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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
121

Does Ras/MEK signaling stimulate the expression of thioredoxin reductase?

Ho, Ian-ian., 何欣欣. January 2007 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences
122

Molecular characterization of C-KIT proto-oncogene in Hong Kong leukemia patients: 'culprit or bystander'

Chui, Chung-hin., 徐宗憲. January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Pathology / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
123

Identifizierung potentieller Onkogene und therapeutischer Zielgene auf Chromosom 13q beim Kolonkarzinom / Identification of candidate oncogenes and potential therapeutical targets in colorectal cancer

Emons, Georg 05 February 2013 (has links)
Kolorektale Karzinome sind durch ein spezifisches Muster chromosomaler Aberrationen charakterisiert, die im Verlauf der Tumorprogression akkumulieren. Obwohl die meisten Tumoren Sequenzgewinne oder Amplifikationen von Chromosom 13q aufweisen, sind die Zielgene dieser Aberration nach wie vor unbekannt. Um potentielle Onkogene bzw. therapeutische Zielgene auf Chromosom 13q zu identifizieren, wurde eine hochauflösende Analyse dieser Region durchgeführt. Dazu wurden 25 primäre Kolonkarzinome (UICC-II/III) und 15 kolorektale Zelllinien mittels Array-CGH untersucht. Zusätzlich wurden die Genexpressionsprofile dieser Tumoren und Zelllinien mittels Whole-Genome-Mikroarrays bestimmt. 67 Gene wiesen sowohl eine vermehrte Kopie-Anzahl als auch ein erhöhtes Expressionsniveau auf. Die Expressionsmuster dieser Gene wurden dann in 25 Kolonkarzinom-Zelllinien mittels Real-Time-PCR validiert, wobei 44 der 67 Gene eine deutliche Überexpression auch in den Zelllinien zeigten. Das Ausschalten von 13 dieser 44 Gene in der Kolonkarzinom-Zelllinie SW480 führte zu einer Reduktion der Zellviabilität von 20-60%. Diese 13 Gene könnten somit potentielle Onkogene oder mögliche therapeutische Zielgene darstellen. In Folgeexperimenten versuchen wir daher, die der Viabilitätsreduktion zugrundeliegenden Signalwege zu entschlüsseln.
124

The effects of ectopic expression of TAL1 and LMO1 on lipoprotein lipase in NIH 3T3 cells

Haeri, Hosseini S. Mohammad. January 2003 (has links)
Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy in children. Several proto-oncogenes that encode nuclear proteins are activated by various chromosomal translocations in ALL including TALI, TAL2, and LMO1 and LMO2. Ectopic TALI expression is observed in about 50 % of T-ALL and is the most common genetic anomaly associated with this pathology. Of interest to the present work is the characterization of various multiprotein complexes and protein protein interactions that drive T-ALL progression (as it relates to TALI and LMO1) and over expression of TALI and LMO1 has been shown to have inhibitory effects on apoptosis. Recent data suggests possible interactions between these two oncoproteins and the protein product of the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene. Lipoprotein lipase has a complex pattern of regulation and can be regulated in different ways including down-regulation upon induction of TNF-a in 3T3-L1 cells. Thus, this study was undertaken to determine if LPL is expressed in cells over expressing TAL1 and LMO1. Results from this study demonstrated an increase in LPL expression at both transcriptional and translational level in cells engineered to express TAL1 alone and TAL1 and LMO1 together. This finding is a step forward to understanding mechanisms that result in apoptosis prevention in T-ALL. Therefore, the apoptosis preventive role seen in cells that over express TAL and LMO1 and the presence of LPL in the same cell line, theorizes an apoptosis preventive role for lipoprotein lipase as well. / Department of Physiology and Health Science
125

Studies on molecular mechanisms of transformation by human papillomavirus : the role of E6 and E5 oncogenes

