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Modulation of several waves of gene expression during FGF-1 induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition of carcinoma cellsClotilde Billottet
CNRS UMR 144 Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
J Cell Biochem 104:826-39. 2008....
Host microenvironment in breast cancer development: epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer developmentAnne Vincent-Salomon
Medical Division, Department of Tumor Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Breast Cancer Res 5:101-6. 2003..DNA profiling technology is also being applied to uncover pathways that lead to a metastatic phenotype...
[Role of growth factor signaling in epithelial cell plasticity during development and in carcinogenesis]J P Thiery
UMR 144 CRNS, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris
Bull Acad Natl Med 185:1279-92; discussion 1293-4. 2001..These results emphasize the need for caution in the interpretation of studies evaluating the potential of novel anti-cancer agents and for better designs of in vitro and in vivo biological assays...
Cell adhesion in development: a complex signaling networkJean Paul Thiery
Unit Mixte de Recherche, 144 Centre National Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Cedex 05, France
Curr Opin Genet Dev 13:365-71. 2003..Clearly, a wide variety of new biophysical techniques and genomic approaches will permit analysis of the roles of adhesive interactions in development to be addressed with far greater precision...
Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions in tumour progressionJean Paul Thiery
, 144 Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Nat Rev Cancer 2:442-54. 2002
Epithelial cell plasticity in development and tumor progressionJ P Thiery
UMR 144 CNRS, Laboratoire de Morphogenèse Cellulaire et Progression Tumorale, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Cancer Metastasis Rev 18:31-42. 1999..The identification of critical changes in the growth factor pathways involved in tumor progression will not only provide insight into the genetic and molecular basis of this process, but should also identify targets for new therapies...
Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions in development and pathologiesJean Paul Thiery
Unite Mixte de Recherche 144, Centre National Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Curr Opin Cell Biol 15:740-6. 2003..Current studies further emphasise the critical importance of EMT and provide a better molecular and functional definition of mesenchymal cells and how they emerged >500 million years ago as a key event in evolution...
Evidence that SPROUTY2 functions as an inhibitor of mouse embryonic lung growth and morphogenesisA A Mailleux
UMR144 CNRS Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Cedex 05, Paris, France
Mech Dev 102:81-94. 2001..These results indicate for the first time that mSPROUTY2 functions as a negative regulator of embryonic lung morphogenesis and growth...
Prognosis of women with stage IV breast cancer depends on detection of circulating tumor cells rather than disseminated tumor cellsF C Bidard
Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Ann Oncol 19:496-500. 2008..Detection of disseminated tumor cells (DTC) in bone marrow (BM) is an independent prognostic factor in early breast cancer. We evaluated the prognostic value of DTC detection in the BM of metastatic breast cancer patients...
Xenopus cadherin-11 is expressed in different populations of migrating neural crest cellsJ Vallin
Laboratoire de Morphogenèse Cellulaire et Progression Tumorale, UMR 144, CNRS Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248, Paris Cedex 05, France
Mech Dev 75:171-4. 1998..It is expressed in different neural crest cell populations, during their migration and differentiation. This pattern, unexpected for an adhesion molecule, reinforces the idea of novel functions for type II cadherins...
Differential function of N-cadherin and cadherin-7 in the control of embryonic cell motilityS Dufour
UMR 144, Compartimentation et Dynamique Cellulaires, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
J Cell Biol 146:501-16. 1999..In addition, adhesions mediated by different cadherins differentially regulate FN-dependent signaling. The transient contacts specifically observed in cadherin- 7-expressing cells may also be important in the control of cell motility...
Targeted activation of beta-catenin signaling in basal mammary epithelial cells affects mammary development and leads to hyperplasiaJérôme Teulière
UMR 144 CNRS Institut Curie, Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248, Paris, Cedex 05, France
Development 132:267-77. 2005....
A hormone-dependent post-translationally regulated mutant for investigating type I cadherin functionE Giacomello
Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 144, Laboratoire de Morphogénèse et progression tumorale, Paris, France
Int J Dev Biol 45:833-8. 2001..The function of the mutant deltaE-HBDER was strictly dependent on hormone induction. This conditional mutant had the same effects and exerted the same dominant negative function as the corresponding constitutive mutant...
