Involvement of Mediator complex in malignancy

C Schiano, A Casamassimi, M Rienzo… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
Mediator complex (MED) is an evolutionarily conserved multiprotein, fundamental for growth
and survival of all cells. In eukaryotes, the mRNA transcription is dependent on RNA …

Mediator and human disease

JM Spaeth, NH Kim, TG Boyer - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Since the identification of a metazoan counterpart to yeast Mediator nearly 15 years ago, a
convergent body of biochemical and molecular genetic studies have confirmed their …

MCT1 modulates cancer cell pyruvate export and growth of tumors that co-express MCT1 and MCT4

CS Hong, NA Graham, W Gu, CE Camacho, V Mah… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Summary Monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) inhibition is thought to block tumor growth
through disruption of lactate transport and glycolysis. Here, we show MCT1 inhibition …

Progesterone and estrogen receptor expression and activity in human non-small cell lung cancer

DC Marquez-Garban, V Mah, M Alavi, EL Maresh… - Steroids, 2011 - Elsevier
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer mortality in male and female patients in
the US. Although it is clear that tobacco smoking is a major cause of lung cancer, about half …

Biologic Roles of Estrogen Receptor‐β and Insulin‐Like Growth Factor‐2 in Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer

N Hamilton, D Márquez-Garbán, V Mah… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC) occurs in 10–15% of patients yet accounts for almost
half of all breast cancer deaths. TNBCs lack expression of estrogen and progesterone …

Differential expression of anterior gradient gene AGR2 in prostate cancer

EL Maresh, V Mah, M Alavi, S Horvath, L Bagryanova… - BMC cancer, 2010 - Springer
Background The protein AGR2 is a putative member of the protein disulfide isomerase
family and was first identified as a homolog of the Xenopus laevis gene XAG-2. AGR2 has …

Rationale and preclinical efficacy of a novel anti-EMP2 antibody for the treatment of invasive breast cancer

M Fu, EL Maresh, GF Helguera… - Molecular cancer …, 2014 - aacrjournals.org
Despite significant advances in biology and medicine, the incidence and mortality due to
breast cancer worldwide is still unacceptably high. Thus, there is an urgent need to discover …

Unraveling framework of the ancestral Mediator complex in human diseases

C Napoli, M Sessa, T Infante, A Casamassimi - Biochimie, 2012 - Elsevier
Mediator (MED) is a fundamental component of the RNA polymerase II-mediated
transcription machinery. This multiprotein complex plays a pivotal role in the regulation of …

Resveratrol modulates MED28 (Magicin/EG-1) expression and inhibits epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced migration in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells

MF Lee, MH Pan, YS Chiou, AC Cheng… - Journal of agricultural …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Resveratrol and pterostilbene exhibit diverse biological activities. MED28, a subunit of the
mammalian Mediator complex for transcription, was also identified as magicin, an actin …

Protein expression based multimarker analysis of breast cancer samples

AP Presson, NK Yoon, L Bagryanova, V Mah, M Alavi… - BMC cancer, 2011 - Springer
Background Tissue microarray (TMA) data are commonly used to validate the prognostic
accuracy of tumor markers. For example, breast cancer TMA data have led to the …