Search results for "Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization"
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MET-EGFR dimerization in lung adenocarcinoma is dependent on EGFR mtations and altered by MET kinase inhibition
2017
Advanced lung cancer has poor survival with few therapies. EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have high response rates in patients with activating EGFR mutations, but acquired resistance is inevitable. Acquisition of the EGFR T790M mutation causes over 50% of resistance; MET amplification is also common. Preclinical data suggest synergy between MET and EGFR inhibitors. We hypothesized that EGFR-MET dimerization determines response to MET inhibition, depending on EGFR mutation status, independently of MET copy number. We tested this hypothesis by generating isogenic cell lines from NCI-H1975 cells, which co-express L858R and T790M EGFR mutations, namely H1975L858R/T790M (EGFR TKI resista…
Temporal frames of 45S rDNA site-number variation in diploid plant lineages: lessons from the rock rose genus Cistus (Cistaceae)
2016
The perception that the turnover of 45S rDNA site number in plants is highly dynamic pervades the literature on rDNA evolution. However, most reported evidences come from the study of polyploid systems and from crop species subjected to intense agronomic selection. In sharp contrast with polyploids, the evolutionary patterns of rDNA loci number in predominantly diploid lineages have received less attention. Most studies on rDNA loci changes lack explicit temporal frames, and hence their dynamics could not be assessed. Here, we assess the temporal patterns of rDNA site evolution in Cistus, an entirely diploid lineage. We assessed the number and chromosomal position of 45S rDNA loci in Cistus…
Clostridium ģints baktēriju noteikšana dzeramajā ūdenī izmantojot Fluorescento in situ hibridizāciju
2015
Bakalaura darba mērķis bija ātri un precīzi identificēt dzeramajā ūdenī Clostridium ģints baktērijas izmantojot Fluorescento in situ hibridizāciju. Līdz ar to tika izmērīts un salīdzināts fluorescences intensitātes līmenis dažādām Clostridium sugām, kā arī citiem mikroorganismiem izmantojot Clostridium spp. specifiskas fluorescentās zondes. 92% no Clostridium acetobutylicum izmērītam šūnām, relatīvās gaismas vienības (RLU) pārsniedza 500 vienību robežu, 99% no Clostridium beijernickii un 96% no Clostridium tetahomorphum, salīdzinājumā ar Sphingomonas paucimobilis, kur tikai 2% pārsniedza 300 RLU. Veiktais variācijas analīzes tests (ANOVA) liecināja, ka starp Clostridium ģints baktērijām un …
Mutant p53 gain of function can be at the root of dedifferentiation of human osteosarcoma MG63 cells into 3AB-OS cancer stem cells
2014
Osteosarcoma is a highly metastatic tumor affecting adolescents, for which there is no second-line chemotherapy. As suggested for most tumors, its capability to overgrow is probably driven by cancer stem cells (CSCs), and finding new targets to kill CSCs may be critical for improving patient survival. TP53 is the most frequently mutated tumor suppressor gene in cancers and mutant p53 protein (mutp53) can acquire gain of function (GOF) strongly contributing to malignancy. Studies thus far have not shown p53-GOF in osteosarcoma. Here, we investigated TP53 gene status/role in 3AB-OS cells-a highly aggressive CSC line previously selected from human osteosarcoma MG63 cells-to evaluate its involv…