2010
The role of oncogenes in gastrointestinal cancer.
Pappou EP, Ahuja N. The role of oncogenes in gastrointestinal cancer. Gastrointestinal Cancer Research : GCR 2010, s2-s15. PMID: 21472044, PMCID: PMC3047044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActive chromatin domainsComplex regulatory cascadeGrowth regulatory genesProducts of oncogenesRole of oncogenesChromatin remodelersChromatin domainsRegulatory cascadeOncogene researchTranscription factorsChimeric geneGrowth factor receptorSignal transducerCell cycleMolecular mechanismsProtein productsApoptosis regulatorInappropriate expressionDifferent promotersMolecular biologyOncogene activationGenesNormal developmentPoint mutationsActive oncogenes
2008
Epigenetic Inactivation of the Canonical Wnt Antagonist SRY-Box Containing Gene 17 in Colorectal Cancer
Zhang W, Glöckner S, Guo M, Machida EO, Wang DH, Easwaran H, Van Neste L, Herman JG, Schuebel KE, Watkins DN, Ahuja N, Baylin SB. Epigenetic Inactivation of the Canonical Wnt Antagonist SRY-Box Containing Gene 17 in Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Research 2008, 68: 2764-2772. PMID: 18413743, PMCID: PMC2823123, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-6349.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene 17T-cell factor-dependent transcriptionHigh-mobility group transcription factorsFactor-dependent transcriptionMethylation-dependent silencingRegulation of developmentOverexpression of Sox17Cell linesCpG island hypermethylationWnt pathway activityPrecursor cell functionRepression domainHMG boxTranscription factorsDeletion analysisCpG islandsGene silencingDNA hypermethylationGene expressionPromoter regionEpigenetic inactivationCanonical WntGenetic changesIsland hypermethylationSOX17