2018
Cutaneous immunohistochemical staining pattern of p53β isoforms
Ko CJ, Myung P, Leffell DJ, Bourdon JC. Cutaneous immunohistochemical staining pattern of p53β isoforms. Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2018, 71: 1120. PMID: 30305316, DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSquamous tumorsMarkers of differentiationSquamous proliferationIsoforms of p53Mutational statusHair folliclesP53 pathwayDomain mutationsExact biological significanceP53Differentiated layersSkinP53 isoformsSuch mutationsIsoformsDifferent isoformsNumerous functionsTumorsCancerMutationsFolliclesBiological significance
1996
The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas
Gailani M, Ståhle-Bäckdahl M, Leffell D, Glyn M, Zaphiropoulos P, Undén A, Dean M, Brash D, Bale A, Toftgård R. The role of the human homologue of Drosophila patched in sporadic basal cell carcinomas. Nature Genetics 1996, 14: 78-81. PMID: 8782823, DOI: 10.1038/ng0996-78.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSporadic basal cell carcinomasSingle-strand conformational polymorphismTumor suppressorDrosophila segment polarity geneSegment polarity genesHedgehog target genesPolarity genesDrosophila mutantsStrong homologyHuman homologueTarget genesMutational inactivationMutant transcriptsStrand conformational polymorphismNorthern blotSSCP variantsGenesNegative feedback mechanismSitu hybridizationConformational polymorphismNevoid basal cell carcinoma syndromeSuppressorAllelic lossInactivationMutations
1993
Mutation hotspots due to sunlight in the p53 gene of nonmelanoma skin cancers.
Ziegler A, Leffell DJ, Kunala S, Sharma HW, Gailani M, Simon JA, Halperin AJ, Baden HP, Shapiro PE, Bale AE. Mutation hotspots due to sunlight in the p53 gene of nonmelanoma skin cancers. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1993, 90: 4216-4220. PMID: 8483937, PMCID: PMC46477, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.9.4216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaSkin cancerPercent of tumorsSquamous cell carcinomaNonmelanoma skin cancerP53 tumor suppressor geneDipyrimidine sitesBCC developmentMutation hotspotsCancerTumor suppressor geneP53 genePoint mutationsAllelic lossCarcinomaTwo-thirdsSuppressor geneGenetic eventsSkinP53Such mutationsMutationsCarcinogenic mutationsTumors