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Examining The Role Of Atrx In Astrocytes, Haley Mcconkey Jan 2016

Examining The Role Of Atrx In Astrocytes, Haley Mcconkey

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Astrocytes perform many homeostatic roles in the brain while supplying metabolites to neurons and mediating synaptic transmission. The current study explored a possible role of the Atrx gene in astrocytes. Hypomorphic mutations in this gene cause the ATR-X intellectual disability syndrome. Deletion of Atrx in the forebrain leads to an apparent increase in reactive astrocytes, potentially caused by the high level of neuroprogenitor cell death. To avoid such non cell-autonomous effects on astrocytes, we generated mice with inducible conditional inactivation of Atrx in astrocytes. Preliminary analysis two weeks following induction of Atrx gene deletion revealed variably lower expression of Connexin …


Genomic Signatures For Paclitaxel And Gemcitabine Resistance In Breast Cancer Derived By Machine Learning., Stephanie N Dorman, Katherina Baranova, Joan H M Knoll, Brad L Urquhart, Gabriella Mariani, Maria Luisa Carcangiu, Peter K Rogan Jan 2016

Genomic Signatures For Paclitaxel And Gemcitabine Resistance In Breast Cancer Derived By Machine Learning., Stephanie N Dorman, Katherina Baranova, Joan H M Knoll, Brad L Urquhart, Gabriella Mariani, Maria Luisa Carcangiu, Peter K Rogan

Biochemistry Publications

Increasingly, the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy agents for breast cancer has been related to changes in the genomic profile of tumors. We investigated correspondence between growth inhibitory concentrations of paclitaxel and gemcitabine (GI50) and gene copy number, mutation, and expression first in breast cancer cell lines and then in patients. Genes encoding direct targets of these drugs, metabolizing enzymes, transporters, and those previously associated with chemoresistance to paclitaxel (n = 31 genes) or gemcitabine (n = 18) were analyzed. A multi-factorial, principal component analysis (MFA) indicated expression was the strongest indicator of sensitivity for paclitaxel, and copy number and expression …