James K. V. Willson

Integrated analysis of homozygous deletions, focal amplifications, and sequence alterations in breast and colorectal cancers. (2008)

Leary, Rebecca J., Lin, Jimmy C., Cummins, Jordan, Boca, Simina, Wood, Laura D., Parsons, D. Williams, ...

We have performed a genome-wide analysis of copy number changes in breast and colorectal tumors using approaches that can reliably detect homozygous deletions and amplifications. We found that the...

Detection in Fecal DNA of Colon Cancer–Specific Methylation of the Nonexpressed Vimentin Gene (2005)

Chen, Wei-Dong, Han, Z. James, Skoletsky, Joel, Olson, Jeff, Sah, Jerome, Myeroff, Lois, ...

Background: Increased DNA methylation is an epigenetic alteration that is common in human cancers and is often associated with transcriptional silencing. Aberrantly methylated DNA has also been...

15-Hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase, a COX-2 oncogene antagonist, is a TGF-beta-induced suppressor of human gastrointestinal cancers. (2004)

Yan, Min, Rerko, Ronald M., Platzer, Petra, Dawson, Dawn, Willis, Joseph, Tong, Min, ...

Marked increased expression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), a prostaglandin-synthesizing enzyme that is pharmacologically inhibited by nonsteroid anti-inflammatory-type drugs, is a major early oncogenic...

Cancer diagnosis and therapy based on mutations in TGF-.beta. receptors (2003)

Markowitz, Sanford D., Brattain, Michael G., Willson, James K. V.

Background of the invention: 1. Field of the Invention This invention is concerned with diagnostic methods which assist in classification of tumors by phenotype and with therapeutic intervention...

Cancer diagnosis and therapy based on mutations in TGF-.beta. receptors (2003)

Markowitz, Sanford D., Brattain, Michael G., Willson, James K. V.

Background of the invention: 1. Field of the Invention This invention is concerned with diagnostic methods which assist in classification of tumors by phenotype and with therapeutic intervention...

SLC5A8, a sodium transporter, is a tumor suppressor gene silenced by methylation in human colon aberrant crypt foci and cancers. (2003)

Li, Hui, Myeroff, Lois, Smiraglia, Dominic, Romero, Michael F., Pretlow, Theresa P., Kasturi, Lakshmi, ...

We identify a gene, SLC5A8, and show it is a candidate tumor suppressor gene whose silencing by aberrant methylation is a common and early event in human colon neoplasia. Aberrant DNA methylation has...

SLC5A8, a sodium transporter, is a tumor suppressor gene silenced by methylation in human colon aberrant crypt foci and cancers. (2003)

Li, Hui, Myeroff, Lois, Smiraglia, Dominic, Romero, Michael F., Pretlow, Theresa P., Kasturi, Lakshmi, ...

We identify a gene, SLC5A8, and show it is a candidate tumor suppressor gene whose silencing by aberrant methylation is a common and early event in human colon neoplasia. Aberrant DNA methylation has...

HLTF gene silencing in human colon cancer. (2002)

Moinova, Helen R., Chen, Wei-Dong, Shen, Lanlan, Smiraglia, Dominic, Olechnowicz, Joseph, Ravi, Lakshmeswari, ...

Chromatin remodeling enzymes are increasingly implicated in a variety of important cellular functions. Various components of chromatin remodeling complexes, including several members of the SWI/SNF...

Prevalence of somatic alterations in the colorectal cancer cell genome. (2002)

Wang, Tian-Li, Rago, Carlo, Silliman, Natalie, Ptak, Janine, Markowitz, Sanford, Willson, James K. V., ...

Although a small fraction of human cancers have increased rates of somatic mutation because of known deficiencies in DNA repair, little is known about the prevalence of somatic alterations in the...

Cancer diagnosis and therapy based on mutations in TGF-.beta. receptors (2001)

Markowitz, Sanford D., Brattain, Michael G., Willson, James K. V.

Background of the invention: 1. Field of the Invention This invention is concerned with diagnostic methods which assist in classification of tumors by phenotype and with therapeutic intervention...

Cancer diagnosis and therapy based on mutations in TGF-.beta. receptors (2001)

Markowitz, Sanford D., Brattain, Michael G., Willson, James K. V.

Background of the invention: 1. Field of the Invention This invention is concerned with diagnostic methods which assist in classification of tumors by phenotype and with therapeutic intervention...

