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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

HealthcareNew York, New York, United States
About: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is a healthcare organization based out in New York, New York, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Cancer & Population. The organization has 30293 authors who have published 65381 publications receiving 4462534 citations. The organization is also known as: MSKCC & New York Cancer Hospital.


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TL;DR: Vandetanib demonstrated therapeutic efficacy in a phase III trial of patients with advanced MTC, and met its primary objective of PFS prolongation with vandETanib versus placebo.
Abstract: Purpose There is no effective therapy for patients with advanced medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). Vandetanib, a once-daily oral inhibitor of RET kinase, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, and epidermal growth factor receptor signaling, has previously shown antitumor activity in a phase II study of patients with advanced hereditary MTC.

1,201 citations

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18 Feb 2000-Cell
TL;DR: It is now becoming clear that PTEN plays a significant role not only in inducing cell cycle arrest and programming apoptosis, but also in other aspects of cell physiology, including the regulation of cell adhesion, migration, and differentiation.

1,201 citations

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28 Apr 2011-Nature
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that engagement of a subset of Toll-like receptors results in the recruitment of mitochondria to macrophage phagosomes and augments mROS production, revealing a novel pathway linking innate immune signalling to mitochondria, implicate mR OS as an important component of antibacterial responses and further establish mitochondria as hubs for innate immune signaling.
Abstract: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are essential components of the innate immune response against intracellular bacteria and it is thought that professional phagocytes generate ROS primarily via the phagosomal NADPH oxidase machinery. However, recent studies have suggested that mitochondrial ROS (mROS) also contribute to mouse macrophage bactericidal activity, although the mechanisms linking innate immune signalling to mitochondria for mROS generation remain unclear. Here we demonstrate that engagement of a subset of Toll-like receptors (TLR1, TLR2 and TLR4) results in the recruitment of mitochondria to macrophage phagosomes and augments mROS production. This response involves translocation of a TLR signalling adaptor, tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6), to mitochondria, where it engages the protein ECSIT (evolutionarily conserved signalling intermediate in Toll pathways), which is implicated in mitochondrial respiratory chain assembly. Interaction with TRAF6 leads to ECSIT ubiquitination and enrichment at the mitochondrial periphery, resulting in increased mitochondrial and cellular ROS generation. ECSIT- and TRAF6-depleted macrophages have decreased levels of TLR-induced ROS and are significantly impaired in their ability to kill intracellular bacteria. Additionally, reducing macrophage mROS levels by expressing catalase in mitochondria results in defective bacterial killing, confirming the role of mROS in bactericidal activity. These results reveal a novel pathway linking innate immune signalling to mitochondria, implicate mROS as an important component of antibacterial responses and further establish mitochondria as hubs for innate immune signalling.

1,200 citations

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TL;DR: Constitutive activation of the pathway involving these two genes appears to be a major contributor to the development of uveal melanoma.
Abstract: BACKGROUND Uveal melanoma is the most common intraocular cancer. There are no effective therapies for metastatic disease. Mutations in GNAQ, the gene encoding an alpha subunit of heterotrimeric G proteins, are found in 40% of uveal melanomas. METHODS We sequenced exon 5 of GNAQ and GNA11, a paralogue of GNAQ, in 713 melanocytic neoplasms of different types (186 uveal melanomas, 139 blue nevi, 106 other nevi, and 282 other melanomas). We sequenced exon 4 of GNAQ and GNA11 in 453 of these samples and in all coding exons of GNAQ and GNA11 in 97 uveal melanomas and 45 blue nevi. RESULTS We found somatic mutations in exon 5 (affecting Q209) and in exon 4 (affecting R183) in both GNA11 and GNAQ, in a mutually exclusive pattern. Mutations affecting Q209 in GNA11 were present in 7% of blue nevi, 32% of primary uveal melanomas, and 57% of uveal melanoma metastases. In contrast, we observed Q209 mutations in GNAQ in 55% of blue nevi, 45% of uveal melanomas, and 22% of uveal melanoma metastases. Mutations affecting R183 in either GNAQ or GNA11 were less prevalent (2% of blue nevi and 6% of uveal melanomas) than the Q209 mutations. Mutations in GNA11 induced spontaneously metastasizing tumors in a mouse model and activated the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. CONCLUSIONS Of the uveal melanomas we analyzed, 83% had somatic mutations in GNAQ or GNA11. Constitutive activation of the pathway involving these two genes appears to be a major contributor to the development of uveal melanoma. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others.).

1,196 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Gordon H. Guyatt2311620228631
Edward Giovannucci2061671179875
Irving L. Weissman2011141172504
Craig B. Thompson195557173172
Joan Massagué189408149951
Gad Getz189520247560
Chris Sander178713233287
Richard B. Lipton1762110140776
Richard K. Wilson173463260000
George P. Chrousos1691612120752
Stephen J. Elledge162406112878
Murray F. Brennan16192597087
Lewis L. Lanier15955486677
David W. Bates1591239116698
Dan R. Littman157426107164
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Performance
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023163
2022413
20214,330
20204,389
20194,156
20183,686