2003
Frequent alterations of Smad signaling in human head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: a tissue microarray analysis.
Xie W, Bharathy S, Kim D, Haffty BG, Rimm DL, Reiss M. Frequent alterations of Smad signaling in human head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: a tissue microarray analysis. Oncology Research Featuring Preclinical And Clinical Cancer Therapeutics 2003, 14: 61-73. PMID: 14649540, DOI: 10.3727/000000003108748612.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaCell carcinomaHNSCC specimensTGF-beta type II receptorTGF-beta/Smad signalingTissue microarray analysisTGF-beta/SmadProgression of HNSCCCell linesType II receptorHuman SCC linesDistant recurrenceTGF-beta signalingFrequent cancerCell cycle arrestPatient outcomesMetastatic spreadTissue microarrayHNSCCII receptorsSmall seriesEvidence of lossSCC linesActivation of Smad
2001
Novel inactivating mutations of transforming growth factor‐β type I receptor gene in head‐and‐neck cancer metastases
Chen T, Yan W, Wells R, Rimm D, McNiff J, Leffell D, Reiss M. Novel inactivating mutations of transforming growth factor‐β type I receptor gene in head‐and‐neck cancer metastases. International Journal Of Cancer 2001, 93: 653-661. PMID: 11477574, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivin Receptors, Type IAmino Acid SequenceDisease ProgressionEndoplasmic ReticulumFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMaleMolecular Sequence DataMutationNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNeoplasms, Unknown PrimaryProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor betaConceptsT beta RNeck cancer metastasisTGF-beta signalingCancer metastasisBeta RTGF betaBeta signalingLate-stage diseaseHuman epithelial neoplasmsCorresponding primary tumorsBreast cancer metastasisFine needle aspiratesTGF-beta type I receptorNovel inactivating mutationsBeta type I receptorType I receptorStage diseaseCarcinoma cell linesPrimary tumorCell cycle arrestEpithelial neoplasmsCodon 387MetastasisI receptorHuman tumors