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A Case-Control Study Of Trace-Element Status And Lung Cancer In Appalachian Kentucky, Jason M. Unrine, Stacey A. Slone, Wayne T. Sanderson, Nancy E. Johnson, Eric B. Durbin, Shristi Shrestha, Ellen J. Hahn, Fran Feltner, Bin Huang, W. Jay Christian, Isabel Mellon, David K. Orren, Susanne M. Arnold Feb 2019

A Case-Control Study Of Trace-Element Status And Lung Cancer In Appalachian Kentucky, Jason M. Unrine, Stacey A. Slone, Wayne T. Sanderson, Nancy E. Johnson, Eric B. Durbin, Shristi Shrestha, Ellen J. Hahn, Fran Feltner, Bin Huang, W. Jay Christian, Isabel Mellon, David K. Orren, Susanne M. Arnold

Plant and Soil Sciences Faculty Publications

Appalachian Kentucky (App KY) leads the nation in lung cancer incidence and mortality. Trace elements, such as As, have been associated with lung cancers in other regions of the country and we hypothesized that a population-based study would reveal higher trace element concentrations in App KY individuals with cancer compared to controls. Using toenail and drinking water trace element concentrations, this study investigated a possible association between lung cancer incidence and trace-element exposure in residents of this region. This population-based case-control study had 520 subjects, and 367 subjects provided toenail samples. Additionally, we explored the relationship between toenail and fingernail …


Itch Nuclear Translocation And H1.2 Polyubiquitination Negatively Regulate The Dna Damage Response, Lufen Chang, Lei Shen, Hu Zhou, Jing Gao, Hangyi Pan, Li Zheng, Brian Armstrong, Yang Peng, Guang Peng, Binhua P. Zhou, Steven T. Rosen, Binghui Shen Jan 2019

Itch Nuclear Translocation And H1.2 Polyubiquitination Negatively Regulate The Dna Damage Response, Lufen Chang, Lei Shen, Hu Zhou, Jing Gao, Hangyi Pan, Li Zheng, Brian Armstrong, Yang Peng, Guang Peng, Binhua P. Zhou, Steven T. Rosen, Binghui Shen

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

The downregulation of the DNA damage response (DDR) enables aggressive tumors to achieve uncontrolled proliferation against replication stress, but the mechanisms underlying this process in tumors are relatively complex. Here, we demonstrate a mechanism through which a distinct E3 ubiquitin ligase, ITCH, modulates DDR machinery in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). We found that expression of a nuclear form of ITCH was significantly increased in human TNBC cell lines and tumor specimens. Phosphorylation of ITCH at Ser257 by AKT led to the nuclear localization of ITCH and ubiquitination of H1.2. The ITCH-mediated polyubiquitination of H1.2 suppressed RNF8/RNF168-dependent formation of 53BP1 foci, …