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80 of 98Last updated : 19 April 2024 03:50 RAS mutation status and bortezomib therapy for relapsed multiple myeloma Authors (9) Dean Smith Elena Armenteros Laura Percy Madhu Kumar Anna Lach Gaelle Herledan Matthew StubbsJulian Downward Kwee Yong British Journal of Haematology Published 1 June 2015 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details Overview of KRAS-driven genetically engineered mouse models of non-small cell lung cancer Authors (2) Clare SheridanJulian Downward Current Protocols in Pharmacology Published 1 January 2015 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details ASPP2 controls epithelial plasticity and inhibits metastasis through β-catenin-dependent regulation of ZEB1 Authors (24) Yihua Wang Fangfang Bu Christophe Royer Sébastien Serres James R Larkin Manuel Sarmiento Soto[...] Robert D Goldin Jian Zhao Xin Tong Yajun Guo Xin Lu Nature Cell Biology Published 1 November 2014 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details Chromosomal instability selects gene copy-number variants encoding core regulators of proliferation in ER+ breast cancer Authors (9) David Endesfelder Rebecca A Burrell Nnennaya Kanu Nicholas McGranahanMichael HowellPeter ParkerJulian DownwardCharles Swanton Maik Kschischo Cancer Research Published 1 September 2014 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonPeter ParkerJulian DownwardHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Guidelines for the use of cell lines in biomedical research Authors (12) RJ Geraghty A Capes-Davis JM DavisJulian Downward RI Freshney I Knezevic[...] JRW Masters J Meredith GN Stacey P Thraves M Vias British Journal of Cancer Published 12 August 2014 Crick labsRobin Lovell-BadgeJulian DownwardFull details RAS interaction with PI3K p110α is required for tumor-induced angiogenesis Authors (7) Miguel Manuel Murillo Santiago ZelenayEmma Nye Esther Castellano François Lassailly Gordon StampJulian Downward Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 1 August 2014 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyFull details Reduced NF1 expression confers resistance to EGFR inhibition in lung cancer Authors (20) Elza C de Bruin Catherine Cowell Patricia H Warne Ming Jiang Rebecca E Saunders Mary Ann Melnick[...] Harold Varmus René Bernards Egbert F Smit Katerina PolitiJulian Downward Cancer Discovery Published 1 May 2014 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details Regulation of polarized morphogenesis by protein kinase C iota in oncogenic epithelial spheroids Authors (13) Mark Linch Marta Sanz-Garcia Carine Rosse Philippe Riou Nick Peel Chris D Madsen[...] Asim Khwaja Christian Dillon Jon Roffey Angus JM CameronPeter Parker Carcinogenesis Published 1 February 2014 Crick labsErik SahaiPeter ParkerJulian DownwardFull details RAS's cloak of invincibility slips at last? Authors (1)Julian Downward Cancer Cell Published 13 January 2014 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details Requirement for interaction of PI3-kinase p110α with RAS in lung tumor maintenance Authors (13) Esther Castellano Clare Sheridan May Zaw ThinEmma Nye Bradley Spencer-Dene Markus E Diefenbacher[...] Miguel M MurilloEva Gronroos François Lassailly Gordon StampJulian Downward Cancer Cell Published 11 November 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyFull details SnapShot: Class I PI3K isoform signaling Authors (2) Ralph FritschJulian Downward Cell Published 15 August 2013 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details PI3K pathway dependencies in endometrioid endometrial cancer cell lines Authors (5) Britta Weigelt Patricia H Warne Maryou B Lambros Jorge S Reis-FilhoJulian Downward Clinical cancer research Published 1 July 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardCell ServicesFull details RAS and RHO families of GTPases directly regulate distinct phosphoinositide 3-kinase isoforms Authors (9) Ralph Fritsch Inge de Krijger Kornelia Fritsch Roger George Beth Reason Madhu S Kumar Markus Diefenbacher Gordon StampJulian Downward Cell Published 23 May 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardStructural BiologyExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesAdvanced SequencingFull details Coordinate direct input of both KRAS and IGF1 receptor to activation of PI3 kinase in KRAS-mutant lung cancer Authors (5)Miriam Molina ArcasDavid Hancock Clare Sheridan Madhu S KumarJulian Downward Cancer Discovery Published 1 May 2013 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details Frank-ter Haar syndrome