Wnt signaling in cancer

T Zhan, N Rindtorff, M Boutros - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Wnt signaling is one of the key cascades regulating development and stemness, and has
also been tightly associated with cancer. The role of Wnt signaling in carcinogenesis has …

The role of aneuploidy in cancer evolution

L Sansregret, C Swanton - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Chromosomal aberrations during cell division represent one of the first recognized features
of human cancer cells, and modern detection methods have revealed the pervasiveness of …

The ins and outs of Aurora B inner centromere localization

S Hindriksen, SMA Lens, MA Hadders - Frontiers in cell and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Error-free chromosome segregation is essential for the maintenance of genomic integrity
during cell division. Aurora B, the enzymatic subunit of the Chromosomal Passenger …

Role of chromosomal instability in cancer progression

SE McClelland - Endocrine-related cancer, 2017 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Cancer cells often display chromosomal instability (CIN), a defect that involves loss or
rearrangement of the cell's genetic material–chromosomes–during cell division. This …

Evolving therapeutic strategies to exploit chromosome instability in cancer

LL Thompson, LMP Jeusset, CC Lepage, KJ McManus - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a devastating disease that claims over 8 million lives each year. Understanding
the molecular etiology of the disease is critical to identify and develop new therapeutic …

Mitotic DNA damage response: at the crossroads of structural and numerical cancer chromosome instabilities

SF Bakhoum, L Kabeche, DA Compton, SN Powell… - Trends in cancer, 2017 - cell.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) prevent cells from entering mitosis allowing cells to repair
their genomic damage. Little is known about the response to DSBs once cells have already …

Aneuploidy in cancer: Seq-ing answers to old questions

KA Knouse, T Davoli, SJ Elledge… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Aneuploidy, the state of having gained or lost chromosomes, is a hallmark of cancer.
Approximately 90% of tumors have gained or lost at least one chromosome. In spite of …

[HTML][HTML] Asymmetric centriole numbers at spindle poles cause chromosome missegregation in cancer

MR Cosenza, A Cazzola, A Rossberg, NL Schieber… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Chromosomal instability is a hallmark of cancer and correlates with the presence of extra
centrosomes, which originate from centriole overduplication. Overduplicated centrioles lead …

The elephant in the room: The role of microtubules in cancer

L Cirillo, M Gotta, P Meraldi - Cell Division Machinery and Disease, 2017 - Springer
Microtubules are the backbone of all eukaryotic cells cytoskeleton. Their dynamic behaviour
constitutes the basis for many biological processes such as cellular motility, cytoplasmic …

Aurora A, MCAK, and Kif18b promote Eg5-independent spindle formation

RGHP van Heesbeen, JA Raaijmakers… - Chromosoma, 2017 - Springer
Inhibition of the microtubule (MT) motor protein Eg5 results in a mitotic arrest due to the
formation of monopolar spindles, making Eg5 an attractive target for anti-cancer therapies …