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KAP1 Stabilizes KRAB-ZNFs and Promotes Mammary Tumorigenesis

KAP1 (TRIM28) is a transcriptional regulator in embryonic development that controls stem cell self-renewal, chromatin organization, and the DNA damage response, acting as an essential corepressor for KRAB family zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZNF). To gai...

KAP1 promotes proliferation and metastatic progression of breast cancer cells

KAP1 (TRIM28) is a transcriptional regulator in embryonic development that controls stem cell self-renewal, chromatin organization and the DNA damage response, acting as an essential co-repressor for KRAB family zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZNF). To gain...

Akt1 and Akt3 exert opposing roles in the regulation of vascular tumor growth

Vascular tumors are endothelial cell neoplasms whose mechanisms of tumorigenesis are poorly understood. Moreover, current therapies, particularly those for malignant lesions, have little beneficial effect on clinical outcomes. In this study, we show th...

TUBB3/{beta}III-Tubulin Regulates NSCLC Tumorigenicity

βIII-tubulin (encoded by TUBB3) expression is associated with therapeutic resistance and aggressive disease in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but the basis for its pathogenic influence is not understood. Functional and differential proteomics ...

Distinct functions of epidermal and myeloid derived VEGF-A in skin tumorigenesis mediated by HPV8

Beta human papillomaviruses (HPV) have been suspected to be carcinogenic in non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC), but the basis for potential viral contributions to these cancers are poorly understood. In particular, it is unresolved how HPV-infected kerat...