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Overexpression of E2F1 in astrocytes leads to neoplastic transformation and changes in expression of retinoblastoma family members

✍ Scribed by Masakazu Miyajima; Howard O. Nornes; Kiyoshi Sato; Toomas Neuman

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 508 KB
Volume: 46
Category: Article
ISSN: 0360-4012
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19961001)46:1<108::aid-jnr13>3.0.co;2-1

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✦ Synopsis

Overexpression of mouse E2F1 full-length but not truncated forms results in neoplastic transformation of astrocytes in vitro. This neoplastic transformation is accompanied with changes in cell morphology and expression of cell cycle regulators. Transformed astrocytes have higher expression of cdk2, pRb, and p107 than control astrocytes. However, expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and p130 is reduced in transformed astrocytes.