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Advances in Brief

• Advances in Brief

  Inhibition of Histone Deacetylase Activity by Trichostatin A Modulates Gene Expression during Mouse Embryogenesis without Apparent Toxicity

  Clara Nervi, Ugo Borello, Francesco Fazi, Viviana Buffa, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci and Giulio Cossu

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1247-1249;

  
  
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  The ZNF217 Gene Amplified in Breast Cancers Promotes Immortalization of Human Mammary Epithelial Cells

  Genevieve H. Nonet, Martha R. Stampfer, Koei Chin, Joe W. Gray, Colin C. Collins and Paul Yaswen

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1250-1254;

  
  
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  The Effects of Angiopoietin-1 and -2 on Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis in Human Colon Cancer

  Syed A. Ahmad, Wenbiao Liu, Young D. Jung, Fan Fan, Michael Wilson, Niels Reinmuth, Raymond M. Shaheen, Corazon D. Bucana and Lee M. Ellis

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1255-1259;

  
  
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  Apoptosis Induction by the Photosensitizer Verteporfin: Identification of Mitochondrial Adenine Nucleotide Translocator as a Critical Target

  Anne-Sophie Belzacq, Etienne Jacotot, Helena L. A. Vieira, Dominique Mistro, David J. Granville, Zhihua Xie, John C. Reed, Guido Kroemer and Catherine Brenner

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1260-1264;

  
  
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  The Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 3 (FGFR3) Mutation Is a Strong Indicator of Superficial Bladder Cancer with Low Recurrence Rate

  Bas W. G. van Rhijn, Irene Lurkin, François Radvanyi, Wim J. Kirkels, Theodorus H. van der Kwast and Ellen C. Zwarthoff

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1265-1268;

  
  
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  Age-associated Risk of Cancer among Individuals with N-Acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) Mutations and Mutations in DNA Mismatch Repair Genes

  Marsha L. Frazier, Frederick T. O’Donnell, Shouming Kong, Xiangjun Gu, Imelda Campos, Rajyalakshmi Luthra, Patrick M. Lynch and Christopher I. Amos

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1269-1271;

  
  
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  Hydroxamate-Type Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitor Batimastat Promotes Liver Metastasis

  Achim Krüger, Rita Soeltl, Igor Sopov, Charlotte Kopitz, Matthias Arlt, Viktor Magdolen, Nadia Harbeck, Bernd Gänsbacher and Manfred Schmitt

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1272-1275;

  
  
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  Coexpression of the Partial Androgen Receptor Enhances the Efficacy of Prostate-specific Antigen Promoter-driven Suicide Gene Therapy for Prostate Cancer Cells at Low Testosterone Concentrations

  Satoshi Suzuki, Takushi Tadakuma, Tomohiko Asano and Masamichi Hayakawa

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1276-1279;

  
  
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  CEP1612, a Dipeptidyl Proteasome Inhibitor, Induces p21^WAF1 and p27^KIP1 Expression and Apoptosis and Inhibits the Growth of the Human Lung Adenocarcinoma A-549 in Nude Mice

  Jiazhi Sun, Sangkil Nam, Chang-Sun Lee, Benyi Li, Domenico Coppola, Andrew D. Hamilton, Q. Ping Dou and Saïd M. Sebti

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1280-1284;

  
  
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  Cytokine Gene Expression in Neoplastic B Cells from Human Mantle Cell, Follicular, and Marginal Zone Lymphomas and in Their Postulated Normal Counterparts

  Irma Airoldi, Roberta Guglielmino, Fabio Ghiotto, Anna Corcione, Paola Facchetti, Mauro Truini and Vito Pistoia

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1285-1290;

  
  
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  Ovarian Epithelial Cell Lineage-specific Gene Expression Using the Promoter of a Retrovirus-like Element

  Muthu Selvakumaran, Rudi Bao, Anne P. G. Crijns, Denise C. Connolly, Jillian K. Weinstein and Thomas C. Hamilton

