Axel Benner

Inhibition of Aurora-kinases for tailored risk adapted treatment of multiple myeloma. (2009)

Hose, Dirk, Rème, Thierry, Meissner, Tobias, Moreaux, Jerome, Seckinger, Anja, Lewis, Joe, ...

Genetic instability and cellular proliferation have been associated with Aurora-kinase expression in several cancer entities, including multiple myeloma. Therefore, the expression of Aurora-A, -B and...

Inhibition of Aurora-kinases for tailored risk adapted treatment of multiple myeloma. (2009)

Hose, Dirk, Rème, Thierry, Meissner, Tobias, Moreaux, Jerome, Seckinger, Anja, Lewis, Joe, ...

Genetic instability and cellular proliferation have been associated with Aurora-kinase expression in several cancer entities, including multiple myeloma. Therefore, the expression of Aurora-A, -B and...

Inhibition of Aurora-kinases for tailored risk adapted treatment of multiple myeloma. (2009)

Hose, Dirk, Rème, Thierry, Meissner, Tobias, Moreaux, Jerome, Seckinger, Anja, Lewis, Joe, ...

Genetic instability and cellular proliferation have been associated with Aurora-kinase expression in several cancer entities, including multiple myeloma. Therefore, the expression of Aurora-A, -B and...

penalizedSVM: a R-package for feature selection SVM classification (2009)

Becker, Natalia, Werft, Wiebke, Toedt, Grischa, Lichter, Peter, Benner, Axel

Summary: Support vector machine (SVMs) classification is a widely used and one of the most powerful classification techniques. However, a major limitation is that SVM cannot perform automatic gene...

Distinct transcriptional MYCN/c-MYC activities are associated with spontaneous regression or malignant progression in neuroblastomas (2008)

Westermann, Frank, Muth, Daniel, Benner, Axel, Bauer, Tobias, Henrich, Kai-Oliver, Oberthuer, André, ...

Abstract Background Amplified MYCN oncogene resulting in deregulated MYCN transcriptional activity is observed in 20% of neuroblastomas and identifies a highly aggressive subtype. In MYCN single-copy...

Off-target effects of siRNA specific for GFP (2008)

Tschuch, Cordula, Schulz, Angela, Pscherer, Armin, Werft, Wiebke, Benner, Axel, Hotz-Wagenblatt, Agnes, ...

Abstract Background Gene knock down by RNAi is a highly effective approach to silence gene expression in experimental as well as therapeutic settings. However, this widely used methodology entails...

Ovarian cancer risk in Polish BRCA1mutation carriers is not associated with the prohibitin 3' untranslated region polymorphism (2008)

Jakubowska, Anna, Gronwald, Jacek, Menkiszak, Janusz, Górski, Bohdan, Huzarski, Tomasz, Byrski, Tomasz, ...

Abstract Background The variable penetrance of ovarian cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers suggests that other genetic or environmental factors modify disease risk. The C to T transition in the 3'...

Ovarian cancer risk in Polish BRCA1 mutation carriers is not associated with the prohibitin 3' untranslated region polymorphism (2008)

Jakubowska, Anna, Menkiszak, Janusz, Gorski, Bohdan, Huzarski, Tomasz, Byrski, Tomasz, Benner, Axel, ...

Background: The variable penetrance of ovarian cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers suggests that other genetic or environmental factors modify disease risk. The C to T transition in the 3' untranslated...

DMBT1 confers mucosal protection in vivo and a deletion variant is associated with Crohn's disease (2007)

Renner, Marcus, Bergmann, Gaby, Krebs, Inge, End, Caroline, Lyer, Stefan, Hilberg, Frank, ...

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Impaired mucosal defense plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD), one of the main subtypes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Deleted in malignant...

Array-based profiling of reference-independent methylation status (aPRIMES) identifies frequent promoter methylation and consecutive downregulation of ZIC2 in pediatric medulloblastoma (2007)

Pfister, Stefan, Schlaeger, Christof, Mendrzyk, Frank, Wittmann, Andrea, Benner, Axel, Kulozik, Andreas, ...

Existing microarray-based approaches for screening of DNA methylation are hampered by a number of shortcomings, such as the introduction of bias by DNA copy-number imbalances in the test genome and...

Array-based profiling of reference-independent methylation status (aPRIMES) identifies frequent promoter methylation and consecutive downregulation of ZIC2 in pediatric medulloblastoma (2007)

Pfister, Stefan, Schlaeger, Christof, Mendrzyk, Frank, Wittmann, Andrea, Benner, Axel, Kulozik, Andreas, ...

