NDC80

Summary

Gene Symbol: NDC80
Description: NDC80 kinetochore complex component
Alias: HEC, HEC1, HsHec1, KNTC2, TID3, hsNDC80, NDC80 homolog, kinetochore complex component, NDC80 kinetochore complex component homolog, highly expressed in cancer protein, highly expressed in cancer, rich in leucine heptad repeats, kinetochore associated 2, kinetochore protein Hec1, kinetochore protein NDC80 homolog, kinetochore-associated protein 2, retinoblastoma-associated protein HEC
Species: human

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Delayed nausea and vomiting continue to reduce patients' quality of life after highly and moderately emetogenic chemotherapy despite antiemetic treatment
    Brigitte Bloechl-Daum
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    J Clin Oncol 24:4472-8. 2006
  2. ncbi Cost-effectiveness analysis of aprepitant in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in Belgium
    Lieven Annemans
    Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Gent, Belgium
    Support Care Cancer 16:905-15. 2008
  3. ncbi Protein kinase C alpha (PKCalpha) regulates growth and invasion of endometrial cancer cells
    James M Haughian
    Division of Basic Reproductive Science, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
    J Cell Physiol 220:112-8. 2009
  4. ncbi Semi-solid gels function as physical barriers to human immunodeficiency virus transport in vitro
    Bonnie E Lai
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Antiviral Res 88:143-51. 2010
  5. ncbi Vaginal microbicide gel for delivery of IQP-0528, a pyrimidinedione analog with a dual mechanism of action against HIV-1
    Alamelu Mahalingam
    Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, 20 S 2030 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 55:1650-60. 2011
  6. ncbi Microarray analysis identifies a death-from-cancer signature predicting therapy failure in patients with multiple types of cancer
    Gennadi V Glinsky
    Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California 92121, USA
    J Clin Invest 115:1503-21. 2005
  7. ncbi Kinetochore microtubule dynamics and attachment stability are regulated by Hec1
    Jennifer G DeLuca
    Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Cell 127:969-82. 2006
  8. ncbi Nuf2 and Hec1 are required for retention of the checkpoint proteins Mad1 and Mad2 to kinetochores
    Jennifer G DeLuca
    Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Curr Biol 13:2103-9. 2003
  9. ncbi siRNA-mediated knockdown against CDCA1 and KNTC2, both frequently overexpressed in colorectal and gastric cancers, suppresses cell proliferation and induces apoptosis
    Naoyuki Kaneko
    Department of Molecular Pathology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980 8575, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 390:1235-40. 2009
  10. ncbi Hec1 contributes to mitotic centrosomal microtubule growth for proper spindle assembly through interaction with Hice1
    Guikai Wu
    Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    Mol Biol Cell 20:4686-95. 2009

Research Grants

  1. Kinetochore-Microtubule Interactions
    J McIntosh; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. Kinetochore-Microtubule Interactions
    JOHN RICHARD MCINTOSH; Fiscal Year: 2010
  3. SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE MICROTUBULE CYTOSKELETON
    Georjana Barnes; Fiscal Year: 2010
  4. Kinetochore Function in Vertebrate Cells
    Jennifer G DeLuca; Fiscal Year: 2010
  5. Kinetochore Function in Vertebrate Cells
    Jennifer G DeLuca; Fiscal Year: 2010
  6. CHROMOSOME MOVEMENT IN PROMETAPHASE
    Gary Gorbsky; Fiscal Year: 2007
  7. CELL AND TUMOR GENETICS OF MITOTIC ARREST CHECKPOINTS
    PETER KARL SORGER; Fiscal Year: 2010
  8. AGE, EXERCISE, DIET--EFFECTS ON GLUCOSE FATTY ACID CYCLE
    John Kirwan; Fiscal Year: 2000
  9. BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF YEAST KINETOCHORES
    Peter Sorger; Fiscal Year: 2005
  10. Mechanisms of "End On" Microtubule Attachment by the Kinetochore
    P Todd Stukenberg; Fiscal Year: 2010

Detail Information

Publications152 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Delayed nausea and vomiting continue to reduce patients' quality of life after highly and moderately emetogenic chemotherapy despite antiemetic treatment
    Brigitte Bloechl-Daum
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    J Clin Oncol 24:4472-8. 2006
    ..the impact of acute (during the first 24 hours postchemotherapy) and delayed (days 2 through 5 postchemotherapy) CINV on patients' quality of life (QoL) after highly or moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC and MEC, respectively).
  2. ncbi Cost-effectiveness analysis of aprepitant in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in Belgium
    Lieven Annemans
    Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Gent, Belgium
    Support Care Cancer 16:905-15. 2008
    ..response (no emesis and no rescue therapy) compared to standard prevention, in patients receiving either highly (HEC) or moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (MEC; absolute reduction = 11 and 13%, respectively)...
  3. ncbi Protein kinase C alpha (PKCalpha) regulates growth and invasion of endometrial cancer cells
    James M Haughian
    Division of Basic Reproductive Science, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
    J Cell Physiol 220:112-8. 2009
    ..PKCalpha levels were increased in type II HEC-50, HEC-1-A and HEC-1-B cell lines relative to the type I Ishikawa and RL-95-2 lines...
  4. ncbi Semi-solid gels function as physical barriers to human immunodeficiency virus transport in vitro
    Bonnie E Lai
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
    Antiviral Res 88:143-51. 2010
    ..Two gels used as placebos in microbicides clinical trials, hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) and methylcellulose (MC), were found to hinder HIV transport in vitro...
  5. ncbi Vaginal microbicide gel for delivery of IQP-0528, a pyrimidinedione analog with a dual mechanism of action against HIV-1
    Alamelu Mahalingam
    Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, 20 S 2030 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 55:1650-60. 2011
    ..Here, we report the development of two vaginal gels--3.0% hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) formulation and a 0.65% Carbopol formulation--for the sustained delivery of IQP-0528...
  6. ncbi Microarray analysis identifies a death-from-cancer signature predicting therapy failure in patients with multiple types of cancer
    Gennadi V Glinsky
    Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California 92121, USA
    J Clin Invest 115:1503-21. 2005
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  7. ncbi Kinetochore microtubule dynamics and attachment stability are regulated by Hec1
    Jennifer G DeLuca
    Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Cell 127:969-82. 2006
    ..We report here that Ndc80/Hec1 functions in regulating kinetochore microtubule plus-end dynamics and attachment stability...
