MYC: a multipurpose oncogene with prognostic and therapeutic implications in blood malignancies

SE Ahmadi, S Rahimi, B Zarandi, R Chegeni… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
MYC oncogene is a transcription factor with a wide array of functions affecting cellular
activities such as cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and hematopoiesis. Due to …

DNA damage response genes and the development of cancer metastasis

CG Broustas, HB Lieberman - Radiation research, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
DNA damage response genes play vital roles in the maintenance of a healthy genome.
Defects in cell cycle checkpoint and DNA repair genes, especially mutation or aberrant …

Direct regulation of TWIST by HIF-1α promotes metastasis

MH Yang, MZ Wu, SH Chiou, PM Chen, SY Chang… - Nature cell …, 2008 - nature.com
Stabilization of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) transcription complex, caused by
intratumoural hypoxia, promotes tumour progression and metastasis, leading to treatment …

MYC in oncogenesis and as a target for cancer therapies

A Albihn, JI Johnsen, MA Henriksson - Advances in cancer research, 2010 - Elsevier
Abstract MYC proteins (c-MYC, MYCN, and MYCL) regulate processes involved in many if
not all aspects of cell fate. Therefore, it is not surprising that the MYC genes are deregulated …

L1CAM regulates DNA damage checkpoint response of glioblastoma stem cells through NBS1

L Cheng, Q Wu, Z Huang, OA Guryanova… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
Glioblastomas (GBMs) are highly lethal brain tumours with current therapies limited to
palliation due to therapeutic resistance. We previously demonstrated that GBM stem cells …

c-MYC-induced genomic instability

A Kuzyk, S Mai - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2014 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
MYC dysregulation initiates a dynamic process of genomic instability that is linked to tumor
initiation. Early studies using MYC-carrying retroviruses showed that these viruses were …

FOXM1 targets NBS1 to regulate DNA damage-induced senescence and epirubicin resistance

P Khongkow, U Karunarathna, M Khongkow, C Gong… - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
FOXM1 is implicated in genotoxic drug resistance but its mechanism of action remains
elusive. We show here that FOXM1-depletion can sensitize breast cancer cells and mouse …

Overexpression of NBS1 induces epithelial–mesenchymal transition and co-expression of NBS1 and Snail predicts metastasis of head and neck cancer

MH Yang, SY Chang, SH Chiou, CJ Liu, CW Chi… - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
Major causes of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)-related deaths are
cervical node and distant metastasis. We previously demonstrated that overexpression of …

c-Myc induces chromosomal rearrangements through telomere and chromosome remodeling in the interphase nucleus

SF Louis, BJ Vermolen, Y Garini… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
In previous work, we showed that telomeres of normal cells are organized within the 3D
space of the interphase nucleus in a nonoverlapping and cell cycle-dependent manner. This …

Interaction between HSP60 and β-catenin promotes metastasis

YP Tsai, MH Yang, CH Huang, SY Chang… - …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) plays an essential role in assisting many newly
synthesized proteins to reach their native forms. Increased HSP60 expression is observed in …