2002
Telomere dysfunction provokes regional amplification and deletion in cancer genomes
O'Hagan R, Chang S, Maser R, Mohan R, Artandi S, Chin L, DePinho R. Telomere dysfunction provokes regional amplification and deletion in cancer genomes. Cancer Cell 2002, 2: 149-155. PMID: 12204535, DOI: 10.1016/s1535-6108(02)00094-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTelomere dysfunctionAged humansMajor cancersPathogenic significanceDysfunctionEpithelial carcinogenesisArray comparative genomic hybridizationComparative genomic hybridizationCancer hotspotsGenomic profilesNonreciprocal translocationsTumorsMiceCarcinogenesisGenomic hybridizationChromosomal instability
2001
Modeling chromosomal instability and epithelial carcinogenesis in the telomerase-deficient mouse
Chang S, Khoo C, DePinho R. Modeling chromosomal instability and epithelial carcinogenesis in the telomerase-deficient mouse. Seminars In Cancer Biology 2001, 11: 227-238. PMID: 11407947, DOI: 10.1006/scbi.2000.0374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex cytogenetic profileHuman carcinomasChromosomal structural aberrationsTelomerase-deficient miceEukaryotic chromosomesNucleoprotein complexesGenomic instabilitySpecies distinctionP53 mutant miceChromosomal instabilityTumor suppressor gene mutationsShort telomeresSuppressor gene mutationsMutant miceStructural aberrationsEpithelial carcinogenesisGene mutationsCytogenetic profileChromosomesTelomeresMiceMutationsRegulationHumansAneuploidy