2003
Loss of Smad Signaling in Human Colorectal Cancer Is Associated with Advanced Disease and Poor Prognosis
Xie W, Rimm DL, Lin Y, Shih WJ, Reiss M. Loss of Smad Signaling in Human Colorectal Cancer Is Associated with Advanced Disease and Poor Prognosis. The Cancer Journal 2003, 9: 302-312. PMID: 12967141, DOI: 10.1097/00130404-200307000-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal cancerHuman colorectal cancerAdvanced diseasePoor prognosisHuman colorectal cancer specimensAdvanced stage diseasePresence of lymphLymph node metastasisColorectal cancer specimensShorter overall survivalClinical outcome informationOverall survivalNode metastasisClinical behaviorReceptor defectCancer specimensTissue microarrayAnimal studiesCancerSmad signalingOutcome informationPhosphorylated Smad2DiseaseSmad activationSmad2Frequent alterations of Smad signaling in human head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: a tissue microarray analysis.
Xie W, Bharathy S, Kim D, Haffty BG, Rimm DL, Reiss M. Frequent alterations of Smad signaling in human head and neck squamous cell carcinomas: a tissue microarray analysis. Oncology Research Featuring Preclinical And Clinical Cancer Therapeutics 2003, 14: 61-73. PMID: 14649540, DOI: 10.3727/000000003108748612.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaCell carcinomaHNSCC specimensTGF-beta type II receptorTGF-beta/Smad signalingTissue microarray analysisTGF-beta/SmadProgression of HNSCCCell linesType II receptorHuman SCC linesDistant recurrenceTGF-beta signalingFrequent cancerCell cycle arrestPatient outcomesMetastatic spreadTissue microarrayHNSCCII receptorsSmall seriesEvidence of lossSCC linesActivation of Smad
2002
Alterations of Smad signaling in human breast carcinoma are associated with poor outcome: a tissue microarray study.
Xie W, Mertens JC, Reiss DJ, Rimm DL, Camp RL, Haffty BG, Reiss M. Alterations of Smad signaling in human breast carcinoma are associated with poor outcome: a tissue microarray study. Cancer Research 2002, 62: 497-505. PMID: 11809701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell DivisionCell LineDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleGenes, BRCA1Genes, BRCA2Germ-Line MutationHeterozygoteHumansImmunohistochemistryKeratinocytesMammary Glands, AnimalMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPhosphorylationPregnancyPrognosisSignal TransductionSmad2 ProteinSmad3 ProteinSmad4 ProteinTrans-ActivatorsTransforming Growth Factor betaTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsHuman breast cancer cell linesBreast cancer cell linesHuman breast carcinomaBreast cancerCancer cell linesBreast carcinomaCell linesStage II breast cancerAxillary lymph node metastasisHuman breast cancer developmentHER2/neu expressionSmad signalingParticular histological subtypeProgesterone receptor expressionLymph node metastasisShorter overall survivalTGF-beta type II receptorTissue microarray studyBreast carcinoma specimensBreast cancer developmentTransgenic mouse modelHuman breast cancerHereditary breast cancerTGF-beta receptor signalingGrowth factor-beta signaling