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DC-SCRIPT is a novel regulator of the tumor suppressor gene CDKN2B and induces cell cycle arrest in ERα-positive breast cancer cells
Breast cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths in women. The estrogen receptor (ERα) is well known for having growth promoting effects in breast cancer. Recently, we have identified DC-SCRIPT (ZNF366) as a co-suppressor of ERα and as a strong and independent prognostic marker in ESR1 (ERα gene)-positive breast cancer patients. In this study, we further investigated the molecular mechanism on how DC-SCRIPT inhibits breast cancer cell growth. DC-SCRIPT mRNA levels from 190 primary ESR1-positive breast tumors were related to global gene expression, followed by gene ontology and pathway analysis. The effect of DC-SCRIPT on breast cancer cell growth and cell cycle arrest was investigated using novel DC-SCRIPT-inducible MCF7 breast cancer cell lines. Genome-wide expression profiling of DC-SCRIPT-expressing MCF7 cells was performed to investigate the effect of DC-SCRIPT on cell cycle-related gene expression. Findings were validated by real-time PCR in a cohort of 1,132 ESR1-positive breast cancer patients. In the primary ESR1-positive breast tumors, DC-SCRIPT expression negatively correlated with several cell cycle gene ontologies and pathways. DC-SCRIPT expression strongly reduced breast cancer cell growth in vitro, breast tumor growth in vivo, and induced cell cycle arrest. In addition, in the presence of DC-SCRIPT, multiple cell cycles related genes were differentially expressed including the tumor suppressor gene CDKN2B. Moreover, in 1,132 primary ESR1-positive breast tumors, DC-SCRIPT expression also correlated with CDKN2B expression. Collectively, these data show that DC-SCRIPT acts as a novel regulator of CDKN2B and induces cell cycle arrest in ESR1-positive breast cancer cells
Eigenvalue asymptotics for weighted Laplace equations on rough Riemannian manifolds with boundary
Our topological setting is a smooth compact manifold of dimension two or
higher with smooth boundary. Although this underlying topological structure is
smooth, the Riemannian metric tensor is only assumed to be bounded and
measurable. This is known as a rough Riemannian manifold. For a large class of
boundary conditions we demonstrate a Weyl law for the asymptotics of the
eigenvalues of the Laplacian associated to a rough metric. Moreover, we obtain
eigenvalue asymptotics for weighted Laplace equations associated to a rough
metric. Of particular novelty is that the weight function is not assumed to be
of fixed sign, and thus the eigenvalues may be both positive and negative. Key
ingredients in the proofs were demonstrated by Birman and Solomjak nearly fifty
years ago in their seminal work on eigenvalue asymptotics. In addition to
determining the eigenvalue asymptotics in the rough Riemannian manifold setting
for weighted Laplace equations, we also wish to promote their achievements
which may have further applications to modern problems
ST-segment elevation in estimation of area at risk in thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction: role of measurement site in the ST-segment
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alpha-crystallin sequences support a galliform/anseriform clade
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Outcomes of applying lightweight code review in terms of error detection and perceived value and learning
The problems a new start-up company face are numerous. Everything from restricted resources and a very high speed of development, to different backgrounds and levels of expertise and experience of the employees. Procedures have to be set in place in order to give everyone involved the same vision of the product, and to get the development up to speed as fast as possible. This case study implements a light weight code review protocol that is adopted by the programmers of the company, primarily to mitigate the problem of varying expertise. During the course of the study, measurements of errors detected and perceived value and learning were made. Finally, extrapolations of the data was done in order to see what could be generalised from this very specific case study to a broader context