Mechanisms underlying losses of heterozygosity in human colorectal cancers. (2001)

Thiagalingam, Sam, Laken, Steve, Willson, James K. V., Markowitz, Sanford D., Kinzler, Kenneth W., Vogelstein, Bert, ...

Losses of heterozygosity are the most common molecular genetic alteration observed in human cancers. However, there have been few systematic studies to understand the mechanism(s) responsible for...

Cancer diagnosis prognosis and therapy based on mutation of receptors for transforming growth factor .beta. and homologous growth controlling factors (1999)

Markowitz, Sanford D., Brattain, Michael G., Willson, James K. V.

Background of the invention: 1. Field of the Invention This invention is concerned with diagnostic methods which assist in classification of tumors by phenotype and with therapeutic intervention...

Cancer diagnosis prognosis and therapy based on mutation of receptors for transforming growth factor .beta. and homologous growth controlling factors (1999)

Markowitz, Sanford D., Brattain, Michael G., Willson, James K. V.

Background of the invention: 1. Field of the Invention This invention is concerned with diagnostic methods which assist in classification of tumors by phenotype and with therapeutic intervention...

Incidence and functional consequences of hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation in colorectal carcinoma. (1998)

Herman, James G., Umar, Asad, Polyak, Kornelia, Graff, Jeremy R., Ahuja, Nita, Issa, Jean-Pierre J., ...

Inactivation of the genes involved in DNA mismatch repair is associated with microsatellite instability (MSI) in colorectal cancer. We report that hypermethylation of the 5' CpG island of hMLH1 is...

Regulation of transforming growth factor alpha expression in a growth factor-independent cell line. (1998)

Howell, Gillian M., Humphrey, Lisa E., Ziober, Barry L., Awwad, Rana, Periyasamy, Basker, Koterba, Alan, ...

Aberrant transcriptional regulation of transforming growth factor alpha (TGF alpha) appears to be an important contributor to the malignant phenotype and the growth factor independence with which...

Induction of nm23 Gene Expression in Human Colonic Neoplasms and Equal Expressions in Colon Tumors of High and Low Metastatic Potential (1991)

Haut, Mitchell, Steeg, Patricia S., Willson, James K. V., Markowitz, Sanford D.

Levels of expression of the murine nm23 gene inversely correlate with metastatic potential in several rodent tumor model systems. Expression of the human nm23 homologue also is lower in human breast...

Incidence and functional consequences of hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation in colorectal carcinoma

Herman, James G., Umar, Asad, Polyak, Kornelia, Graff, Jeremy R., Ahuja, Nita, Issa, Jean-Pierre J., ...

Inactivation of the genes involved in DNA mismatch repair is associated with microsatellite instability (MSI) in colorectal cancer. We report that hypermethylation of the 5′ CpG island of hMLH1 is...

Mechanisms underlying losses of heterozygosity in human colorectal cancers

Thiagalingam, Sam, Laken, Steve, Willson, James K. V., Markowitz, Sanford D., Kinzler, Kenneth W., Vogelstein, Bert, ...

Losses of heterozygosity are the most common molecular genetic alteration observed in human cancers. However, there have been few systematic studies to understand the mechanism(s) responsible for...

Regulation of Transforming Growth Factor α Expression in a Growth Factor-Independent Cell Line

Howell, Gillian M., Humphrey, Lisa E., Ziober, Barry L., Awwad, Rana, Periyasamy, Basker, Koterba, Alan, ...

Aberrant transcriptional regulation of transforming growth factor α (TGFα) appears to be an important contributor to the malignant phenotype and the growth factor independence with which malignancy...

Prevalence of somatic alterations in the colorectal cancer cell genome

Wang, Tian-Li, Rago, Carlo, Silliman, Natalie, Ptak, Janine, Markowitz, Sanford, Willson, James K. V., ...

Although a small fraction of human cancers have increased rates of somatic mutation because of known deficiencies in DNA repair, little is known about the prevalence of somatic alterations in the...

HLTF gene silencing in human colon cancer

Moinova, Helen R., Chen, Wei-Dong, Shen, Lanlan, Smiraglia, Dominic, Olechnowicz, Joseph, Ravi, Lakshmeswari, ...

