Targeting homologous recombination and telomerase in Barrett's adenocarcinoma: Impact on telomere maintenance, genomic instability and tumor growth

Oncogene

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1495-1505

  Lu, R ^a,b   Pal, J ^a   Buon, L ^a   Nanjappa, P ^a   Shi, J ^a,c   Fulciniti, M ^a,c   Tai, Y T ^a,c   Guo, L ^b   Yu, M ^b   Gryaznov, S ^d   Munshi, N C ^a,c   Shammas, M A ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GERON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's adenocarcinoma; Homologous recombination; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; IMETELSTAT; NILOTINIB; RAD51 PROTEIN; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE INHIBITOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

MUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PYRIMIDINES; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84897047079     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.103     Document Type: Article

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