Condensins: universal organizers of chromosomes with diverse functions

T Hirano - Genes & development, 2012 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Condensins are multisubunit protein complexes that play a fundamental role in the structural
and functional organization of chromosomes in the three domains of life. Most eukaryotic …

Programs for cell death: apoptosis is only one way to go

M Blank, Y Shiloh - Cell Cycle, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Cell death programs are major players in tissue homeostasis, development and cellular
stress responses. A prominent cause of malignant transformation is the cumulative genetic …

The PARP inhibitor olaparib induces significant killing of ATM-deficient lymphoid tumor cells in vitro and in vivo

VJ Weston, CE Oldreive, A Skowronska… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
Abstract The Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) gene is frequently inactivated in lymphoid
malignancies such as chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T …

A tumor suppressor function of Smurf2 associated with controlling chromatin landscape and genome stability through RNF20

M Blank, Y Tang, M Yamashita, SS Burkett… - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
In addition to allelic mutations, cancers are known to harbor alterations in their chromatin
landscape. Here we show that genomic ablation of Smad ubiquitin regulatory factor 2 …

Clinical biomarkers and imaging for radiotherapy-induced cell death

M Verheij - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2008 - Springer
Introduction Radiotherapy, like most anticancer treatments, achieves its therapeutic effect by
inducing different types of cell death in tumors. Cell death markers and imaging modalities …

BUB1 mediation of caspase-independent mitotic death determines cell fate

Y Niikura, A Dixit, R Scott, G Perkins… - The Journal of cell …, 2007 - rupress.org
The spindle checkpoint that monitors kinetochore–microtubule attachment has been
implicated in tumorigenesis; however, the relation between the spindle checkpoint and cell …

Smurf2 regulates stability and the autophagic–lysosomal turnover of lamin A and its disease‐associated form progerin

AP Borroni, A Emanuelli, PA Shah, N Ilić… - Aging cell, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A‐lamins, encoded by the LMNA gene, are major structural components of the nuclear
lamina coordinating essential cellular processes. Mutations in the LMNA gene and/or …

Mutations in NCAPG2 cause a severe neurodevelopmental syndrome that expands the phenotypic spectrum of condensinopathies

TN Khan, K Khan, A Sadeghpour, H Reynolds… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
The use of whole-exome and whole-genome sequencing has been a catalyst for a genotype-
first approach to diagnostics. Under this paradigm, we have implemented systematic …

A role for E1B-AP5 in ATR signaling pathways during adenovirus infection

AN Blackford, RK Bruton, O Dirlik, GS Stewart… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT E1B-55K-associated protein 5 (E1B-AP5) is a cellular, heterogeneous nuclear
ribonucleoprotein that is targeted by adenovirus (Ad) E1B-55K during infection. The function …

Proton versus photon radiation–induced cell death in head and neck cancer cells

L Wang, S Han, J Zhu, X Wang, Y Li, Z Wang… - Head & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Photon (X‐ray) radiotherapy (XRT) kills cells via DNA damage, however, how
proton radiotherapy (PRT) causes cell death in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma …