2008
Preneoplastic lesion growth driven by the death of adjacent normal stem cells
Chao DL, Eck JT, Brash DE, Maley CC, Luebeck EG. Preneoplastic lesion growth driven by the death of adjacent normal stem cells. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 15034-15039. PMID: 18815380, PMCID: PMC2567488, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802211105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal stem cellsStem cellsClonal expansionCell replicationMutant cellsNormal cell replicationMutant clonesProliferative advantageDorsal epidermisCell mutationTissue architectureClonesClone growthBiological observationsCell killingApoptosis rateReplicationMutationsGrowth rateCellsGrowthNormal territoriesApoptosisExponential growth modelImportant step
2005
Colonization of adjacent stem cell compartments by mutant keratinocytes
Brash DE, Zhang W, Grossman D, Takeuchi S. Colonization of adjacent stem cell compartments by mutant keratinocytes. Seminars In Cancer Biology 2005, 15: 97-102. PMID: 15652454, DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2004.08.006.ChaptersConceptsStem cell compartmentMutant stem cellsCell compartmentStem cellsDNA-damaged cellsNon-mutational mechanismsMutant cellsAdditional genesClonal expansionSelection pressureP53 mutant cellsUVB-induced apoptosisMutant keratinocytesCancer developmentCompartmentsCellsAbsence of escapeKeratinocyte clonesAdditional territoryClinical phenotypeAdjacent compartmentsGenesMechanismClonesPhenotype