Medial cell mixing during axial morphogenesis of the amphibian embryo requires cadherin functionM Delarue
Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Developpement, Equipe de Biologie Expérimentale, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Dev Dyn 213:248-60. 1998..They extend to Pleurodeles the observations made in Xenopus, illustrating that despite differences in morphogenetic processes, the molecular mechanisms are conserved in these two species...
Clinical significance of proliferative potential of occult metastatic cells in bone marrow of patients with breast cancerJ Y Pierga
Medical Oncology Department, Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Br J Cancer 89:539-45. 2003..In conclusion, viable tumour cells can be detected in the bone marrow of breast cancer patients. Their proliferative potential could be predictive of outcome and deserves further investigation...
Increased cell size and Akt activation in HER-2/neu-overexpressing invasive ductal carcinoma of the breastX Sastre-Garau
Department of Pathology, CNRS UMR144, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Histopathology 45:142-7. 2004..Akt has been found to be involved in the HER-2/neu signal transduction pathway and Akt activation has been associated with increased cell size in various models...
Growth defects induced by perturbation of beta1-integrin function in the mammary gland epithelium result from a lack of MAPK activation via the Shc and Akt pathwaysM M Faraldo
UMR 144, CNRS-Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26, rue d'Ulm, 75248, Paris, Cedex 05, France
EMBO Rep 2:431-7. 2001..These results provide an insight into the mechanisms of growth control by integrin-mediated adhesion that operate in vivo...
Challenges in the stratification of breast tumors for tailored therapiesJ P Thiery
Institut Curie, 26, rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05
Bull Cancer 93:E81-9. 2006....
The mesenchymal cadherin-11 is expressed in restricted sites during the ontogeny of the rat brain in modes suggesting novel functionsL Simonneau
Morphogénèse Cellulaire et Progression Tumoral, UMR 144 CNRS Institut Curie, Paris, France
Cell Adhes Commun 6:431-50. 1998..These data are discussed, and hypotheses for additional and novel properties for cad-11 are suggested...
beta-catenin-dependent and -independent effects of DeltaN-plakoglobin on epidermal growth and differentiationJ Teulière
UMR 144 CNRS Institut Curie, Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris, Cedex 05, France
Mol Cell Biol 24:8649-61. 2004....
Sequence and distribution of Xenopus laevis E-cadherin transcriptsF Broders
Laboratory of Physiopathology of Development, CNRS URA 1337, Paris, France
Cell Adhes Commun 1:265-77. 1993..In contrast to mouse E-cadherin, Xenopus E-cadherin was not detected transiently in the nervous system during embryogenesis and in the post-metamorphic stages...
HER2 status of bone marrow micrometastasis and their corresponding primary tumours in a pilot study of 27 cases: a possible tool for anti-HER2 therapy management?A Vincent-Salomon
Department of Tumor Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Br J Cancer 96:654-9. 2007..Therefore, the efficiency of anti-HER2 adjuvant therapy could be evaluated, in a clinical trial, by sequential detection of HER2-positive micrometastatic cells within the bone marrow, before and after treatment...
Tumour suppressive properties of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2-IIIb in human bladder cancerD Ricol
UMR 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Oncogene 18:7234-43. 1999..Altogether, these results show that FGFR2-IIIb has tumour growth suppressive properties in bladder carcinomas and suggest possible mechanisms of FGFR2 gene inactivation...
Cloning and characterization of three Xenopus slug promoters reveal direct regulation by Lef/beta-catenin signalingJ Vallin
UMR 144, CNRS Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
J Biol Chem 276:30350-8. 2001..As the Lef.beta-catenin complex is a downstream effector of Wnt signaling, these results suggest that Xenopus Slug is a direct target of NCC determination signals...
EGF controls the in vivo developmental potential of a mammary epithelial cell line possessing progenitor propertiesMarie-Ange Deugnier
CNRS-Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
J Cell Biol 159:453-63. 2002....
Relationship between cell migration and cell cycle during the initiation of epithelial to fibroblastoid transitionC Bonneton
UM144 Compartimentation et Dynamique Cellulaires Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Institut Curie, Paris, France
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 43:288-95. 1999..These results indicate that the G1 phase was a critical phase for FGF-1 induced cell migration during epithelial to fibroblastoid transition...