  8. ncbi Nuf2 and Hec1 are required for retention of the checkpoint proteins Mad1 and Mad2 to kinetochores
    Jennifer G DeLuca
    Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    Curr Biol 13:2103-9. 2003
    Members of the Ndc80/Nuf2 complex have been shown in several systems to be important in formation of stable kinetochore-microtubule attachments and chromosome alignment in mitosis...
  9. ncbi siRNA-mediated knockdown against CDCA1 and KNTC2, both frequently overexpressed in colorectal and gastric cancers, suppresses cell proliferation and induces apoptosis
    Naoyuki Kaneko
    Department of Molecular Pathology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980 8575, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 390:1235-40. 2009
    b>Ndc80 has been shown to play an important role in stable microtubule-kinetochore attachment, chromosome alignment, and spindle checkpoint activation in mitosis. It is composed of two heterodimers, CDCA1-KNTC2 and SPC24-SPC25...
  10. ncbi Hec1 contributes to mitotic centrosomal microtubule growth for proper spindle assembly through interaction with Hice1
    Guikai Wu
    Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    Mol Biol Cell 20:4686-95. 2009
    Previous studies have stipulated Hec1 as a conserved kinetochore component critical for mitotic control in part by directly binding to kinetochore fibers of the mitotic spindle and by recruiting spindle assembly checkpoint proteins Mad1 ..
  11. ncbi Expression of the kinetochore protein Hec1 during the cell cycle in normal and cancer cells and its regulation by the pRb pathway
    Chiara Ferretti
    Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, Rome, Italy
    Cell Cycle 9:4174-82. 2010
    b>Highly Expressed in Cancer protein 1 (Hec1) is a subunit of the Ndc80 complex, a constituent of the mitotic kinetochore...
  12. ncbi HEC, a novel nuclear protein rich in leucine heptad repeats specifically involved in mitosis
    Y Chen
    Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78245, USA
    Mol Cell Biol 17:6049-56. 1997
    The protein encoded by the human gene HEC (highly expressed in cancer) contains 642 amino acids and a long series of leucine heptad repeats at its C-terminal region...
  13. ncbi The Ndc80/HEC1 complex is a contact point for kinetochore-microtubule attachment
    Ronnie R Wei
    Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Nat Struct Mol Biol 14:54-9. 2007
    ..Kinetochores are multicomponent assemblies that connect chromosomal centromeres to mitotic-spindle microtubules. The Ndc80 complex is an essential core element of kinetochores, conserved from yeast to humans...
  14. ncbi Architecture of the human ndc80-hec1 complex, a critical constituent of the outer kinetochore
    Claudio Ciferri
    Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy
    J Biol Chem 280:29088-95. 2005
    The Ndc80 complex is a constituent of the outer plate of the kinetochore and plays a critical role in establishing the stable kinetochore-microtubule interactions required for chromosome segregation in mitosis...
  15. ncbi Timing and checkpoints in the regulation of mitotic progression
    Patrick Meraldi
    Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
    Dev Cell 7:45-60. 2004
    ..We propose that cytosolic Mad2-BubR1 is essential to restrain anaphase onset early in mitosis when kinetochores are still assembling...
  16. ncbi A conserved protein network controls assembly of the outer kinetochore and its ability to sustain tension
    Iain M Cheeseman
    Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
    Genes Dev 18:2255-68. 2004
    ..Thus, this protein network is a conserved constituent of the outer kinetochore, and the functions defined by our analysis in C. elegans are likely to be widely relevant...
  17. ncbi A conserved Mis12 centromere complex is linked to heterochromatic HP1 and outer kinetochore protein Zwint-1
    Chikashi Obuse
    Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8501, Japan
    Nat Cell Biol 6:1135-41. 2004
    ..Nine polypeptides bind to human hMis12; two of these, HEC1 and Zwint-1, are authentic kinetochore proteins...
  18. ncbi ZW10 links mitotic checkpoint signaling to the structural kinetochore
    Geert J P L Kops
    Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
    J Cell Biol 169:49-60. 2005
    ..ZW10 partner, Zwint-1, is part of a separate complex of structural kinetochore components including Mis12 and Ndc80-Hec1. Zwint-1 is critical for recruiting ZW10 to unattached kinetochores...
  19. ncbi Identification of two novel components of the human NDC80 kinetochore complex
    Rajnish Bharadwaj
    Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
    J Biol Chem 279:13076-85. 2004
    ..Components of the conserved NDC80 complex are required for chromosome congression, and their disruption results in mitotic arrest accompanied by ..
  20. ncbi Implications for kinetochore-microtubule attachment from the structure of an engineered Ndc80 complex
    Claudio Ciferri
    Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Via Adamello 16, I 20139 Milan, Italy
    Cell 133:427-39. 2008
    ..The 180 kDa Ndc80 complex is a direct point of contact between kinetochores and microtubules...
  21. ncbi Polo-like kinase 1 creates the tension-sensing 3F3/2 phosphoepitope and modulates the association of spindle-checkpoint proteins at kinetochores
    Leena J Ahonen
    Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
    Curr Biol 15:1078-89. 2005
    ..Determining the kinase that generates the 3F3/2 phosphoepitope at kinetochores should reveal an important component of this system that regulates mitotic progression...
  22. ncbi Hec1 sequentially recruits Zwint-1 and ZW10 to kinetochores for faithful chromosome segregation and spindle checkpoint control
    Y T Lin
    Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 4037, USA
    Oncogene 25:6901-14. 2006
    ..Previously, we discovered a novel coiled-coil protein, highly expressed in cancer 1 (Hec1), which is indispensable for this process. However, the precise underlying mechanism remains unclear...
  23. ncbi The retinoblastoma protein associates with the protein phosphatase type 1 catalytic subunit
    T Durfee
    Center for Molecular Medicine Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78245
    Genes Dev 7:555-69. 1993
    ..Cell cycle synchrony experiments revealed that this association occurs from mitosis to early G1. The implications of these findings on the regulation of both proteins are discussed...
  24. ncbi Role of Hec1 in spindle checkpoint signaling and kinetochore recruitment of Mad1/Mad2
    Silvia Martin-Lluesma
    Department of Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D 82152 Martinsried, Germany
    Science 297:2267-70. 2002
    ..We showed that the human protein Hec1 was required for the recruitment of Mps1 kinase and Mad1/Mad2 complexes to kinetochores...
