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Advances in Brief

• Advances in Brief

  Regulation of BRCA1 Phosphorylation by Interaction with Protein Phosphatase 1α

  Ying Liu, David M. Virshup, Raymond L. White and Lih-Ching Hsu

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6357-6361;

  
  
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  Elimination of Colon Cancer in Germ-free Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1-deficient Mice

  Sandra J. Engle, Ilona Ormsby, Sharon Pawlowski, Gregory P. Boivin, Joanne Croft, Edward Balish and Tom Doetschman

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6362-6366;

  
  
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  Microadenomatous Lesions Involving Loss of Apc Heterozygosity in the Colon of Adult Apc^Min/+ Mice

  Yasuhiro Yamada, Kazuya Hata, Yoshinobu Hirose, Akira Hara, Shigeyuki Sugie, Toshiya Kuno, Naoki Yoshimi, Takuji Tanaka and Hideki Mori

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6367-6370;

  
  
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  High-Frequency Doppler Ultrasound Monitors the Effects of Antivascular Therapy on Tumor Blood Flow

  David E. Goertz, Joanne L. Yu, Robert S. Kerbel, Peter N. Burns and F. Stuart Foster

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6371-6375;

  
  
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  The Retinoid X Receptor-Selective Retinoid, LGD1069, Prevents the Development of Estrogen Receptor-Negative Mammary Tumors in Transgenic Mice

  Kendall Wu, Yun Zhang, Xiao-Chun Xu, Jamal Hill, Joseph Celestino, Hee-Tae Kim, Syed K. Mohsin, Susan G. Hilsenbeck, William W. Lamph, Reid Bissonette and Powel H. Brown

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6376-6380;

  
  
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  Growth Inhibition of Cervix Carcinoma Cells in Vivo by Endothelin A Receptor Blockade

  Anna Bagnato, Alessia Cirilli, Debora Salani, Paola Simeone, Antonio Muller, Maria Rita Nicotra, Pier Giorgio Natali and Aldo Venuti

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6381-6384;

  
  
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  Induction of Medulloblastomas in Mice by Sonic Hedgehog, Independent of Gli1

  Howard L. Weiner, Richard Bakst, Marc S. Hurlbert, Jason Ruggiero, Esther Ahn, Wing Shing Lee, Daniel Stephen, David Zagzag, Alexandra L. Joyner and Daniel H. Turnbull

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6385-6389;

  
  
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  Gene Silencing of the Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP1 Gene by Aberrant Methylation in Leukemias/Lymphomas

  Takashi Oka, Mamoru Ouchida, Maho Koyama, Yoichiro Ogama, Shinichi Takada, Yoko Nakatani, Takehiro Tanaka, Tadashi Yoshino, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Nobuya Ohara, Eisaku Kondo, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Junjiro Tsuchiyama, Mitsune Tanimoto, Kenji Shimizu and Tadaatsu Akagi

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6390-6394;

  
  
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  DNA Ligase IV Suppresses Medulloblastoma Formation

  Youngsoo Lee and Peter J. McKinnon

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6395-6399;

  
  
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  Silencing Expression of the Catalytic Subunit of DNA-dependent Protein Kinase by Small Interfering RNA Sensitizes Human Cells for Radiation-induced Chromosome Damage, Cell Killing, and Mutation

  Yuanlin Peng, Qinming Zhang, Hatsumi Nagasawa, Ryuichi Okayasu, Howard L. Liber and Joel S. Bedford

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6400-6404;

  
  
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  Telomere Shortening Is an Early Somatic DNA Alteration in Human Prostate Tumorigenesis

  Alan K. Meeker, Jessica L. Hicks, Elizabeth A. Platz, Gerrun E. March, Christina J. Bennett, Michael J. Delannoy and Angelo M. De Marzo

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6405-6409;

  
  
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  Elevated Hyaluronan Concentration without Hyaluronidase Activation in Malignant Epithelial Ovarian Tumors

  Essi L. J. Hiltunen, Maarit Anttila, Anne Kultti, Kirsi Ropponen, Jorma Penttinen, Merja Yliskoski, Arja T. Kuronen, Matti Juhola, Raija Tammi, Markku Tammi and Veli-Matti Kosma

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6410-6413;

  
  
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  Cyclin B1 Overexpression and Resistance to Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  Khaled A. Hassan, K. Kian Ang, Adel K. El-Naggar, Michael D. Story, Janet I. Lee, Diane Liu, Waun K. Hong and Li Mao

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6414-6417;

  
  
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  RhoGDI2 Is an Invasion and Metastasis Suppressor Gene in Human Cancer

  John J. Gildea, M. Jabed Seraj, Gary Oxford, Michael A. Harding, Garret M. Hampton, Christopher A. Moskaluk, Henry F. Frierson, Mark R. Conaway and Dan Theodorescu