Chromatin remodeling enzymes are increasingly implicated in a variety of important cellular functions. Various components of chromatin remodeling complexes, including several members of the SWI/SNF...

SLC5A8, a sodium transporter, is a tumor suppressor gene silenced by methylation in human colon aberrant crypt foci and cancers

Li, Hui, Myeroff, Lois, Smiraglia, Dominic, Romero, Michael F., Pretlow, Theresa P., Kasturi, Lakshmi, ...

We identify a gene, SLC5A8, and show it is a candidate tumor suppressor gene whose silencing by aberrant methylation is a common and early event in human colon neoplasia. Aberrant DNA methylation has...

15-Hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase, a COX-2 oncogene antagonist, is a TGF-β-induced suppressor of human gastrointestinal cancers

Yan, Min, Rerko, Ronald M., Platzer, Petra, Dawson, Dawn, Willis, Joseph, Tong, Min, ...

Marked increased expression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), a prostaglandin-synthesizing enzyme that is pharmacologically inhibited by nonsteroid anti-inflammatory-type drugs, is a major early oncogenic...

Incidence and functional consequences of hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation in colorectal carcinoma

Herman, James G., Umar, Asad, Polyak, Kornelia, Graff, Jeremy R., Ahuja, Nita, Issa, Jean-Pierre J., ...

Inactivation of the genes involved in DNA mismatch repair is associated with microsatellite instability (MSI) in colorectal cancer. We report that hypermethylation of the 5′ CpG island of hMLH1 is...

Mechanisms underlying losses of heterozygosity in human colorectal cancers

Thiagalingam, Sam, Laken, Steve, Willson, James K. V., Markowitz, Sanford D., Kinzler, Kenneth W., Vogelstein, Bert, ...

Losses of heterozygosity are the most common molecular genetic alteration observed in human cancers. However, there have been few systematic studies to understand the mechanism(s) responsible for...

Regulation of Transforming Growth Factor α Expression in a Growth Factor-Independent Cell Line

Howell, Gillian M., Humphrey, Lisa E., Ziober, Barry L., Awwad, Rana, Periyasamy, Basker, Koterba, Alan, ...

Aberrant transcriptional regulation of transforming growth factor α (TGFα) appears to be an important contributor to the malignant phenotype and the growth factor independence with which malignancy...

Prevalence of somatic alterations in the colorectal cancer cell genome

Wang, Tian-Li, Rago, Carlo, Silliman, Natalie, Ptak, Janine, Markowitz, Sanford, Willson, James K. V., ...

Although a small fraction of human cancers have increased rates of somatic mutation because of known deficiencies in DNA repair, little is known about the prevalence of somatic alterations in the...

HLTF gene silencing in human colon cancer

Moinova, Helen R., Chen, Wei-Dong, Shen, Lanlan, Smiraglia, Dominic, Olechnowicz, Joseph, Ravi, Lakshmeswari, ...

Chromatin remodeling enzymes are increasingly implicated in a variety of important cellular functions. Various components of chromatin remodeling complexes, including several members of the SWI/SNF...

SLC5A8, a sodium transporter, is a tumor suppressor gene silenced by methylation in human colon aberrant crypt foci and cancers

Li, Hui, Myeroff, Lois, Smiraglia, Dominic, Romero, Michael F., Pretlow, Theresa P., Kasturi, Lakshmi, ...

We identify a gene, SLC5A8, and show it is a candidate tumor suppressor gene whose silencing by aberrant methylation is a common and early event in human colon neoplasia. Aberrant DNA methylation has...

15-Hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase, a COX-2 oncogene antagonist, is a TGF-β-induced suppressor of human gastrointestinal cancers

Yan, Min, Rerko, Ronald M., Platzer, Petra, Dawson, Dawn, Willis, Joseph, Tong, Min, ...

Marked increased expression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), a prostaglandin-synthesizing enzyme that is pharmacologically inhibited by nonsteroid anti-inflammatory-type drugs, is a major early oncogenic...

Integrated analysis of homozygous deletions, focal amplifications, and sequence alterations in breast and colorectal cancers

Leary, Rebecca J., Lin, Jimmy C., Cummins, Jordan, Boca, Simina, Wood, Laura D., Parsons, D. Williams, ...

We have performed a genome-wide analysis of copy number changes in breast and colorectal tumors using approaches that can reliably detect homozygous deletions and amplifications. We found that the...