  25. ncbi An apocrine membrane antigen with polarized distribution and hormonally regulated expression in human endometrial and mammary carcinoma cell lines
    L M Forsman
    Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol Scand A 95:315-23. 1987
    ..of an apocrine epithelial differentiation antigen (AEA) were studied in one endometrial adenocarcinoma cell line (HEC-1-B) and two mammary carcinoma cell lines (MCF-7 and T47-D), using an antiserum raised against glycoproteins which ..
  26. ncbi Gene amplification and expression of the steroid receptor coactivator SRC3 (AIB1) in sporadic breast and endometrial carcinomas
    M Glaeser
    Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
    Horm Metab Res 33:121-6. 2001
    ..breast carcinomas, 30 endometrial carcinomas and different cell lines (MCF7, HeLa, Ishikawa, T47D, BT-20, SK-BR-3, HEC-1a, RL 95-2, OVCAR3 and A-431)...
  27. ncbi Quantitative studies on the adsorption of proteins to the bare silica wall in capillary electrophoresis. II. Effects of adsorbed, neutral polymers on quenching the interaction
    B Verzola
    University of Verona, Department of Agricultural and Industrial Biotechnology, Italy
    J Chromatogr A 874:293-303. 2000
    ..of proteins with the silica wall: hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC, Mr = 1000000), hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC, Mr = 27000), poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA, Mr = 49000) and short-chain poly(dimethylacrylamide) [poly(DMA)] (average ..
  28. ncbi Molecular analysis of core kinetochore composition and assembly in Drosophila melanogaster
    Marcin R Przewloka
    Cancer Research UK, Cell Cycle Genetics Research Group, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    PLoS ONE 2:e478. 2007
    ..Although Drosophila is a classical model organism for studies of chromosome segregation, little is known about the organization of its kinetochores...
  29. ncbi Towards elucidation of the drug release mechanism from compressed hydrophilic matrices made of cellulose ethers. I. Pulse-field-gradient spin-echo NMR study of sodium salicylate diffusivity in swollen hydrogels with respect to polymer matrix physical stru
    Carmen Ferrero
    Department of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
    J Control Release 128:71-9. 2008
    ..and, incidentally, that of water, in hydrogels made of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) and hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC) of varying polymer weight fraction and molecular weight in D2O...
  30. ncbi Capillary electrophoresis of DNA in uncross-linked polymer solutions
    A E Barron
    Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley 94720
    J Chromatogr A 652:3-16. 1993
    We have used dilute and semi-dilute uncross-linked hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) solutions as separation matrices for capillary electrophoresis of DNA restriction fragments...
  31. ncbi [Health care ethics committees in German university clinics. A survey of all medical directors and directors of nursing]
    J Vollmann
    Friedrich Alexander Universitat Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 129:1237-42. 2004
    Health Care Ethics Committees (HEC) are new ways of implementing clinical ethics in hospitals and nursing homes. In the US all health care institutions must provide some structure to handle ethical conflicts in everyday patients' care...
  32. ncbi Quantitation of protein binding to the capillary wall in acidic, isoelectric buffers and means for minimizing the phenomenon
    E Olivier
    Department of Agricultural and Industrial Biotechnology, University of Verona, Italy
    J Chromatogr A 894:273-80. 2000
    ..7 in 7 M urea). Three potential quenchers of such interactions have been tested: hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC; number average molecular mass, Mr 27,000), TEPA (tetraethylenepentamine) and a novel, quatemarized piperazine [N(..
  33. ncbi Kinetochore attachments require an interaction between unstructured tails on microtubules and Ndc80(Hec1)
    Stephanie A Miller
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    Curr Biol 18:1785-91. 2008
    ..Kinetochores are unable to bind microtubules after any of the four subunits of the Ndc80 complex are knocked down [2, 4]; however, because the Ndc80 complex has important structural roles [1-3], it is ..
  34. ncbi The highly conserved Ndc80 complex is required for kinetochore assembly, chromosome congression, and spindle checkpoint activity
    Mark L McCleland
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Medical School, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
    Genes Dev 17:101-14. 2003
    We show that the Xenopus homologs of Ndc80/Tid3/HEC1 (xNdc80) and Nuf2/MPP1/Him-10 (xNuf2) proteins physically interact in a 190-kD complex that associates with the outer kinetochore from prometaphase through anaphase...
  35. ncbi Efficacy and safety of casopitant mesylate, a neurokinin 1 (NK1)-receptor antagonist, in prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients receiving cisplatin-based highly emetogenic chemotherapy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-contr
    Steven M Grunberg
    University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
    Lancet Oncol 10:549-58. 2009
    ..and vomiting (CINV) remains a clinical management problem after treatment with highly emetogenic chemotherapy (HEC)...
  36. ncbi Ethicians, ethicists and the goals of clinical ethics consultation
    Frederick Adolf Paola
    Health Professions Division, Nova Southeastern University, 2655 Northbrooke Drive, Naples, FL 34119, USA
    Intern Emerg Med 1:5-14. 2006
    ..In pursuing these ends, healthcare ethics consultation (HEC) and CEC services confront three broad categories of questions: (1) questions of professional duty; (2) questions ..
  37. ncbi Low incidence of enterocolitis and colonic mucosal inflammation in Norwegian patients with Hirschsprung's disease
    Yasser Rehman
    Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Pediatr Surg Int 25:133-8. 2009
    ..Further, the etiology of Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis (HEC) is unclear...
  38. ncbi Transbuccal permeation, anti-inflammatory activity and clinical efficacy of piroxicam formulated in different gels
    M A Attia
    Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
    Int J Pharm 276:11-28. 2004
    ..5%) >or= sodium alginate (Na alg., 7%) > methylcellulose (MC, 3%) > hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC, 1.5%) > carbopol 934 (Carb...
  39. ncbi The Ndc80 complex uses a tripartite attachment point to couple microtubule depolymerization to chromosome movement
    John G Tooley
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    Mol Biol Cell 22:1217-26. 2011
    In kinetochores, the Ndc80 complex couples the energy in a depolymerizing microtubule to perform the work of moving chromosomes...
  40. ncbi Invasion of human mucosal epithelial cells by Neisseria gonorrhoeae upregulates expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1)
    G A Jarvis
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    Infect Immun 67:1149-56. 1999
    ..invasive strain FA1090 and the poorly invasive strain MS11 were incubated with human endometrial adenocarcinoma (HEC-1-B) or human cervical carcinoma (ME-180) epithelial cells, after which ICAM-1 expression was measured by flow ..
