1991
Induction of different morphologic features of malignant melanoma and pigmented lesions after transformation of murine melanocytes with bFGF-cDNA and H-ras, myc, neu, and E1a oncogenes.
Ramon y Cajal S, Suster S, Halaban R, Filvaroff E, Dotto G. Induction of different morphologic features of malignant melanoma and pigmented lesions after transformation of murine melanocytes with bFGF-cDNA and H-ras, myc, neu, and E1a oncogenes. American Journal Of Pathology 1991, 138: 349-58. PMID: 1992762, PMCID: PMC1886204.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalignant tumorsMorphologic featuresDifferent morphologic featuresMalignant melanomaBenign lesionsNude miceSyngenic miceSame tumorMelanocytic lesionsSmall round cellsBasic fibroblast growth factorH-RasFibroblast growth factorBenign melanocytic lesionsHistologic typeHistologic featuresSubcutaneous injectionBiologic behaviorSpindle cellsPossible molecular mechanismsEpithelioid cellsIntradermal nevusHuman melanomaLesionsDifferent tumors
1989
Transformation of murine melanocytes by basic fibroblast growth factor cDNA and oncogenes and selective suppression of the transformed phenotype in a reconstituted cutaneous environment.
Dotto G, Moellmann G, Ghosh S, Edwards M, Halaban R. Transformation of murine melanocytes by basic fibroblast growth factor cDNA and oncogenes and selective suppression of the transformed phenotype in a reconstituted cutaneous environment. Journal Of Cell Biology 1989, 109: 3115-3128. PMID: 2556408, PMCID: PMC2115972, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.109.6.3115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasic fibroblast growth factorMurine melanocytesTransformation of melanocytesNormal murine melanocytesMetastatic melanoma cellsSynthesis of melaninMelanotic phenotypeConstitutive expressionFibroblast growth factorOncogene MYCRespective transformantsTransformantsFactor cDNAFormation of tumorsReconstitution experimentsDifferentiated functionsRecombinant retrovirusExogenous basic fibroblast growth factorOncogeneAutonomous growthExpression of bFGFCDNAConstitutive productionNude miceMelanocytes
1985
Primary Melanoma Cells of the Vertical Growth Phase: Similarities to Metastatic Cells2
Herlyn M, Balaban G, Bennicelli J, Guerry D, Halaban R, Herlyn D, Elder D, Maul G, Steplewski Z, Nowell P, Clark W, Koprowski H. Primary Melanoma Cells of the Vertical Growth Phase: Similarities to Metastatic Cells2. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 1985, 74: 283-289. PMID: 3856042, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/74.2.283.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVertical growth phaseMetastatic melanoma cellsMelanoma cellsMetastatic lesionsPrimary melanomaMetastatic cellsMelanoma-associated antigensMixed hemadsorption assaysPrimary melanoma cellsLong-term cultured cellsMetastatic melanoma cell linesGrowth phaseMelanoma cell linesRadial growth phaseMalignant melanomaNude micePopulation-doubling timeNonrandom abnormalitiesFlow cytometryHemadsorption assaysMonoclonal antibodiesMelanomaPatientsCell linesLesions