Identification of the tumor factor of abnormal cancer methylation enzymes as the catalytic subunit of telomerase

MC Liau, P Zhu, GCY Chiou - Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research, 2010 - Springer
Objective The objective was to study the relationship between the tumor factor of cancer
MAT LT and the catalytic subunit of telomerase. The function of telomerase in the blockade …

Hypermethylation of the human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) gene correlates with telomerase activity

I Guilleret, P Yan, F Grange… - … journal of cancer, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation is an epigenetic process involved in embryonic development,
differentiation and aging. It is 1 of the mechanisms resulting in gene silencing in …

Telomerase activity is repressed during differentiation of maturation-sensitive but not resistant human tumor cell lines

J Albanell, W Han, B Mellado, R Gunawardane… - Cancer Research, 1996 - AACR
The effects of induced differentiation on telomerase activity were examined in human acute
promyelocytic leukemic (NB4) and human embryonal carcinoma (NTERA-2) cells exposed …

Absence of telomerase activity and telomerase catalytic subunit mRNA in melanocyte cultures

K Dhaene, G Vancoillie, J Lambert, JM Naeyaert… - British journal of …, 2000 - nature.com
The classic model of activation of telomerase, for which activity has been found in most
cancers including cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM), dictates that enzyme activity is …

Methylation of the human telomerase gene CpG island

SK Dessain, H Yu, RR Reddel, RL Beijersbergen… - Cancer Research, 2000 - AACR
The acquisition of expression of hTERT, the catalytic subunit of the telomerase enzyme,
seems to be an essential step in the development of a majority of human tumors. However …

Identification of Mad as a repressor of the human telomerase (hTERT) gene

S Oh, YH Song, J Yim, TK Kim - Oncogene, 2000 - nature.com
Activation of telomerase, which has been frequently associated with cellular immortality, may
constitute a key step in the development of human cancer. De-repression in the expression …

Expression of the hTERT Gene Is Regulated at the Level of Transcriptional Initiation and Repressed by Mad1

C Günes, S Lichtsteiner, AP Vasserot, C Englert - Cancer research, 2000 - AACR
Telomerase, an enzymatic activity responsible for the replication of chromosome end
structures, is strongly upregulated in most human cancers. In contrast, most differentiated …

Transcript Regulation of Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase by c‐myc and mad1

L Zou, PH ZHANG, CL LUO… - Acta Biochimica et …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Telomerase activity is highly positive correlated to most malignant neoplasms. Human
telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is the rate‐limiting factor of telomerase activity …

Telomerase activity of normal tissues and neoplasms in rat colon carcinogenesis induced by methylazoxymethanol acetate and its difference from that of human …

N Yoshimi, N Ino, M Suzui, A Hara… - … in cooperation with …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Telomerase activity in tissues may be related to tumor development, especially malignant
conversion, in humans. However, there are few reports about telomeres and telomerase …

A repressor function for telomerase activity in telomerase‐negative immortal cells

M Katoh, M Katoh, M Kameyama… - … in cooperation with …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Human telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein that adds TTAGGG repeats onto telomeres and
compensates for their shortening, is repressed in most normal human somatic cells. Human …