protein Tks4 regulates epidermal growth factor-dependent cell migration Authors (8) Gábor Bögel Annamária Gujdár Miklós Geiszt Árpád Lányi Anna Fekete Szabolcs SipekiJulian Downward László Buday Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 7 September 2012 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details Determination of synthetic lethal interactions in KRAS oncogene-dependent cancer cells reveals novel therapeutic targeting strategies Authors (11) Michael SteckelMiriam Molina Arcas Britta Weigelt Michaela Marani Patricia H Warne Hanna KuznetsovGavin Kelly Becky SaundersMichael HowellJulian DownwardDavid Hancock Cell Research Published 1 August 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details The GATA2 transcriptional network is requisite for RAS oncogene-driven non-small cell lung cancer Authors (13) Madhu S KumarDavid HancockMiriam Molina Arcas Michael SteckelPhil East Markus Diefenbacher[...] Nik MatthewsEmma Nye Gordon StampAxel BehrensJulian Downward Cell Published 27 April 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardAxel BehrensLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details Intratumor heterogeneity and branched evolution revealed by multiregion sequencing Authors (30) Marco GerlingerAndrew Rowan Stuart Horswell James Larkin David EndesfelderEva Gronroos[...] Martin Gore Zoltan SzallasiJulian Downward P Andrew FutrealCharles Swanton New England Journal of Medicine Published 8 March 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonNeil McDonaldJulian DownwardExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details CERT depletion predicts chemotherapy benefit and mediates cytotoxic and polyploid-specific cancer cell death through autophagy induction Authors (20)Alvin Lee Rebecca Roylance Jil Sander Patricia Gorman David Endesfelder Maik Kschischo[...] Valerie Speirs Andrew M HanbyJulian DownwardSharon ToozeCharles Swanton Journal of Pathology Published 1 February 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesSharon ToozeCharles SwantonJulian DownwardHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsElectron MicroscopyFull details How to fool a wonder drug: truncate and dimerize Authors (2)Miriam Molina ArcasJulian Downward Cancer Cell Published 17 January 2012 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
RAS mutation status and bortezomib therapy for relapsed multiple myeloma Authors (9) Dean Smith Elena Armenteros Laura Percy Madhu Kumar Anna Lach Gaelle Herledan Matthew StubbsJulian Downward Kwee Yong British Journal of Haematology Published 1 June 2015 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details
Overview of KRAS-driven genetically engineered mouse models of non-small cell lung cancer Authors (2) Clare SheridanJulian Downward Current Protocols in Pharmacology Published 1 January 2015 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details
ASPP2 controls epithelial plasticity and inhibits metastasis through β-catenin-dependent regulation of ZEB1 Authors (24) Yihua Wang Fangfang Bu Christophe Royer Sébastien Serres James R Larkin Manuel Sarmiento Soto[...] Robert D Goldin Jian Zhao Xin Tong Yajun Guo Xin Lu Nature Cell Biology Published 1 November 2014 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details
Chromosomal instability selects gene copy-number variants encoding core regulators of proliferation in ER+ breast cancer Authors (9) David Endesfelder Rebecca A Burrell Nnennaya Kanu Nicholas McGranahanMichael HowellPeter ParkerJulian DownwardCharles Swanton Maik Kschischo Cancer Research Published 1 September 2014 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonPeter ParkerJulian DownwardHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Guidelines for the use of cell lines in biomedical research Authors (12) RJ Geraghty A Capes-Davis JM DavisJulian Downward RI Freshney I Knezevic[...] JRW Masters J Meredith GN Stacey P Thraves M Vias British Journal of Cancer Published 12 August 2014 Crick labsRobin Lovell-BadgeJulian DownwardFull details
RAS interaction with PI3K p110α is required for tumor-induced angiogenesis Authors (7) Miguel Manuel Murillo Santiago ZelenayEmma Nye Esther Castellano François Lassailly Gordon StampJulian Downward Journal of Clinical Investigation Published 1 August 2014 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyFull details
Reduced NF1 expression confers resistance to EGFR inhibition in lung cancer Authors (20) Elza C de Bruin Catherine Cowell Patricia H Warne Ming Jiang Rebecca E Saunders Mary Ann Melnick[...] Harold Varmus René Bernards Egbert F Smit Katerina PolitiJulian Downward Cancer Discovery Published 1 May 2014 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardHigh Throughput ScreeningFull details
