Project information
Functional and molecular characteristics of cancer and normal stem cells - identification of targets for novel therapeutics and therapeutic strategies
- Project Identification
- MSM0021622430
- Project Period
- 1/2007 - 12/2013
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
- Research Intents
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Medicine
- Other MU Faculty/Unit
- Faculty of Science
- Other MU Faculty/Unit
- Faculty of Informatics
- Other MU Faculty/Unit
- Central European Institute of Technology
- Keywords
- embryonic stem cells
The goal of this project will be a) to profit from availability of unique cellular resources - mouse and human embryonic stem cells and normal and malignant hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, b) to effectively employ a wide variety of current and complementary methodologies available to the consortium, and c) to exploit a proven/certified expertise in working with various living systems that span from in vitro cultured cells, through animal models to oncohematological patients. All this together will represent a powerful experimental platform aimed at addressing a nature of molecules and molecular mechanisms underlaying phenomena that are common to both normal and cancer stem cells, mainly their ability to self-renew and to enter differentiation pathways. Integral part of this general goal is to implement multifaceted analytical approach that will cover studies of gene expression at both mRNA and protein levels, evaluating function of extra and intracellular signaling pathways, and analyzing biological properties of cells in vitro and in vivo. Expected outcome will be not only understanding but also a definition of molecules and/or molecular pathways to be tested as therapeutic targets, and cellular models that will make such testing feasible.
Publications
Total number of publications: 360
2013
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Involvement of proteins of extrinsic apoptotic pathway in DNA damage induced apoptosis in hESC
Year: 2013, type: Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
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Molekulárně biologická diagnostika mutací genu KRAS a BRAF u pacientů s kolorektálním karcinomem - zkušenosti laboratorního pracoviště
Klinická onkologie, year: 2013, volume: 26, edition: 1
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Mutační analýza genu NOTCH1 u pacientů s chronickou lymfocytární leukemií
Year: 2013, type: Conference abstract
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Nonlinear Regression Models for Determination of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Content in Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, year: 2013, volume: 9, edition: 6, DOI
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Pluripotent stem cells and gene therapy
Translational Research, year: 2013, volume: 161, edition: 4, DOI
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Prenylated Flavonoids from Morus alba L. Cause Inhibition of G1/S Transition in THP-1 Human Leukemia Cells and Prevent the Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammatory Response
EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE, year: 2013, volume: 2013, edition: 350519, DOI
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PTP1B Is an Effector of Activin Signaling and Regulates Neural Specification of Embryonic Stem Cells
Cell stem cell, year: 2013, volume: 13, edition: 6, DOI
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Role of Wnt-5A and non-canonical Wnt signaling in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Year: 2013, type: Conference abstract
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SF3B1 mutations frequently occur with both ATM mutations and TP53 mutations in CLL patients
Year: 2013, type: Conference abstract
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The Drosophila homologue of the amyloid precursor protein is a conserved modulator of Wnt PCP signaling.
PLoS Biology, year: 2013, volume: 2013, edition: 11(5), DOI