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1291-1295;

  
  
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  Invasiveness of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Is Influenced by Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 Gene Polymorphism

  Shu Ye, Sahar Dhillon, Steven J. Turner, Adrian C. Bateman, Jeffrey M. Theaker, Ruth M. Pickering, Ian Day and W. Martin Howell

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1296-1298;

  
  
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  Detection of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Pancreatic Cancer Offers a “Mass”-ive Advantage over Detection of Nuclear DNA Mutations

  Jessa B. Jones, Jason J. Song, Paula M. Hempen, Giovanni Parmigiani, Ralph H. Hruban and Scott E. Kern

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1299-1304;

  
  
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  Epistatic Interactions between Skin Tumor Modifier Loci in Interspecific (spretus/musculus) Backcross Mice

  Hiroki Nagase, Jian-Hua Mao, John P. de Koning, Tomoe Minami and Allan Balmain

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1305-1308;

  
  
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  Chromosomal Alterations in Lung Adenocarcinoma from Smokers and Nonsmokers

  Montserrat Sanchez-Cespedes, Steven A. Ahrendt, Steven Piantadosi, Rafael Rosell, Maria Monzo, Li Wu, William H. Westra, Steven C. Yang, Jin Jen and David Sidransky

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1309-1313;

  
  
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  Resistance to Tumor Necrosis Factor-related Apoptosis-inducing Ligand-induced Apoptosis in Neuroblastoma Cells Correlates with a Loss of Caspase-8 Expression

  Angelika Eggert, Michael A. Grotzer, Tycho J. Zuzak, Barbara R. Wiewrodt, Ruth Ho, Naohiko Ikegaki and Garrett M. Brodeur

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1314-1319;

  
  
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  Breast Stroma Plays a Dominant Regulatory Role in Breast Epithelial Growth and Differentiation: Implications for Tumor Development and Progression

  Malathy P. V. Shekhar, Jill Werdell, Steve J. Santner, Robert J. Pauley and Larry Tait

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1320-1326;

  
  
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  DNA Methyltransferase Inhibition Enhances Apoptosis Induced by Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors

  Wei-Guo Zhu, Romola R. Lakshmanan, Matthew D. Beal and Gregory A. Otterson

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1327-1333;

  
  
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  Global Effects of Anchorage on Gene Expression during Mammary Carcinoma Cell Growth Reveal Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor-related Apoptosis-inducing Ligand in Anoikis

  Gary S. Goldberg, Zhaoyu Jin, Hitoshi Ichikawa, Akihiro Naito, Misao Ohki, Wafik S. El-Deiry and Hiroyuki Tsuda

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1334-1337;

  
  
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  Down-Regulation of Promoter I.3 Activity of the Human Aromatase Gene in Breast Tissue by Zinc-finger Protein, Snail (SnaH)

  Tomoharu Okubo, Thong K. Truong, Bin Yu, Toru Itoh, Jin Zhao, Baiba Grube, Dujin Zhou and Shiuan Chen

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1338-1346;

  
  
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  Phosphorylation- and SKP1-independent in Vitro Ubiquitination of E2F1 by Multiple ROC-Cullin Ligases

  Tomohiko Ohta and Yue Xiong

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1347-1353;

  
  
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  Modulation of Nucleotide Excision Repair Capacity by XPD Polymorphisms in Lung Cancer Patients

  Margaret R. Spitz, Xifeng Wu, Yunfei Wang, Li-E Wang, Sanjay Shete, Christopher I. Amos, Zhaozheng Guo, Lei Lei, Harvey Mohrenweiser and Qingyi Wei

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1354-1357;

  
  
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  Erythropoietin Restores the Anemia-induced Reduction in Cyclophosphamide Cytotoxicity in Rat Tumors

  Oliver Thews, Debra K. Kelleher and Peter Vaupel

  Cancer Res February 2 2001 61 (4) 1358-1361;