2016
BMI-1 Targeting Interferes with Patient-Derived Tumor-Initiating Cell Survival and Tumor Growth in Prostate Cancer
Bansal N, Bartucci M, Yusuff S, Davis S, Flaherty K, Huselid E, Patrizii M, Jones D, Cao L, Sydorenko N, Moon Y, Zhong H, Medina D, Kerrigan J, Stein M, Kim I, Davis T, DiPaola R, Bertino J, Sabaawy H. BMI-1 Targeting Interferes with Patient-Derived Tumor-Initiating Cell Survival and Tumor Growth in Prostate Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2016, 22: 6176-6191. PMID: 27307599, PMCID: PMC5159329, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-3107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor-initiating cellsProstate tumor-initiating cellsBmi-1Androgen receptor-directed therapyIntrinsic therapy resistanceReceptor-directed therapyProstate cancer managementProstate cancer treatmentMore effective therapiesBmi-1 expressionProstate cancer cellsStem cell-like traitsSelf-renewing tumor-initiating cellsCell-like traitsPatient-derived cellsEffective therapyTumor relapseCancer managementXenograft modelTherapy resistancePharmacologic inhibitionBmi-1 functionTherapyNormal tissuesCancer treatment
2014
DHCR24 is an Independent Predictor of Progression in Patients with Non-Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma, and Its Functional Role is Involved in the Aggressive Properties of Urothelial Carcinoma Cells
Lee G, Ha Y, Jung Y, Moon S, Kang H, Lee O, Joung J, Choi Y, Yun S, Kim W, Kim I. DHCR24 is an Independent Predictor of Progression in Patients with Non-Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Carcinoma, and Its Functional Role is Involved in the Aggressive Properties of Urothelial Carcinoma Cells. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2014, 21: 538-545. PMID: 24562935, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-3560-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAndrostenesCarcinomaCell AdhesionCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDisease ProgressionDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGene ExpressionGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm InvasivenessNerve Tissue ProteinsOxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group DonorsRNA, MessengerUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsYoung AdultConceptsUrothelial carcinoma cellsMRNA expression levelsIndependent predictorsUrothelial carcinomaImmunohistochemical stainingNon-muscle invasive urothelial carcinomaMultivariate Cox regression analysisCarcinoma cellsHuman UC cellsCox regression analysisKaplan-Meier estimatesInvasive urothelial carcinomaAggressive propertiesHuman urothelial carcinoma cellsExpression levelsProgression-related genesDHCR24 expressionExpression groupFunctional roleClinical relevanceGene signaturePatientsUC cellsProgressionHigh grade