2011
In Vivo Identification of Tumor- Suppressive PTEN ceRNAs in an Oncogenic BRAF-Induced Mouse Model of Melanoma
Karreth FA, Tay Y, Perna D, Ala U, Tan SM, Rust AG, DeNicola G, Webster KA, Weiss D, Perez-Mancera PA, Krauthammer M, Halaban R, Provero P, Adams DJ, Tuveson DA, Pandolfi PP. In Vivo Identification of Tumor- Suppressive PTEN ceRNAs in an Oncogenic BRAF-Induced Mouse Model of Melanoma. Cell 2011, 147: 382-395. PMID: 22000016, PMCID: PMC3236086, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.09.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicroRNA recognition elementsLow PTEN levelsPTEN protein levelsZEB2 expressionBeauty insertional mutagenesisMicroRNA decoysPI3K/Akt pathwayLoss of PTENCeRNA activityInsertional mutagenesisZeb2 transcriptTumor suppressorCell transformationCeRNAsPTEN levelsAkt pathwayFunctional roleMRNA transcriptsSignificant enrichmentZEB2 mRNAProtein levelsMouse modelCeRNATranscriptsPTENMicroRNA signatures differentiate melanoma subtypes
Chan E, Patel R, Nallur S, Ratner E, Bacchiocchi A, Hoyt K, Szpakowski S, Godshalk S, Ariyan S, Sznol M, Halaban R, Krauthammer M, Tuck D, Slack FJ, Weidhaas JB. MicroRNA signatures differentiate melanoma subtypes. Cell Cycle 2011, 10: 1845-1852. PMID: 21543894, PMCID: PMC3233487, DOI: 10.4161/cc.10.11.15777.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
A Variant in a MicroRNA complementary site in the 3′ UTR of the KIT oncogene increases risk of acral melanoma
Godshalk SE, Paranjape T, Nallur S, Speed W, Chan E, Molinaro AM, Bacchiocchi A, Hoyt K, Tworkoski K, Stern DF, Sznol M, Ariyan S, Lazova R, Halaban R, Kidd KK, Weidhaas JB, Slack FJ. A Variant in a MicroRNA complementary site in the 3′ UTR of the KIT oncogene increases risk of acral melanoma. Oncogene 2010, 30: 1542-1550. PMID: 21119596, PMCID: PMC3069149, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMessenger RNAsComplementary sitesNovel genetic markersKIT oncogeneTarget genesRegulatory relationshipsUntranslated regionGenetic markersHeritable riskFunctional variantsGenetic variantsOncogeneMultifaceted roleProtein levelsProtein expressionVariant resultsComplementary sequencesReporter dataUTRMelanoma pathogenesisMiR-221KIT variantsSeed regionExpressionVariants