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Targeting The Cdk6 Dependence Of Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Patrizia Porazzi, Marco De Dominici, Joseph Salvino, Bruno Calabretta Sep 2021

Targeting The Cdk6 Dependence Of Ph+ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Patrizia Porazzi, Marco De Dominici, Joseph Salvino, Bruno Calabretta

Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

Ph+ ALL is a poor-prognosis leukemia subtype driven by the BCR-ABL1 oncogene, either the p190-or the p210-BCR/ABL isoform in a 70:30 ratio. Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are the drugs of choice in the therapy of Ph+ ALL. In combination with standard chemotherapy, TKIs have markedly improved the outcome of Ph+ ALL, in particular if this treatment is followed by bone marrow transplantation. However, resistance to TKIs develops with high frequency, causing leukemia relapse that results in


Molecular Mechanisims Underlying The Anti-Cancer Activity Of Gum Arabic From Acacia Sp. In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells., Sawsan Yaslam Alyafii Jun 2021

Molecular Mechanisims Underlying The Anti-Cancer Activity Of Gum Arabic From Acacia Sp. In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells., Sawsan Yaslam Alyafii

Theses

Metastatic breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive, accounting for 15-20% of all breast cancer cases. As TNBC cells lack the expression of hormone receptors estrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), TNBCs are unresponsive to hormonal therapy and often become highly resistant when exposed to standard chemotherapy, which has been identifies as a major obstacle in TNBC treatment. Gum Arabic, a natural exudate produced from plants, is widely used traditionally for religious, cosmetics as well as medical purposes …


Molecular Mechanisims Underlying The Anti-Cancer Activity Of Gum Arabic From Acacia Sp. In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells, Sawsan Yaslam Hussein Alyafii Jun 2021

Molecular Mechanisims Underlying The Anti-Cancer Activity Of Gum Arabic From Acacia Sp. In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells, Sawsan Yaslam Hussein Alyafii

Theses

Metastatic breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive, accounting for 15-20% of all breast cancer cases. As TNBC cells lack the expression of hormone receptors estrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), TNBCs are unresponsive to hormonal therapy and often become highly resistant when exposed to standard chemotherapy, which has been identified as a major obstacle in TNBC treatment. Gum Arabic, a natural exudate produced from plants, is widely used traditionally for religious, cosmetics as well as medicinal purposes …


Effects Of Bradykinin On Proliferation, Apoptosis, And Cycle Of Glomerular Mesangial Cells Via The Tgf-Ss1/Smad Signaling Pathway, Ji Dong, Li Ding, Liuwei Wang, Zijun Yang, Yulin Wang, Ying Zang, Xuexia Cao, Lin Tang Jan 2021

Effects Of Bradykinin On Proliferation, Apoptosis, And Cycle Of Glomerular Mesangial Cells Via The Tgf-Ss1/Smad Signaling Pathway, Ji Dong, Li Ding, Liuwei Wang, Zijun Yang, Yulin Wang, Ying Zang, Xuexia Cao, Lin Tang

Turkish Journal of Biology

We aimed to assess the effects of bradykinin (BK) on the proliferation, apoptosis, and cycle of glomerular mesangial cells via the transforming growth factor-ß 1 (TGF-ß1)/Smad signaling pathway. Rat glomerular mesangial cells, HBZY-1, were divided into normal group (untreated), model group (5 ng/L TGF-ß1), BK group (5 ng/L TGF-ß1 + 1 ng/L BK), and inhibitor group [5 ng/L TGF-ß1 + 1 ng/L LY2109761 (TGF-ß1-specific inhibitor)]. The cell proliferation, cycle, apoptosis, expression of type I collagen (Col-1), and protein expressions of Col-1, TGF-ß1, and phosphorylated Smad2 (p-Smad2) were detected by EdU labeling, flow cytometry, acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO/EB) dual staining, immunofluorescence …


Arid4b Alters Cell Cycle And Cell Death Dynamics During Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation, Gözde Güven, Nihal Terzi Çizmeci̇oğlu Jan 2021

Arid4b Alters Cell Cycle And Cell Death Dynamics During Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation, Gözde Güven, Nihal Terzi Çizmeci̇oğlu

Turkish Journal of Biology

Cell division and death play an important role in embryonic development. Cell specialization is accompanied with slow proliferation and quiescence. Cell death is important for morphogenesis. Gene expression changes during differentiation is coordinated by lineage-specific transcription factors and chromatin factors. It is not yet fully understood how alterations in gene expression and cell cycle/death mechanisms are connected. We previously identified a chromatin protein Arid4b as a critical factor for meso/ endoderm differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). The differentiation defect of Arid4b-deficient mESCs might be due to misregulation of cell proliferation or death. Here, we identified a role for …


Retrotransposon-Mediated Transduction Of An Environmental Cue To Regulate Centrosome Fate, Shawn Patrick Murphy Jan 2021

Retrotransposon-Mediated Transduction Of An Environmental Cue To Regulate Centrosome Fate, Shawn Patrick Murphy

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

In 1969, the enrichment of mobile element repeat sequences led Britton and Davidson to propose the hypothesis that gene expression in higher eukaryotes is regulated through the exaptation of mobile elements. In this work, I have explored the hypothesis that mobile elements can also be harnessed by the host to regulate asymmetric cell division, thereby determining cell fate. Retrotransposons are ubiquitous eukaryotic mobile elements that transpose through an RNA intermediate. They are often active in cell types that divide asymmetrically to yield daughter cells with different fates, such as embryonic stem cells, germline stem cells, neuronal stem cells and the …