  41. ncbi The Ndc80 kinetochore complex forms load-bearing attachments to dynamic microtubule tips via biased diffusion
    Andrew F Powers
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA
    Cell 136:865-75. 2009
    ..Genetic, biochemical, and structural studies implicate the Ndc80 complex as a direct point of contact between kinetochores and microtubules, but these approaches provide only a ..
  42. ncbi Multiple mechanisms of chromosome movement in vertebrate cells mediated through the Ndc80 complex and dynein/dynactin
    Valeriya V Vorozhko
    Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th St, MS 48, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
    Chromosoma 117:169-79. 2008
    ..chromosomes, we found microtubule nucleation/binding depended additively on both dynein/dynactin and on the Ndc80/Hec1 complex...
  43. ncbi Kinetochore-microtubule attachment relies on the disordered N-terminal tail domain of Hec1
    Geoffrey J Guimaraes
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1870, USA
    Curr Biol 18:1778-84. 2008
    ..The Ndc80 complex is essential for persistent end-on kinetochore-microtubule attachment in cells [1, 2], but how the Ndc80 ..
  44. ncbi Temporal changes in Hec1 phosphorylation control kinetochore-microtubule attachment stability during mitosis
    Keith F Deluca
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
    J Cell Sci 124:622-34. 2011
    ..Here, we identify multiple serine residues within the N-terminus of the kinetochore protein Hec1 that are phosphorylated in an Aurora-B-kinase-dependent manner during mitosis...
  45. ncbi Effect of acute hyperglycemia and/or hyperinsulinemia on polymorphonuclear functions in healthy subjects
    Vladimira Fejfarova
    Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague 140 21, Czech Republic
    Metabolism 55:811-8. 2006
    ..by three 4-hour-long clamp studies-hyperglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp (HHC), hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp (HEC), and isolated hyperglycemic clamp with insulin secretion blockade (HGC)...
  46. ncbi A survey of Louisiana hospital ethics committees
    Thomas P Gonsoulin
    Tulane Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Tulane Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
    Laryngoscope 119:330-40. 2009
    ..To obtain a picture of hospital ethics committees (HECs) in the State of Louisiana. Compare results to other published studies. Gauge interest and participation in HECs by otolaryngologists...
  47. ncbi Correlation of in vitro chemopreventive efficacy data from the human epidermal cell assay with animal efficacy data and clinical trial plasma levels
    Eugene Elmore
    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    J Cell Biochem 95:571-88. 2005
    The human epidermal cell (HEC) assay, which uses carcinogen exposed normal skin keratinocytes to screen for cancer prevention efficacy, was used to screen possible preventive agents...
  48. ncbi HER-2 amplification and topoisomerase IIalpha gene aberrations as predictive markers in node-positive breast cancer patients randomly treated either with an anthracycline-based therapy or with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil
    Angelo Di Leo
    Translational Research Unit, Jules Bordet Institute Brussels, 1000, Belgium
    Clin Cancer Res 8:1107-16. 2002
    ..The purpose of this study is to evaluate HER-2 and topoisomerase IIalpha (topo IIalpha) as candidates for predicting the activity of anthracyclines in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer patients...
  49. ncbi [Effects and mechanisms of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine on endometrial cancer cell.]
    Yu Quan Zhang
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong 226000, China Email
    Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 44:861-4. 2009
    ..To investigate the effects and mechanisms of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-Aza-CdR) on endometrial cancer cell...
  50. ncbi Design, characterisation and preliminary clinical evaluation of a novel mucoadhesive topical formulation containing tetracycline for the treatment of periodontal disease
    D S Jones
    School of Pharmacy, The Queen s University of Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97, Lisburn Road, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, Belfast, UK
    J Control Release 67:357-68. 2000
    ..and preliminary clinical evaluation of mucoadhesive, semi-solid formulations containing hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC, 1-5%, w/w), polyvinylpyrrolidine (PVP, 2 or 3%, w/w), polycarbophil (PC, 1 or 3%, w/w) and tetracycline (5%, w/w, ..
  51. ncbi Linking binge alcohol-induced neurodamage to brain edema and potential aquaporin-4 upregulation: evidence in rat organotypic brain slice cultures and in vivo
    Kumar Sripathirathan
    CoMentis Inc, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
    J Neurotrauma 26:261-73. 2009
    Brain edema and derived oxidative stress potentially are critical events in the hippocampal-entorhinal cortical (HEC) neurodegeneration caused by binge alcohol (ethanol) intoxication and withdrawal in adult rats...
  52. ncbi The impact of urea on viscosity of hydroxethyl cellulose and observed mobility of deoxyribonucleic acids
    O Otim
    Beckman Institute 139 74, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA
    Biopolymers 58:329-34. 2001
    The influence of urea on the viscosity of hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), and the state and separation of double-stranded DNA, was studied by viscometry, fluorometry, and capillary electrophoresis...
  53. ncbi Mechanisms of eosinophil adherence to cultured vascular endothelial cells. Eosinophils bind to the cytokine-induced ligand vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 via the very late activation antigen-4 integrin receptor
    A Dobrina
    Institute of General Pathology, University of Trieste, Italy
    J Clin Invest 88:20-6. 1991
    ..in the adherence of normal peripheral blood eosinophils to cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HEC) under three conditions: (a) adherence in the absence of treatment of HEC or eosinophils with activating agents (..
  54. ncbi Primary chemoprevention of endometrial hyperplasia with the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonist rosiglitazone in the PTEN heterozygote murine model
    W Wu
    Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Int J Gynecol Cancer 18:329-38. 2008
    ..b>Hec-1-A (PTEN wild type) and Ishikawa (PTEN null) cells were treated with rosiglitazone...
  55. ncbi A pilot study on hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp based insulin sensitivity in young adult Indian males with low body mass index
    Gajalakshmi Ramakrishnan
    Department of Physiology, St John s Medical College and Research Institute Bangalore, India
    Indian J Med Res 129:409-17. 2009
    ..This study thus used the hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp (HEC) technique to compare IS in young normal weight (NW) and low BMI (LBMI) Indian males...
  56. ncbi Liposomal drugs dispersed in hydrogels. Effect of liposome, drug and gel properties on drug release kinetics
    Spyridon Mourtas
    Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, 26510 Rio, Greece
    Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 55:212-21. 2007
    ..5 or 2% (w/w)], hydroxylethyl-cellulose (HEC) [4% (w/w)], or a mixture of the two), and release of calcein or GRF was followed by fluorescence or photometric ..
