pVHL and GSK3β are components of a primary cilium-maintenance signalling network

CR Thoma, IJ Frew, CR Hoerner, M Montani… - Nature cell …, 2007 - nature.com
Defects in the structure or function of the primary cilium, an antennae-like structure whose
functional integrity has been linked to the suppression of uncontrolled kidney epithelial cell …

Spatial constraints control cell proliferation in tissues

SJ Streichan, CR Hoerner, T Schneidt… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Control of cell proliferation is a fundamental aspect of tissue formation in development and
regeneration. Cells experience various spatial and mechanical constraints depending on …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrent repeat expansions in human cancer genomes

…, A Suriyaprakash, E Dolzhenko, K Zhu, CR Hoerner… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Expansion of a single repetitive DNA sequence, termed a tandem repeat (TR), is known to
cause more than 50 diseases 1 , 2 . However, repeat expansions are often not explored …

[HTML][HTML] The 'Achilles Heel'of metabolism in renal cell carcinoma: glutaminase inhibition as a rational treatment strategy

CR Hoerner, VJ Chen, AC Fan - Kidney Cancer, 2019 - content.iospress.com
An important hallmark of cancer is ‘metabolic reprogramming’or the rewiring of cellular
metabolism to support rapid cell proliferation [1–5]. Metabolic reprogramming through …

Centriole triplet microtubules are required for stable centriole formation and inheritance in human cells

JT Wang, D Kong, CR Hoerner, J Loncarek, T Stearns - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.29061.001 Centrioles are composed of long-lived microtubules arranged in
nine triplets. However, the contribution of triplet microtubules to mammalian centriole …

Quantitative image analysis identifies pVHL as a key regulator of microtubule dynamic instability

CR Thoma, A Matov, KL Gutbrodt, CR Hoerner… - Journal of cell …, 2010 - rupress.org
Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene mutations predispose carriers to kidney
cancer. The protein pVHL has been shown to interact with microtubules (MTs), which is critical …

[HTML][HTML] Time on therapy for at least three months correlates with overall survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

…, P Agrawal, CA Zhang, L Xie, CL Gong, CR Hoerner… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
With 15 drugs currently approved for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC)
and even more combination regimens with immunotherapy on the horizon, there remains a …

Targeting Metabolic Pathways in Kidney Cancer: Rationale and Therapeutic Opportunities

CR Hoerner, SY Miao, JJ Hsieh, AC Fan - The Cancer Journal, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Alterations in cellular sugar, amino acid and nucleic acid, and lipid metabolism, as well as
in mitochondrial function, are a hallmark of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The activation of …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting androgen receptor (AR), AR variant 7 (AR-V7), prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) gene expression in …

HE Liu, M Vuppalapaty, CR Hoerner… - BMC …, 2024 - bmccancer.biomedcentral.com
Therapies for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) include targeting the
androgen receptor (AR) with androgen receptor inhibitors (ARIs) and prostate-specific …

Automated Image Analysis for Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells and Clusters Sorted by Magnetic Levitation

MG Ogut, P Ma, R Gupta, CR Hoerner… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic levitation‐based sorting technologies have revolutionized the detection and isolation
of rare cells, including circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and circulating tumor cell clusters (…