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Presentations<br />
P32-targeting TT1 peptide delivers nanoparticles to<br />
intracranial glioblastomas<br />
Authors*: Pille Säälik, Hedi Hunt, Allan Tobi, Anne-Mari Anton Willmore, Kadri Toome, Shweta Sharma,<br />
Ramana Kotamraju, Gabriele Bergers, Rolf Bjerkvig, Erkki Ruoslahti, Tambet Teesalu, Tambet Teesalu<br />
Pres #: 1343 Section: 20 Presentation Date/Time: Monday, April 18: 8:00AM-12:00PM<br />
Location:<br />
Presentation Type: Poster Session<br />
Bergers Lab Expertise: The Bergers laboratory focuses on revealing the dialogue between the tumor cell<br />
compartment and the vascular niche, of which the vasculature is an integral component. The vascular<br />
niche consists of distinct cell types and specialized matrices that provide signals controlling stem cell<br />
proliferation, fate specification, and protection in not only normal tissue, but tumors, as well. The long-term<br />
goal of Dr. Bergers’ research is to conduct a comprehensive investigation that defines the heterotypical<br />
signals of the tumor-host dialogue in the vascular niche in regulating neovascularization, stem cell<br />
maintenance, and tumor invasion during tumor progression and therapeutic resistance.<br />
http://neurosurgery.ucsf.edu/index.php/research_BTRC_bergers.html<br />
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Identification of the functional significance of mutations using the<br />
novel precision cancer analysis system<br />
Authors*: Gabi Tarcic, Nir Peled, Zohar Barbash, Naama Barabash-Katzir, Shlomo Yaakobi,<br />
Naama Barabash-Katzir, Hani Nevo, Michael Vidne, Mariusz Adamek, Mordechai R. Kramer,<br />
Nikolai Goncharenko, Yakov Fellig, Karen Meir, Keith Mostov, Yoram Altschuler<br />
Pres #: 1379 Section: 21 Presentation Date/Time: Monday, April 18: 8:00AM-12:00PM<br />
Location:<br />
Presentation Type: Poster Session<br />
Mostov Lab Expertise: The Mostov laboratory studies epithelial morphogenesis and polarity in several<br />
organs including the liver. One of our interests is the mechanism by which cholangiocytes differentiate from<br />
hepatoblasts and progress to form ductal plates and eventually branching tubular networks. We recently<br />
developed a culture system in which a liver progenitor cell line, HPPL, reorganizes from a monolayer to tubular<br />
structures by being overlaid with a gel containing type I collagen and Matrigel. HPPL assumed a double layer<br />
configuration in the specialized culture environment and then developed a luminal space. Formation of the<br />
double layer does not involve cholangiocyte proliferation, but is associated with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase<br />
and Akt activity, as well as transcriptional activity of HNF1.<br />
http://mostovlab.ucsf.edu/Mostov_Lab_Website/Welcome.html<br />
*<strong>UCSF</strong> authors in bold<br />
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