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Characterization of the c-MYC-regulated transcriptome by SAGE: identification and analysis of c-MYC target genesAntje Menssen
Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Oncology, Independent Junior Research Group, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-82152 Martinsried/Munich, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:6274-9. 2002..The c-MYC-regulated genes/tags identified here will help to define the set of bona fide c-MYC targets and may have potential therapeutic value for inhibition of cancer cell proliferation, tumor-vascularization, and restenosis...
The role of epigenetic inactivation of 14-3-3sigma in human cancerDmitri Lodygin
Molecular Oncology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried Munich, Germany
Cell Res 15:237-46. 2005....
p53 enters the microRNA worldHeiko Hermeking
Molecular Oncology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Cancer Cell 12:414-8. 2007..The initial evidence suggesting that miR-34 genes are central mediators of p53 function is summarized here...
Serial analysis of gene expression and cancerHeiko Hermeking
Molecular Oncology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinreid Munich, Germany
Curr Opin Oncol 15:44-9. 2003..In addition, cancer diagnosis and treatment may benefit from a complementation between serial analysis of gene expression and quantitative proteomics in the future...
The MYC oncogene as a cancer drug targetHeiko Hermeking
Molecular Oncology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Curr Cancer Drug Targets 3:163-75. 2003..These and other recent developments, which address the use of myc genes as therapeutic targets for cancer treatment, are discussed in this review...
14-3-3 proteins in cell cycle regulationHeiko Hermeking
Molecular Oncology, Independent Max Planck Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried Munich, Germany
Semin Cancer Biol 16:183-92. 2006..Effects of 14-3-3 proteins on cell cycle progression and the regulation of 14-3-3 activity during the cell cycle are reviewed in this chapter...
The 14-3-3 cancer connectionHeiko Hermeking
Molecular Oncology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
Nat Rev Cancer 3:931-43. 2003
Inactivation of miR-34a by aberrant CpG methylation in multiple types of cancerDmitri Lodygin
Molecular Oncology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Cell Cycle 7:2591-600. 2008..These results show that miR-34a represents a tumor suppressor gene which is inactivated by CpG methylation and subsequent transcriptional silencing in a broad range of tumors...
c-MYC delays prometaphase by direct transactivation of MAD2 and BubR1: identification of mechanisms underlying c-MYC-induced DNA damage and chromosomal instabilityAntje Menssen
Molecular Oncology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Cell Cycle 6:339-52. 2007....
Differential regulation of microRNAs by p53 revealed by massively parallel sequencing: miR-34a is a p53 target that induces apoptosis and G1-arrestValery Tarasov
Molecular Oncology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Cell Cycle 6:1586-93. 2007..siRNAs corresponding to p53-induced miRNAs may have potential as cancer therapeutic agents as RNA interference based therapies are currently emerging...
Epigenetic silencing of 14-3-3sigma in cancerDmitri Lodygin
Molecular Oncology, Independent Max-Planck Research Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Munich, Germany
Semin Cancer Biol 16:214-24. 2006..In the future the detection of CpG methylation of 14-3-3sigma may be used for diagnostic and prognostic purposes...
Prostate cancer is characterized by epigenetic silencing of 14-3-3sigma expressionDimitri Lodygin
Molecular Oncology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D 82152 Martinsried Munich, Germany
Oncogene 23:9034-41. 2004....
Induction of cullin 7 by DNA damage attenuates p53 functionPeter Jung
Molecular Oncology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, D 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:11388-93. 2007..Pharmacological modulation of Cul7 function may allow the sensitization of cancer cells expressing wild-type p53 to genotoxic agents used in cancer therapy...
Large-scale identification of c-MYC-associated proteins using a combined TAP/MudPIT approachHeike B Koch
Molecular Oncology, Independent Max Planck Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Cell Cycle 6:205-17. 2007..Furthermore, this first comprehensive description of the c-MYC-associated sub-proteome will facilitate further studies aimed to elucidate the biology of c-MYC...
Digital karyotyping reveals frequent inactivation of the dystrophin/DMD gene in malignant melanomaHenrike Körner
Molecular Oncology, Independent Max Planck Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Cell Cycle 6:189-98. 2007..Therefore, loss of DMD may critically change the migratory and proliferative capacity of melanocytes. Taken together, our results suggest that inactivation of DMD is involved in the pathogenesis of malignant melanoma...
