Tuz Zahra, Fatema, Kubota, Yoshiaki, Doci, Colleen L., Minchew, Shelby A., Cobos, Christopher, Gutkind, J. Silvio, Mikelis, Constantinos M., Zheng, Yi, Ichiyama, Yusuke, Sajib, Sanaullah, Tullar, Paul E., and Akwii, Racheal Grace
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Imbalanced angiogenesis is a characteristic of several diseases. Rho GTPases regulate multiple cellular processes, such as cytoskeletal rearrangement, cell movement, microtubule dynamics, signal transduction and gene...
Doci, Colleen L., Gutkind, J. Silvio, and Sakurai, Atsuko
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Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting vasculature, is essential for many physiological processes, and aberrant angiogenesis contributes to some of the most prevalent human diseases, including cancer....
Mikelis, Constantinos M., Doci, Colleen L., Gutkind, J. Silvio, Lionakis, Michail S., and Molinolo, Alfredo A.
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Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) often metastasize to locoregional lymph nodes, and lymph node involvement represents one of the most important prognostic factors of poor clinical outcome. HNSCCs are remarkably...
Singh, Bhuvanesh, Marsh, Christina A., Sinha,Uttam K., Rusling, James F., Malhotra, Ruchika, Veenstra, Timothy D., Doci, Colleen L., Gutkind, J. Silvio, Patel, Vyomesh, Nathan, Cherie-Ann O., Martin, Daniel, and Molinolo, Alfredo A.
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OBJECTIVES: The diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastasis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients constitutes an essential requirement for clinical staging and treatment selection. However, clinical...
Doci, Colleen L., Gutkind, J. Silvio, and Sakurai, Atsuko
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Semaphorins are a family of membrane-bound and secreted type of proteins which were initially identified as chemorepulsive axon guidance molecules. Plexins and neuropilins are two major receptor families of semaphorins, and...
Mikelis, Constantinos M., Zárate-Bladés, Carlos Rodrigo, Leelahavanichkul, Kantima, Wang, Zhiyong, Martin, Daniel, Doci, Colleen L., Dorsam, Robert T., Amornphimoltham, Panomwat, Gutkind, J. Silvio, Patel, Vyomesh, Weigert, Roberto, Masedunskas, Andrius, Molinolo, Alfredo A., and Dillenburg-Pilla, Patricia
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Multiple human malignancies rely on C-X-C motif chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) and its ligand, SDF-1/CXCL12 (stroma cell-derived factor 1/C-X-C motif chemokine 12), to metastasize. CXCR4 inhibitors promote the mobilization...
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and it is predicted that up to 80 % of Americans will have HPV infections in their lifetime. The etiology of cervical cancer has long been linked with persistent HPV...