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View article: Special Issue: “Yeast as a Model System to Study Human Diseases”
Special Issue: “Yeast as a Model System to Study Human Diseases” Open
Yeast is a well-known eukaryote that has been fundamental in the discovery of principles governing cellular life [...]
View article: Functional Characterization of the Human BRCA1 ∆11 Splicing Isoforms in Yeast
Functional Characterization of the Human BRCA1 ∆11 Splicing Isoforms in Yeast Open
BRCA1, a crucial tumor suppressor gene, has several splicing isoforms, including Δ9–11, Δ11, and Δ11q, which lack exon 11, coding for significant portions of the protein. These isoforms are naturally present in both normal and cancerous ce…
View article: Identification of novel plant cysteine oxidase inhibitors from a yeast chemical genetic screen
Identification of novel plant cysteine oxidase inhibitors from a yeast chemical genetic screen Open
View article: Effects of single and fractionated low-dose irradiation on vascular endothelial cells
Effects of single and fractionated low-dose irradiation on vascular endothelial cells Open
This is the unformatted version of the accepted paper manuscript "Effects of single and fractionated low-dose irradiation on vascular endothelial cells" published on Atheroscllerosis 2014 Aug;235(2):510-8.doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.201…
View article: Yeast and Virus-like Particles: A Perfect or Imperfect Couple?
Yeast and Virus-like Particles: A Perfect or Imperfect Couple? Open
Virus-like particles (VLPs) comprise viral structural proteins that self-assemble to form a particle similar to the native virus capsid. Since their discovery, they have been employed mainly as vaccines to prevent viral infection because t…
View article: PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation
PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation Open
View article: Additional file 4 of PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation
Additional file 4 of PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation Open
Additional file 4. Table S2: The 87 cytoplasmic proteins identified by mass spectrometry.
View article: Additional file 3 of PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation
Additional file 3 of PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation Open
Additional file 3. Table S1: Primers.
View article: Additional file 5 of PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation
Additional file 5 of PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation Open
Additional file 5. Table S3: Reactome pathways to which the 51 selected RBPs belong, listed top to bottom according to increasing FDR values.
View article: Additional file 6 of PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation
Additional file 6 of PARP1 negatively regulates MAPK signaling by impairing BRAF-X1 translation Open
Additional file 6. Table S4: Binding affinity of the 20 mRBPs to the R8 fragment of X1 3’UTR, according to catRAPID omics v2.0 program.
View article: Validation and Data-Integration of Yeast-Based Assays for Functional Classification of BRCA1 Missense Variants
Validation and Data-Integration of Yeast-Based Assays for Functional Classification of BRCA1 Missense Variants Open
Germline mutations in the BRCA1 gene have been reported to increase the lifetime risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer (BOC). By new sequencing technologies, numerous variants of uncertain significance (VUS) are identified. It is…
View article: <i>RAD52</i> influences the effect of <i>BRCA1/2</i> missense variants on homologous recombination and gene reversion in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>
<i>RAD52</i> influences the effect of <i>BRCA1/2</i> missense variants on homologous recombination and gene reversion in <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> Open
The breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, are key players in the homologous recombination (HR) repair pathway and act as tumor suppressors by maintaining genome stability. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has n…
View article: Yeast as a Tool to Understand the Significance of Human Disease-Associated Gene Variants
Yeast as a Tool to Understand the Significance of Human Disease-Associated Gene Variants Open
At present, the great challenge in human genetics is to provide significance to the growing amount of human disease-associated gene variants identified by next generation DNA sequencing technologies. Increasing evidences suggest that model…
View article: Detection of Germline Variants in 450 Breast/Ovarian Cancer Families with a Multi-Gene Panel Including Coding and Regulatory Regions
Detection of Germline Variants in 450 Breast/Ovarian Cancer Families with a Multi-Gene Panel Including Coding and Regulatory Regions Open
