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A dynamical model of the spindle position checkpoint [PDF]

Molecular Systems Biology, 2012
The orientation of the mitotic spindle with respect to the polarity axis is crucial for the accuracy of asymmetric cell division. In budding yeast, a surveillance mechanism called the spindle position checkpoint (SPOC) prevents exit from mitosis when the mitotic spindle fails to align along the mother-to-daughter polarity axis.
Gislene Pereira, Ayse Koca Caydasi, Gerd Grünert, Maiko Lohel, Bashar Ibrahim, Peter Dittrich   +5 more
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Dynein Light Intermediate Chain 2 Facilitates the Metaphase to Anaphase Transition by Inactivating the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The multi-functional molecular motor cytoplasmic dynein performs diverse essential roles during mitosis. The mechanistic importance of the dynein Light Intermediate Chain homologs, LIC1 and LIC2 is unappreciated, especially in the context of mitosis ...
Sagar P Mahale, Amit Sharma, Sivaram V S Mylavarapu   +2 more
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Cystatin A promotes the antitumor activity of T helper type 1 cells and dendritic cells in murine models of pancreatic cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a disease with very poor prognosis due to therapeutic limitations. We investigated the antitumor effects of cystatin A (CSTA) in PDAC murine models. We are first to confirm that CSTA enhances T helper type 1‐mediated antitumor effects through promotion of dendritic cells and M1 macrophage activity. CSTA can be
Alessandro Nasti, Shingo Inagaki, Tuyen Thuy Bich Ho, Akihiro Seki, Keiko Yoshida, Kosuke Satomura, Yoshio Sakai, Shuichi Kaneko, Taro Yamashita   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The equatorial position of the metaphase plate ensures symmetric cell divisions

eLife, 2015
Chromosome alignment in the middle of the bipolar spindle is a hallmark of metazoan cell divisions. When we offset the metaphase plate position by creating an asymmetric centriole distribution on each pole, we find that metaphase plates relocate to the ...
Chia Huei Tan, Ivana Gasic, Sabina P Huber-Reggi, Damian Dudka, Marin Barisic, Helder Maiato, Patrick Meraldi   +6 more
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Expression and function analysis of mitotic checkpoint genes identifies TTK as a potential therapeutic target for human hepatocellular carcinoma. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The mitotic spindle checkpoint (SAC) genes have been considered targets of anticancer therapies. Here, we sought to identify the attractive mitotic spindle checkpoint genes appropriate for human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) therapies.
Xiao-Dong Liang, Yue-Chu Dai, Zhao-Yun Li, Mei-Fu Gan, Shi-Rong Zhang, Yin-Pan, Hong-Sheng Lu, Xue-Quan Cao, Bei-jia Zheng, Ling-Fen Bao, Dan-Dan Wang, Li-Ming Zhang, Sheng-Lin Ma   +12 more
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Long-Range Repulsion Between Chromosomes in Mammalian Oocyte Spindles [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
During eukaryotic cell division, a microtubule-based structure called the spindle exerts forces on chromosomes, thereby organizing and segregating them Extensive work demonstrates that the forces acting parallel to the spindle axis, including those responsible for separating sister chromatids, are generated by microtubule polymerization and ...
arxiv  

Adverse prognosis gene expression patterns in metastatic castration‐resistant prostate cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We aggregated a cohort of 1012 mCRPC tissue samples from 769 patients and investigated the association of gene expression‐based pathways with clinical outcomes. Loss of AR signaling, high proliferation, and a glycolytic phenotype were independently prognostic for poor outcomes, and an adverse transcriptional feature score incorporating these pathways ...
Marina N. Sharifi, Eric Feng, Nicholas R. Rydzewski, Amy K. Taylor, Jamie M. Sperger, Yue Shi, Kyle T. Helzer, Matthew L. Bootsma, Viridiana Carreno, Alex H. Chang, Luke A. Nunamaker, Grace C. Blitzer, Tianfu Andy Shang, Aishwarya Subramanian, Anders Bjartell, Andreas Josefsson, Pernilla Wikström, Emily Feng, Manish Kohli, Rendong Yang, Scott M. Dehm, Eric J. Small, Rahul Aggarwal, David A. Quigley, Joshua M. Lang, Shuang G. Zhao, Martin Sjöström   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling malignant progression with a finite state machine supports a two checkpoint theory of cancer [PDF]

BioDiscovery, 2012
We postulate the two checkpoints theory of cancer, a model of cancer development suggesting that malignant transformation of cells requires loss of function of both the G1 checkpoint and the mitotic spindle checkpoint.
Robert C. Jackson
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Multidimensional OMICs reveal ARID1A orchestrated control of DNA damage, splicing, and cell cycle in normal‐like and malignant urothelial cells

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of the frequently mutated chromatin remodeler ARID1A, a subunit of the SWI/SNF cBAF complex, results in less open chromatin, alternative splicing, and the failure to stop cells from progressing through the cell cycle after DNA damage in bladder (cancer) cells. Created in BioRender. Epigenetic regulators, such as the SWI/SNF complex, with important
Rebecca M. Schlösser, Florian Krumbach, Eyleen Corrales, Geoffroy Andrieux, Christian Preisinger, Franziska Liss, Alexandra Golzmann, Melanie Boerries, Kerstin Becker, Ruth Knüchel, Stefan Garczyk, Bernhard Lüscher   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

MASTL promotes cyclin B1 destruction by enforcing Cdc20-independent binding of cyclin B1 to the APC/C

Biology Open, 2015
When cells enter mitosis, the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is activated by phosphorylation and binding of Cdc20. The RXXL destruction box (D-box) of cyclin B1 only binds Cdc20 after release of the spindle checkpoint in metaphase ...
Erik Voets, Rob Wolthuis
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