Regulation of polarized morphogenesis by protein kinase C iota in oncogenic epithelial spheroids Authors (13) Mark Linch Marta Sanz-Garcia Carine Rosse Philippe Riou Nick Peel Chris D Madsen[...] Asim Khwaja Christian Dillon Jon Roffey Angus JM CameronPeter Parker Carcinogenesis Published 1 February 2014 Crick labsErik SahaiPeter ParkerJulian DownwardFull details
RAS's cloak of invincibility slips at last? Authors (1)Julian Downward Cancer Cell Published 13 January 2014 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details
Requirement for interaction of PI3-kinase p110α with RAS in lung tumor maintenance Authors (13) Esther Castellano Clare Sheridan May Zaw ThinEmma Nye Bradley Spencer-Dene Markus E Diefenbacher[...] Miguel M MurilloEva Gronroos François Lassailly Gordon StampJulian Downward Cancer Cell Published 11 November 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyFull details
SnapShot: Class I PI3K isoform signaling Authors (2) Ralph FritschJulian Downward Cell Published 15 August 2013 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details
PI3K pathway dependencies in endometrioid endometrial cancer cell lines Authors (5) Britta Weigelt Patricia H Warne Maryou B Lambros Jorge S Reis-FilhoJulian Downward Clinical cancer research Published 1 July 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardCell ServicesFull details
RAS and RHO families of GTPases directly regulate distinct phosphoinositide 3-kinase isoforms Authors (9) Ralph Fritsch Inge de Krijger Kornelia Fritsch Roger George Beth Reason Madhu S Kumar Markus Diefenbacher Gordon StampJulian Downward Cell Published 23 May 2013 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardStructural BiologyExperimental HistopathologyCell ServicesAdvanced SequencingFull details
Coordinate direct input of both KRAS and IGF1 receptor to activation of PI3 kinase in KRAS-mutant lung cancer Authors (5)Miriam Molina ArcasDavid Hancock Clare Sheridan Madhu S KumarJulian Downward Cancer Discovery Published 1 May 2013 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details
Frank-ter Haar syndrome protein Tks4 regulates epidermal growth factor-dependent cell migration Authors (8) Gábor Bögel Annamária Gujdár Miklós Geiszt Árpád Lányi Anna Fekete Szabolcs SipekiJulian Downward László Buday Journal of Biological Chemistry Published 7 September 2012 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details
Determination of synthetic lethal interactions in KRAS oncogene-dependent cancer cells reveals novel therapeutic targeting strategies Authors (11) Michael SteckelMiriam Molina Arcas Britta Weigelt Michaela Marani Patricia H Warne Hanna KuznetsovGavin Kelly Becky SaundersMichael HowellJulian DownwardDavid Hancock Cell Research Published 1 August 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
The GATA2 transcriptional network is requisite for RAS oncogene-driven non-small cell lung cancer Authors (13) Madhu S KumarDavid HancockMiriam Molina Arcas Michael SteckelPhil East Markus Diefenbacher[...] Nik MatthewsEmma Nye Gordon StampAxel BehrensJulian Downward Cell Published 27 April 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesJulian DownwardAxel BehrensLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
Intratumor heterogeneity and branched evolution revealed by multiregion sequencing Authors (30) Marco GerlingerAndrew Rowan Stuart Horswell James Larkin David EndesfelderEva Gronroos[...] Martin Gore Zoltan SzallasiJulian Downward P Andrew FutrealCharles Swanton New England Journal of Medicine Published 8 March 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesCharles SwantonNeil McDonaldJulian DownwardExperimental HistopathologyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsAdvanced SequencingFull details
CERT depletion predicts chemotherapy benefit and mediates cytotoxic and polyploid-specific cancer cell death through autophagy induction Authors (20)Alvin Lee Rebecca Roylance Jil Sander Patricia Gorman David Endesfelder Maik Kschischo[...] Valerie Speirs Andrew M HanbyJulian DownwardSharon ToozeCharles Swanton Journal of Pathology Published 1 February 2012 Crick labs/ facilitiesSharon ToozeCharles SwantonJulian DownwardHigh Throughput ScreeningBioinformatics and BiostatisticsElectron MicroscopyFull details
How to fool a wonder drug: truncate and dimerize Authors (2)Miriam Molina ArcasJulian Downward Cancer Cell Published 17 January 2012 Crick labsJulian DownwardFull details