2012
Characterization of aldehyde dehydrogenase isozymes in ovarian cancer tissues and sphere cultures
Saw YT, Yang J, Ng SK, Liu S, Singh S, Singh M, Welch WR, Tsuda H, Fong WP, Thompson D, Vasiliou V, Berkowitz RS, Ng SW. Characterization of aldehyde dehydrogenase isozymes in ovarian cancer tissues and sphere cultures. BMC Cancer 2012, 12: 329. PMID: 22852552, PMCID: PMC3458927, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClear cell tumorsWestern blot analysisCell tumorsOvarian tissueALDH isozymesCancer cellsClear cell subtypeSphere cultureOvarian cancer tissuesQuantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionNormal ovarian tissuesOvarian epithelial tumorsReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionHuman ovarian cancerOvarian tumor tissuesTranscription-polymerase chain reactionOvarian cancer cellsBlot analysisHuman cancer stem cellsCancer stem cellsOvarian cancer pathophysiologyMRNA expression levelsResultsImmunohistochemical stainingCancer cell linesMucinous tumorsMolecular mechanisms of ALDH3A1-mediated cellular protection against 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal
Black W, Chen Y, Matsumoto A, Thompson DC, Lassen N, Pappa A, Vasiliou V. Molecular mechanisms of ALDH3A1-mediated cellular protection against 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal. Free Radical Biology And Medicine 2012, 52: 1937-1944. PMID: 22406320, PMCID: PMC3457646, DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.02.050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAldehyde dehydrogenasesOxidative stress responseCellular defense mechanismsOxidative stressHuman ALDH3A1Proteasome functionMolecular mechanismsPrevents apoptosisStress responseCellular protectionLipid peroxidationAdverse effectsWestern blot analysisAldehydic moleculesGlutathione homeostasisALDH3A1 expressionCell viability assaysMetabolic functionsALDH3A1Blot analysisDefense mechanismsProtein adduct formationCell linesCell viabilityViability assays
1998
Cytokine-induced nitric oxide formation in normal but not in neoplastic murine lung epithelial cell lines
Thompson D, Porter S, Bauer A, Das K, Ou B, Dwyer-Nield L, White C, Malkinson A. Cytokine-induced nitric oxide formation in normal but not in neoplastic murine lung epithelial cell lines. American Journal Of Physiology 1998, 274: l922-l932. PMID: 9609731, DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1998.274.6.l922.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung epithelial cell lineEpithelial cell lineLung epithelial cellsNontumorigenic cellsCell linesMurine lung epithelial cell lineEpithelial cellsMurine lung epithelial cellsTumorigenic counterpartsMRNA stabilityE10 cellsTumorigenic cellsWestern blot analysisProtein synthesisNormal progenitor cellsCell's abilityINOS regulationNuclear factor-kappaB activationProgenitor cellsCytokine-induced NO synthesisSpontaneous transformantsBlot analysisInducible NO synthaseMurine linesTransformation alters