Linkage between Twist1 and Bmi1: Molecular mechanism of cancer metastasis/stemness and clinical implications

Markedly increased Oct4 and Nanog expression correlates with cisplatin resistance in oral squamous cell carcinoma

(2011) Lo-Lin Tsai et al.   JOURNAL OF ORAL PATHOLOGY & MEDICINE

Bmi-1 promotes invasion and metastasis, and its elevated expression is correlated with an advanced stage of breast cancer

(2011) Bao-Hong Guo et al.   Molecular Cancer

A Perspective on Cancer Cell Metastasis

(2011) C. L. Chaffer et al.   SCIENCE

BMI1 collaborates with BCR-ABL in leukemic transformation of human CD34+ cells

(2010) A. Rizo et al.   BLOOD

Intensive expression of Bmi-1 is a new independent predictor of poor outcome in patients with ovarian carcinoma

(2010) Guo-Fen Yang et al.   BMC CANCER

Immune Promotion of Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition and Generation of Breast Cancer Stem Cells

(2010) J. M. Reiman et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

TWIST activation by hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1): Implications in metastasis and development

(2010) Muh-Hwa Yang et al.   CELL CYCLE

Bmi-1 Is a Crucial Regulator of Prostate Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Malignant Transformation

(2010) Rita U. Lukacs et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Polycomb genes expression as a predictor of poor clinical outcome in children with medulloblastoma

(2010) Magdalena Zakrzewska et al.   CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM

Cancer Stem Cells and Self-renewal

(2010) C. A. O'Brien et al.   CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

Cancer Stem Cells and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition: Revisiting Minimal Residual Disease

(2010) C. Raimondi et al.   CURRENT CANCER DRUG TARGETS

Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Stem Cell-Like Phenotypes Facilitate Chemoresistance in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

(2010) N. Ahmed et al.   CURRENT CANCER DRUG TARGETS

BMI1 silencing enhances docetaxel activity and impairs antioxidant response in prostate cancer

(2010) Francesco Crea et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Expression of transcription factors snail, slug, and twist in human bladder carcinoma

(2010) Qinchao Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition Traits in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines Parallel the CD44hi/CD24lo/- Stem Cell Phenotype in Human Breast Cancer

(2010) Tony Blick et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMARY GLAND BIOLOGY AND NEOPLASIA

BMI1 Confers Radioresistance to Normal and Cancerous Neural Stem Cells through Recruitment of the DNA Damage Response Machinery

(2010) S. Facchino et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The expression of stem cell-related indicators as a prognostic factor in human lung adenocarcinoma

(2010) Xue-Yan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Bmi1 is essential in Twist1-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition

(2010) Muh-Hwa Yang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-Derived Cells Exhibit Multilineage Differentiation Potential Similar to Mesenchymal Stem Cells

(2010) Venkata Lokesh Battula et al.   STEM CELLS

Oncoprotein Bmi-1 Renders Apoptotic Resistance to Glioma Cells through Activation of the IKK-Nuclear Factor-κB Pathway

(2009) Jun Li et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Expression of Bmi-1 is a prognostic marker in bladder cancer

(2009) Zi-Ke Qin et al.   BMC CANCER

Identification of Selective Inhibitors of Cancer Stem Cells by High-Throughput Screening

(2009) Piyush B. Gupta et al.   CELL

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions in Development and Disease

(2009) Jean Paul Thiery et al.   CELL

Targeted depletion of BMI1 sensitizes tumor cells to P53-mediated apoptosis in response to radiation therapy

(2009) N M Alajez et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Twist, an independent prognostic marker for predicting distant metastasis and survival rates of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients

(2009) Fangwei Xie et al.   CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL METASTASIS

Bmi-1 regulates the Ink4a/Arf locus to control pancreatic  -cell proliferation

(2009) S. Dhawan et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Bmi-1 cooperates with Foxg1 to maintain neural stem cell self-renewal in the forebrain

(2009) C. A. Fasano et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

The PRC1 Polycomb group complex interacts with PLZF/RARA to mediate leukemic transformation

(2009) H. Boukarabila et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Expression and functional significance of Twist1 in hepatocellular carcinoma: Its role in vasculogenic mimicry

(2009) Tao Sun et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Distinct expression of polycomb group proteins EZH2 and BMI1 in hepatocellular carcinoma

(2009) Yutaka Yonemitsu et al.   HUMAN PATHOLOGY

Expression level of Bmi-1 oncoprotein is associated with progression and prognosis in colon cancer

(2009) Da-wei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

The polycomb group protein Bmi-1 represses the tumor suppressor PTEN and induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells

(2009) Li-Bing Song et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Changes in the expression of E-cadherin repressors, Snail, Slug, SIP1, and Twist, in the development and progression of ovarian carcinoma: the important role of Snail in ovarian tumorigenesis and progression

(2009) Junko Yoshida et al.   Medical Molecular Morphology

Cancer stem cells: mirage or reality?

(2009) Piyush B Gupta et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

BMI1 cooperates with H-RAS to induce an aggressive breast cancer phenotype with brain metastases

(2009) M J Hoenerhoff et al.   ONCOGENE

p21CIP1attenuates Ras- and c-Myc-dependent breast tumor epithelial mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cell-like gene expression in vivo

(2009) Manran Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Prognostic significance of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 , TWIST1 and Snail expression in resectable non-small cell lung cancer

(2009) J-J Hung et al.   THORAX

Association between Bmi1 and clinicopathological status of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

(2009) Xiao-Ting He et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

BMI-1 expression is enhanced through transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation during the progression of chronic myeloid leukemia

(2008) Joyeeta Bhattacharyya et al.   ANNALS OF HEMATOLOGY

TWIST1 Overexpression is Associated with Nodal Invasion and Male Sex in Primary Colorectal Cancer

(2008) Fátima Valdés-Mora et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Downregulation of BMI-1 enhances 5-fluorouracil-induced apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

(2008) Li Qin et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Induction of EMT by Twist Proteins as a Collateral Effect of Tumor-Promoting Inactivation of Premature Senescence

(2008) Stéphane Ansieau et al.   CANCER CELL

The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells

(2008) Sendurai A. Mani et al.   CELL

Bmi1 Regulates Stem Cells and Proliferation and Differentiation of Committed Cells in Mammary Epithelium

(2008) Alexandra M. Pietersen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Stem cell regulation by polycomb repressors: postponing commitment

(2008) Alexandra M Pietersen et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition: At the Crossroads of Development and Tumor Metastasis

(2008) Jing Yang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Prognostic value of Bmi-1 oncoprotein expression in NSCLC patients: a tissue microarray study

(2008) Katerina Vrzalikova et al.   JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Polycomb Complex 2 Is Required for E-cadherin Repression by the Snail1 Transcription Factor

(2008) N. Herranz et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Direct regulation of TWIST by HIF-1α promotes metastasis

(2008) Muh-Hwa Yang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Bmi1 is expressed in vivo in intestinal stem cells

(2008) Eugenio Sangiorgi et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Repression of E-cadherin by the polycomb group protein EZH2 in cancer

(2008) Q Cao et al.   ONCOGENE

Bmi-1 expression predicts prognosis for patients with gastric carcinoma

(2007) Jian-Hua Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY