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Breadcrumb Erik Sahai Sahai lab Tumour Cell Biology Laboratory : Publications Lab contentLab contentIn this section Overview Areas of interest Publications Members Vacancies Co-culture of cancer cells (darker cells) with stromal fibroblasts (lighter cells) with a signalling molecule shown in green speckles. Toggle to view hero caption PublicationsYear published2020 (1)2018 (2)2017 (1)2016 (2) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsCell Biology (6)Imaging (6)Model Organisms (6)Tumour Biology (6)Biochemistry & Proteomics (1)Cell Cycle & Chromosomes (1)Chemical Biology & High Throughput (1)Genetics & Genomics (1)Genome Integrity & Repair (1) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (6)Primary research (6) Facet Publication typeJournal (-)Nature Communications (6) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 6 of 6Last updated : 20 April 2024 02:11 Heat Shock Factor 1-dependent extracellular matrix remodeling mediates the transition from chronic intestinal inflammation to colon cancer Authors (20) Oshrat Levi-Galibov Hagar Lavon Rina Wassermann-Dozorets Meirav Pevsner-Fischer Shimrit MayerEsther Wershof[...] John A PorcoErik Sahai Dror S Shouval David Kelsen Ruth Scherz-Shouval Nature Communications Published 7 December 2020 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details TRPS1 shapes YAP/TEAD-dependent transcription in breast cancer cells Authors (7) Dana Elster Marie TollotKarin Schlegelmilch Alessandro Ori Andreas RosenwaldErik Sahai Björn von Eyss Nature Communications Published 6 August 2018 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details Heterogeneity in tumor chromatin-doxorubicin binding revealed by in vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging confocal endomicroscopy Authors (8) Hugh SparksHiroshi KondoSteven Hooper Ian Munro Gordon Kennedy Christopher Dunsby Paul FrenchErik Sahai Nature Communications Published 9 July 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiLight MicroscopyFull details Actomyosin drives cancer cell nuclear dysmorphia and threatens genome stability Authors (11)Tohru Takaki Marco Montagner Murielle P Serres Maël Le BerreMatt RussellLucy Collinson Karoly SzuhaiMichael HowellSimon BoultonErik Sahai Mark Petronczki Nature Communications Published 24 July 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiSimon BoultonHigh Throughput ScreeningElectron MicroscopyFull details p120-catenin prevents multinucleation through control of MKLP1-dependent RhoA activity during cytokinesis Authors (14) Robert AH van de Ven Jolien S de GrootDanielle Park Robert van Domselaar Danielle de Jong Karoly Szuhai[...] Carlos Caldas Paul J van Diest Martin W HetzerErik Sahai Patrick WB Derksen Nature Communications Published 22 December 2016 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details Tumour cell-derived Wnt7a recruits and activates fibroblasts to promote tumour aggressiveness Authors (11) Alexandra Avgustinova Marjan Iravani David RobertsonTony Fearns Qiong Gao Pamela Klingbeil Andrew M Hanby Valerie SpeirsErik Sahai Fernando Calvo Clare M Isacke Nature Communications Published 18 January 2016 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Heat Shock Factor 1-dependent extracellular matrix remodeling mediates the transition from chronic intestinal inflammation to colon cancer Authors (20) Oshrat Levi-Galibov Hagar Lavon Rina Wassermann-Dozorets Meirav Pevsner-Fischer Shimrit MayerEsther Wershof[...] John A PorcoErik Sahai Dror S Shouval David Kelsen Ruth Scherz-Shouval Nature Communications Published 7 December 2020 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
TRPS1 shapes YAP/TEAD-dependent transcription in breast cancer cells Authors (7) Dana Elster Marie TollotKarin Schlegelmilch Alessandro Ori Andreas RosenwaldErik Sahai Björn von Eyss Nature Communications Published 6 August 2018 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
Heterogeneity in tumor chromatin-doxorubicin binding revealed by in vivo fluorescence lifetime imaging confocal endomicroscopy Authors (8) Hugh SparksHiroshi KondoSteven Hooper Ian Munro Gordon Kennedy Christopher Dunsby Paul FrenchErik Sahai Nature Communications Published 9 July 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiLight MicroscopyFull details
Actomyosin drives cancer cell nuclear dysmorphia and threatens genome stability Authors (11)Tohru Takaki Marco Montagner Murielle P Serres Maël Le BerreMatt RussellLucy Collinson Karoly SzuhaiMichael HowellSimon BoultonErik Sahai Mark Petronczki Nature Communications Published 24 July 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesErik SahaiSimon BoultonHigh Throughput ScreeningElectron MicroscopyFull details
p120-catenin prevents multinucleation through control of MKLP1-dependent RhoA activity during cytokinesis Authors (14) Robert AH van de Ven Jolien S de GrootDanielle Park Robert van Domselaar Danielle de Jong Karoly Szuhai[...] Carlos Caldas Paul J van Diest Martin W HetzerErik Sahai Patrick WB Derksen Nature Communications Published 22 December 2016 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details
Tumour cell-derived Wnt7a recruits and activates fibroblasts to promote tumour aggressiveness Authors (11) Alexandra Avgustinova Marjan Iravani David RobertsonTony Fearns Qiong Gao Pamela Klingbeil Andrew M Hanby Valerie SpeirsErik Sahai Fernando Calvo Clare M Isacke Nature Communications Published 18 January 2016 Crick labsErik SahaiFull details