TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 23, Issue 1 (8 January 2004)
Review
Generating mutations but providing chemosensitivity: the role of O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase in human cancer FREE
Manel Esteller and James G Herman
Oncogene 23: 1-8; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207316
Original Papers
Opposite effects of Ha-Ras and Ki-Ras on radiation-induced apoptosis via differential activation of PI3K/Akt and Rac/p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways FREE
Jung-A Choi, Moon-Taek Park, Chang-Mo Kang, Hong-Duck Um, Sangwoo Bae, Kee-Ho Lee, Tae-Hwan Kim, Jae-Hong Kim, Chul-Koo Cho, Yun-Sil Lee, Hee Yong Chung and Su-Jae Lee
Oncogene 23: 9-20; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206982
P21WAF1/CIP1 is dispensable for G1 arrest, but indispensable for apoptosis induced by sodium butyrate in MCF-7 breast cancer cells FREE
Valérie Chopin, Robert-Alain Toillon, Nathalie Jouy and Xuefen Le Bourhis
Oncogene 23: 21-29; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207020
Radiation resistance of human melanoma analysed by retroviral insertional mutagenesis reveals a possible role for dopachrome tautomerase FREE
Brian J Pak, Jane Lee, Boun L Thai, Serge Y Fuchs, Yuval Shaked, Ze'ev Ronai, Robert S Kerbel and Yaacov Ben-David
Oncogene 23: 30-38; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207007
Rapid induction of mitochondrial events and caspase-independent apoptosis in Survivin-targeted melanoma cells FREE
Tong Liu, Brook Brouha and Douglas Grossman
Oncogene 23: 39-48; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206978
Phosphorylation of p53 at serine 37 is important for transcriptional activity and regulation in response to DNA damage FREE
Kathleen M Dohoney, Claire Guillerm, Craig Whiteford, Cem Elbi, Paul F Lambert, Gordon L Hager and John N Brady
Oncogene 23: 49-57; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207005
The destruction box of human Geminin is critical for proliferation and tumor growth in human colon cancer cells FREE
Kenichi Yoshida, Naoki Oyaizu, Anindya Dutta and Ituro Inoue
Oncogene 23: 58-70; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206987
Expression and functional significance of CDC25B in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma FREE
Junchao Guo, Jörg Kleeff, Junsheng Li, Jiayi Ding, Jürgen Hammer, Yupei Zhao, Thomas Giese, Murray Korc, Markus W Büchler and Helmut Friess
Oncogene 23: 71-81; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206926
DBCCR1 mediates death in cultured bladder tumor cells FREE
Kate O Wright, Edward M Messing and Jay E Reeder
Oncogene 23: 82-90; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206642
Human fibroblasts require the Rb family of tumor suppressors, but not p53, for PML-induced senescence FREE
Frédérick A Mallette, Stéphane Goumard, Marie-France Gaumont-Leclerc, Olga Moiseeva and Gerardo Ferbeyre
Oncogene 23: 91-99; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206886
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-
activation inhibits tumor progression in non-small-cell lung cancer FREE
Venkateshwar G Keshamouni, Raju C Reddy, Douglas A Arenberg, Binju Joel, Victor J Thannickal, Gregory P Kalemkerian and Theodore J Standiford
Oncogene 23: 100-108; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206885
H4(D10S170), a gene frequently rearranged with RET in papillary thyroid carcinomas: functional characterization FREE
Angela Celetti, Aniello Cerrato, Francesco Merolla, Donata Vitagliano, Giancarlo Vecchio and Michele Grieco
Oncogene 23: 109-121; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206981
Induction of protein growth factor systems in the ovaries of transgenic mice overexpressing human type 2 lysophosphatidic acid G protein-coupled receptor (LPA2) FREE
Mei-Chuan Huang, Hsin-Yu Lee, Che-Chung Yeh, Yvonne Kong, Charles J Zaloudek and Edward J Goetzl
Oncogene 23: 122-129; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206986
Insulin-like growth factor-I signaling in human neuroblastoma cells FREE
Bhumsoo Kim, Cynthia M van Golen and Eva L Feldman
Oncogene 23: 130-141; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206924
Characterization of HBV integrants in 14 hepatocellular carcinomas: association of truncated X gene and hepatocellular carcinogenesis FREE
Yi Wang, Sze Hang Lau, Jonathan Shun-Tong Sham, Meng-Chao Wu, Tao Wang and Xin-Yuan Guan
Oncogene 23: 142-148; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206889
TRF2 recruits the Werner syndrome (WRN) exonuclease for processing of telomeric DNA FREE
Amrita Machwe, Liren Xiao and David K Orren
Oncogene 23: 149-156; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206906
Regulation of CXCR4-mediated chemotaxis and chemoinvasion of breast cancer cells FREE
Aaron Zefrin Fernandis, Anil Prasad, Hamid Band, Roland Klösel and Ramesh Kumar Ganju
Oncogene 23: 157-167; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206910
