell biology (06-11-2017)“…Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are major components of the carcinoma microenvironment that promote tumor progression. However, the mechanisms by which…”
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Observed high-altitude warming and snow cover retreat over Tibet and the Himalayas enhanced by black carbon aerosols
Published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (05-02-2016)“…Himalayan mountain glaciers and the snowpack over the Tibetan Plateau provide the headwater of several major rivers in Asia. In situ observations of snow cover…”
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Activation of IGF1R by DARPP-32 promotes STAT3 signaling in gastric cancer cells
Published in Oncogene (01-07-2019)“…Dopamine and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein, Mr 32000 (DARPP-32), is frequently overexpressed in early stages of gastric cancers. We utilized in vitro assays,…”
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Making choices: DNA replication fork recovery mechanisms
Published in Seminars in cell & developmental biology (01-05-2021)“…DNA replication is laden with obstacles that slow, stall, collapse, and break DNA replication forks. At each obstacle, there is a decision to be made whether…”
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Eukaryotic translesion synthesis: Choosing the right tool for the job
Published in DNA repair (01-11-2018)“…Normal DNA replication is blocked by DNA damage in the template strand. Translesion synthesis is a major pathway for overcoming these replication blocks. In…”
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Paeniclostridium sordellii uterine infection is dependent on the estrous cycle
Published in PLoS pathogens (21-11-2022)“…Human infections caused by the toxin-producing, anaerobic and spore-forming bacterium Paeniclostridium sordellii are associated with a treatment-refractory…”
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Glucosyltransferase-dependent and independent effects of Clostridioides difficile toxins during infection
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-02-2022)“…Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis in the USA. In addition to these symptoms,…”
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Succinate Produced by Intestinal Microbes Promotes Specification of Tuft Cells to Suppress Ileal Inflammation
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-12-2020)“…Countries endemic for parasitic infestations have a lower incidence of Crohn’s disease (CD) than nonendemic countries, and there have been anecdotal reports of…”
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R.I.P. to the PIP: PCNA-binding motif no longer considered specific: PIP motifs and other related sequences are not distinct entities and can bind multiple proteins involved in genome maintenance
Published in BioEssays (01-11-2016)“…Many proteins responsible for genome maintenance interact with one another via short sequence motifs. The best known of these are PIP motifs, which mediate…”
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Differential pre-malignant programs and microenvironment chart distinct paths to malignancy in human colorectal polyps
Published in Cell (22-12-2021)“…Colorectal cancers (CRCs) arise from precursor polyps whose cellular origins, molecular heterogeneity, and immunogenic potential may reveal diagnostic and…”
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Loss of FOXA1/2 Is Essential for the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Pancreatic Cancer
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-03-2010)“…FOXA1 and FOXA2, members of the forkhead transcription factor family, are critical for epithelial differentiation in many endoderm-derived organs, including…”
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The Many Roles of PCNA in Eukaryotic DNA Replication
Published in The Enzymes (2016)“…Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) plays critical roles in many aspects of DNA replication and replication-associated processes, including translesion…”
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Nod1 Imprints Inflammatory and Carcinogenic Responses toward the Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-04-2019)“…( ) is the strongest known risk for gastric cancer. The type IV secretion system is an oncogenic locus that translocates peptidoglycan into host cells, where…”
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Heme sensing and detoxification by HatRT contributes to pathogenesis during Clostridium difficile infection
Published in PLoS pathogens (21-12-2018)“…Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobic bacterium that infects the colon, causing symptoms ranging from infectious diarrhea to…”
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Loss of Smad4 in colorectal cancer induces resistance to 5-fluorouracil through activating Akt pathway
Published in British journal of cancer (18-02-2014)“…Background: Higher frequency of Smad4 inactivation or loss of expression is observed in metastasis of colorectal cancer (CRC) leading to unfavourable survival…”
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EGF Receptor Is Required for KRAS-Induced Pancreatic Tumorigenesis
Published in Cancer cell (11-09-2012)“…Initiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is definitively linked to activating mutations in the KRAS oncogene. However, PDA mouse models show that…”
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