A mechanism of cyclin D1 action encoded in the patterns of gene expression in human cancer

Justin Lamb, Sridhar Ramaswamy, Heide L. Ford, Bernardo Contreras, Robert V. Martinez, Frances S. Kittrell, Cynthia A. Zahnow, Nick Patterson, Todd R. Golub, Mark E. Ewen

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Abstract

Here we describe how patterns of gene expression in human tumors have been deconvoluted to reveal a mechanism of action for the cyclin D1 oncogene. Computational analysis of the expression patterns of thousands of genes across hundreds of tumor specimens suggested that a transcription factor, C/EBPβ/Nf-II6, participates in the consequences of cyclin D1 overexpression. Functional analyses confirmed the involvement of C/EBPβ in the regulation of genes affected by cyclin D1 and established this protein as an indispensable effector of a potentially important facet of cyclin D1 biology. This work demonstrates that tumor gene expression databases can be used to study the function of a human oncogene in situ.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)323-334
Number of pages12
JournalCell
Volume114
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 8 2003

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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