TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 23, Issue 3 (22 January 2004)
Review
p53 protein variants: structural and functional similarities with p63 and p73 isoforms FREE
Stéphanie Courtois, Claude Caron de Fromentel and Pierre Hainaut
Oncogene 23: 631-638; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1206929
Original Papers
Manipulation of nonsense mediated decay identifies gene mutations in colon cancer Cells with microsatellite instability FREE
Yurij Ionov, Norma Nowak, Manuel Perucho, Sanford Markowitz and John K Cowell
Oncogene 23: 639-645; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207178
Truncated ErbB2 receptor (p95ErbB2) is regulated by heregulin through heterodimer formation with ErbB3 yet remains sensitive to the dual EGFR/ErbB2 kinase inhibitor GW572016 FREE
Wenle Xia, Lei-Hua Liu, Peter Ho and Neil L Spector
Oncogene 23: 646-653; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207166
Identification of IGFBP-6 as a significantly downregulated gene by 
-catenin in desmoid tumors FREE
Hannelore Denys, Ali Jadidizadeh, Saeid Amini Nik, Kim Van Dam, Stein Aerts, Benjamin A Alman, Jean-Jacques Cassiman and Sabine Tejpar
Oncogene 23: 654-664; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207160
Myeloid leukemia with promyelocytic features in transgenic mice expressing hCG-NuMA-RAR
FREE
Mahadeo A Sukhai, Xuemei Wu, Yali Xuan, Tong Zhang, Patricia P Reis, Karina Dubé, Eduardo M Rego, Mantu Bhaumik, Denis J Bailey, Richard A Wells, Suzanne Kamel-Reid and Pier Paolo Pandolfi
Oncogene 23: 665-678; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207073
The human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene is transcriptionally activated by leukemia inhibitory factor through the Stat binding element FREE
Mikio Tomida and Takeshi Saito
Oncogene 23: 679-686; advance online publication, December 1, 2003; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207190
p53 deficiency provokes urothelial proliferation and synergizes with activated Ha-ras in promoting urothelial tumorigenesis FREE
Jing Gao, Hong-Ying Huang, Joanne Pak, Jin Cheng, Zhong-Ting Zhang, Ellen Shapiro, Angel Pellicer, Tung-Tien Sun and Xue-Ru Wu
Oncogene 23: 687-696; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207169
Downregulation of Muc1 in MMTV-c-Neu tumors FREE
Melissa C Adriance and Sandra J Gendler
Oncogene 23: 697-705; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207165
Phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase/AKT and survivin pathways as critical targets for geranylgeranyltransferase I inhibitor-induced apoptosis FREE
Han C Dan, Kun Jiang, Domenico Coppola, Andrew Hamilton, Santo V Nicosia, Said M Sebti and Jin Q Cheng
Oncogene 23: 706-715; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207171
C/EBPp30, a myeloid leukemia oncoprotein, limits G-CSF receptor expression but not terminal granulopoiesis via site-selective inhibition of C/EBP DNA binding FREE
Rebecca Cleaves, Qian-fei Wang and Alan D Friedman
Oncogene 23: 716-725; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207172
STAT3 and MITF cooperatively induce cellular transformation through upregulation of c-fos expression FREE
Akiko Joo, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Eiichi Morii, Hideo Iba and Akihiko Yoshimura
Oncogene 23: 726-734; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207174
The absence of p53 is critical for the induction of apoptosis by 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine FREE
María Nieto, Enrique Samper, Mario F Fraga, Gonzalo González de Buitrago, Manel Esteller and Manuel Serrano
Oncogene 23: 735-743; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207175
A novel time-course cDNA microarray analysis method identifies genes associated with the development of cisplatin resistance FREE
Martin A Whiteside, Dung-Tsa Chen, Renee A Desmond, Sarki A Abdulkadir and Gary L Johanning
Oncogene 23: 744-752; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207164
MYCN-mediated regulation of the MRP1 promoter in human neuroblastoma FREE
Chitra F Manohar, James A Bray, Helen R Salwen, Janice Madafiglio, Andy Cheng, Claudia Flemming, Glenn M Marshall, Murray D Norris, Michelle Haber and Susan L Cohn
Oncogene 23: 753-762; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207151
The MAP kinase pathway is required for entry into mitosis and cell survival FREE
Xiaoqi Liu, Shi Yan, Tianhua Zhou, Yasuhiko Terada and Raymond L Erikson
Oncogene 23: 763-776; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207188
High-mobility group A1a protein regulates Ras/ERK signaling in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells FREE
Nathan R Treff, Derek Pouchnik, Gregory A Dement, Rachel L Britt and Raymond Reeves
Oncogene 23: 777-785; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207167
PTEN inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis by downregulating cell surface IGF-IR expression in prostate cancer cells FREE
Hong Zhao, Joelle Dupont, Shoshana Yakar, Michael Karas and Derek LeRoith
Oncogene 23: 786-794; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207162
Gene expression analysis reveals evidence for inactivation of the TGF- signaling cascade in autonomously functioning thyroid nodules FREE
Markus Eszlinger, Knut Krohn, Romy Frenzel, Siegfried Kropf, Anke Tönjes and Ralf Paschke
Oncogene 23: 795-804; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207186
Src-dependent ERK5 and Src/EGFR-dependent ERK1/2 activation is required for cell proliferation by asbestos FREE
Luca Scapoli, Maria E Ramos-Nino, Marcella Martinelli and Brooke T Mossman
Oncogene 23: 805-813; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207163
Differences in stability of repressor complexes at promoters underlie distinct roles for Rb family members FREE
Arthur P Young and Gregory D Longmore
Oncogene 23: 814-823; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207187
Caffeine inhibits homology-directed repair of I-SceI-induced DNA double-strand breaks FREE
Huichen Wang, Wilfried Boecker, Hongyan Wang, Xiang Wang, Jun Guan, Larry H Thompson, Jac A Nickoloff and George Iliakis
Oncogene 23: 824-834; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207168
Short Reports
Divergence of Genbank and human tumor Bcl-2 sequences and implications for binding affinity to key apoptotic proteins FREE
Mary K Joseph, Larry R Solomon, Andrew M Petros, Jill Cai, Robert L Simmer, Haichao Zhang, Saul Rosenberg and Shi-Chung Ng
Oncogene 23: 835-838; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207141
Transcriptional repressor BCL-6 immortalizes germinal center-like B cells in the absence of p53 function FREE
Saritha Kusam, Farha H Vasanwala and Alexander L Dent
Oncogene 23: 839-844; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207065
Oncogenomics
MMP expression profiling in recurred stage IB lung cancer FREE
Nam Hoon Cho, Kyi Pyo Hong, Sung Hui Hong, Suki Kang, Kyung Young Chung and Sang Ho Cho
Oncogene 23: 845-851; advance online publication, December 1, 2003; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207140
Evaluation of BRCA2 in the genetic susceptibility of familial esophageal cancer FREE
Nan Hu, Chaoyu Wang, Xiao-You Han, Li-Ji He, Ze-Zhong Tang, Carol Giffen, Michael R Emmert-Buck, Alisa M Goldstein and Philip R Taylor
Oncogene 23: 852-858; advance online publication, December 1, 2003; doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1207150
