Akt-mediated phosphorylation of Bmi1 modulates its oncogenic potential, E3 ligase activity, and DNA damage repair activity in mouse prostate cancer

K Nacerddine, JB Beaudry, V Ginjala… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a major lethal malignancy in men, but the molecular events and
their interplay underlying prostate carcinogenesis remain poorly understood. Epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] Bmi1 promotes prostate tumorigenesis via inhibiting p16INK4A and p14ARF expression

C Fan, L He, A Kapoor, A Gillis, AP Rybak… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2008 - Elsevier
We report here that the polycomb group protein Bmi1 promotes prostate tumorigenesis.
Bmi1 is detected at higher levels in androgen-independent PC3 and DU145 than in …

A novel aspect of tumorigenesis—BMI1 functions in regulating DNA damage response

X Lin, D Ojo, F Wei, N Wong, Y Gu, D Tang - Biomolecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
BMI1 plays critical roles in maintaining the self-renewal of hematopoietic, neural, intestinal
stem cells, and cancer stem cells (CSCs) for a variety of cancer types. BMI1 promotes cell …

Knockdown BMI1 expression inhibits proliferation and invasion in human bladder cancer T24 cells

W Liang, D Zhu, X Cui, J Su, H Liu, J Han… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2013 - Springer
B cell-specific moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1 (BMI1) is a transcriptional
repressor of polycomb repressive complex 1, which is involved in the proliferation …

Overexpression of BMI-1 promotes cell growth and resistance to cisplatin treatment in osteosarcoma

Z Wu, L Min, D Chen, D Hao, Y Duan, G Qiu, Y Wang - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background BMI-1 is a member of the polycomb group of genes (PcGs), and it has been
implicated in the development and progression of several malignancies, but its role in …

BMI1 regulates androgen receptor in prostate cancer independently of the polycomb repressive complex 1

S Zhu, D Zhao, L Yan, W Jiang, JS Kim, B Gu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
BMI1, a polycomb group (PcG) protein, plays a critical role in epigenetic regulation of cell
differentiation and proliferation, and cancer stem cell self-renewal. BMI1 is upregulated in …

Knockdown of the Bmi-1 oncogene inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell apoptosis and is involved in the decrease of Akt phosphorylation in the human breast …

Z Xu, H Liu, X Lv, Y Liu, S Li, H Li - Oncology reports, 2011 - spandidos-publications.com
It is well documented that B cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site 1
(Bmi-1), widely overexpressed in the vast majority of malignancies, plays an essential role in …

[HTML][HTML] Bmi-1: At the crossroads of physiological and pathological biology

R Bhattacharya, SB Mustafi, M Street, A Dey… - Genes & diseases, 2015 - Elsevier
Bmi-1 is a member of the Polycomb repressor complex 1 that mediates gene silencing by
regulating chromatin structure and is indispensable for self-renewal of both normal and …

Bmi1 is required for the initiation of pancreatic cancer through an Ink4a-independent mechanism

F Bednar, HK Schofield, MA Collins, W Yan… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Epigenetic dysregulation is involved in the initiation and progression of many epithelial
cancers. BMI1, a component of the polycomb protein family, plays a key role in these …

Bmi‐1 is related to proliferation, survival and poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer

W Song, K Tao, H Li, C Jin, Z Song, J Li, H Shi… - Cancer …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
B‐cell‐specific Moloney murine leukemia virus insertion site 1 (BMI1) is a member of the
polycomb group of transcriptional repressors. Until now, its expression and functional …