Gu, Zhengming January 1996 (has links)
The ability of the HPV-18 E6 gene to impair p53-mediated transcriptional activity induced by DNA damaging agents was investigated. It is demonstrated that E6 can abolish DNA damage induced p53-mediated transcription and that a region from amino acid residue 113 to 117 of HPV-18 E6 protein was necessary for E6 to direct the degradation of p53. The biological importance of the E6/p53 interaction was then directly examined in HPV-16 containing cervical carcinoma derived cells by introducing the monomeric p53 mutant which is resistant to E6 mediated degradation. The two major observations made from this study were: (i) loss of p53 activity plays an important role in maintaining the malignant phenotype of these cells with respect to cell proliferation; (ii) the monomeric p53 mutant without its C-terminal regulatory region was biologically functional with respect to impairing cell proliferation in HPV-16 containing cervical carcinoma derived cells. Finally, it was revealed that the cellular MAP kinase signal transduction pathway was more active in cells expressing the HPV-16 E5 gene than in control cells or cells expressing E6 and E7. These observations help to define the mechanisms by which HPV oncogenes contribute to the development and maintenance of the neoplastic phenotype.
126

Identificación y análisis funcional de nuevos oncogenes amplificados en cáncer de pulmón

Castillo Díez, Sandra 09 November 2011 (has links)
El análisis de la expresión global y de número de copias de DNA en tumores primarios y líneas celulares de cáncer de pulmón reveló la presencia de amplificación génica en los cromosomas 11q12, 13q34 y 6p22. En los cromosomas 11q12 y 13q34 se identificaron ocho y tres genes sobre‐expresados, respectivamente; globalmente, la expresión de los transcritos del amplicón 13q34 era bastante superior a la del amplicón 11q12. Debido a su función biológica y a su relevancia en otros tipos de cáncer se seleccionaron los genes CTNND1 y TFDP1, en los cromosomas 11q12 y 13q34 respectivamente, para estudios posteriores. Estudiamos los niveles de expresión de CTNND1 y TFDP1 mediante inmunohistoquímica en tumores primarios de cáncer de pulmón no microcítico. El 1,4% y 2,7% de los tumores, todos de tipo escamoso, presentaron los niveles más altos de expresión de p120ctn y DP1 codificadas, por los genes CTNND1 y TFDP1 respectivamente. El 10% de los tumores tenían una localización citosólica aberrante de p120ctn. Por otra parte, el gen CTNND1 codifica diferentes isoformas de p120ctn por splicing alternativo. En general, los tumores están enriquecidos en la isoforma 3 de p120ctn. Se interfirió la expresión de DP1 mediante siRNA y se midió la proliferación celular mediante ensayos de MTT. Se observó que la inhibición de la expresión de DP1 reduce alrededor de un 50% la viabilidad de células con amplificación de TFDP1 mientras que no afecta a las células sin DP1 sobre‐expresado. El gen SOX4 fue el único sobre‐expresado respecto a tejido pulmonar normal en la línea celular con amplificación en 6p22. El 3,5% de las líneas celulares y el 6% de los tumores primarios tenían sobre‐expresión de SOX4. Se encontró que tanto SOX4 como SOX2 y SOX11 estaban sobre‐expresados específicamente en células de cáncer de pulmón microcítico. Dentro de los tumores de cáncer de pulmón no microcítico, SOX2 y SOX9 estaban sobre‐expresado en carcinomas escamosos respecto a adenocarcinomas y SOX4 presentaba un patrón contrario. El análisis de mutaciones de SOX4 en cáncer de pulmón reveló dos variantes germinales en tumores primarios de pulmón, una de ellas se trataba de un polimorfismo presente en la población española y una mutación somática que codifica para una proteína truncada. En las líneas celulares se encontraron dos variantes de cambio de aminoácido y una deleción en pauta. La capacidad de transactivación de SOX4 no cambió en las formas no truncadas respecto a la forma salvaje, mientras que la forma truncada estaba incapacitada para activar la transcripción. Mediante un ensayo de cooperación oncogénica con RHOA‐Q63L y HRAS‐G12V se observó que la expresión creciente de la forma salvaje y las formas no truncadas de SOX4 incrementaban significativamente la habilidad oncogénica de RHOA‐Q63L y no afectaba la capacidad transformante de HRAS‐G12V mientras que la forma truncada reducía el número de focos