Frequent activating mutations of FGFR3 in human bladder and cervix carcinomasD Cappellen
, UMR 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Nat Genet 23:18-20. 1999
Decreased expression of keratinocyte growth factor receptor in a subset of human transitional cell bladder carcinomasS G Diez de Medina
UMR 144, CNRS Institut Curie, Paris, France
Oncogene 14:323-30. 1997..Our results suggest that decreased expression of KGF-R can be considered as a marker of tumor progression in muscle invasive TCCs...
Alpha 2 beta 1 integrin is required for the collagen and FGF-1 induced cell dispersion in a rat bladder carcinoma cell lineA M Valles
UMR 144, CNRS, Subcellular Structure and Cellular Dynamics, Institute Curie Research Division, Paris, France
Cell Adhes Commun 4:187-99. 1996..They also indicate that a functional alpha 2 integrin is essential for the motile behavior of NBT-II cells during the FGF-1 induced EMT...
Perturbation of beta1-integrin function in involuting mammary gland results in premature dedifferentiation of secretory epithelial cellsMarisa M Faraldo
Unité Mixte Recherche 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 75248 Paris, France
Mol Biol Cell 13:3521-31. 2002....
Myoepithelial cells in the control of mammary development and tumorigenesis: data from genetically modified miceMarisa M Faraldo
Institut Curie, CNRS UMR144, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248, Paris Cedex 05, France
J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 10:211-9. 2005....
Alternative splicing in fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 is associated with induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in rat bladder carcinoma cellsP Savagner
Laboratoire de Physiopathologie du Developpement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Mol Biol Cell 5:851-62. 1994..Such transfected cells could bind bFGF as well as aFGF. Therefore, EMT can be induced through different FGF receptors, but EMT may also regulate FGF receptor expression itself...
Cloning and expression pattern of a mouse homologue of drosophila sprouty in the mouse embryoA A de Maximy
Institut Curie UMR 144 CNRS, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248, Paris Cedex 05, France
Mech Dev 81:213-6. 1999..Sprouty4 expression is also detected in the lateral region of the somites. In the developing lung, Sprouty4 is expressed broadly in the distal mesenchyme...
Involvement of epidermal growth factor receptor in chemically induced mouse bladder tumour progressionA el-Marjou
UMR 144, CNRS, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Carcinogenesis 21:2211-8. 2000..These results suggest that EGFR plays a critical role in bladder tumour progression...
Src and Ras are involved in separate pathways in epithelial cell scatteringB Boyer
Laboratoire de Compartimentation et Dynamique cellulaires, UMR CNRS 144, Institut Curie Section de Recherche, 26 rue d Ulm F 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
EMBO J 16:5904-13. 1997....
Identification of a proliferation gene cluster associated with HPV E6/E7 expression level and viral DNA load in invasive cervical carcinomaChristophe Rosty
, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Oncogene 24:7094-104. 2005..HPV expression level may thus provide a biological marker useful for prognosis assessment and specific therapy of the disease...
YY1 regulates the neural crest-associated slug gene in Xenopus laevisMatthew J Morgan
Institut Curie CNRS UMR144, Morphogenèse cellulaire et progression tumorale, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
J Biol Chem 279:46826-34. 2004....
Analysis of array CGH data: from signal ratio to gain and loss of DNA regionsPhilippe Hupe
Service Bioinformatique, UMR 144 CNRS Institut Curie, 26, rue d Ulm, Paris, 75248 Cedex 05, France
Bioinformatics 20:3413-22. 2004..The achievement of these goals requires a methodology for detecting the breakpoints delimiting altered regions in genomic patterns and assigning a status (normal, gained or lost) to each chromosomal region...
Complex networks orchestrate epithelial-mesenchymal transitionsJean Paul Thiery
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS Unité Mixte Recherche UMR 144 and Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 7:131-42. 2006..Understanding how mesenchymal cells arise from an epithelial default status will also have a strong impact in unravelling the mechanisms that control fibrosis and cancer progression...
