Publications by authors named "A F Gazdar"

This paper presents a comprehensive framework for mission planning and execution with a heterogeneous multi-robot system, specifically designed to coordinate unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in dynamic and unstructured environments. The proposed architecture evaluates the mission requirements, allocates tasks, and optimizes resource usage based on the capabilities of the available robots. It then executes the mission utilizing a decentralized control strategy that enables the robots to adapt to environmental changes and maintain formation stability in both 2D and 3D spaces.

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The transcription factor achaete-scute complex homolog 1 (ASCL1) is a lineage oncogene that is central for the growth and survival of small cell lung cancers (SCLC) and neuroendocrine non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC-NE) that express it. Targeting ASCL1, or its downstream pathways, remains a challenge. However, a potential clue to overcoming this challenage has been information that SCLC and NSCLC-NE that express ASCL1 exhibit extremely low ERK1/2 activity, and efforts to increase ERK1/2 activity lead to inhibition of SCLC growth and surival.

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  • The human adrenal cortex has distinct zones responsible for steroid hormone production, but how these zones differentiate into functionally distinct cells is not well understood.
  • The study introduces a new Human Adrenocortical Adenoma (HAA1) cell line that can exit a dormant state and express steroidogenic genes when treated with histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis).
  • Gene analysis shows that the HAA1 cells mimic the gene expression of their original adrenal layer, and treatment with HDACis not only boosts steroid gene expression but also activates the Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) alpha pathway, aiding understanding of adrenal development and function.
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Background: Approximately 20% of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is negative for the lineage-specific oncogene Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) and exhibits worse clinical outcome with a low frequency of actionable genomic alterations. To identify molecular features associated with TTF-1-negative LUAD, we compared the transcriptomic and proteomic profiles of LUAD cell lines. SRGN , a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan Serglycin, was identified as a markedly overexpressed gene in TTF-1-negative LUAD.

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Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is classified as a high-grade neuroendocrine (NE) tumor, but a subset of SCLC has been termed "variant" due to the loss of NE characteristics. In this study, we computed NE scores for patient-derived SCLC cell lines and xenografts, as well as human tumors. We aligned NE properties with transcription factor-defined molecular subtypes.

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