Stat3 enhances vimentin gene expression by binding to the antisilencer element and interacting with the repressor protein, ZBP-89 FREE
Yongzhong Wu, Iman Diab, Xueping Zhang, Elena S Izmailova and Zendra E Zehner
Oncogene 23: 168-178; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207003
Microarray screening for target genes of the proto-oncogene PLAG1 FREE
Marianne L Voz, Janick Mathys, Karen Hensen, Hélène Pendeville, Isabelle Van Valckenborgh, Christophe Van Huffel, Marcela Chavez, Boudewijn Van Damme, Bart De Moor, Yves Moreau and Wim J M Van de Ven
Oncogene 23: 179-191; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207013
Activated Ras induces a proangiogenic phenotype in primary endothelial cells FREE
Kafi N Meadows, Patrick Bryant, Peter A Vincent and Kevin M Pumiglia
Oncogene 23: 192-200; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206921
The tumor suppressor p16INK4a gene is a regulator of apoptosis induced by ultraviolet light and cisplatin FREE
Mai A Al-Mohanna, Pulicat S Manogaran, Zuha Al-Mukhalafi, Khaled A Al-Hussein and Abdelilah Aboussekhra
Oncogene 23: 201-212; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206927
The RET and TRKA pathways collaborate to regulate neuroblastoma differentiation FREE
Suzanne Peterson and Emil Bogenmann
Oncogene 23: 213-225; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206980
Differential regulation of Jun N-terminal kinase and p38MAP kinase by G
12
FREE
Jonathan M Dermott, Ji Hee Ha, Chang Ho Lee and N Dhanasekaran
Oncogene 23: 226-232; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207009
Homo- and hetero-oligomerization of PDZ-RhoGEF, LARG and p115RhoGEF by their C-terminal region regulates their in vivo Rho GEF activity and transforming potential FREE
Hiroki Chikumi, Ana Barac, Babak Behbahani, Yuan Gao, Hidemi Teramoto, Yi Zheng and J Silvio Gutkind
Oncogene 23: 233-240; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207012
G-protein-coupled receptor-mediated activation of rap GTPases: characterization of a novel Gi regulated pathway FREE
Jacques T Weissman, Jian-Nong Ma, Anthony Essex, Yan Gao and Ethan S Burstein
Oncogene 23: 241-249; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207014
PMP24, a gene identified by MSRF, undergoes DNA hypermethylation-associated gene silencing during cancer progression in an LNCaP model FREE
Mengchu Wu and Shuk-Mei Ho
Oncogene 23: 250-259; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207076
Msh2 deficiency does not contribute to cisplatin resistance in mouse embryonic stem cells FREE
Nanna Claij and Hein te Riele
Oncogene 23: 260-266; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207015
Mapping and characterization of the minimal internal ribosome entry segment in the human c-myc mRNA 5' untranslated region FREE
Sabrina Cencig, Cécile Nanbru, Shu-Yun Le, Cyril Gueydan, Georges Huez and Véronique Kruys
Oncogene 23: 267-277; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207017
Transcriptional regulation of human osteopontin promoter by C/EBP and AML-1 in metastatic cancer cells FREE
Yan-Nien Liu, Bean-Bu Kang and J H Chen
Oncogene 23: 278-288; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207022
Csk defines the ability of integrin-mediated cell adhesion and migration in human colon cancer cells: implication for a potential role in cancer metastasis FREE
William Rengifo-Cam, Akio Konishi, Naoki Morishita, Hidetada Matsuoka, Takao Yamori, Shigeyuki Nada and Masato Okada
Oncogene 23: 289-297; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207041
Association of Vimentin overexpression and hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis FREE
Liang Hu, Sze Hang Lau, Chi-Hung Tzang, Jian-Ming Wen, Weisheng Wang, Dan Xie, Minghui Huang, Yi Wang, Meng-Chao Wu, Jie-Fu Huang, Wei-Fen Zeng, Jonathan S T Sham, Mengsu Yang and Xin-Yuan Guan
Oncogene 23: 298-302; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206483
Short Reports
Absence of p21 partially rescues Mdm4 loss and uncovers an antiproliferative effect of Mdm4 on cell growth FREE
Heather A Steinman, Hayla K Sluss, Arthur T Sands, German Pihan and Stephen N Jones
Oncogene 23: 303-306; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206925
Proteasome-dependent dispersal of PML nuclear bodies in response to alkylating DNA damage FREE
Lindus A Conlan, Carolyn J McNees and Jörg Heierhorst
Oncogene 23: 307-310; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207119
Molecular characterization of a t(1;3)(p36;q21) in a patient with MDS. MEL1 is widely expressed in normal tissues, including bone marrow, and it is not overexpressed in the t(1;3) cells FREE
Idoya Lahortiga, Xabier Agirre, Elena Belloni, Iria Vázquez, María J Larrayoz, Patrizia Gasparini, Francesco Lo Coco, Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, María J Calasanz and María D Odero
Oncogene 23: 311-316; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206923