Isolation of mouse mammary epithelial progenitor cells with basal characteristics from the Comma-Dbeta cell lineMarie Ange Deugnier
Institut Curie, UMR144 CNRS, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Dev Biol 293:414-25. 2006..These data provide evidence for the existence of basal-type mouse mammary progenitors able to participate in the morphogenetic processes characteristic of mammary gland development...
beta-Catenin regulates P-cadherin expression in mammary basal epithelial cellsMarisa M Faraldo
UMR 144, CNRS Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26, rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris, Cedex 05, France
FEBS Lett 581:831-6. 2007..These data suggest that beta-catenin-dependent modulation of P-cadherin expression can contribute to the establishment of the basal phenotype...
Clinical and biological characteristics of cervical neoplasias with FGFR3 mutationChristophe Rosty
Departement de Pathologie, Institut Curie, Section Médicale, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Mol Cancer 4:15. 2005..To further analyze the role of FGFR3 in cervical tumor progression, we extended our study to screen a total of 75 invasive tumors and 80 cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (40 low-grade and 40 high-grade lesions)...
Regulation of XSnail2 expression by Rho GTPasesFlorence Broders-Bondon
Laboratoire de Morphogenèse Cellulaire et Progression Tumorale, UMR144 CNRS Institut Curie, Paris, France
Dev Dyn 236:2555-66. 2007..These results show that Rho GTPases can regulate the expression of XSnail2 during NC ontogeny...
Mouse embryonic mammogenesis as a model for the molecular regulation of pattern formationJacqueline M Veltmaat
UMR 144 CNRS Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, Equipe de Morphogenèse Cellulaire et Progression Tumorale, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Differentiation 71:1-17. 2003..For future investigations in the field, such a unique molecular identity of each mammary rudiment should be of critical concern...
A nonneural epithelial domain of embryonic cranial neural folds gives rise to ectomesenchymeMarie Anne Breau
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unite Mixte de Recherche 144, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:7750-5. 2008....
Perturbation of beta1-integrin function alters the development of murine mammary glandM M Faraldo
UMR 144, CNRS Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26, rue d Ulm, 75248, Paris, Cedex 05, France
EMBO J 17:2139-47. 1998....
Activating mutations of the tyrosine kinase receptor FGFR3 are associated with benign skin tumors in mice and humansArmelle Logie
UMR 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Section de Recherche, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Hum Mol Genet 14:1153-60. 2005..Our findings directly implicate FGFR3 activation as a major cause of benign epidermal tumors in humans...
Fgf10 expression identifies parabronchial smooth muscle cell progenitors and is required for their entry into the smooth muscle cell lineageArnaud A Mailleux
UMR144 CNRS Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Development 132:2157-66. 2005..We provide support for a role of epithelial BMP4 in mediating the formation of parabronchial smooth muscle cells...
Frequent PTEN genomic alterations and activated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway in basal-like breast cancer cellsBérengère Marty
Département de Transfert, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75005 Paris, France
Breast Cancer Res 10:R101. 2008..In contrast to HER2+ carcinomas, no targeted therapy is currently available for the treatment of patients with BLCs. In order to discover potential therapeutic targets, we aimed to discover deregulated signalling pathways in human BLCs...
Beta1 integrin deletion from the basal compartment of the mammary epithelium affects stem cellsIlaria Taddei
Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR144, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Nat Cell Biol 10:716-22. 2008....
Oncogenic properties of the mutated forms of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3bIsabelle Bernard-Pierrot
UMR 144, CNRS-Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, and INSERM 0337 and Service d'Urologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, AP-HP, , , France
Carcinogenesis 27:740-7. 2006..We showed using siRNA and SU5402, an FGFR inhibitor, that the tumour properties of MGH-U3 depended on mutated receptor activity. Thus, in two different models, mutated FGFR3b presents oncogenic properties...
Regional copy number-independent deregulation of transcription in cancerNicolas Stransky
UMR 144 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Nat Genet 38:1386-96. 2006..We validated one candidate region experimentally, demonstrating histone methylation leading to the loss of expression of neighboring genes without DNA methylation...
