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The characteristics and prognostic significance of histone H1 expression in breast cancer (2024)
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Lashen, A. G., Almalki, N., Toss, M., Mirza, S., Malki, M. I., Rutland, C. S., Jeyapalan, J. N., Green, A. R., Mongan, N. P., Madhusudan, S., & Rakha, E. A. (2024). The characteristics and prognostic significance of histone H1 expression in breast cancer. Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2024.03.012

Histone H1 (H.H1) is involved in chromatin organisation and gene regulation and is overexpressed in many malignant tumours, including breast cancer (BC). This study proposed and evaluated the prognostic role of H.H1 expression in BC. H.H1 mRNA exp... Read More about The characteristics and prognostic significance of histone H1 expression in breast cancer.

Immunohistochemical Investigation into Protein Expression Patterns of FOXO4, IRF8 and LEF1 in Canine Osteosarcoma (2024)
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de Brot, S., Cobb, J., Alibhai, A. A., Jackson-Oxley, J., Haque, M., Patke, R., …Rutland, C. S. (2024). Immunohistochemical Investigation into Protein Expression Patterns of FOXO4, IRF8 and LEF1 in Canine Osteosarcoma. Cancers, 16(10), Article 1945. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16101945

Osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common type of primary bone malignancy in people and dogs. Our previous molecular comparisons of canine OSA against healthy bone resulted in the identification of differentially expressed protein-expressing genes (forkh... Read More about Immunohistochemical Investigation into Protein Expression Patterns of FOXO4, IRF8 and LEF1 in Canine Osteosarcoma.

The KDM5B and KDM1A lysine demethylases cooperate in regulating androgen receptor expression and signalling in prostate cancer (2023)
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Metzler, V. M., de Brot, S., Haigh, D. B., Woodcock, C. L., Lothion-Roy, J., Harris, A. E., …Jeyapalan, J. N. (2023). The KDM5B and KDM1A lysine demethylases cooperate in regulating androgen receptor expression and signalling in prostate cancer. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 11, Article 1116424. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.1116424

Histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methylation is key epigenetic mark associated with active transcription and is a substrate for the KDM1A/LSD1 and KDM5B/JARID1B lysine demethylases. Increased expression of KDM1A and KDM5B is implicated in many cancer types... Read More about The KDM5B and KDM1A lysine demethylases cooperate in regulating androgen receptor expression and signalling in prostate cancer.

Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery (2022)
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Simpson, S., Rizvanov, A. A., Jeyapalan, J. N., de Brot, S., & Rutland, C. S. (2022). Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, Article 965391. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.965391

Cancer is a leading cause of non-communicable morbidity and mortality throughout the world, similarly, in dogs, the most frequent cause of mortality is tumors. Some types of cancer, including osteosarcoma (OSA), occur at much higher rates in dogs tha... Read More about Canine osteosarcoma in comparative oncology: Molecular mechanisms through to treatment discovery.

Evolving DNA repair synthetic lethality targets in cancer (2022)
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Kulkarni, S., Brownlie, J., Jeyapalan, J. N., Mongan, N. P., Rakha, E. A., & Madhusudan, S. (2022). Evolving DNA repair synthetic lethality targets in cancer. Bioscience Reports, 42(12), Article BSR20221713. https://doi.org/10.1042/BSR20221713

DNA damage signaling response and repair (DDR) is a critical defense mechanism against genomic instability. Impaired DNA repair capacity is an important risk factor for cancer development. On the other hand, up-regulation of DDR mechanisms is a featu... Read More about Evolving DNA repair synthetic lethality targets in cancer.

Exploring anti-androgen therapies in hormone dependent prostate cancer and new therapeutic routes for castration resistant prostate cancer (2022)
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Harris, A. E., Metzler, V. M., Lothion-Roy, J., Varun, D., Woodcock, C. L., Haigh, D. B., …Jeyapalan, J. N. (2022). Exploring anti-androgen therapies in hormone dependent prostate cancer and new therapeutic routes for castration resistant prostate cancer. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, Article 1006101. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.1006101

Androgen deprivation therapies (ADTs) are important treatments which inhibit androgen-induced prostate cancer (PCa) progression by either preventing androgen biosynthesis (e.g. abiraterone) or by antagonizing androgen receptor (AR) function (e.g. bic... Read More about Exploring anti-androgen therapies in hormone dependent prostate cancer and new therapeutic routes for castration resistant prostate cancer.

