Genetics and clinical characteristics of hereditary pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas

J Welander, P Söderkvist… - Endocrine-related cancer, 2011 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors
of the adrenal glands and the sympathetic and parasympathetic paraganglia. They can …

Updates on the genetics and the clinical impacts on phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma in the new era

S Pillai, V Gopalan, RA Smith, AKY Lam - Critical reviews in oncology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Genetic mutations of phaeochromocytoma (PCC) and paraganglioma (PGL) are mainly
classified into two major clusters. Cluster 1 mutations are involved with the pseudo hypoxic …

Exome sequencing identifies MAX mutations as a cause of hereditary pheochromocytoma

I Comino-Méndez, FJ Gracia-Aznárez, F Schiavi… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Hereditary pheochromocytoma (PCC) is often caused by germline mutations in one of nine
susceptibility genes described to date,,,, but there are familial cases without mutations in …

ERK2 stimulates MYC transcription by anchoring CDK9 to the MYC promoter in a kinase activity–independent manner

L Agudo-Ibáñez, M Morante, L García-Gutiérrez… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The transcription factor MYC regulates cell proliferation, transformation, and survival in
response to growth factor signaling that is mediated in part by the kinase activity of ERK2 …

Functional interactions among members of the MAX and MLX transcriptional network during oncogenesis

D Diolaiti, L McFerrin, PA Carroll… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2015 - Elsevier
The transcription factor MYC and its related family members MYCN and MYCL have been
implicated in the etiology of a wide spectrum of human cancers. Compared to other …

Reviewing once more the c-myc and Ras collaboration: converging at the cyclin D1-CDK4 complex and challenging basic concepts of cancer biology

C Wang, MP Lisanti, DJ Liao - Cell Cycle, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The c-myc is a proto-oncogene that manifests aberrant expression at high frequencies in
most types of human cancer. C-myc gene amplifications are often observed in various …

An update on the genetics of pheochromocytoma

D Karasek, U Shah, Z Frysak, C Stratakis… - Journal of human …, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract Pheochromocytomas (PHEOs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare
neuroendocrine tumors. About 30% or more of them are thought to be of inherited origin due …

Expression of CIP2A in renal cell carcinomas correlates with tumour invasion, metastasis and patients' survival

J Ren, W Li, L Yan, W Jiao, S Tian, D Li, Y Tang… - British journal of …, 2011 - nature.com
Background: Cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (CIP2A) drives cellular
transformation. The objective of this study was to detect the potential effects of CIP2A in …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular markers of paragangliomas/pheochromocytomas

SO Zhikrivetskaya, AV Snezhkina, AR Zaretsky… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Paragangliomas/pheochromocytomas comprise rare tumors that arise from the extra-
adrenal paraganglia, with an incidence of about 2 to 8 per million people each year …

[HTML][HTML] Synergistic signaling of KRAS and thyroid hormone receptor β mutants promotes undifferentiated thyroid cancer through MYC up-regulation

X Zhu, L Zhao, JW Park, MC Willingham, S Cheng - Neoplasia, 2014 - Elsevier
Undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma is one of the most aggressive human cancers with
frequent RAS mutations. How mutations of the RAS gene contribute to undifferentiated …