2011
The RAG2 C terminus suppresses genomic instability and lymphomagenesis
Deriano L, Chaumeil J, Coussens M, Multani A, Chou Y, Alekseyenko AV, Chang S, Skok JA, Roth DB. The RAG2 C terminus suppresses genomic instability and lymphomagenesis. Nature 2011, 471: 119-123. PMID: 21368836, PMCID: PMC3174233, DOI: 10.1038/nature09755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsChromosome DeletionChromosomes, MammalianDisease ProgressionDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Rearrangement, T-LymphocyteGenes, Immunoglobulin Heavy ChainGenes, p53Genomic InstabilityIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphomaMiceProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellRecombination, GeneticThymus GlandTranslocation, GeneticTumor Suppressor ProteinsConceptsRAG2 C terminusGenomic instabilityC-terminusTCRα/δDNA double-strand breaksT-cell receptor lociDouble-strand breaksGenomic stabilityComplex chromosomal translocationReceptor locusChromosomal translocationsSimilar defectsLymphomagenesisThymic lymphomasTerminusLociRecombinaseTailRAG2TranslocationDeletionRecombinationRoleLymphoid malignanciesMice
2005
Trp53R172H and KrasG12D cooperate to promote chromosomal instability and widely metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in mice
Hingorani SR, Wang L, Multani AS, Combs C, Deramaudt TB, Hruban RH, Rustgi AK, Chang S, Tuveson DA. Trp53R172H and KrasG12D cooperate to promote chromosomal instability and widely metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in mice. Cancer Cell 2005, 7: 469-483. PMID: 15894267, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2005.04.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCadherinsCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCentrosomeChromosomal InstabilityChromosome AberrationsCytogenetic AnalysisDisease ProgressionGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationGene RearrangementGenes, Tumor SuppressorHomeodomain ProteinsIntegrasesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsMice, Mutant StrainsMice, TransgenicMutation, MissenseNeoplasm MetastasisOncogene Proteins v-erbBProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Ras ProteinsSurvival AnalysisTelomereTrans-ActivatorsTranslocation, GeneticTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaTumor suppressor gene pathwaysDistinct genetic pathwaysGenetic requirementsGenetic pathwaysGenomic instabilityGene pathwaysChromosomal instabilityEndogenous expressionHuman diseasesNonreciprocal translocationsDuctal adenocarcinomaMetastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaHuman carcinomasDisease pathogenesisMouse pancreasDifferent biological behaviorPathwayMetastatic carcinomaPrimary carcinomaTreatment strategiesCarcinomaBiological behaviorDevelopment of detectionTranslocation
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 complexesThe nonhomologous end-joining pathway of DNA repair is required for genomic stability and the suppression of translocations
Ferguson D, Sekiguchi J, Chang S, Frank K, Gao Y, DePinho R, Alt F. The nonhomologous end-joining pathway of DNA repair is required for genomic stability and the suppression of translocations. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 6630-6633. PMID: 10823907, PMCID: PMC18682, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.110152897.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse embryonic fibroblastsEnd-joining pathwayGenomic stabilityNonreciprocal translocationsNonhomologous DNA end-joining pathwayExogenous DNA damaging agentsNonhomologous end-joining pathwayCell cycle checkpoint proteinsDNA-dependent proteinDramatic genomic instabilityDNA ligase IVAlternative repair pathwaysDNA damaging agentsMammalian genomesGenome instabilityLigase IVNonhomologous DNADNA repairGenomic instabilityRepair pathwaysChromosomal fragmentationEmbryonic fibroblastsCheckpoint proteinsDamaging agentsSuppression of translocation