The tumor suppressor CIC directly regulates MAPK pathway genes via histone deacetylation

S Weissmann, PA Cloos, S Sidoli, ON Jensen… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Oligodendrogliomas are brain tumors accounting for approximately 10% of all central
nervous system cancers. CIC is a transcription factor that is mutated in most patients with …

Cic Loss Promotes Gliomagenesis via Aberrant Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Differentiation

R Yang, LH Chen, LJ Hansen, AB Carpenter, CJ Moure… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Inactivating mutations in the transcriptional repression factor Capicua (CIC) occur in
approximately 50% of human oligodendrogliomas, but mechanistic links to pathogenesis …

[HTML][HTML] CIC protein instability contributes to tumorigenesis in glioblastoma

S Bunda, P Heir, J Metcalf, ASC Li, S Agnihotri… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Capicua (CIC) is a transcriptional repressor that counteracts activation of genes downstream
of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)/Ras/ERK signaling. It is well-established that …

[HTML][HTML] Capicua regulates neural stem cell proliferation and lineage specification through control of Ets factors

ST Ahmad, AD Rogers, MJ Chen, R Dixit… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Capicua (Cic) is a transcriptional repressor mutated in the brain cancer oligodendroglioma.
Despite its cancer link, little is known of Cic's function in the brain. We show that nuclear Cic …

Making heads or tails – the emergence of capicua (CIC) as an important multifunctional tumour suppressor

D Wong, S Yip - The Journal of pathology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Capicua, encoded by the gene CIC, is an evolutionarily conserved high‐mobility group‐box
transcription factor downstream of the receptor tyrosine kinase and mitogen‐activated …

[HTML][HTML] CIC is a critical regulator of neuronal differentiation

I Hwang, H Pan, J Yao, O Elemento, H Zheng, J Paik - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Capicua (CIC), a member of the high mobility group–box (HMG-box) superfamily of
transcriptional repressors, is frequently mutated in human oligodendrogliomas. However, its …

[HTML][HTML] Capicua (CIC) mutations in gliomas in association with MAPK activation for exposing a potential therapeutic target

S Darabi, J Xiu, T Samec, S Kesari, J Carrillo… - Medical Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Gliomas are the most prevalent neurological cancer in the USA and care modalities are not
able to effectively combat these aggressive malignancies. Identifying new, more effective …

Constitutive CHK1 expression drives a pSTAT3–CIP2A circuit that promotes glioblastoma cell survival and growth

A Khanna, JAI Thoms, BW Stringer, SA Chung… - Molecular Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
High-constitutive activity of the DNA damage response protein checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1)
has been shown in glioblastoma (GBM) cell lines and in tissue sections. However, whether …

RAS–MAPK pathway-driven tumor progression is associated with loss of CIC and other genomic aberrations in neuroblastoma

TF Eleveld, L Schild, J Koster, DA Zwijnenburg… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Mutations affecting the RAS–MAPK pathway frequently occur in relapsed neuroblastoma
tumors, which suggests that activation of this pathway is associated with a more aggressive …

Comparative transcriptome analysis of isogenic cell line models and primary cancers links capicua (CIC) loss to activation of the MAPK signalling cascade

VG LeBlanc, M Firme, J Song, SY Chan… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
CIC encodes a transcriptional repressor, capicua (CIC), whose disrupted activity appears to
be involved in several cancer types, including type I low‐grade gliomas (LGGs) and stomach …