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Floris Foijer

European Institute for the Biology of Ageing, Groningen University, University Medical�…
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cGAS–STING drives the IL-6-dependent survival of chromosomally instable cancers

C Hong, M Schubert, AE Tijhuis, M Requesens…�- Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) drives cancer cell evolution, metastasis and therapy
resistance, and is associated with poor prognosis. CIN leads to micronuclei that release�…

CIN and aneuploidy: different concepts, different consequences

KM Schukken, F Foijer�- BioEssays, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Chromosomal instability (CIN) and aneuploidy are similar concepts but not synonymous.
CIN is the process that leads to chromosome copy number alterations, and aneuploidy is the�…

How to count chromosomes in a cell: An overview of current and novel technologies

B Bakker, H van den Bos, PM Lansdorp, F Foijer�- BioEssays, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aneuploidy, an aberrant number of chromosomes in a cell, is a feature of several syndromes
associated with cognitive and developmental defects. In addition, aneuploidy is considered�…

[HTML][HTML] The cGAS paradox: contrasting roles for cGAS-STING pathway in chromosomal instability

C Hong, AE Tijhuis, F Foijer�- Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is an intricate phenomenon that is often found in human
cancer, characterized by persisting errors in chromosome segregation. This ongoing�…

[HTML][HTML] Centrosome amplification is sufficient to promote spontaneous tumorigenesis in mammals

MS Levine, B Bakker, B Boeckx, J Moyett, J Lu, B Vitre…�- Developmental cell, 2017 - cell.com
Centrosome amplification is a common feature of human tumors, but whether this is a cause
or a consequence of cancer remains unclear. Here, we test the consequence of centrosome�…

Aneuploidy renders cancer cells vulnerable to mitotic checkpoint inhibition

Y Cohen-Sharir, JM McFarland, M Abdusamad…�- Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Selective targeting of aneuploid cells is an attractive strategy for cancer treatment. However,
it is unclear whether aneuploidy generates any clinically relevant vulnerabilities in cancer�…

Ongoing chromosomal instability and karyotype evolution in human colorectal cancer organoids

ACF Bolhaqueiro, B Ponsioen, B Bakker, SJ Klaasen…�- Nature�…, 2019 - nature.com
Chromosome segregation errors cause aneuploidy and genomic heterogeneity, which are
hallmarks of cancer in humans. A persistent high frequency of these errors (chromosomal�…

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell sequencing reveals karyotype heterogeneity in murine and human malignancies

B Bakker, A Taudt, ME Belderbos, D Porubsky…�- Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Chromosome instability leads to aneuploidy, a state in which cells have
abnormal numbers of chromosomes, and is found in two out of three cancers. In a�…

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear chromosome locations dictate segregation error frequencies

SJ Klaasen, MA Truong, RH van Jaarsveld, I Koprivec…�- Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Chromosome segregation errors during cell divisions generate aneuploidies and
micronuclei, which can undergo extensive chromosomal rearrangements such as�…

[HTML][HTML] Gene copy-number changes and chromosomal instability induced by aneuploidy confer resistance to chemotherapy

MR Ippolito, V Martis, S Martin, AE Tijhuis, C Hong…�- Developmental cell, 2021 - cell.com
Mitotic errors lead to aneuploidy, a condition of karyotype imbalance, frequently found in
cancer cells. Alterations in chromosome copy number induce a wide variety of cellular�…