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PP1, PKA and DARPP-32 in breast cancer: a retrospective assessment of protein and mRNA expression (2021)
Journal Article
Saidy, B., Kotecha, S., Butler, A., Rakha, E., Ellis, I., Green, A., …Storr, S. (2021). PP1, PKA and DARPP-32 in breast cancer: a retrospective assessment of protein and mRNA expression. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 25(11), 5015-5024. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.16447

Cyclic-AMP dependent protein kinase A (PKA) and protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) are proteins involved in numerous essential signalling pathways that modulate physiological and pathological functions. Both PP1 and PKA can be inhibited by dopamine and cAMP... Read More about PP1, PKA and DARPP-32 in breast cancer: a retrospective assessment of protein and mRNA expression.

Dopamine and cAMP?regulated phosphoprotein 32kDa (DARPP?32), protein phosphatase?1 and cyclin?dependent kinase 5 expression in ovarian cancer (2020)
Journal Article
Martin, S. G., Zhang, S., Yang, S., Saidy, B., Deen, S., & Storr, S. J. (2020). Dopamine and cAMP?regulated phosphoprotein 32kDa (DARPP?32), protein phosphatase?1 and cyclin?dependent kinase 5 expression in ovarian cancer. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 24(16), 9165-9175. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.15553

Dopamine and cyclic?AMP activated phosphoprotein Mr32kDa (DARPP?32) is a central signalling protein in neurotransmission. Following DARPP?32 phosphorylation by protein kinase A (PKA), DARPP?32 becomes a potent protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) inhibitor. D... Read More about Dopamine and cAMP?regulated phosphoprotein 32kDa (DARPP?32), protein phosphatase?1 and cyclin?dependent kinase 5 expression in ovarian cancer.

Thioredoxin system protein expression is associated with poor clinical outcome in adult and paediatric gliomas and medulloblastomas (2020)
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Martin, S., Yao, A., Storr, S. J., Al-Hadyan, K., Rahman, R., Smith, S., …Paine, S. (2020). Thioredoxin system protein expression is associated with poor clinical outcome in adult and paediatric gliomas and medulloblastomas. Molecular Neurobiology, 57(7), 2889–2901. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-020-01928-z

The thioredoxin (Trx) system is an important enzyme family that regulates cellular redox homeostasis. Protein expression of Trx system family members has been assessed in various cancers and linked to various clinicopathological variables, disease pr... Read More about Thioredoxin system protein expression is associated with poor clinical outcome in adult and paediatric gliomas and medulloblastomas.

Retrospective assessment of cyclin?dependent kinase 5 mRNA and protein expression and its association with patient survival in breast cancer (2020)
Journal Article
Saidy, B., Rakha, E. A., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., Martin, S. G., & Storr, S. J. (2020). Retrospective assessment of cyclin?dependent kinase 5 mRNA and protein expression and its association with patient survival in breast cancer. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 24(11), 6263-6271. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.15268

Cyclin?dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is an atypical member of the cyclin?dependent kinase family and functions as a serine/threonine kinase that can be activated by non?cyclin binding activators p35 or p39. Cdk5 expression and activity has been linked wi... Read More about Retrospective assessment of cyclin?dependent kinase 5 mRNA and protein expression and its association with patient survival in breast cancer.

Dopamine and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein 32 kDa (DARPP-32) and survival in breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of protein and mRNA expression (2019)
Journal Article
Kotecha, S., Lebot, M. N., Sukkarn, B., Ball, G., Moseley, P. M., Chan, S. Y., …Storr, S. J. (2019). Dopamine and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein 32 kDa (DARPP-32) and survival in breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of protein and mRNA expression. Scientific Reports, 9, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53529-z

Dopamine and cAMP regulated phosphoprotein 32?kDa (DARPP-32) also known as phosphoprotein phosphatase-1 regulatory subunit 1B and encoded by the PPP1R1B gene is an inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1 and protein kinase A. DARPP-32 is expressed in a wi... Read More about Dopamine and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein 32 kDa (DARPP-32) and survival in breast cancer: a retrospective analysis of protein and mRNA expression.

Thioredoxin system protein expression in carcinomas of the pancreas, bile duct and ampulla (2019)
Working Paper
Al-hadyan, K., Storr, S., Zaitoun, A., Lobo, D., & Martin, S. Thioredoxin system protein expression in carcinomas of the pancreas, bile duct and ampulla

Background: Pancreatic cancer (PC), including the ampulla and bile duct, is very aggressive, and thus difficult to treat with effective therapies. The current treatment options have failed to improve PC five-year survival rates over the last 30 to 40... Read More about Thioredoxin system protein expression in carcinomas of the pancreas, bile duct and ampulla.

Expression of Syk and MAP4 proteins in ovarian cancer (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Deen, S., Storr, S. J., Yao, A., & Martin, S. G. (2019). Expression of Syk and MAP4 proteins in ovarian cancer. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 145(4), 909–919. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-019-02856-9

Purpose We have previously reported on the prognostic importance of the calpain family of proteins in ovarian cancer, especially calpain-2. Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) phosphorylates a variety of cytoskeletal proteins with studies suggesting potent... Read More about Expression of Syk and MAP4 proteins in ovarian cancer.

