2011
Quantitative assessment shows loss of antigenic epitopes as a function of pre-analytic variables
Bai Y, Tolles J, Cheng H, Siddiqui S, Gopinath A, Pectasides E, Camp RL, Rimm DL, Molinaro AM. Quantitative assessment shows loss of antigenic epitopes as a function of pre-analytic variables. Laboratory Investigation 2011, 91: 1253-1261. PMID: 21519325, PMCID: PMC3145004, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2011.75.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCore needle biopsyCold ischemic timePre-analytic variablesNeedle biopsyEstrogen receptorIschemic timeTumor resectionTumor resection specimensAntigenic lossResection specimensTissue biomarkersTotal AktBiopsyPhospho-AktQuantitative immunofluorescencePhospho-ERKPhospho-S6K1Antigenic epitopesTotal ERKResectionTotal proteinCytokeratinImmunological methodsAntigenicitySignificant changes
2009
C-Raf Is Associated with Disease Progression and Cell Proliferation in a Subset of Melanomas
Jilaveanu LB, Zito CR, Aziz SA, Conrad PJ, Schmitz JC, Sznol M, Camp RL, Rimm DL, Kluger HM. C-Raf Is Associated with Disease Progression and Cell Proliferation in a Subset of Melanomas. Clinical Cancer Research 2009, 15: 5704-5713. PMID: 19737955, PMCID: PMC2763114, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-09-0198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBenzenesulfonatesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCohort StudiesDisease ProgressionFemaleGene SilencingHumansIndolesMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedNevusNiacinamidePhenolsPhenylurea CompoundsProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-rafPyridinesRNA, Small InterferingSensitivity and SpecificitySkin NeoplasmsSorafenibYoung AdultConceptsExtracellular signal-regulated kinaseC-RafC-Raf expressionSubset of melanomasPhospho-c-RafSignal-regulated kinaseCell linesProtein kinase inhibitionMitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitionDecreased viabilityDecreased Bcl-2 expressionProtein kinaseCell signalingBcl-2 inhibitionRaf kinaseB-RafMelanoma cell linesPhospho-MEKSpecific siRNAsSitu protein expressionGW5074Major isoformsKinasePhospho-ERKBcl-2 expression