Integrins in mammary gland development and differentiation of mammary epitheliumIlaria Taddei
UMR 144 CNRS-Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26, rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 8:383-94. 2003....
Integrins stimulate E-cadherin-mediated intercellular adhesion by regulating Src-kinase activation and actomyosin contractilityClara Martinez-Rico
UMR144 CNRS Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
J Cell Sci 123:712-22. 2010..These findings highlight the importance and mechanisms of molecular crosstalk between cadherins and integrins in the control of cell plasticity during histogenesis and morphogenesis...
Identification of the mammary line in mouse by Wnt10b expressionJacqueline M Veltmaat
UMR 144 CNRS Institut Curie, Equipe de Morphogenèse Cellulaire et Progression Tumorale, Paris, France
Dev Dyn 229:349-56. 2004..To date, the formation of the mammary line expressing Wnt10b is the earliest discernible ectodermal event in murine embryonic mammary gland development...
Fast dissociation kinetics between individual E-cadherin fragments revealed by flow chamber analysisEmilie Perret
Laboratoire de Morphogenèse Cellulaire et Différenciation Tumorale, UMR 144, CNRS Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, F 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
EMBO J 21:2537-46. 2002..A fast off rate and the low tensile strength of the E-cadherin bond may be necessary to support the high selectivity and plasticity of epithelial cell interactions...
Differential expression of beta3 integrin gene in chick and mouse cranial neural crest cellsThomas Pietri
UMR 144 Compartimentation et Dynamique Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Institut Curie, Paris, France
Dev Dyn 227:309-13. 2003..Therefore, the difference in the beta3 integrin expression suggests that mouse and chicken cranial neural crest cells may have distinct integrin requirements during their ontogenesis...
Prognostic value of cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA 21-1) and cytokeratin-positive cells in bone marrow samples of breast cancer patientsJ Y Pierga
Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Int J Biol Markers 19:23-31. 2004..The presence of CK+ cells in bone marrow remains a strong independent prognostic factor in primary breast cancer...
The human tissue plasminogen activator-Cre mouse: a new tool for targeting specifically neural crest cells and their derivatives in vivoThomas Pietri
UMR 144 Compartimentation et Dynamique Cellulaire Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Dev Biol 259:176-87. 2003..Our Ht-PA-Cre mice represent a novel model to specifically target conditional mutations in migratory NCC...
Linking epithelial-mesenchymal transition to the well-known polarity protein Par6Jean Paul Thiery
CNRS UMR 144, Translational Research Department, Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris, Cedex 05, France
Dev Cell 8:456-8. 2005..This new study provides further insight into the protein networks involved in topologically regulated control of epithelial cell polarity and plasticity...
Force measurements in E-cadherin-mediated cell doublets reveal rapid adhesion strengthened by actin cytoskeleton remodeling through Rac and Cdc42Yeh-Shiu Chu
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Curie, Paris, France
J Cell Biol 167:1183-94. 2004..Our findings highlight the crucial roles played by Rac, Cdc42, and actin cytoskeleton dynamics in the development and regulation of strong cell adhesion, defined in terms of mechanical forces...
Separation force measurements reveal different types of modulation of E-cadherin-based adhesion by nectin-1 and -3Clara Martinez-Rico
UMR 144 CNRS Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
J Biol Chem 280:4753-60. 2005....
Real-time quantitative PCR determination of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) expression of isolated micrometastatic cells from bone marrow of breast cancer patientsJean Yves Pierga
Medical Oncology Department, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
Int J Cancer 114:291-8. 2005..A larger study would be useful to confirm the importance of uPAR to define higher risk subgroups of breast cancer patients with micrometastatic disease...
N-cadherin transcripts in Xenopus laevis from early tailbud to tadpoleL Simonneau
Laboratoire de Physiopathologie du Developpement, CNRS URA 1337, Paris, France
Dev Dyn 194:247-60. 1992..In the brain and the heart, high levels of hybridization are observed with probes corresponding to both copies of the N-cadherin pseudo-allelic genes in their 5' non-coding region, indicating that both alleles are transcribed...
