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Cell Rep 2021 Feb;34(8):108772

Department of Tumor Pathology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu 501-1194, Japan.

Evidence regarding intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct (IPNB) as a type of precancerous lesion of cholangiocarcinoma is limited. Moreover, a reproducible in vivo model is lacking, and IPNB pathogenesis remains unclear. Here, we use a doxycycline-inducible tetracycline (Tet)-on mice model to control fibroblast growth factor 10 (FGF10) expression, which regulates branching and tubule formation. Read More

Vet Comp Oncol 2021 Feb 23. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy.

Feline oral squamous cell carcinoma (FOSCC) is a frequent and progressively invasive tumour. Early lesions are difficult to recognize based on the sole clinical examination and may be misinterpreted as non-neoplastic. Mutations of TP53 and epigenetic alterations of specific genes are present in FOSCC and may be early detected. Read More

Blood 2021 Feb 23. Epub 2021 Feb 23.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

Lentivector gene therapy for X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (X-CGD) has proven to be a viable approach, but random vector integration and subnormal protein production from exogenous promoters in transduced cells remain concerning for long-term safety and efficacy. A previous genome editing-based approach using SpCas9 and an oligodeoxynucleotide donor to repair genetic mutations demonstrated the capability to restore physiological protein expression, but lacked sufficient efficiency in quiescent CD34+ hematopoietic cells for clinical translation. Here, we show transient inhibition of p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1) significantly increased (2. Read More

J Neurosci 2021 Feb 22. Epub 2021 Feb 22.

Department of Cell Biology

To build the brain, embryonic neural stem cells (NSCs) tightly regulate their cell divisions, undergoing a polarized form of cytokinesis that is poorly understood. Cytokinetic abscission is mediated by the midbody to sever the daughter cells at the apical membrane. In cell lines, the coiled-coil protein Cep55 was reported to be required for abscission. Read More

Gynecol Oncol 2021 Feb 20. Epub 2021 Feb 20.

Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address:

Objective: To characterize and compare the molecular subtypes and profiles of prospectively-accrued newly-diagnosed early- and advanced-stage endometrial cancers (ECs).

Methods: EC patients consented to an IRB-approved protocol of massively parallel sequencing of 410-468 cancer-related genes; 175 ECs of 7 histologic types (n = 135 FIGO stages I/II, n = 40 FIGO stages III/IV) were included. Previously reported sequencing data from 99 additional advanced-stage ECs were retrieved for comparisons. Read More