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Phosphoproteomic Screen Identifies Potential Therapeutic Targets in Melanoma
Tworkoski K, Singhal G, Szpakowski S, Zito CI, Bacchiocchi A, Muthusamy V, Bosenberg M, Krauthammer M, Halaban R, Stern DF. Phosphoproteomic Screen Identifies Potential Therapeutic Targets in Melanoma. Molecular Cancer Research 2011, 9: 801-812. PMID: 21521745, PMCID: PMC3117976, DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-10-0512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationErbB ReceptorsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Knockdown TechniquesHEK293 CellsHumansInfant, NewbornMelanocytesMelanomaPhosphoproteinsPhosphorylationProteomicsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptor, IGF Type 2RNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionSkin NeoplasmsSTAT3 Transcription FactorConceptsTherapeutic targetReceptor tyrosine kinasesMelanoma cellsPotential therapeutic targetIdentifies potential therapeutic targetsActive receptor tyrosine kinasesTyrosine kinaseMelanoma cell migrationReceptor expressionBreast cancerAxl knockdownAutocrine circuitTherapeutic interventionsCancer subtypesReceptor tyrosine kinase activationTyrosine kinase activationNovel targetActivated receptorsAxlRNA knockdownMelanomaCell migrationHER3KnockdownIGF1R
2013
MERTK controls melanoma cell migration and survival and differentially regulates cell behavior relative to AXL
Tworkoski KA, Platt JT, Bacchiocchi A, Bosenberg M, Boggon TJ, Stern DF. MERTK controls melanoma cell migration and survival and differentially regulates cell behavior relative to AXL. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2013, 26: 527-541. PMID: 23617806, PMCID: PMC3918898, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAxl Receptor Tyrosine KinaseC-Mer Tyrosine KinaseCdc42 GTP-Binding ProteinCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCytophotometryGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHEK293 CellsHumansMelanomaNeoplasm MetastasisOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPhosphorylationProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesSignal TransductionSkin NeoplasmsConceptsCell migrationCell behaviorMelanoma cellsAkt-dependent mannerShRNA-mediated knockdownDifferential cell behaviorDifferent transcriptional signaturesReceptor tyrosine kinase AXLMelanoma cell migrationMelanoma cell proliferationKinase domainTyrosine kinase AXLCell motilityTranscriptional signatureCell survivalColony formationCell proliferationOverexpression of AxlPossible therapeutic targetMelanoma pathogenesisNovel mutationsMerTKAxlTherapeutic targetMutations
2010
Centrosomal Chk2 in DNA damage responses and cell cycle progession
Golan A, Pick E, Tsvetkov L, Nadler Y, Kluger H, Stern DF. Centrosomal Chk2 in DNA damage responses and cell cycle progession. Cell Cycle 2010, 9: 2647-2656. PMID: 20581449, PMCID: PMC3233491, DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.13.12121.Peer-Reviewed Original Research