With the progress of sequencing technologies, an ever-increasing number of variants of unknown functional and clinical significance (VUS) have been identified in both coding and non-coding regions of the main Breast Cancer (BC) predisposit…
View article: Inhibition of DNA Repair in Cancer Therapy: Toward a Multi-Target Approach
Inhibition of DNA Repair in Cancer Therapy: Toward a Multi-Target Approach Open
Alterations in DNA repair pathways are one of the main drivers of cancer insurgence. Nevertheless, cancer cells are more susceptible to DNA damage than normal cells and they rely on specific functional repair pathways to survive. Thanks to…
View article: Yeast-based assays for the functional characterization of cancer-associated variants of human DNA repair genes
Yeast-based assays for the functional characterization of cancer-associated variants of human DNA repair genes Open
Technological advances are continuously revealing new genetic variants that are often difficult to interpret. As one of the most genetically tractable model organisms, yeast can have a central role in determining the consequences of human …
View article: Computational analysis of data from a genome-wide screening identifies new <i>PARP1</i> functional interactors as potential therapeutic targets
Computational analysis of data from a genome-wide screening identifies new <i>PARP1</i> functional interactors as potential therapeutic targets Open
Knowledge of interaction network between different proteins can be a useful tool in cancer therapy. To develop new therapeutic treatments, understanding how these proteins contribute to dysregulated cellular pathways is an important task. …
View article: Functional Interaction Between BRCA1 and DNA Repair in Yeast May Uncover a Role of RAD50, RAD51, MRE11A, and MSH6 Somatic Variants in Cancer Development
Functional Interaction Between BRCA1 and DNA Repair in Yeast May Uncover a Role of RAD50, RAD51, MRE11A, and MSH6 Somatic Variants in Cancer Development Open
In this study, we determined if BRCA1 partners involved in DNA double-strand break (DSB) and mismatch repair (MMR) may contribute to breast and ovarian cancer development. Taking advantage the functional conservation of DNA repair pathways…
View article: CRIMEtoYHU: a new web tool to develop yeast-based functional assays for characterizing cancer-associated missense variants
CRIMEtoYHU: a new web tool to develop yeast-based functional assays for characterizing cancer-associated missense variants Open
Evaluation of the functional impact of cancer-associated missense variants is more difficult than for protein-truncating mutations and consequently standard guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants have been recently proposed…
View article: A New Natural Antioxidant Mixture Protects against Oxidative and DNA Damage in Endothelial Cell Exposed to Low‐Dose Irradiation
A New Natural Antioxidant Mixture Protects against Oxidative and DNA Damage in Endothelial Cell Exposed to Low‐Dose Irradiation Open
Exposure to ionizing radiation during diagnostic procedures increases systemic oxidative stress and predisposes to higher risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease development. Many studies indicated that antioxidants protect against radia…
View article: Expression of cancer related BRCA1 missense variants decreases MMS-induced recombination in<i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>without altering its nuclear localization
Expression of cancer related BRCA1 missense variants decreases MMS-induced recombination in<i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>without altering its nuclear localization Open
BRCA1 tumor suppressor gene is found mutated in familial breast and ovarian cancer. Most cancer related mutations were found located at the RING (Really Interesting New Gene) and at the BRCT (BRca1 C-Terminal) domain. However, 20 y after i…
View article: MSH2 role in BRCA1-driven tumorigenesis: A preliminary study in yeast and in human tumors from BRCA1-VUS carriers
MSH2 role in BRCA1-driven tumorigenesis: A preliminary study in yeast and in human tumors from BRCA1-VUS carriers Open
View article: Requirement of POL3 and POL4 on non-homologous and microhomology-mediated end joining in rad50/xrs2 mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Requirement of POL3 and POL4 on non-homologous and microhomology-mediated end joining in rad50/xrs2 mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Open
Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) directly joins two broken DNA ends without sequence homology. A distinct pathway called microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ) relies on a few base pairs of homology between the recombined DNA. The majo…