2016
Early and multiple origins of metastatic lineages within primary tumors
Zhao ZM, Zhao B, Bai Y, Iamarino A, Gaffney SG, Schlessinger J, Lifton RP, Rimm DL, Townsend JP. Early and multiple origins of metastatic lineages within primary tumors. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 2140-2145. PMID: 26858460, PMCID: PMC4776530, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525677113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic lineagesGenetic changesEarly genetic divergenceMolecular evolutionary modelsSingle genetic changeDivergent lineagesTumor phylogeneticsDivergence timesAncestral stateGenetic divergenceCancer lineagesPhylogenetic analysisEvolutionary processesLineagesCancer evolutionMultiple originsDriver genesCancer biologyCancer progressionSomatic mutationsTumor developmentEvolutionary modelsDriver mutationsChronogramMutations
2004
Functional correlates of mutation of the Asp32 and Gly34 residues of beta-catenin
Provost E, McCabe A, Stern J, Lizardi I, D'Aquila TG, Rimm DL. Functional correlates of mutation of the Asp32 and Gly34 residues of beta-catenin. Oncogene 2004, 24: 2667-2676. PMID: 15829978, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThreonine residuesΒ-cateninStable MDCK cell linesCell linesCadherin-mediated adhesionMutant β-cateninMutant cell linesExon 3Stable cell linesDestruction motifKinase substrateTranscriptional activationUbiquitination statusMultifunctional proteinMDCK cell lineCellular transformationTarget genesKey serineFunctional implicationsTransforming propertiesMutationsResiduesMotifG34Ubiquitination
2003
Functional Correlates of Mutations in β-Catenin Exon 3 Phosphorylation Sites*
Provost E, Yamamoto Y, Lizardi I, Stern J, D'Aquila TG, Gaynor RB, Rimm DL. Functional Correlates of Mutations in β-Catenin Exon 3 Phosphorylation Sites*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2003, 278: 31781-31789. PMID: 12799363, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304953200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCasein kinase 1Mutation of serineGlycogen synthase kinase 3 betaSynthase kinase 3 betaMadin-Darby canine kidney cellsTarget genes cyclin D1Canine kidney cellsGene cyclin D1Threonine residuesPhosphorylation sitesDownstream genesStable transformationKinase activityWounding assayKinase 1Ser45Functional assaysThr41Functional differencesMutationsSoft agarExon 3Kidney cellsCyclin D1Ser33
1999
Frequent mutation and nuclear localization of beta-catenin in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.
Garcia-Rostan G, Tallini G, Herrero A, D'Aquila TG, Carcangiu ML, Rimm DL. Frequent mutation and nuclear localization of beta-catenin in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Cancer Research 1999, 59: 1811-5. PMID: 10213482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear localizationSingle-strand conformational polymorphismE-cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesionBeta-catenin actsFrequent nuclear localizationCell-cell adhesionExon 3Conformational polymorphismBeta-catenin genePhosphorylation sitesWingless pathwayTranscriptional activationCytoplasmic proteinsSubcellular localizationMobility shiftMutational analysisNucleotide sequencingDNA sequencingNuclear translocationSomatic alterationsMutationsAnaplastic thyroid carcinomaSequencingProteinFrequent mutations