Once and only once: mechanisms of centriole duplication and their deregulation in disease

EA Nigg, AJ Holland - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Centrioles are conserved microtubule-based organelles that form the core of the centrosome
and act as templates for the formation of cilia and flagella. Centrioles have important roles in …

Centrosome function and assembly in animal cells

PT Conduit, A Wainman, JW Raff - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2015 - nature.com
It has become clear that the role of centrosomes extends well beyond that of important
microtubule organizers. There is increasing evidence that they also function as coordination …

Whole-genome doubling confers unique genetic vulnerabilities on tumour cells

RJ Quinton, A DiDomizio, MA Vittoria, K Kotýnková… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Whole-genome doubling (WGD) is common in human cancers, occurring early in
tumorigenesis and generating genetically unstable tetraploid cells that fuel tumour …

Biology, detection, and clinical implications of circulating tumor cells

SA Joosse, TM Gorges, K Pantel - EMBO molecular medicine, 2015 - embopress.org
Cancer metastasis is the main cause of cancer‐related death, and dissemination of tumor
cells through the blood circulation is an important intermediate step that also exemplifies the …

Centrosome amplification is sufficient to promote spontaneous tumorigenesis in mammals

MS Levine, B Bakker, B Boeckx, J Moyett, J Lu, B Vitre… - Developmental cell, 2017 - cell.com
Centrosome amplification is a common feature of human tumors, but whether this is a cause
or a consequence of cancer remains unclear. Here, we test the consequence of centrosome …

Reversible centriole depletion with an inhibitor of Polo-like kinase 4

YL Wong, JV Anzola, RL Davis, M Yoon, A Motamedi… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Centrioles are ancient organelles that build centrosomes, the major microtubule-organizing
centers of animal cells. Extra centrosomes are a common feature of cancer cells. To …

Cytokinesis defects and cancer

SMA Lens, RH Medema - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Whole-genome and centrosome duplication as a consequence of cytokinesis failure can
drive tumorigenesis in experimental model systems. However, whether cytokinesis failure is …

Chromosomal instability sensitizes patient breast tumors to multipolar divisions induced by paclitaxel

CM Scribano, J Wan, K Esbona, JB Tucker… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Paclitaxel (Taxol) is a cornerstone of cancer treatment. However, its mechanism of
cytotoxicity is incompletely understood and not all patients benefit from treatment. We show …

Causes and consequences of centrosome abnormalities in cancer

SA Godinho, D Pellman - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Centrosome amplification is a hallmark of cancer. However, despite significant progress in
recent years, we are still far from understanding how centrosome amplification affects …

Circulating tumor cells: from new biological insights to clinical practice

X Gu, S Wei, X Lv - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The primary reason for high mortality rates among cancer patients is metastasis, where
tumor cells migrate through the bloodstream from the original site to other parts of the body …