Design of a real time quantitative PCR assay to assess global mRNA amplification of small size specimens for microarray hybridisationV Choesmel
UMR144 CNRS, Research Division, Institut Curie, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
J Clin Pathol 57:1278-87. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Improvements in the design of global mRNA amplification procedures and oligomeric arrays are needed to extract informative gene expression data from clinical samples containing limited cell numbers...
Absence of FGFR3 mutations in urinary bladder tumours of rats and mice treated with N-butyl-N-(-4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamineClaire Dunois-Lardé
Laboratoire de Morphogenèse Cellulaire et Progression Tumorale, UMR 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, Paris, France
Mol Carcinog 42:142-9. 2005..The absence of FGFR3 mutations in the rat bladder tumours suggests that, at least at the genetic level, rat superficial papillary tumours differ from their human counterparts...
Inhibition of human bladder tumour cell growth by fibroblast growth factor receptor 2b is independent of its kinase activity. Involvement of the carboxy-terminal region of the receptorIsabelle Bernard-Pierrot
UMR144, CNRS Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex, France
Oncogene 23:9201-11. 2004..Our data suggest that FGFR2b inhibits the growth of bladder carcinoma cells by reducing IGF-II levels via its carboxy-terminal domain, independent of its tyrosine kinase activity...
FGFR3 and TP53 gene mutations define two distinct pathways in urothelial cell carcinoma of the bladderAshraf A Bakkar
Equipe mixte Inserm Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, and Service d Urologie, Paris, France
Cancer Res 63:8108-12. 2003..003), high-grade (P < 0.02) tumors. Mutations in these two genes were almost mutually exclusive. Our results suggest that FGFR3 and TP53 mutations define separate pathways at initial diagnosis of urothelial cell carcinoma...
Enrichment methods to detect bone marrow micrometastases in breast carcinoma patients: clinical relevanceValerie Choesmel
UMR144 CNRS, Research Division, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Breast Cancer Res 6:R556-70. 2004..In the present study, we have assessed the clinical relevance of current methods aimed at detecting rare disseminated carcinoma cells...
The importance of being a myoepithelial cellMarie-Ange Deugnier
UMR 144 CNRS-Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, Paris, France
Breast Cancer Res 4:224-30. 2002..These functions include their effects on luminal cell growth and differentiation, their key role in the establishment of the polarised mammary epithelial bilayer and the control of stromal invasion in breast cancer...
Integrated genomic and transcriptomic analysis of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breastAnne Vincent-Salomon
Institut Curie, Department of Tumor Biology, Paris, France
Clin Cancer Res 14:1956-65. 2008..To gain insight into genomic and transcriptomic subtypes of ductal carcinomas in situ of the breast (DCIS)...
Prototypical type I E-cadherin and type II cadherin-7 mediate very distinct adhesiveness through their extracellular domainsYeh Shiu Chu
UMR 144 CNRS Institut Curie, 75248 Paris, France
J Biol Chem 281:2901-10. 2006....
Nuclear FGF-2 facilitates cell survival in vitro and during establishment of metastasesRachel J Thomas-Mudge
UMR144 CNRS, Institut Curie, Research Division, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris 05, France
Oncogene 23:4771-9. 2004..This study provides both in vitro and in vivo evidence that the role of the nuclear 24 kDa FGF-2 isoform in carcinoma is the promotion of cell survival, thereby defining its association with poor prognosis in some human carcinomas...
Role of E-cadherin in membrane-cortex interaction probed by nanotube extrusionErdem Tabdanov
Unite Mixte de Recherche 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Institut Curie, Paris, France
Biophys J 96:2457-65. 2009..Occasional giant "cortex" tubes were extruded with specifically anchored cells, demonstrating that the cortex remained tightly bound to the membrane through Ecad-mediated adhesion at the contact site...
Evaluation of methods for amplification of picogram amounts of total RNA for whole genome expression profilingMathieu Clément-Ziza
Institut Curie, Département de Transfert, 26 Rue d Ulm, F 75248, Paris Cedex 05, France
BMC Genomics 10:246. 2009..To address this issue, RNA amplification methods have been developed to generate sufficient targets from picogram amounts of total RNA to perform microarray hybridisation...