Existing microarray-based approaches for screening of DNA methylation are hampered by a number of shortcomings, such as the introduction of bias by DNA copy-number imbalances in the test genome and...

Preponderance of the oncogenic V599E and V599K mutations in B-rafkinase domain is enhanced in melanoma cutaneous/subcutaneous metastases (2005)

Deichmann, Martin, Thome, Marianne, Benner, Axel, Kirschner, Martin, Hassanzadeh, Judith, Kurzen, Hjalmar

Abstract Background Downstream of Ras, the serine/threonine kinase B-raf has been reported to be mutated, among other carcinomas, in a substantial subset of primary melanomas with a preponderance of...

Capillary electrophoretic analysis of genomic DNA methylation levels (2003)

Stach, Dirk, Schmitz, Oliver J., Stilgenbauer, Stephan, Benner, Axel, Döhner, Hartmut, Wiessler, Manfred, ...

Changes in DNA methylation have been found in the large majority of tumors. This phenomenon includes both genome‐wide hypomethylation and gene‐ specific hypermethylation. However, the...

Predominant mutation of codon 41 of the {beta}-catenin proto-oncogene in rat colon tumors induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine using a complete carcinogenic protocol (2001)

Koesters, Robert, Hans, Margrit A., Benner, Axel, Prosst, Rüdiger, Boehm, Johannes, Gahlen, Johannes, ...

Constitutive activation of the wnt-signaling pathway plays an important role during both human and rat colon carcinogenesis and can be brought through mutations in either the adenomatous polyposis...

Capillary electrophoretic analysis of genomic DNA methylation levels

Stach, Dirk, Schmitz, Oliver J., Stilgenbauer, Stephan, Benner, Axel, Döhner, Hartmut, Wiessler, Manfred, ...

Changes in DNA methylation have been found in the large majority of tumors. This phenomenon includes both genome-wide hypomethylation and gene- specific hypermethylation. However, the clinical...

Decreased Detection Rate of Disseminated Tumor Cells of Rectal Cancer Patients After Preoperative Chemoradiation: A First Step Towards a Molecular Surrogate Marker for Neoadjuvant Treatment in Colorectal Cancer

Kienle, Peter, Koch, Moritz, Autschbach, Frank, Benner, Axel, Treiber, Martina, Wannenmacher, Michael, ...

Blood and bone marrow of 142 patients with or without preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer were tested for disseminated tumor cells. Preoperative chemoradiation was associated with a...

Capillary electrophoretic analysis of genomic DNA methylation levels

Stach, Dirk, Schmitz, Oliver J., Stilgenbauer, Stephan, Benner, Axel, Döhner, Hartmut, Wiessler, Manfred, ...

Changes in DNA methylation have been found in the large majority of tumors. This phenomenon includes both genome-wide hypomethylation and gene- specific hypermethylation. However, the clinical...

Decreased Detection Rate of Disseminated Tumor Cells of Rectal Cancer Patients After Preoperative Chemoradiation: A First Step Towards a Molecular Surrogate Marker for Neoadjuvant Treatment in Colorectal Cancer

Kienle, Peter, Koch, Moritz, Autschbach, Frank, Benner, Axel, Treiber, Martina, Wannenmacher, Michael, ...

Blood and bone marrow of 142 patients with or without preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer were tested for disseminated tumor cells. Preoperative chemoradiation was associated with a...

Array-based profiling of reference-independent methylation status (aPRIMES) identifies frequent promoter methylation and consecutive downregulation of ZIC2 in pediatric medulloblastoma

Pfister, Stefan, Schlaeger, Christof, Mendrzyk, Frank, Wittmann, Andrea, Benner, Axel, Kulozik, Andreas, ...

Existing microarray-based approaches for screening of DNA methylation are hampered by a number of shortcomings, such as the introduction of bias by DNA copy-number imbalances in the test genome and...

Gene Expression Patterns in Ependymomas Correlate with Tumor Location, Grade, and Patient Age

Korshunov, Andrey, Neben, Kai, Wrobel, Gunnar, Tews, Bjoern, Benner, Axel, Hahn, Meinhard, ...

To elucidate the molecular events responsible for tumorigenesis and progression of ependymomas, we analyzed molecular alterations on the gene expression level in a series of newly diagnosed ependymal...

Gene mutations and response to treatment with all-trans retinoic acid in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia. Results from the AMLSG Trial AML HD98B

Schlenk, Richard F., Döhner, Konstanze, Kneba, Michael, Götze, Katharina, Hartmann, Frank, Del Valle, Francesco, ...

The findings of this study suggest that mutant NPM1, and more specifically the genotype mutant NPM1 without FLT3-ITD, is a predictive factor for response to all-trans retinoic acid given as an...