  57. ncbi Chloroacetaldehyde-induced mutagenesis in Escherichia coli: the role of AlkB protein in repair of 3,N(4)-ethenocytosine and 3,N(4)-alpha-hydroxyethanocytosine
    Agnieszka M Maciejewska
    Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02 106 Warsaw, 5A Pawińskiego Str, Poland
    Mutat Res 684:24-34. 2010
    ..Formation of varepsilonC proceeds via a relatively stable intermediate, 3,N(4)-alpha-hydroxyethanocytosine (HEC), which allowed to compare repair of both adducts...
  58. ncbi Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents of affluent schools in Karachi
    Sina Aziz
    Sarwar Zuberi Liver Centre, Medical Unit 5, Civil Hospital Karachi, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
    J Pak Med Assoc 59:35-8. 2009
    ..To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents of affluent schools of Karachi...
  59. ncbi [Foundation of a Health Care Ethics Committee (HEC) in a nonconfessional hospital. Initial experiences and prospects of the future]
    Norbert Scheffold
    Medizinische Klinik I, SLK Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH, Klinikum am Gesundbrunnen, Heilbronn
    Med Klin (Munich) 101:584-9. 2006
    ..In this study, the authors report of the implementation of an HEC at the SLK Hospital Heilbronn, Germany, and discuss the further development within the first 2 years...
  60. ncbi Estrogen formation in endometrial and cervix cancer cell lines: involvement of aromatase, steroid sulfatase and 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (types 1, 5, 7 and 12)
    Michelle Audrey Fournier
    Oncology and Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Medicinal Chemistry Division, CHUQ CHUL Research Center and Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada
    Mol Cell Endocrinol 301:142-5. 2009
    ..17beta-HSDs) in the production of estrogens was determined in four cell lines of endometrial cancer (Ishikawa, HEC-1A, HEC-1B and RL-95) and one cell line of cervix cancer (Hela) in culture...
  61. ncbi Novel chondroitin sulfate-modified ligands for L-selectin on lymph node high endothelial venules
    C J Derry
    Division of Cellular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, London, GB
    Eur J Immunol 29:419-30. 1999
    ..High endothelial cells (HEC) cultured from rat lymph node HEV were shown to express ligands for L-selectin...
  62. ncbi A bipartite signal mediates the transfer of type IV secretion substrates of Bartonella henselae into human cells
    Ralf Schulein
    Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:856-61. 2005
    ..VirB of the vascular tumor-inducing pathogen Bartonella henselae causes subversion of human endothelial cell (HEC) function...
  63. ncbi Ethical reasoning about patient eligibility in allogeneic BMT based on psychosocial criteria
    L W Foster
    School of Social Work, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115 2214, USA
    Bone Marrow Transplant 44:607-12. 2009
    ..A self-administered questionnaire was sent to 62 HEC chairpersons at hospitals with an accredited BMT program; the response rate was 37%...
  64. ncbi Cytokine-induced beta-galactoside alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase in human endothelial cells mediates alpha 2,6-sialylation of adhesion molecules and CD22 ligands
    K Hanasaki
    Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093
    J Biol Chem 269:10637-43. 1994
    ..Here we show that treatment of cultured human endothelial cells (HEC) with TNF-alpha, interleukin-1, or lipopolysaccharide causes increased expression of the enzyme beta-galactoside ..
  65. ncbi Phase III trial comparing two dose levels of epirubicin combined with cyclophosphamide with cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil in node-positive breast cancer
    M J Piccart
    Jules Bordet Institute, Belgian and Luxembourg Cooperative Centers, and Pharmacia Upjohn, Brussels, Belgium
    J Clin Oncol 19:3103-10. 2001
    To compare a full-dose epirubicin-cyclophosphamide (HEC) regimen with classical cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and fluorouracil (CMF) therapy and with a moderate-dose epirubicin-cyclophosphamide regimen (EC) in the adjuvant therapy of ..
  66. ncbi First-line trastuzumab plus epirubicin and cyclophosphamide therapy in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer: cardiac safety and efficacy data from the Herceptin, Cyclophosphamide, and Epirubicin (HERCULE
    Michael Untch
    Helios Klinikum Berlin Buch, Frauenheilkunde mit Geburtshilfe, Berlin, Germany
    J Clin Oncol 28:1473-80. 2010
    ..The Herceptin, Cyclophosphamide, and Epirubicin (HERCULES) trial evaluated trastuzumab plus cyclophosphamide and the less cardiotoxic anthracycline epirubicin...
  67. ncbi In vitro sensitivity of human endometrial cancer cell lines to paclitaxel or irinotecan (CPT-11) in combination with other aniticancer drugs
    H P Hiramatsu
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seto Hospital, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
    Anticancer Drugs 11:573-8. 2000
    ..of patients with endometrial cancer, were examined using five human endometrial cancer cell lines (Ishikawa, HEC-1A, HEC-50B, HEC-59 and HEC-108)...
  68. ncbi Cytocompatible gel formation of chitosan-glycerol phosphate solutions supplemented with hydroxyl ethyl cellulose is due to the presence of glyoxal
    C D Hoemann
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, PO Box 6079, Station Centre Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3A7
    J Biomed Mater Res A 83:521-9. 2007
    ..developed an adhesive in situ-gelling cell carrier by suspending cells in a solution of hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), which was then mixed with chitosan-glycerol phosphate to form a chitosan-GP/HEC gel...
  69. ncbi Incidence of chemotherapy-induced nausea and emesis after modern antiemetics
    Steven M Grunberg
    Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA
    Cancer 100:2261-8. 2004
    ..of acute and delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and emesis (vomiting) (CINV) among patients receiving highly (HEC) or moderately (MEC) emetogenic chemotherapy...
  70. ncbi Viscosification in polymer-surfactant mixtures at low temperatures
    Neda Beheshti
    Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P O Box 1033, Blindern, N 0315 Oslo, Norway
    J Phys Chem B 114:6273-80. 2010
    Interactions between the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) or its hydrophobically modified analogue (HM-HEC) have been studied over an extended temperature region with the aid of turbidimetry,..