The METTL3 RNA Methyltransferase Regulates Transcriptional Networks in Prostate Cancer (2022)
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Haigh, D. B., Woodcock, C. L., Lothion-Roy, J., Harris, A. E., Metzler, V. M., Persson, J. L., …Mongan, N. P. (2022). The METTL3 RNA Methyltransferase Regulates Transcriptional Networks in Prostate Cancer. Cancers, 14(20), Article 5148. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14205148

Prostate cancer (PCa) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is driven by aberrant androgen receptor (AR) signalling. For this reason, androgen deprivation therapies (ADTs) that suppress androgen-induced PCa progression either by preventing... Read More about The METTL3 RNA Methyltransferase Regulates Transcriptional Networks in Prostate Cancer.

Comparative pathology of dog and human prostate cancer (2021)
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Ryman-Tubb, T., Lothion-Roy, J. H., Metzler, V. M., Harris, A. E., Robinson, B. D., Rizvanov, A. A., …de Brot, S. (2022). Comparative pathology of dog and human prostate cancer. Veterinary Medicine and Science, 8(1), 110-120. https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.642

Though relatively rare in dogs, prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer in men. Human and canine prostate glands share many functional, anatomical and physiological features. Due to these similarities, canine PCa has been propos... Read More about Comparative pathology of dog and human prostate cancer.

Immunohistochemical Characterisation of GLUT1, MMP3 and NRF2 in Osteosarcoma (2021)
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Rutland, C. S., Cockcroft, J. M., Lothion-Roy, J., Harris, A. E., Jeyapalan, J. N., Simpson, S., …Mongan, N. P. (2021). Immunohistochemical Characterisation of GLUT1, MMP3 and NRF2 in Osteosarcoma. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, Article 704598. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.704598

Osteosarcoma (OSA) is an aggressive bone malignancy. Unlike many other malignancies, OSA outcomes have not improved in recent decades. One challenge to the development of better diagnostic and therapeutic methods for OSA has been the lack of well cha... Read More about Immunohistochemical Characterisation of GLUT1, MMP3 and NRF2 in Osteosarcoma.

Immunosuppressive properties of cytochalasin B-induced membrane vesicles of mesenchymal stem cells: comparing with extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stem cells (2020)
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Gomzikova, M. O., Aimaletdinov, A. M., Bondar, O. V., Starostina, I. G., Gorshkova, N. V., Neustroeva, O. A., …Rizvanov, A. A. (2020). Immunosuppressive properties of cytochalasin B-induced membrane vesicles of mesenchymal stem cells: comparing with extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stem cells. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 10740. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67563-9

Extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) represent a novel approach for regenerative and immunosuppressive therapy. Recently, cytochalasin B-induced microvesicles (CIMVs) were shown to be effective drug delivery mediators. Ho... Read More about Immunosuppressive properties of cytochalasin B-induced membrane vesicles of mesenchymal stem cells: comparing with extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stem cells.

Epidemiology and risk factors of osteosarcoma (2020)
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Sadykova, L. R., Ntekim, A. I., Muyangwa-Semenova, M., Rutland, C. S., Jeyapalan, J. N., Blatt, N., & Rizvanov, A. (2020). Epidemiology and risk factors of osteosarcoma. Cancer Investigation, 38(5), 259-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/07357907.2020.1768401

Osteosarcoma is a rare tumor diagnosed at any age; however younger age is a common risk factor. In addition, multiple factors are believed to contribute to higher rates of osteosarcoma, particularly race and gender. Although diagnosed worldwide, oste... Read More about Epidemiology and risk factors of osteosarcoma.