Cancer Biology

Cancer Biology

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    1. Cancer Biology

    PITAR, a DNA damage-inducible cancer/testis long noncoding RNA, inactivates p53 by binding and stabilizing TRIM28 mRNA

    Samarjit Jana, Mainak Mondal ... Kumaravel Somasundaram
    PITAR interaction with TRIM28 mRNA, which encodes a p53 targeting E3 ubiquitin ligase, keeps p53 levels low for cancer cells to divide and attenuates the DNA damage response by p53.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Neuroscience

    Tumor-infiltrating nerves functionally alter brain circuits and modulate behavior in a mouse model of head-and-neck cancer

    Jeffrey Barr, Austin Walz ... Paola D Vermeer
    Nerve tracing and behavioral studies in tumor-bearing mice together with transcriptional and functional analysis reveal cancer-induced central and peripheral neuronal alterations that influence behavior.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Mutant mice lacking alternatively spliced p53 isoforms unveil Ackr4 as a male-specific prognostic factor in Myc-driven B-cell lymphomas

    Anne Fajac, Iva Simeonova ... Franck Toledo
    The male-specific tumor-suppressive effects of minor p53 isoforms were correlated with higher Ackr4 expression levels, which have implications for sex-specific cancer prognosis in humans.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Engineering PEG10-assembled endogenous virus-like particles with genetically encoded neoantigen peptides for cancer vaccination

    Ruijing Tang, Luobin Guo ... Xiaolong Liu
    ePAC, a novel cancer vaccine utilizing a mammalian-derived virus-like particle to co-deliver neoantigens and CpG-ODN, demonstrates strong antitumor efficacy in mouse models.
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Conserved regulatory motifs in the juxtamembrane domain and kinase N-lobe revealed through deep mutational scanning of the MET receptor tyrosine kinase domain

    Gabriella O Estevam, Edmond M Linossi ... James S Fraser
    Deep mutational scanning reveals interactions in the MET kinase domain that are critical for regulation and cancer-related signaling.
    1. Medicine
    2. Cancer Biology

    Development and Assessment of a Sustainable PhD Internship Program Supporting Diverse Biomedical Career Outcomes

    Patrick D Brandt, Dawayne Whittington ... Rebekah L Layton
    1. Cancer Biology

    The T Cell Receptor β Chain Repertoire of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes Improves Neoantigen Prediction and Prioritization

    Thi Mong Quynh Pham, Thanh Nhan Nguyen ... Le Son Tran
    1. Cancer Biology

    Cannabinoid combination targets NOTCH1-mutated T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia through the integrated stress response pathway

    Elazar Besser, Anat Gelfand ... David Meiri
    The cannabinoids cannabidiol, cannabidivarin, and the newly identified 331-18A demonstrate antitumoral effects in Notch1-mutated leukemia, underscoring the potential and complexity of Cannabis as a novel treatment for cancer.

Senior editors

  1. Utpal Banerjee
    University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  2. Yamini Dalal
    National Cancer Institute, United States
  3. Caigang Liu
    Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, China
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