  71. ncbi Role of FOXO1A in the regulation of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 in human endometrial cells: interaction with progesterone receptor
    J J Kim
    Division of Reproductive Biology Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
    Biol Reprod 73:833-9. 2005
    ..receptor A (PGRA), and progesterone receptor B (PGRB) proteins, whereas the endometrial adenocarcinoma cell line, HEC-1B cells, expressed only FOXO1A and no detectable PGR proteins...
  72. ncbi Ocular poloxamer-based ciprofloxacin hydrochloride in situ forming gels
    Mai Mansour
    Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
    Drug Dev Ind Pharm 34:744-52. 2008
    ..Mucoadhesives such as hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose (HPMC) or hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) were added to the formulations to enhance the gel bioadhesion properties...
  73. ncbi Vaginal microbicide and diaphragm use for sexually transmitted infection prevention: a randomized acceptability and feasibility study among high-risk women in Madagascar
    Frieda M Behets
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 35:818-26. 2008
    ....
  74. ncbi Lymphotoxin plays a crucial role in the development and function of nasal-associated lymphoid tissue through regulation of chemokines and peripheral node addressin
    Xiaoyan Ying
    Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 60 College St, P O Box 208034, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
    Am J Pathol 166:135-46. 2005
    ..High endothelial venules (HEVs) developed that expressed GlyCAM-1, HEC-6ST [an enzyme crucial for expression of luminal peripheral node addressin (PNAd)], and PNAd itself...
  75. ncbi Dissociation of the Nuf2-Ndc80 complex releases centromeres from the spindle-pole body during meiotic prophase in fission yeast
    Haruhiko Asakawa
    Cell Biology Group and CREST Research Project, Kansai Advanced Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651 2492, Japan
    Mol Biol Cell 16:2325-38. 2005
    ..Here we examined the behavior of centromere proteins in living meiotic cells of S. pombe. We show that the Nuf2-Ndc80 complex proteins (Nuf2, Ndc80, Spc24, and Spc25) disappear from the centromere in meiotic prophase when the ..
  76. ncbi Inhibition of growth of experimental human endometrial cancer by an antagonist of growth hormone-releasing hormone
    Jorg B Engel
    Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1601 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 1262, USA
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:3614-21. 2005
    ..we investigated in vivo and in vitro the effects of the GHRH antagonist MZ-J-7-118 and its mechanism of action in HEC-1A human endometrial cancer...
  77. ncbi Predictors of adherent use of diaphragms and microbicide gel in a four-arm, randomized pilot study among female sex workers in Madagascar
    Abigail Norris Turner
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7435, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 36:249-57. 2009
    ..Participants' protocol adherence may influence assessments of the effectiveness of new female-controlled methods for sexually transmitted infection prevention...
  78. ncbi Vaginal microbicides: detecting toxicities in vivo that paradoxically increase pathogen transmission
    Richard A Cone
    Mucosal Protection Laboratory, Dept of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    BMC Infect Dis 6:90. 2006
    ....
  79. ncbi Development of a model for inducing transient insulin resistance in the mare: preliminary implications regarding the estrous cycle
    D R Sessions
    Department of Veterinary Science, Maxwell Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40546 0099, USA
    J Anim Sci 82:2321-8. 2004
    ..In Exp. 1, a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp (HEC) procedure was performed on seven mares to determine insulin sensitivity before and immediately following infusion ..
  80. ncbi A molecular phylogeny of the hawkmoth genus Hyles (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Macroglossinae)
    Anna K Hundsdoerfer
    Institut für Pharmazie und molekulare Biotechnologie, Abt Biologie, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, D 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 35:442-58. 2005
    ..We propose that the radiation of the Hyles euphorbiae-complex s. str. (HEC) occurred as recently as the Pliocene/Pleistocene boundary and that its roots can still be reconstructed in Asia...
  81. ncbi Viscoelastic properties of bioadhesive, chlorhexidine-containing semi-solids for topical application to the oropharynx
    D S Jones
    The Pharmaceutical Sciences Group, School of Pharmacy, The Queen s University of Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Pharm Res 15:1131-6. 1998
    ..This study examined the viscoelastic properties of bioadhesive, chlorhexidine-containing semi-solid formulations, designed for topical application to the oropharynx...
  82. ncbi Protein disulfide isomerase, a component of the estrogen receptor complex, is associated with Chlamydia trachomatis serovar E attached to human endometrial epithelial cells
    C H Davis
    Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    Infect Immun 70:3413-8. 2002
    ..apical membrane protein receptor(s) attached to EB at 4 degrees C was stripped off the surface of polarized HEC-1B cells and immunoprecipitated with polyclonal anti-EB antibodies, an approximately 55-kDa protein was ..
  83. ncbi Perifosine inhibits growth of human experimental endometrial cancers by blockade of AKT phosphorylation
    Jorg B Engel
    Universitätsfrauenklinik Würzburg, Germany
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 141:64-9. 2008
    ..The objective of the current study was to evaluate its efficacy in in vitro models of human endometrial cancer...
  84. ncbi Graft copolymer composed of cationic backbone and bottle brush-like side chains as a physically adsorbed coating for protein separation by capillary electrophoresis
    Dan Zhou
    CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P R China
    J Sep Sci 34:3441-50. 2011
    ..inner wall, a cationic hydroxyethylcellulose-graft-poly (poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (cat-HEC-g-PPEGMA) graft copolymer composed of cationic backbone and bottle brush-like side chains was synthesized for the ..
  85. ncbi Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of amlodipine action to improve endothelial cell dysfunction induced by irreversibly glycated LDL
    Laura Toma
    Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology Nicolae Simionescu, Bucharest, Romania
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 411:202-7. 2011
    ..Human endothelial cells (HEC) from EA...
  86. ncbi Phosphorylation of the Ndc80 complex protein, HEC1, by Nek2 kinase modulates chromosome alignment and signaling of the spindle assembly checkpoint
    Randy Wei
    Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    Mol Biol Cell 22:3584-94. 2011
    The spindle assemble checkpoint (SAC) is critical for accurate chromosome segregation. Hec1 contributes to chromosome segregation in part by mediating SAC signaling and chromosome alignment...
  87. ncbi RNA interference of pax2 inhibits growth of transplanted human endometrial cancer cells in nude mice
    Li Ping Zhang
    Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hubei Medical University, Shiyan, Hubei 442000, People s Republic of China
    Chin J Cancer 30:400-6. 2011
    The development of human endometrial carcinoma (HEC) is a complex pathologic process involves several oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes...