Targeted proteomic analysis of 14-3-3 sigma, a p53 effector commonly silenced in cancerAnne Benzinger
Molecular Oncology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried/Munich, Germany
Mol Cell Proteomics 4:785-95. 2005..The data suggest that the cancer-specific loss of 14-3-3 sigma expression by epigenetic silencing or p53 mutations contributes to cancer formation by multiple routes...
Induction of the Cdk inhibitor p21 by LY83583 inhibits tumor cell proliferation in a p53-independent mannerDimitri Lodygin
Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Oncology, Munich, Germany
J Clin Invest 110:1717-27. 2002..These results suggest that LY, or derivatives, may be useful therapeutic agents for the treatment of tumors...
Characterization of epithelial senescence by serial analysis of gene expression: identification of genes potentially involved in prostate cancerGerold Untergasser
Molecular Oncology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18 A, D-82152 Martinsried/Munich, Germany
Cancer Res 62:6255-62. 2002....
Inducible microRNA expression by an all-in-one episomal vector systemAlexey Epanchintsev
Molecular Oncology, Independent Max-Planck-Research Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried/Munich, Germany
Nucleic Acids Res 34:e119. 2006..Furthermore, the vector was adapted for convenient ligation-free transfer of microRNA cassettes from public libraries. This conditional knockdown-system should prove useful for many research and gene therapeutic applications...
Extracellular 14-3-3sigma protein: a potential mediator of epithelial-mesenchymal interactionsHeiko Hermeking
Molecular Oncology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried/Munich, Germany
J Invest Dermatol 124:ix-x. 2005
Characterization of 14-3-3sigma dimerization determinants: requirement of homodimerization for inhibition of cell proliferationBerlinda Verdoodt
Molecular Oncology, Independent Max-Planck Research Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
Cell Cycle 5:2920-6. 2006..As inactivation of 14-3-3sigma sensitizes to DNA-damaging drugs, substances designed to interfere with 14-3-3sigma homodimerization may be used to inactivate 14-3-3sigma function for cancer therapeutic purposes...
Analysis of 14-3-3sigma expression in hyperproliferative skin diseases reveals selective loss associated with CpG-methylation in basal cell carcinomaDimitri Lodygin
Molecular Oncology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-82152 Martinsried near Munich, Germany
Oncogene 22:5519-24. 2003..As experimental removal of 14-3-3sigma sensitizes to DNA damage, silencing of 14-3-3sigma may explain the high efficacy of radiation therapy in the treatment of BCC...
14-3-3 proteins and cancer biologyHeiko Hermeking
Semin Cancer Biol 16:161. 2006
AP4 encodes a c-MYC-inducible repressor of p21Peter Jung
Molecular Tumorpathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruhr University Bochum, D 44789 Bochum, Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:15046-51. 2008..Notably, AP4 is specifically expressed in colonic progenitor and colorectal carcinoma cells. In conclusion, our results indicate that c-MYC employs AP4 to maintain cells in a proliferative, progenitor-like state...
Downregulation of 14-3-3sigma in ovary, prostate and endometrial carcinomas is associated with CpG island methylationPaulette Mhawech
Department of Clinical Pathology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
Mod Pathol 18:340-8. 2005..Loss of 14-3-3sigma expression due to promoter hypermethylation may represent the most frequent molecular aberration in ovarian, endometrial and prostate adenocarcinomas...
Evidence for a cancer-specific switch at the CDK4 promoter with loss of control by both USF and c-MycSnehalata A Pawar
Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Oncogene 23:6125-35. 2004..These results suggest that a major switch in the transcriptional control of CDK4 occurs during breast carcinogenesis, with likely alteration of cell cycle regulation...
The crystal structure of the non-liganded 14-3-3sigma protein: insights into determinants of isoform specific ligand binding and dimerizationAnne Benzinger
Molecular Oncology Group, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Cell Res 15:219-27. 2005..The structural differences among the 14-3-3 isoforms described here presumably contribute to isoform-specific interactions and functions...
Human Proteinpedia enables sharing of human protein dataSuresh Mathivanan
Nat Biotechnol 26:164-7. 2008
Functional epigenomics identifies genes frequently silenced in prostate cancerDimitri Lodygin
Molecular Oncology Group, Max-Planck-Institutes of Biochemistry, Martinsried and Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Cancer Res 65:4218-27. 2005..The high frequency of CpG methylation detected in the promoters of the identified genes suggests a potential causal involvement in prostate cancer and may prove useful for diagnostic purposes...