transformantes originados por HRAS‐G12V. Mediante la depleción de SOX4 se identificaron nuevos genes regulados directa o indirectamente por este factor de transcripción, muchos de ellos relacionados con el desarrollo neural. A su vez, estos genes se sobre‐expresaban tras la expresión ectópica de SOX4 en líneas celulares y en tumores primarios de pulmón con altos niveles de SOX4. Por otro lado, estos genes tenían una expresión reducida en fibroblastos embrionarios de ratones Sox4/. Finalmente, se demostró el reclutamiento de SOX4 en los promotores de los genes MYB, VASH2, TEAD2 y TUBB3 y en la región de control del cluster de PCDHBs. La firma de expresión génica de SOX4 resultó compartir muchas similitudes con la de cáncer de pulmón microcítico, de origen neuroendocrino, por lo que hay una alta implicación de SOX4 en el desarrollo de este tipo de cáncer. / The search for novel oncogenes is important because they could be the target of future specific anticancer therapies. To screen for amplicons, we aligned the gene expression data according to the position of transcripts and searched for clusters of over‐expressed genes. We confirmed the presence of two amplicons, at chromosomes 11q12 and 13q34. The p120ctn and DP1 proteins, encoded by two candidate oncogenes, CTNND1 and TFDP1, at 11q12 and 13q34 amplicons, respectively, showed very strong immunostaining in lung tumours with gene amplification. Depletion of TFDP1 expression by small interference RNA in a lung cancer cell line with TFDP1 amplification and protein over‐expression reduced cell viability by 50%. Then, we analyzed DNA copy number and mRNA expression levels in lung cancer cell lines and identified the 6p22.3 amplicon. The SOX4 gene was overexpressed in cells with amplification relative to normal cells. SOX4 expression was also stronger in a fraction of lung primary tumours and lung cancer cell lines. We also found variants of SOX4 in lung primary tumours and cancer cell lines, including a somatic mutation that introduced a premature stop codon. Overexpression of the wildtype and of the non‐truncated variants in NIH3T3 cells significantly increased the transforming ability of the weakly oncogenic RHOA‐Q63L. Ablating SOX4 expression in SOX4‐amplified lung cancer cells revealed a gene expression signature that included genes involved in neuronal development such as PCDHB, MYB, RBP1 and TEAD2. Interestingly, we found that small cell lung cancer was generally characterized by high levels of SOX2, SOX4 and SOX11 along with the SOX4‐specific gene expression signature identified. In conclusion, we report the identification of three novel amplicons, at 13q34, 11q12 and 6p22.3. TFDP1 is a candidate oncogene at 13q34. Within the 6p22 amplicon, SOX4 is overexpressed in lung cancer and we provide evidence of its oncogenic properties. We also identify a functional role for SOX genes and several SOX4 novel targets in SCLC.
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The biological effects of constitutively active mutants of the common [beta] subunit of the human IL-3, IL-5 and GM-CSF receptors / Matthew Paul McCormack.

McCormack, Matthew Paul January 1998 (has links)
Amendments to thesis in pocket on back cover. / Copy of author's previously published article in pocket on back cover. / Bibliography: leaves 124-172. / viii, 172, [101] leaves, [22] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Studies the biological effects and leukaemic potential of h[beta]c mutants using murine models. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Medicine, 1999?
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Identification of frequent gains of DNA copy number and characterization of potential novel oncogenes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Lin, Mau-Ting, January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-124).
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Studies of fusion oncogenes and genomic imbalances in human tumors /

Persson, Fredrik, January 2007 (has links)
Diss. (sammanfattning) Göteborg : Univ. , 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.
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E2F3a functions as an oncogene and induces DNA damage response pathway mediated apoptosis

Paulson, Qiwei Xia, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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