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6418-6423;

  
  
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  Carcinogenic Induction Directs the Selection of Allelic Losses in Mouse Lung Tumorigenesis

  Christopher R. Herzog, Theodora R. Devereux, Brian Pittman and Ming You

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6424-6429;

  
  
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  Correlation between a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Promoter and Risk of Lung Cancer

  Chunyuan Yu, Kaifeng Pan, Deyin Xing, Gang Liang, Wen Tan, Lian Zhang and Dongxin Lin

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6430-6433;

  
  
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  A Novel Folate Transport Activity in Human Mesothelioma Cell Lines with High Affinity and Specificity for the New-Generation Antifolate, Pemetrexed

  Yanhua Wang, Rongbao Zhao, Shrikanta Chattopadhyay and I. David Goldman

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6434-6437;

  
  
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  Antigen-specific CD4⁺ T-Cell Help Is Required to Activate a Memory CD8⁺ T Cell to a Fully Functional Tumor Killer Cell

  Feng Guang Gao, Vithagna Khammanivong, Wen Jun Liu, Graham R. Leggatt, Ian H. Frazer and Germain J. P. Fernando

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6438-6441;

  
  
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  Loss of Imprinting in Colorectal Cancer Linked to Hypomethylation of H19 and IGF2

  Hengmi Cui, Patrick Onyango, Sheri Brandenburg, Yiqian Wu, Chih-Lin Hsieh and Andrew P. Feinberg

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6442-6446;

  
  
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  3p14 and 9p21 Loss Is a Simple Tool for Predicting Second Oral Malignancy at Previously Treated Oral Cancer Sites

  Miriam P. Rosin, Wan L. Lam, Catherine Poh, Nhu D. Le, Robert Jinze Li, Tao Zeng, Robert Priddy and Lewei Zhang

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6447-6450;

  
  
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  Similarity of the Phenotypic Patterns Associated with BRAF and KRAS Mutations in Colorectal Neoplasia

  Siu T. Yuen, Helen Davies, Tsun L. Chan, Judy W. Ho, Graham R. Bignell, Charles Cox, Philip Stephens, Sarah Edkins, Wendy W. Tsui, Annie S. Chan, P. Andrew Futreal, Michael R. Stratton, Richard Wooster and Suet Y. Leung

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6451-6455;

  
  
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  Histone H3-Lysine 9 Methylation Is Associated with Aberrant Gene Silencing in Cancer Cells and Is Rapidly Reversed by 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine

  Carvell T. Nguyen, Daniel J. Weisenberger, Mihaela Velicescu, Felicidad A. Gonzales, Joy C. Y. Lin, Gangning Liang and Peter A. Jones

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6456-6461;

  
  
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  Resistance to Chemotherapy Mediated by TrkB in Neuroblastomas

  Ruth Ho, Angelika Eggert, Tomoro Hishiki, Jane E. Minturn, Naohiko Ikegaki, Patricia Foster, Anna Marie Camoratto, Audrey E. Evans and Garrett M. Brodeur

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6462-6466;

  
  
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  The Neurotransmitter γ-Aminobutyric Acid Is an Inhibitory Regulator for the Migration of SW 480 Colon Carcinoma Cells

  Jan Joseph, Bernd Niggemann, Kurt S. Zaenker and Frank Entschladen

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6467-6469;

  
  
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  Extensive Somatic Mitochondrial Mutations in Primary Prostate Cancer Using Laser Capture Microdissection

  Junjian Z. Chen, Neriman Gokden, Graham F. Greene, Perkins Mukunyadzi and Fred F. Kadlubar

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6470-6474;

  
  
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  14-3-3 Interacts with the Tumor Suppressor Tuberin at Akt Phosphorylation Site(s)

  Matt Y. Liu, Shengli Cai, Alexsandra Espejo, Mark T. Bedford and Cheryl Lyn Walker

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6475-6480;

  
  
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  No Evidence for the Presence of an Imprinted Neuroblastoma Suppressor Gene within Chromosome Sub-Band 1p36.3

  Michael D. Hogarty, Cynthia L. Winter, Xueyuan Liu, Chun Guo, Peter S. White, A. Thomas Look, Garrett M. Brodeur and John M. Maris

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6481-6484;

  
  
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  Sequence Variants of α-Methylacyl-CoA Racemase Are Associated with Prostate Cancer Risk

  Siqun L. Zheng, Bao-li Chang, Dennis A. Faith, Jill R. Johnson, Sarah D. Isaacs, Gregory A. Hawkins, Aubrey Turner, Kathy E. Wiley, Eugene R. Bleecker, Patrick C. Walsh, Deborah A. Meyers, William B. Isaacs and Jianfeng Xu

  Cancer Res November 15 2002 62 (22) 6485-6488;