2008
Critical and Distinct Roles of p16 and Telomerase in Regulating the Proliferative Life Span of Normal Human Prostate Epithelial Progenitor Cells*
Bhatia B, Jiang M, Suraneni M, Patrawala L, Badeaux M, Schneider-Broussard R, Multani AS, Jeter CR, Calhoun-Davis T, Hu L, Hu J, Tsavachidis S, Zhang W, Chang S, Hayward SW, Tang DG. Critical and Distinct Roles of p16 and Telomerase in Regulating the Proliferative Life Span of Normal Human Prostate Epithelial Progenitor Cells*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2008, 283: 27957-27972. PMID: 18662989, PMCID: PMC2562067, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803467200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProliferative life spanNHP cellsMolecular mechanismsProgenitor cellsSuppression of p16Normal human prostate epithelial cellsGene expression profilesLife spanProstate epithelial progenitor cellsHuman prostate epithelial cellsRegulation of p16Activation of p53Prostate epithelial cellsEpithelial progenitor cellsCell proliferative capacityExpression profilesBasal-like cellsProgenitor markersMultilineage differentiationTelomerase expressionDistinct rolesCell life spanCell marker CD44P16 inhibitionEpithelial cells
2004
Essential role of limiting telomeres in the pathogenesis of Werner syndrome
Chang S, Multani AS, Cabrera NG, Naylor ML, Laud P, Lombard D, Pathak S, Guarente L, DePinho RA. Essential role of limiting telomeres in the pathogenesis of Werner syndrome. Nature Genetics 2004, 36: 877-882. PMID: 15235603, DOI: 10.1038/ng1389.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWerner syndromeCultured cellsComplex cellular phenotypesElevated genomic instabilityDNA damage fociPremature aging syndromesWRN deficiencyReplicative senescenceCellular phenotypesGenomic instabilityAging syndromesGenetic dataMutational inactivationPremature senescenceChromosomal instabilityTelomerase expressionHair grayingPremature agingDisease phenotypeEssential roleWRNMice nullSenescenceAutosomal recessive diseaseType II diabetes
2000
Telomere dysfunction promotes non-reciprocal translocations and epithelial cancers in mice
Artandi S, Chang S, Lee S, Alson S, Gottlieb G, Chin L, DePinho R. Telomere dysfunction promotes non-reciprocal translocations and epithelial cancers in mice. Nature 2000, 406: 641-645. PMID: 10949306, DOI: 10.1038/35020592.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial cancersSoft tissue sarcomasTelomere lengthP53 mutant miceTumor suppressor gene mutationsSuppressor gene mutationsNon-reciprocal translocationsTissue sarcomasTelomere dysfunctionAged humansMutant miceCytogenetic featuresCancerMiceHuman carcinomasGene mutationsEpithelial renewalTelomerase expressionCritical reductionCarcinomaDysfunctionHigh rateReverse transcriptaseEukaryotic chromosomesNucleoprotein complexes