Here we report the characterization of a novel role for the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) as a regulator of osteoblast adhesion. Abrogation of pRb in osteoblasts resulted in aberrant cadherin expression and loss of adherens junctions. This produced defects suggestive of a transformed phenotype such as impaired cell-to-cell adhesion, loss of contact-dependent growth arrest, and the capacity to evade anoikis. This also resulted in profound abnormalities in bone structure. Consistent with this, microarray analyses showed that pRb regulates a wide repertoire of osteoblast cell adhesion genes. In addition, pRb loss also resulted in altered expression and function of several known regulators of cellular adhesion and adherens junction assembly, such as the Rho GTPase Rac1 and the merlin tumor suppressor. Taken together, our results show that pRb controls cell adhesion by regulating the expression and adherens junction components and by regulating the function of molecules involved in adherens junction assembly and stability.
A role for the retinoblastoma protein as a regulator of mouse osteoblast cell adhesion: implications for osteogenesis and osteosarcoma formation.
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View SamplesAnalysis of 143 completely histologically-normal breast tissues resulted in the identification of a malignancy risk gene signature that may serve as a marker of subsequent risk of breast cancer development.
Proliferative genes dominate malignancy-risk gene signature in histologically-normal breast tissue.
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Complementary strand microRNAs mediate acquisition of metastatic potential in colonic adenocarcinoma.
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BAD phosphorylation determines ovarian cancer chemosensitivity and patient survival.
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View SamplesCompariosn of mRNA and miRNA profile in colon cancer
Complementary strand microRNAs mediate acquisition of metastatic potential in colonic adenocarcinoma.
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View SamplesWe treated 8 human ovarian cancer cell lines with cisplatin in treatment/recovery cycles to induce in-vitro resistance to the drug. Microarrays measured gene expression at baseline and after each dose schedule (after recovery).
BAD phosphorylation determines ovarian cancer chemosensitivity and patient survival.
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View SamplesBiologic markers of immune tolerance may facilitate tailoring of immune suppression duration after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). In a cross-sectional study, peripheral blood samples were obtained from tolerant (n=15, median 38.5 months post-HCT) and non-tolerant (n=17, median 39.5 post-HCT) HCT recipients and healthy control subjects (n=10) for analysis of immune cell subsets and differential gene expression. There were no significant differences in immune subsets across groups. We identified 281 probe sets unique to the tolerant (TOL) group and 122 for non-tolerant (non-TOL). These were enriched for process networks including NK cell cytotoxicity, antigen presentation, lymphocyte proliferation, and cell cycle and apoptosis. Differential gene expression was enriched for CD56, CD66, and CD14 human lineage-specific gene expression. Differential expression of 20 probe sets between groups was sufficient to develop a classifier with > 90% accuracy, correctly classifying 14/15 TOL cases and 15/17 non-TOL cases. These data suggest that differential gene expression can be utilized to accurately classify tolerant patients following HCT. Prospective investigation of immune tolerance biologic markers is warranted.
Tolerance associated gene expression following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
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View SamplesBackground. Genome-wide expression changes are associated with development of chemoresistance in patients with ovarian cancer (OVCA); the BCL2 antagonist of cell death (BAD) apoptosis pathway may play a role in clinical outcome.
BAD phosphorylation determines ovarian cancer chemosensitivity and patient survival.
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View SamplesEffect of NF-kB inhibition and activation on gene expression in mouse and human lung cancer cell-lines.
Lung tumor NF-κB signaling promotes T cell-mediated immune surveillance.
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