Nuclear gene OPA1, encoding a mitochondrial dynamin-related protein, is mutated in dominant optic atrophy

…, L Lasquellec, B Arnaud, B Ducommun… - Nature …, 2000 - nature.com
Optic atrophy type 1 (OPA1, MIM 165500) is a dominantly inherited optic neuropathy occurring
in 1 in 50,000 individuals 1, 2, 3 that features progressive loss in visual acuity leading, in …

CDC25 phosphatases in cancer cells: key players? Good targets?

R Boutros, V Lobjois, B Ducommun - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2007 - nature.com
Cell division cycle 25 (CDC25) phosphatases regulate key transitions between cell cycle
phases during normal cell division, and in the event of DNA damage they are key targets of the …

The human dynamin‐related protein OPA1 is anchored to the mitochondrial inner membrane facing the inter‐membrane space

…, C Delettre, A Valette, CP Hamel, B Ducommun… - FEBS …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Mutations in the OPA1 gene are associated with autosomal dominant optic atrophy. OPA1
encodes a dynamin‐related protein orthologous to Msp1 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe and …

The when and wheres of CDC25 phosphatases

R Boutros, C Dozier, B Ducommun - Current opinion in cell biology, 2006 - Elsevier
The CDC25 phosphatases are key regulators of normal cell division and the cell's response
to DNA damage. Earlier studies suggested non-overlapping roles for each isoform during a …

Phosphorylation of CDC25B by Aurora-A at the centrosome contributes to the G2–M transition

…, B Monsarrat, C Prigent, B Ducommun - Journal of cell …, 2004 - journals.biologists.com
Aurora-A protein kinase, which is the product of an oncogene, is required for the assembly
of a functional mitotic apparatus and the regulation of cell ploidy. Overexpression of Aurora-A …

p21 binding to PCNA causes G1 and G2 cell cycle arrest in p53-deficient cells

C Cayrol, M Knibiehler, B Ducommun - Oncogene, 1998 - nature.com
A unique feature of p21 that distinguishes it from the other cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)
inhibitors is its ability to associate with the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), an …

cdc2 phosphorylation is required for its interaction with cyclin.

B Ducommun, P Brambilla, MA Felix… - The EMBO …, 1991 - embopress.org
Activation of the cdc2 protein kinase at different stages of the cell cycle is regulated by post‐translational
modifications and interactions with cyclins. We show that in vitro translated …

[HTML][HTML] Short and long time effects of low temperature Plasma Activated Media on 3D multicellular tumor spheroids

F Judée, C Fongia, B Ducommun, M Yousfi, V Lobjois… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
This work investigates the regionalized antiproliferative effects of plasma-activated medium (PAM)
on colon adenocarcinoma multicellular tumor spheroid (MCTS), a model that mimics …

[HTML][HTML] Involvement of the interaction between p21 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen for the maintenance of G2/M arrest after DNA damage

T Ando, T Kawabe, H Ohara, B Ducommun… - Journal of Biological …, 2001 - ASBMB
Although a major effect of p21, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, is considered to be exerted
during G 1 phase of the cell cycle, p21 gene knock-out studies suggested its involvement …

[HTML][HTML] Multicellular tumor spheroid models to explore cell cycle checkpoints in 3D

…, C Frongia, M Cazales, O Mondesert, B Ducommun… - BMC cancer, 2013 - Springer
Background MultiCellular Tumor Spheroid (MCTS) mimics the organization of a tumor and
is considered as an invaluable model to study cancer cell biology and to evaluate new …