2009
Dicer1 functions as a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor
Kumar MS, Pester RE, Chen CY, Lane K, Chin C, Lu J, Kirsch DG, Golub TR, Jacks T. Dicer1 functions as a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor. Genes & Development 2009, 23: 2700-2704. PMID: 19903759, PMCID: PMC2788328, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1848209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHaploinsufficient tumor suppressor geneTumor suppressor geneSuppressor geneDICER1 functionHaploinsufficient tumor suppressorCopy number dataMiRNA biogenesisMiRNA processingSingle copyGenetic basisDicer1 deletionTumor suppressorInhibition of tumorigenesisHuman cancersGenesFrequent deletionsDeletionDICER1DICER1 expressionHomozygous deletionHuman tumorsAllelesReduced survivalFull lossNumber data
2007
Impaired microRNA processing enhances cellular transformation and tumorigenesis
Kumar MS, Lu J, Mercer KL, Golub TR, Jacks T. Impaired microRNA processing enhances cellular transformation and tumorigenesis. Nature Genetics 2007, 39: 673-677. PMID: 17401365, DOI: 10.1038/ng2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget mRNA transcriptsShort hairpin RNAGlobal repressionCellular transformationMRNA transcriptsMiRNA processing machinerySmall noncoding RNAsMature miRNA expressionMiRNA lossMiRNA maturationMiRNA processingMicroRNA processingNoncoding RNAsUndifferentiated stateProcessing machineryMiRNA expressionHairpin RNAConditional deletionTumorigenesisMiRNA levelsCancer cellsTumor developmentRepressionTranscriptsRNA