Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy (Theses and Dissertations): Recent submissions
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Platinum and taxane chemoresistance mechanisms in ovarian cancer cells
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2015)Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from a gynaecological malignancy, typically presenting at late stage due to difficult diagnosis and lack of suitable screening tools. The standard treatment of combination ... -
HPV mRNA and p16[ink4a] / Ki-67 detection for improved diagnosis and management of cervical neoplasia in smokers
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2012)Persistent infection with high risk human papillomavirus (HR HPV) is the main etiological agent in the development of cervical cancer. The use of HPV DNA testing in cervical screening programs is becoming increasingly ... -
Regulation of cancer stem cell differentiation by genes and microRNAs
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2012)Since the discovery of a stem cell phenotype in cancer, specific tumour cells with this phenotype, often called cancer stem cells (CSCs), are now widely accepted as the progenitors of oncogenesis, proliferation, treatment ... -
Molecular targeting of HPV oncogenes and oncogenic protein
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2010)Worldwide cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer related death in women. Over the last three decades high-risk HPV has been conclusively established as the major etiological factor in cervical cancer and ... -
Non-coding RNA expression in cancer stem cell progenies derived from tumours +/-BRAF V600E mutation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2013)Cancer has placed a huge burden on the global health system and rising rates in particular cancer types such as lung cancer and melanoma due to smoking and increased UV ray exposure respectively has highlighted the need ... -
MicroRNA profiling in prostate cancer and prostate derived holoclone cell model
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2012)Prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease and is the most commonly diagnosed malignant tumour and the second most common cause of cancer deaths in western males. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in ... -
Developing novel therapeutic approaches in chemoresistant ovarian cancer patients
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2012)Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death in women and is the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancy in the Western world. A recent study by the National Cancer Registry, Ireland has shown ... -
Human papillomavirus prevalence in the Irish cervical screening population and a specific group of HIV positive women
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2011)Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the major aetiological agent in the development of cervical pre-cancer and cancer with high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) types 16 and 18 detected in greater than 70% of squamous cell carcinomas of the ... -
Identification of novel biomarkers in recurrent / chemoresistant ovarian cancer
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2009)The aim of this study was to identify novel biomarkers in recurrent/chemoresistant ovarian cancer, yet an incurable disease. Using cDNA microarrays, we identified distinct patterns of gene expression between primary and ... -
Post-transcriptional Dysregulation by microRNAs is implicated in the Pathogenesis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour [GIST]
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2013)In a cohort of 73 GISTs including adult mutant, adult wild-type and paediatric cases miRNA expression was examined using TaqMan® Low Density Arrays (TLDAs), allowing the profiling of 667 miRNAs in a set of two (pool A and ... -
The p16INK4A pathway in cervical cancer
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2010)The p16INK4A protein has been proposed as a biomarker in cervical cancer and pre-cancer. p16INK4A over expression is in contrast to that seen in other cancers, where locus deletion or mutation is the norm. p16INK4A is ... -
The role of activated RET in papillary tumour morphogenesis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2011)RET/PTC rearrangements are initiating events in the development of a significant proportion of papillary thyroid carcinomas. Activated RET/PTC mutations are thought to be restricted to thyroid disease, but in this study ... -
Molecular algorithms in ovarian serous neoplasia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2009)Epithelial ovarian cancer is one of the most common cancers in women and the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancy in the western world. Approximately 205,000 cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed worldwide ... -
Identification, isolation and validation of ovarian cancer stem cells
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2013)Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at a late stage. Even so, it often responds (~73 %) to first-line therapies. However, the five year survival rate for late stage ovarian cancer is poor (~27 %). It is hypothesised that ... -
MyD88 : a key regulator of chemoresistance, differentiation and hypoxia resistance in cancer stem cells?
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2013)Ovarian cancer, the leading cause of gynaecologic cancer deaths in the western world is characterised by high rates of chemoresistant recurrence. While in primary cases, differentiation status of the tumour is considered ... -
Differential expression of differentation, key stemness and pathways genes and microRNAs and the role of Tgf-β in embryonal carinoma stem cells
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2010)Cancer stem cells (CSCs) identified in multiple malignancies has fuelled the belief that they drive primary tumourigenesis. Their persistence post-intervention contributes to metastasis, recurrence, self-renewal, thus ... -
Cancer cell-platelet interactions in ovarian cancer metastasis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2012)Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancy worldwide with an estimated global incidence of 225,900 and mortality of 140,200 per year. In Ireland ovarian cancer is the second most common ... -
Investigation of oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in young adults
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2006)While oral and pharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is classically a disease of older male smokers, this tumour type can occur in young patients with minimal or no exposure to the traditional risk factors. The prognosis ... -
Molecular signatures of prostate cancer
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2008)Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in Irish men and the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths. In the United States, there are approximately 234,000 new cases diagnosed every year and 27,350 deaths. ... -
Development of extraction and analysis of protocols for RNA in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) materials using TaqMan® real-time PCR
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Histopathology & Morbid Anatomy, 2009)Archival Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) tissue samples represent an invaluable source of human tissue for gene expression analysis. They are the most abundant and readily available materials and generally well ...
