Association of survival and disease progression with chromosomal instability: a genomic exploration of colorectal cancer

M Sheffer, MD Bacolod, O Zuk…�- Proceedings of the�…, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
During disease progression the cells that comprise solid malignancies undergo significant
changes in gene copy number and chromosome structure. Colorectal cancer provides an�…

Micromolar L-glutamate induces extensive apoptosis in an apoptotic-necrotic continuum of insult-dependent, excitotoxic injury in cultured cortical neurones

NS Cheung, CJ Pascoe, SF Giardina, CA John…�- …, 1998 - Elsevier
Excitotoxicity induced by l-glutamate (Glu), when examined in a pure neuronal cortical
culture, involved widespread apoptosis at concentrations of 1–10 μM as part of a continuum�…

CpG island methylator phenotype associates with low-degree chromosomal abnormalities in colorectal cancer

YW Cheng, H Pincas, MD Bacolod, G Schemmann…�- Clinical Cancer�…, 2008 - AACR
Purpose: Aberrant promoter methylation and genomic instability occur frequently during
colorectal cancer development. CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) has been shown�…

Reversible assembly of proteolysis targeting chimeras

W Gui, SF Giardina, M Balzarini, F Barany…�- ACS Chemical�…, 2023 - ACS Publications
PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) are of significant current interest for the
development of probe molecules and drug leads. However, they suffer from certain�…

Novel, self-assembling dimeric inhibitors of human β tryptase

SF Giardina, DS Werner, M Pingle…�- Journal of medicinal�…, 2020 - ACS Publications
β-Tryptase, a homotetrameric serine protease, has four identical active sites facing a central
pore, presenting an optimized setting for the rational design of bivalent inhibitors that bridge�…

Connexin 43 confers resistance to hydrogen peroxide-mediated apoptosis

SF Giardina, M Mikami, F Goubaeva, J Yang�- Biochemical and biophysical�…, 2007 - Elsevier
The current study aimed to understand the anti-apoptotic effect of overexpressed gap
junction forming protein connexin (Cx) 43 in C6 glioma cells. C6 cells exposed to hydrogen�…

Emerging paradigms in cancer genetics: some important findings from high-density single nucleotide polymorphism array studies

MD Bacolod, GS Schemmann, SF Giardina, P Paty…�- Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
High-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mapping arrays have identified
chromosomal features whose importance to cancer predisposition and progression is not yet�…

GROα is highly expressed in adenocarcinoma of the colon and down-regulates fibulin-1

Y Wen, SF Giardina, D Hamming, J Greenman…�- Clinical cancer�…, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: The growth-related oncogene α (GROα) is a secreted interleukin-like molecule that
interacts with the CXCR2 G-protein–coupled receptor. We found that the mRNA and protein�…

Combinatorial Ubiquitination REal-time PROteolysis (CURE-PROs): a modular platform for generating reversible, self-assembling bifunctional targeted degraders

SF Giardina, E Valdambrini, PK Singh…�- Journal of Medicinal�…, 2024 - ACS Publications
Proteolysis-Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) are bifunctional molecules that bring a target
protein and an E3 ubiquitin ligase into proximity to append ubiquitin, thus directing target�…

PROTACs: Promising approaches for epigenetic strategies to overcome drug resistance

SF Giardina, E Valdambrini, JD Warren…�- Current Cancer Drug�…, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Epigenetic modulation of gene expression is essential for tissue-specific development and
maintenance in mammalian cells. Disruption of epigenetic processes, and the subsequent�…