  88. ncbi Automated stimulus-response mapping of high-electrode-count neural implants
    Andrew M Wilder
    School of Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
    IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng 17:504-11. 2009
    ..in the field of functional electrical stimulation (FES) has led to a new generation of high-electrode-count (HEC) devices that offer increasingly selective access to neural populations...
  89. ncbi Apical interactions of HIV type 1 with polarized HEC-1 cell monolayer modulate R5-HIV type 1 spread by submucosal macrophages
    Hela Saidi
    Université Paris Descartes Paris V, Unité INSERM U743 Immunologie Humaine, Equipe Immunité et Biothérapie Muqueuse, Centre de Recherches Biomedicales des Cordeliers, Paris, France
    AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 25:497-509. 2009
    The in vitro model of HIV-1 transcytosis through a monolayer of HEC-1 cells is thought to mimic the mucosal crossing of the virus that may occur in vivo...
  90. ncbi Roles for the conserved spc105p/kre28p complex in kinetochore-microtubule binding and the spindle assembly checkpoint
    Cinzia Pagliuca
    Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
    PLoS ONE 4:e7640. 2009
    ..Moreover, comparison of orthologous proteins in yeast and humans promises to extend insight obtained from the study of simple fungal kinetochores to complex animal cell kinetochores...
  91. ncbi Insulin in endometrial carcinoma chemotherapy: a beneficial addition and not a problem
    Huilan Sha
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
    J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci 30:631-7. 2010
    ..Ishikawa and Hec-1A cells were treated with insulin and/or paclitaxel. Cell proliferation was assessed by MTT assay...
  92. ncbi TGFbeta prevents proteasomal degradation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27kip1 for cell cycle arrest
    Jon Lecanda
    Department of Medicine and New York University Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
    Cell Cycle 8:742-56. 2009
    ..In this report, we show that whereas p27 resides in the cytoplasm in the endometrial carcinoma (ECA) cell line HEC-1A, TGFbeta increases the total levels and translocation of p27 into the nucleus...
  93. ncbi Susceptibility to genital herpes as a biomarker predictive of increased HIV risk: expansion of a murine model of microbicide safety
    Sarah S Wilson
    Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
    Antivir Ther 14:1113-24. 2009
    ....
  94. ncbi Ndc80 internal loop interacts with Dis1/TOG to ensure proper kinetochore-spindle attachment in fission yeast
    Kuo Shun Hsu
    Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Lincoln s Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
    Curr Biol 21:214-20. 2011
    The Ndc80 complex, a conserved outer kinetochore complex, comprising four components (Ndc80/Hec1, Nuf2, Spc24, and Spc25), constitutes one of the core microtubule-binding sites within the kinetochore...
  95. ncbi An innovative modeling approach using Qual2K and HEC-RAS integration to assess the impact of tidal effect on River Water quality simulation
    Chihhao Fan
    Department of Safety, Health, and Environmental Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taishan, Taipei County, Taiwan
    J Environ Manage 90:1824-32. 2009
    ..The present study combines the Qual2K model with the HEC-RAS model to assess the water quality of a tidal river in northern Taiwan...
  96. ncbi Long-term benefit of high-dose epirubicin in adjuvant chemotherapy for node-positive breast cancer: 15-year efficacy results of the Belgian multicentre study
    Evandro de Azambuja
    Institut Jules Bordet and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
    J Clin Oncol 27:720-5. 2009
    The 4-year results of this trial demonstrated that a higher dose of epirubicin with cyclophosphamide (HEC) is superior to a lower dose of epirubicin, 60 mg/m(2) (EC), for event-free survival (EFS; 27% reduction), but is not superior to ..
  97. ncbi Abnormal kinetochore-generated pulling forces from expressing a N-terminally modified Hec1
    Marta Mattiuzzo
    Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy
    PLoS ONE 6:e16307. 2011
    b>Highly Expressed in Cancer protein 1 (Hec1) is a constituent of the Ndc80 complex, a kinetochore component that has been shown to have a fundamental role in stable kinetochore-microtubule attachment, chromosome alignment and spindle ..
  98. ncbi Development of swelling/floating gastroretentive drug delivery system based on a combination of hydroxyethyl cellulose and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose for Losartan and its clinical relevance in healthy volunteers with CYP2C9 polymorphism
    Ray Neng Chen
    Department of Cosmetic Science and Management, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    Eur J Pharm Sci 39:82-9. 2010
    ..Swellable and floatable GRDDS tablets combining hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (NaCMC), and sodium bicarbonate were prepared at various compression pressures for ..
  99. ncbi Expression of receptors for extracellular matrix proteins in human endothelial cells
    G Tarone
    Dipartimento di Genetica, Biologia e Chimica Medica, , Turin, Italy
    J Lipid Mediat 2:S45-53. 1990
    ..Using in vitro adhesion tests we show that human endothelial cells (HEC) can attach and spread on substrates coated with several matrix components including fibronectin, laminin, collagen ..
  100. ncbi Is delayed chemotherapy-induced emesis well managed in oncological clinical practice? An observational study
    Alessandra Fabi
    Department of Medical Oncology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, via Elio Chianesi 52, 00144 Rome, Italy
    Support Care Cancer 11:156-61. 2003
    ..to a maximum of four chemotherapy cycles; analysis of the data took account of whether the chemotherapy had a high (HEC), moderate (MEC) or low (LEC) emetogenic potential...
  101. ncbi Phosphorylation of the mitotic regulator protein Hec1 by Nek2 kinase is essential for faithful chromosome segregation
    Yumay Chen
    Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 15355 Lambda Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245 3207, USA
    J Biol Chem 277:49408-16. 2002
    b>Hec1 (highly expressed in cancer) plays essential roles in chromosome segregation by interacting through its coiled-coil domains with several proteins that modulate the G(2)/M phase...

Research Grants67

  1. Kinetochore-Microtubule Interactions
    J McIntosh; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..microtubule- binding proteins, like the Dam1 complex (aka DASH) from budding yeasts, and fibrous complexes, like NDC80 (Hec1) from C. elegans, yeasts, and human cells...
  2. Kinetochore-Microtubule Interactions
    JOHN RICHARD MCINTOSH; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..microtubule- binding proteins, like the Dam1 complex (aka DASH) from budding yeasts, and fibrous complexes, like NDC80 (Hec1) from C. elegans, yeasts, and human cells...
  3. SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE MICROTUBULE CYTOSKELETON
    Georjana Barnes; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..with the central kinetochore, or about emergent properties that result when separate subcomplexes like Dam1 and Ndc80 are together in kinetochores...
