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The telomere maintenance mechanism spectrum and its dynamics in gliomas
Kim S, Chowdhury T, Yu H, Kahng J, Lee C, Choi S, Kim K, Kang H, Lee J, Lee S, Won J, Kim K, Kim M, Lee J, Kim J, Kim Y, Kim T, Choi S, Phi J, Shin Y, Ku J, Lee S, Yun H, Lee H, Kim D, Kim K, Hur J, Park S, Kim S, Park C. The telomere maintenance mechanism spectrum and its dynamics in gliomas. Genome Medicine 2022, 14: 88. PMID: 35953846, PMCID: PMC9367055, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-022-01095-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTERT promoter mutationsTelomere maintenance mechanismTelomerase activityGlioma samplesTERT expressionPromoter mutationsCancer management strategiesSlow growth potentialCancer cell immortalityC-circle assayGlioma patientsSeparate cohortNegative groupGlioma progressionNanoString analysisTumor tissueTelomerase enzyme activityGliomasTumor cellsConclusionsThis studyALTATRX mutationsTelomerase activationATRX lossConsiderable proportion
2020
Inhibition of MUC1 exerts cell-cycle arrest and telomerase suppression in glioblastoma cells
Kim S, Seo Y, Chowdhury T, Yu H, Lee C, Kim K, Kang H, Kim H, Park S, Kim K, Park C. Inhibition of MUC1 exerts cell-cycle arrest and telomerase suppression in glioblastoma cells. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 18238. PMID: 33106534, PMCID: PMC7589558, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75457-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRole of MUC1Epithelial-mesenchymal transitionMucin 1Cell cycle arrestMUC1 knockdownNormal brain tissueExpression levelsGrowth factor betaTERT expression levelsGBM cell linesOverall survivalTherapeutic targetOncological processHuman gliomasBrain tissueFactor betaMesenchymal transitionPhosphorylation of RB1Diverse cancersGlioblastomaTelomere maintenance mechanismAnticancer mechanismCell proliferationCycle arrestGlioblastoma cells