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ArticleOncogene2010

Somatic p16(INK4a) loss accelerates melanomagenesis.

K B Monahan, G I Rozenberg, J Krishnamurthy, S M Johnson, W Liu, M K Bradford, J Horner, R A Depinho, N E Sharpless

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Article in Oncogene, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

K B MonahanDepartments of Medicine and Genetics, The Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295, USA.
G I Rozenberg
J Krishnamurthy
S M Johnson
W Liu
M K Bradford
J Horner
R A Depinho
N E Sharpless
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterCenter for Environmental Health · USCentre for Cancer Biology · AUHarvard University Press · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

UNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Melissa A. Troester · 2001 to 2026
$36.3M
The System of Response to DNA Damage Suppresses Environmental MelanomagenesisP01ES014635 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KAUFMANN, WILLIAM K. · 2007 to 2011
$6.7M
The Role of p16INK4 in Mammalian AgingR01AG024379 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HE, SHENGHUI · 2004 to 2019
$4.6M
In vivo murine models of metastasis for therapeutic testingR01CA163896 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SHARPLESS, NORMAN E, WONG, KWOK KIN · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA163896NIA NIH HHS AG024379NIA NIH HHS R01 AG024379NIEHS NIH HHS ES14635NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES014635NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES010126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loss of p16(INK4a)-RB and ARF-p53 tumor suppressor pathways, as well as activation of RAS-RAF signaling, is seen in a majority of human melanomas. Although heterozygous germline mutations of p16(INK4a) are associated with familial melanoma, most melanomas result from somatic genetic events: often p16(INK4a) loss and N-RAS or B-RAF mutational activation, with a minority possessing alternative genetic alterations such as activating mutations in K-RAS and/or p53 inactivation. To generate a murine model of melanoma featuring some of these somatic genetic events, we engineered a novel conditional p16(INK4a)-null allele and combined this allele with a melanocyte-specific, inducible CRE recombinase strain, a conditional p53-null allele and a loxP-stop-loxP activatable oncogenic K-Ras allele. We found potent synergy between melanocyte-specific activation of K-Ras and loss of p16(INK4a) and/or p53 in melanomagenesis. Mice harboring melanocyte-specific activated K-Ras and loss of p16(INK4a) and/or p53 developed invasive, unpigmented and nonmetastatic melanomas with short latency and high penetrance. In addition, the capacity of these somatic genetic events to rapidly induce melanomas in adult mice suggests that melanocytes remain susceptible to transformation throughout adulthood.

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Genes, p16AnimalsBlotting, WesternCell Transformation, NeoplasticDisease Models, AnimalGenes, rasHumansImmunohistochemistryMelanocytesMelanomaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTumor Suppressor Protein p53Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

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PMID20697345
PMCPMC3007178
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