Abstract

This program concerns the genetics, biology and virology of cancer. New major developments in our understanding of the mechanisms of malignant transformation have resulted from the investigations carried out at The Wistar Institute. The role of specific oncogenes in the pathogenesis of leukemias and lymphomas in man has been assessed and the mechanisms of their activation have been determined. In addition, very recently it has been possible to establish that the gene for the alpha chain of the T cell receptor may have an important role in oncogene activation in human T cell leukemia. New oncogenes involved in hematopoietic malignancies have been identified, cloned and characterized. In addition new breakthroughs have been achieved in the area of nuclear transfer into fertilized eggs. The extremely high rate of success in this type of experiment opens new avenues in our ability to understand mammalian development and to investigate the role of cytoplasmic nuclear factors during early embryogenesis.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
2P30CA010815-20
Application #
3101255
Study Section
Cancer Center Support Grant Review Committee (CCS)
Project Start
1978-09-01
Project End
1992-02-28
Budget Start
1987-03-01
Budget End
1988-02-29
Support Year
20
Fiscal Year
1987
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Wistar Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
042250712
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
19104

  Publications

Abdel-Mohsen, Mohamed; Kuri-Cervantes, Leticia; Grau-Exposito, Judith et al. (2018) CD32 is expressed on cells with transcriptionally active HIV but does not enrich for HIV DNA in resting T cells. Sci Transl Med 10:
Fukumoto, Takeshi; Magno, Elizabeth; Zhang, Rugang (2018) SWI/SNF Complexes in Ovarian Cancer: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Implications. Mol Cancer Res 16:1819-1825
Cañadas, Israel; Thummalapalli, Rohit; Kim, Jong Wook et al. (2018) Tumor innate immunity primed by specific interferon-stimulated endogenous retroviruses. Nat Med 24:1143-1150
Basu, Subhasree; Gnanapradeepan, Keerthana; Barnoud, Thibaut et al. (2018) Mutant p53 controls tumor metabolism and metastasis by regulating PGC-1?. Genes Dev 32:230-243
Perales-Puchalt, Alfredo; Perez-Sanz, Jairo; Payne, Kyle K et al. (2018) Frontline Science: Microbiota reconstitution restores intestinal integrity after cisplatin therapy. J Leukoc Biol 103:799-805
Colón, Krystal; Speicher, David W; Smith, Peter et al. (2018) S100a14 is Increased in Activated Nk Cells and Plasma of HIV-Exposed Seronegative People Who Inject Drugs and Promotes Monocyte-Nk crosstalk. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr :
Schug, Zachary T (2018) Formaldehyde Detoxification Creates a New Wheel for the Folate-Driven One-Carbon ""Bi""-cycle. Biochemistry 57:889-890
Karakashev, Sergey; Zhu, Hengrui; Wu, Shuai et al. (2018) CARM1-expressing ovarian cancer depends on the histone methyltransferase EZH2 activity. Nat Commun 9:631
Jenkins, Russell W; Aref, Amir R; Lizotte, Patrick H et al. (2018) Ex Vivo Profiling of PD-1 Blockade Using Organotypic Tumor Spheroids. Cancer Discov 8:196-215
Barnoud, Thibaut; Budina-Kolomets, Anna; Basu, Subhasree et al. (2018) Tailoring Chemotherapy for the African-Centric S47 Variant of TP53. Cancer Res 78:5694-5705

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