2013
Molecular Pathways: Induction of Polyploidy as a Novel Differentiation Therapy for Leukemia
Krause DS, Crispino JD. Molecular Pathways: Induction of Polyploidy as a Novel Differentiation Therapy for Leukemia. Clinical Cancer Research 2013, 19: 6084-6088. PMID: 23963861, PMCID: PMC3836832, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-2604.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaAcute megakaryocytic leukemiaAcute promyelocytic leukemiaDifferentiation therapyForms of AMLSpecific hematologic malignanciesAbnormal hematopoietic cellsTrans retinoic acidPolyploidy inducersTumor burdenMyelodysplastic syndromeHematologic malignanciesEffective therapyInduction of polyploidizationMyeloid leukemiaClinical studiesPromyelocytic leukemiaMegakaryocytic leukemiaPrimary myelofibrosisTherapyLeukemiaDifferentiation of megakaryocytesRetinoic acidMalignancySuch agents
2012
Role of RhoA-Specific Guanine Exchange Factors in Regulation of Endomitosis in Megakaryocytes
Gao Y, Smith E, Ker E, Campbell P, Cheng EC, Zou S, Lin S, Wang L, Halene S, Krause DS. Role of RhoA-Specific Guanine Exchange Factors in Regulation of Endomitosis in Megakaryocytes. Developmental Cell 2012, 22: 573-584. PMID: 22387001, PMCID: PMC3306542, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.12.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGEF-H1Efficient platelet productionExchange factor GEF-H1Guanine exchange factorGEF-H1 knockdownDevelopment of aneuploidyGEF-H1 expressionMK polyploidizationExchange factorPloidy defectsAberrant mitosisDevelopmental processesExogenous expressionPolyploidizationRhoA activationEndomitotic cyclePrimary cellsUnknown mechanismMechanistic insightsECT2EndomitosisAneuploid cancersPlatelet productionMegakaryocytesDownregulation
2010
Discovery that polyploid cells can undergo mitosis
Gao Y, Krause D. Discovery that polyploid cells can undergo mitosis. Cell Cycle 2010, 9: 2491-2501. PMID: 20647753, DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.13.12325.Peer-Reviewed Original Research