MMG Publication Highlights

Wendy R. Uhlmann, MS, CGC, Alan E. Guttmacher, MD, "Key Internet Genetics Resources for the Clinician," JAMA 229: 1356-1358, Published 3/19/08.

Dr. Alan Saltiel was featured in the October 16, 2007 New York Times article entitled, "In Diabetes, a Complex of Causes."

MMG researchers, Dr. Stephen B. Gruber and Kristen Stevens, a doctoral student in the Gruber lab, have identified a new gene linked to breast cancer in a multicenter international study. Their findings are highlighted in their press release and have been published online in advance of the November print issue of Nature Genetics.

Gonzalez ME, Peterson EA, Privette LM, Loffreda-Wren JL, Kalikin LM, Petty EM. High SEPT9_v1 Expression in Human Breast Cancer Cells Is Associated with Oncogenic Phenotypes. Cancer Res. 2007 Sep 15;67(18):8554-64.

Privette LM, Gonzalez ME, Ding L, Kleer CG, Petty EM. Altered expression of the early mitotic checkpoint protein, CHFR, in breast cancers: implications for tumor suppression. Cancer Res. 2007 Jul 1;67(13):6064-74.

Gruber SB, Moreno V, Rozek LS, Rennert HS, Lejbkowicz F, Bonner JD, Greenson JK, Giordano TJ, Fearon ER, Rennert G. Genetic Variation in 8q24 Associated with Risk of Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Biol Ther. 2007 Jul 2;6(7) [Epub ahead of print]

Ward RD, Davis SW, Cho M, Esposito C, Lyons RH, Cheng JF, Rubin EM, Rhodes SJ, Raetzman LT, Smith TP, Camper SA. Comparative genomics reveals functional transcriptional control sequences in the Prop1 gene. Mamm Genome. 2007 Jun 8; [Epub ahead of print]

Davis SW, Camper SA. Noggin regulates Bmp4 activity during pituitary induction. Dev Biol. 2007 May 1;305(1):145-60.