DNA methylation contribution to carcinogenesis

• Grant number: 06/61293-1
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2007
• End date: June 30, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Morphology - Cytology and Cell Biology
• Principal Investigator: Miriam Galvonas Jasiulionis
• Grantee: Miriam Galvonas Jasiulionis
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant(s): 11/11299-1 - miRNAs and melanoma: how are they connected?, PUB.ART; 11/09114-3 - Epigenetics: a possible link between stress and melanocyte malignant transformation, PUB.ART; 11/03997-0 - Epigenetic reprogramming as a key contributor to melanocyte malignant transformation, PUB.ART
• Associated scholarship(s): 11/03561-8 - Expression and epigenetic regulation of gamma-synuclein and its function in melanoma progression, BP.MS; 11/09676-1 - Dnmt1 gene Transcriptional Regulation by Oxidative Stress Caused by Anchorage Blockade Assays in melanocytes, BP.DR; 11/01663-8 - ROLE OF SIRT1 IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ABERRANT EPIGENETIC MARKS ASSOCIATED WITH MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION OF MELANOCYTES, BP.DR; + associated scholarships 10/18484-6 - Identification of miRNA involved with melanoma genesis and epigenetic regulation of their expression, BP.DR; 10/18715-8 - Signaling pathways activated by the complex CD63, B1-integrin and Timp1 along the genesis of melanoma, BP.DR; 10/08167-3 - Role of p21cip1/waf1 in the melanoma progression, BP.IC; 09/18288-5 - Gamma-synuclein expression, methylation promoter profile and function in the melanoma progression, BP.IC; 09/03335-8 - Identification of genes that present altered expression due to aberrant promoter methylation in the initial phases of melanoma progression, BP.MS - associated scholarships

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LACERDA BACHI, ANDRE LUIS; DOS SANTOS, LIVIA CAIRES; NONOGAKI, SUELY; JANCAR, SONIA; JASIULIONIS, MIRIAM GALVONAS. Apoptotic Cells Contribute to Melanoma Progression and This Effect is Partially Mediated by the Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor. Mediators of Inflammation, 2012. (06/61293-1)

MELO, FABIANA H. M.; MOLOGNONI, FERNANDA; MORAIS, ALICE S.; TORICELLI, MARIANA; MOURO, MARGARETH G.; HIGA, ELISA M. S.; LOPES, JOSE D.; JASIULIONIS, MIRIAM G.. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase uncoupling as a key mediator of melanocyte malignant transformation associated with sustained stress conditions. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, v. 50, n. 10, p. 1263-1273, MAY 15 2011. (09/03335-8, 06/61293-1)

DE SOUZA, CAMILA FERREIRA; XANDER, PATRICIA; MONTEIRO, ANA CAROLINA; DOS SANTOS SILVA, AMANDA GONCALVES; PEREIRA DA SILVA, DEBORA CASTANHEIRA; MAI, SABINE; BERNARDO, VIVIANE; LOPES, JOSE DANIEL; JASIULIONIS, MIRIAM GALVONAS. Mining Gene Expression Signature for the Detection of Pre-Malignant Melanocytes and Early Melanomas with Risk for Metastasis. PLoS One, v. 7, n. 9, SEP 11 2012. (11/12306-1, 06/61293-1)

DA CRUZ, ADRIANA TAVEIRA; JASIULIONIS, MIRIAM GALVONAS. miRNAs and Melanoma: How Are They Connected?. DERMATOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, v. 2012, p. 12-pg., 2012-01-01. (10/18484-6, 06/61293-1)

MOLOGNONI, FERNANDA; CRUZ, ADRIANA T.; MELISO, FABIANA M.; MORAIS, ALICE S.; SOUZA, CAMILA F.; XANDER, PATRICIA; BISCHOF, JARED M.; COSTA, FABRICIO F.; SOARES, MARCELO B.; LIANG, GANGNING; et al. Epigenetic reprogramming as a key contributor to melanocyte malignant transformation. Epigenetics, v. 6, n. 4, p. 451-465, APR 2011. (09/03335-8, 06/61293-1)

LACERDA BACHI, ANDRE LUIS; KYUNG KIM, FABIANA JIN; NONOGAKI, SUELY; WHITAKER CARNEIRO, CELIA REGINA; LOPES, JOSE DANIEL; JASIULIONIS, MIRIAM GALVONAS; CORREA, MARIANGELA. Leukotriene B4 Creates a Favorable Microenvironment for Murine Melanoma Growth. MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH, v. 7, n. 9, p. 1417-1424, SEP 2009. (06/61293-1)

CAMPOS, ANA C. E.; MOLOGNONI, FERNANDA; MELO, FABIANA H. M.; GALDIERI, LUCIANO C.; CARNEIRO, CÉLIA R. W.; D'ALMEIDA, VÂNIA; CORREA, MARIANGELA; JASIULIONIS, MIRIAM G.. Oxidative stress modulates DNA methylation during melanocyte anchorage blockade associated with malignant transformation. Neoplasia, v. 9, n. 12, p. 1111-1121, Dec. 2007. (06/61293-1)

RICCA, TATIANA I.; LIANG, GANGNING; SUENAGA, ANA PAULA M.; HAN, SANG W.; JONES, PETER A.; JASIULIONIS, MIRIAM G.. Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase 1 Expression Associated with Gene Demethylation Confers Anoikis Resistance in Early Phases of Melanocyte Malignant Transformation. TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY, v. 2, n. 4, p. 329-340, DEC 2009. (06/61293-1)

DE SOUZA, CAMILA FERREIRA; MORAIS, ALICE SANTANA; JASIULIONIS, MIRIAM GALVONAS. Biomarkers as Key Contributors in Treating Malignant Melanoma Metastases. DERMATOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, v. 2012, p. 14-pg., 2012-01-01. (09/03335-8, 06/61293-1)

LACERDA BACHI, ANDRE LUIS; DOS SANTOS, LIVIA CAIRES; NONOGAKI, SUELY; JANCAR, SONIA; JASIULIONIS, MIRIAM GALVONAS. Apoptotic Cells Contribute to Melanoma Progression and This Effect is Partially Mediated by the Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor. Mediators of Inflammation, v. 2012, p. 6-pg., 2012-01-01. (06/61293-1)