Visualizing chromosomes as transcriptome correlation maps: evidence of chromosomal domains containing co-expressed genes--a study of 130 invasive ductal breast carcinomasFabien Reyal
, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
Cancer Res 65:1376-83. 2005..Transcription correlation maps are a new way of visualizing transcriptome data. They will help to identify new genes involved in tumor progression and new mechanisms of gene regulation in tumors...
Johnson-Kendall-Roberts theory applied to living cellsYeh-Shiu Chu
UMR 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Phys Rev Lett 94:028102. 2005..When the cytoskeleton is disrupted, JKR theory is no longer applicable...
Conditional beta1-integrin gene deletion in neural crest cells causes severe developmental alterations of the peripheral nervous systemThomas Pietri
UMR144, CNRS, Institut Curie, 26 Rue d Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Development 131:3871-83. 2004..Thus, beta1-integrins are important for the control of embryonic and postnatal peripheral nervous system development...
Pre-EMTing metastasis? Recapitulation of morphogenetic processes in cancerGeert Berx
Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, Molecular and Cellular Oncology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, 9052, Ghent Zwijnaarde, Belgium
Clin Exp Metastasis 24:587-97. 2007..Finally we review the recent literature concerning the mechanisms that regulate EMT in the tumour context, with a particular focus on breast cancer...
Gli3-mediated somitic Fgf10 expression gradients are required for the induction and patterning of mammary epithelium along the embryonic axesJacqueline M Veltmaat
The Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles University of Southern California, Developmental Biology Program, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Development 133:2325-35. 2006..We propose that the intra-somitic Fgf10 gradient, together with ventral elongation of the somites, determines the correct dorsoventral position of mammary epithelium along the flank...
Breast cancer progression with a TwistJean Paul Thiery
Nat Med 10:777-8. 2004
Profiles of the 2 INK4a gene products, p16 and p14ARF, in human reference urothelium and bladder carcinomas, according to pRb and p53 protein statusMarie Aude Le Frere-Belda
Service d Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques and Oncogénèse respiratoire et uro génitale EMI Institut National de la Santé de la Recherche Medical INSERM, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, Creteil, France
Hum Pathol 35:817-24. 2004..In invasive UCs, the p16-pRb pathway, the p14(ARF)-p53 pathway, or in many cases both pathways were altered or not activated, demonstrating the involvement of these pathways in invasive bladder tumorigenesis...
Neural crest-derived cells with stem cell features can be traced back to multiple lineages in the adult skinChristine E Wong
Department of Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
J Cell Biol 175:1005-15. 2006..These findings are relevant for the design of therapeutic strategies because the potential of stem and progenitor cells in vivo likely depends on their nature and origin...
The physiology and pathology of the EMT. Meeting on the epithelial-mesenchymal transitionHervé Acloque
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, CSIC UMH, Apartado 18, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Spain
EMBO Rep 9:322-6. 2008
Role of FGF10/FGFR2b signaling during mammary gland development in the mouse embryoArnaud André Mailleux
UMR144 CNRS Institut Curie, 26 rue d Ulm 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France
Development 129:53-60. 2002..Our results also suggest that FGF signaling is involved in the maintenance of mammary bud 4, and that Fgf10 deficient epithelium can undergo branching morphogenesis into the mammary fat pad precursor...
Changes in cholesterol levels in the plasma membrane modulate cell signaling and regulate cell adhesion and migration on fibronectinO G Ramprasad
Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 64:199-216. 2007..Thus, membrane cholesterol content has a specific effect on certain signaling pathways specifically involved in regulating cell motility on fibronectin and organization of the actin cytoskeleton...
Growth, differentiation and senescence of normal human urothelium in an organ-like cultureAhmad Daher
INSERM EMI 03-37, , 8, , , , France
Eur Urol 45:799-805. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: This model retains many characteristics of the urothelium in vivo. It can be used for pharmacological studies between 15 to 25 days and to study mechanisms such as wound healing, proliferation and senescence...
Differential regulation of the lateral mobility of plasma membrane phospholipids by the extracellular matrix and cholesterolO G Ramprasad
Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
J Cell Physiol 215:550-61. 2008..Our results outline a new role of integrin-matrix interactions in the regulation of membrane phospholipid behavior...