Calpain system protein expression and activity in ovarian cancer (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, S., Deen, S., Storr, S. J., Chondrou, P. S., Nicholls, H., Yao, A., …Martin, S. G. (2019). Calpain system protein expression and activity in ovarian cancer. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 145(2), 345-361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-018-2794-2

Purpose: Expression of members of the calpain system are associated with clinical outcome of patients with, amongst others, breast and ovarian cancer, with calpain-2 expression in ovarian cancer being implicated in chemo-resistance and survival. This... Read More about Calpain system protein expression and activity in ovarian cancer.

Low expression of G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor 1 (GPER) is associated with adverse survival of breast cancer patients (2018)
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Martin, S. G., Lebot, M. N., Sukkarn, B., Ball, G., Green, A. R., Rakha, E. A., …Storr, S. J. (2018). Low expression of G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor 1 (GPER) is associated with adverse survival of breast cancer patients. Oncotarget, 9(40), 25946-25956. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.25408

G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor 1 (GPER), also called G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), is attracting considerable attention for its potential role in breast cancer development and progression. Activation by oestrogen (17β-oestradiol; E2) i... Read More about Low expression of G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor 1 (GPER) is associated with adverse survival of breast cancer patients.

Clinical and biological roles of Kelch-like family member 7 in breast cancer: a marker of poor prognosis (2018)
Journal Article
Kurozumi, S., Joseph, C., Sonbul, S., Gorringe, K. L., Pigera, M., Aleskandarany, M. A., …Rakha, E. A. (in press). Clinical and biological roles of Kelch-like family member 7 in breast cancer: a marker of poor prognosis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 170(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-4777-z

Background: The functions of many proteins are tightly regulated with a complex array of cellular functions including ubiquitination. In cancer cells, aberrant ubiquitination may promote the activity of oncogenic pathways with subsequent tumour progr... Read More about Clinical and biological roles of Kelch-like family member 7 in breast cancer: a marker of poor prognosis.

High nuclear MSK1 is associated with longer survival in breast cancer patients (2018)
Journal Article
Pu, X., Storr, S. J., Ahmad, N., Rakha, E., Green, A. R., Ellis, I. O., & Martin, S. G. (2018). High nuclear MSK1 is associated with longer survival in breast cancer patients. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 144(3), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-018-2579-7

Purpose: Mitogen- and stress- activated kinases (MSKs) are important substrates of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-activated protein kinase family. MSK1 and MSK2 are both nuclear serine/threonine protein kinases, with MSK1 being suggested... Read More about High nuclear MSK1 is associated with longer survival in breast cancer patients.

Macrophage-derived interleukin-1beta promotes human breast cancer cell migration and lymphatic adhesion in vitro (2017)
Journal Article
Storr, S. J., Safuan, S., Ahmad, N., El-Refaee, M., Jackson, A. M., & Martin, S. G. (2017). Macrophage-derived interleukin-1beta promotes human breast cancer cell migration and lymphatic adhesion in vitro. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 66(10), 1287-1294. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-017-2020-0

Lymphovascular invasion (LVI), encompassing blood and lymphatic vessel invasion, is an important event in tumourigenesis. Macrophages within the tumour microenvironment are linked to the presence of LVI and angiogenesis. This study investigates the r... Read More about Macrophage-derived interleukin-1beta promotes human breast cancer cell migration and lymphatic adhesion in vitro.

The calpain system is associated with survival of breast cancer patients with large but operable inflammatory and non-inflammatory tumours treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (2016)
Journal Article
Storr, S. J., Zhang, S., Perren, T., Lansdown, M., Fatayer, H., Sharma, N., …Martin, S. G. (2016). The calpain system is associated with survival of breast cancer patients with large but operable inflammatory and non-inflammatory tumours treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Oncotarget, 7(30), 47927-47937. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.10066

The calpains are a family of intracellular cysteine proteases that function in a variety of important cellular functions, including cell signalling, motility, apoptosis and survival. In early invasive breast cancer expression of calpain-1, calpain-2... Read More about The calpain system is associated with survival of breast cancer patients with large but operable inflammatory and non-inflammatory tumours treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Immunohistochemical Assessment of Leukocyte Involvement in Angiogenesis (2016)
Book Chapter
Ahmad, N. S., Martin, S. G., & Storr, S. J. (2016). Immunohistochemical Assessment of Leukocyte Involvement in Angiogenesis. In Angiogenesis Protocols (49-57). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3628-1_3

Angiogenesis is a hallmark of cancer and is important for tumor growth, development, and metastasis. Leukocytes, including neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes, are found invading many solid tumors, and this inflammation is... Read More about Immunohistochemical Assessment of Leukocyte Involvement in Angiogenesis.

Lymphovascular invasion assessment and prognostic impact in melanoma and breast cancer (2015)
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Thompson, N., Storr, S., Zhang, S., & Martin, S. (2015). Lymphovascular invasion assessment and prognostic impact in melanoma and breast cancer. Histology and Histopathology, 30(9), 1001-1009. https://doi.org/10.14670/HH-11-615

© 2015, Histology and Histopathology. All rights reserved. The presence of lymphovascular invasion is a recognised poor prognostic factor in a wide range of tumour types. Vascular invasion was historically identified through haematoxylin and eosin st... Read More about Lymphovascular invasion assessment and prognostic impact in melanoma and breast cancer.