  4. Kinetochore Function in Vertebrate Cells
    Jennifer G DeLuca; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The kinetochore-associated NDC80 complex is required for generating stable kinetochore-MT attachments in eukaryotic cells, but how this complex ..
  5. Kinetochore Function in Vertebrate Cells
    Jennifer G DeLuca; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The kinetochore-associated NDC80 complex is required for generating stable kinetochore-MT attachments in eukaryotic cells, but how this complex ..
  6. CHROMOSOME MOVEMENT IN PROMETAPHASE
    Gary Gorbsky; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..We focus on a set of key regulators of microtubule-kinetochore interactions: the Ndc80 protein complex, Polo-like kinase1, the Aurora B kinase, the dynein/dynactin complex and an associated protein ..
  7. CELL AND TUMOR GENETICS OF MITOTIC ARREST CHECKPOINTS
    PETER KARL SORGER; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..recruiting Mad and Bub proteins to kinetochores will be studied, with particular emphasis on the members of the Ndc80 complex (4) Bub1, a kinase with dual functions in checkpoint control and chromosome-microtubule attachment will be ..
  8. AGE, EXERCISE, DIET--EFFECTS ON GLUCOSE FATTY ACID CYCLE
    John Kirwan; Fiscal Year: 2000
    ..2) During a HEC with intralipid infusion, the suppressive effects of elevated FFA levels on insulin mediated whole body glucose ..
  9. BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC ANALYSIS OF YEAST KINETOCHORES
    Peter Sorger; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..The structure and function of the Ndc80-complex, a core component of the kinetochore, will be analyzed and its role in the mitotic checkpoint established ..
  10. Mechanisms of "End On" Microtubule Attachment by the Kinetochore
    P Todd Stukenberg; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..We will dissect the role of a microtubule binding activity on the Ndc80/Hec1 subunit of the Ndc80 complex, which is proposed to be an important microtubule interface...
  11. Mechanisms of "End On" Microtubule Attachment by the Kinetochore
    P Todd Stukenberg; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..We will dissect the role of a microtubule binding activity on the Ndc80/Hec1 subunit of the Ndc80 complex, which is proposed to be an important microtubule interface...
  12. Regulation of the kinetochore-microtuble interface
    Walter Gall; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..These studies show that Ipl1 phosphorylates the highly conserved outer kinetochore component Ndc80 (human Hec1 ortholog) and a MT-associated protein Dam1 (no known human ortholog)...
  13. Role of L-selectin and its Ligands in Chronic Murine Ileitis
    Jesus Rivera Nieves; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..ii) Determine the time course of HEC-6 sulfotransferase induction through adoptive T cell transfer, Immunohistochemistry and real time RT-PCR...
  14. Kinetochore Specification and Function
    Arshad Desai; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..The ubiquitously conserved KNL-1/Mis12 complex/Ndc80 complex (KMN) protein network is proposed to play a central role at the kinetochore-microtubule interface...
  15. SULFOTRANSFERASE IN THE SYNTHESIS OF L-SELECTIN LIGANDS
    Steven Rosen; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..GlyCAM-1; 2) To identify the sulfated carbohydrate epitope recognized by MECA 79; and 3) To obtain cDNAs encoding HEC sulfotransferases by expression cloning techniques using the sulfation-dependent mAbs (G72 and MECA 79) and L-..
  16. ANGIOTENSIN ANALOGS TO TREAT WOUND HEALING
    Kathleen Rodgers; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..In a Phase II SBIR grant, US Biotest developed USB001 (NorLeu3-A(1-7) in 2% HEC and preservatives), an angiotensin peptide formulation appropriate for clinical study...
  17. Low birth weight, uterine infection, and nitric oxide
    Chandrasekhar Yallampalli; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..1 will characterize NO production, NO synthase (NOS) enzymes in uterine epithelial cell lines, Ishikawa, RL-95 and HEC-1 cells Sub-aim 1...
  18. Low birth weight, uterine infection, and nitric oxide
    Chandrasekhar Yallampalli; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..1 will characterize NO production, NO synthase (NOS) enzymes in uterine epithelial cell lines, Ishikawa, RL-95 and HEC-1 cells. Sub-aim 1...
  19. Sulfotransferases in the Synthesis on L-Selectin Ligands
    Steven Rosen; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..Two of these, known as GST-2 and GST-3, are present in HEV. GST-3 has been given the name HEC-GlcNAc6ST because of its highly restricted expression in high endothelial cells (HEC) of HEV...
  20. Hec1 network as molecular therapeutic targets
    Wen Hwa Lee; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Intriguingly, the expression of HEC 1 is highly elevated in most cancer cell lines...
  21. Sulfotransferases in the Synthesis on L-Selectin Ligands
    Steven Rosen; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..Two of these, known as GST-2 and GST-3, are present in HEV. GST-3 has been given the name HEC-GlcNAc6ST because of its highly restricted expression in high endothelial cells (HEC) of HEV...
  22. Sulfotransferases in the Synthesis on L-Selectin Ligands
    Steven Rosen; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Two of these, known as GST-2 and GST-3, are present in HEV. GST-3 has been given the name HEC-GlcNAc6ST because of its highly restricted expression in high endothelial cells (HEC) of HEV...
  23. Low birth weight, uterine infection, and nitric oxide
    Chandrasekhar Yallampalli; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..1 will characterize NO production, NO synthase (NOS) enzymes in uterine epithelial cell lines, Ishikawa, RL-95 and HEC-1 cells. Sub-aim 1...
  24. AGE, EXERCISE AND DIET EFFECTS ON GLUCOSE AND FATTY ACID
    John Kirwan; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..2) During a HEC with intralipid infusion, the suppressive effects of elevated FFA levels on insulin mediated whole body glucose ..
  25. AGE, EXERCISE, DIET--EFFECTS ON GLUCOSE FATTY ACID CYCLE
    John Kirwan; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..2) During a HEC with intralipid infusion, the suppressive effects of elevated FFA levels on insulin mediated whole body glucose ..
  26. LYMPHOTOXIN AND LYMPHOID NEOGENESIS
    NANCY RUDDLE; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..The mature HEV phenotype, characterized by expression of PNAd, LTbR, and a HEV suIfotransferase (HEC-6ST) depends on signaling through the LTbR in normal and HEC6ST- lacZ mice...