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<MSIGDB BUILD_DATE="Jan 29, 2026" VERSION="2026.1.Hs" NAME="export">
    <GENESET STANDARD_NAME="APPIERTO_RESPONSE_TO_FENRETINIDE_DN" SYSTEMATIC_NAME="M14265" HISTORICAL_NAMES="" PMID="17213814" AUTHORS="Appierto V,Villani MG,Cavadini E,Gariboldi M,De Cecco L,Pierotti MA,Lambert JR,Reid J,Tiberio P,Colombo N,Formelli F" GEOID="" EXACT_SOURCE="Table 2" GENESET_LISTING_URL="" EXTERNAL_DETAILS_URL="" CHIP="HUMAN_GENE_SYMBOL" CONTRIBUTOR="Arthur Liberzon" CONTRIBUTOR_ORG="MSigDB Team" DESCRIPTION_BRIEF="Genes down-regulated in A2780 cells (ovarian carcinoma) exposed to fenretinide [PubChem=1744]." DESCRIPTION_FULL="Fenretinide (4-HPR) is a synthetic retinoid with antitumor activity, which induces apoptosis in cancer cell lines of different histotypes. To identify genes contributing to its apoptotic activity in ovarian cancer cells, we monitored, by cDNA arrays, gene expression changes after 4-HPR exposure in A2780, a human ovarian carcinoma cell line sensitive to the retinoid. Among the differentially expressed transcripts, PLAcental Bone morphogenetic protein (PLAB), a proapoptotic gene, was the most highly induced. In a panel of ovarian carcinoma cell lines with different 4-HPR sensitivities, PLAB upregulation was associated with cellular response to 4-HPR, its overexpression increased basal apoptosis and its silencing by small interfering RNA decreased the ability of 4-HPR to induce apoptosis. PLAB induction by 4-HPR was p53- and EGR-1 independent and was regulated, at least in part, by increased stability of PLAB mRNA. PLAB up-modulation by 4-HPR also occurred in vivo: in ascitic cells collected from patients with ovarian cancer before and after 4-HPR treatment, PLAB was upmodulated in 2/4 patients. Our results in certain ovarian cancer cell lines indicate a role for PLAB as a mediator of 4-HPR-induced apoptosis. The correlation of increased PLAB in vivo with antitumor activity remains to be established." TAGS="" MEMBERS="ARFGEF2,ARMC9,ASNS,ATP5B,ATP5J2,ATP5O,BANF1,CCNDBP1,COL3A1,CYB5-M,DHFR,EGFR,EIF3S5,EPC1,FAM100B,FCGR1A,FLI1,FLJ14525,FLJ20758,FMNL1,H2AFZ,HIST1H4C,IARS2,IFITM2,IFITM3,LDHA,LENG4,MDH1,MDH2,MGC4707,MGC48595,MON1B,MTX2,NDUFA2,NDUFC1,NIFUN,OPRS1,PGK1,PPIH,PPP1CC,PSAT1,PTMA,RSU1,SERPINB2,SET,SLC3A1,SLC4A5,TMSB4X,TRIM28,UCRC,UGCGL2" MEMBERS_SYMBOLIZED="ARFGEF2,ARMC9,ASNS,ATP5F1B,ATP5MF,ATP5PO,BANF1,C1orf198,CCNDBP1,COL3A1,CSTPP1,CYB5B,DHFR,EGFR,EIF3F,EPC1,FCGR1A,FLI1,FMNL1,H2AZ1,H4C3,HEATR4,IARS2,IFITM2,IFITM3,ISCU,LDHA,MBOAT7,MDH1,MDH2,MON1B,MTX2,NDUFA2,NDUFC1,PGK1,PPIH,PPP1CC,PSAT1,PTCD3,PTMA,RSU1,SERPINB2,SET,SIGMAR1,SLC3A1,SLC4A5,TMSB4X,TRIM28,UBALD2,UGGT2,UQCR10" MEMBERS_EZID="10155,10280,10410,10465,10564,10581,10651,1281,1719,1956,2209,22879,2313,23479,23582,283991,29796,29968,3015,3939,399671,4190,4191,440,4695,4717,5055,506,5230,539,5501,55037,55699,55757,5757,57835,6251,6418,6519,7114,752,79096,79143,80210,80314,80777,8364,84886,8665,8815,9551" MEMBERS_MAPPING="ARFGEF2,ARFGEF2,10564|ARMC9,ARMC9,80210|ASNS,ASNS,440|ATP5B,ATP5F1B,506|ATP5J2,ATP5MF,9551|ATP5O,ATP5PO,539|BANF1,BANF1,8815|CCNDBP1,CCNDBP1,23582|COL3A1,COL3A1,1281|CYB5-M,CYB5B,80777|DHFR,DHFR,1719|EGFR,EGFR,1956|EIF3S5,EIF3F,8665|EPC1,EPC1,80314|FAM100B,UBALD2,283991|FCGR1A,FCGR1A,2209|FLI1,FLI1,2313|FLJ14525,C1orf198,84886|FLJ20758,PTCD3,55037|FMNL1,FMNL1,752|H2AFZ,H2AZ1,3015|HIST1H4C,H4C3,8364|IARS2,IARS2,55699|IFITM2,IFITM2,10581|IFITM3,IFITM3,10410|LDHA,LDHA,3939|LENG4,MBOAT7,79143|MDH1,MDH1,4190|MDH2,MDH2,4191|MGC4707,CSTPP1,79096|MGC48595,HEATR4,399671|MON1B,MON1B,22879|MTX2,MTX2,10651|NDUFA2,NDUFA2,4695|NDUFC1,NDUFC1,4717|NIFUN,ISCU,23479|OPRS1,SIGMAR1,10280|PGK1,PGK1,5230|PPIH,PPIH,10465|PPP1CC,PPP1CC,5501|PSAT1,PSAT1,29968|PTMA,PTMA,5757|RSU1,RSU1,6251|SERPINB2,SERPINB2,5055|SET,SET,6418|SLC3A1,SLC3A1,6519|SLC4A5,SLC4A5,57835|TMSB4X,TMSB4X,7114|TRIM28,TRIM28,10155|UCRC,UQCR10,29796|UGCGL2,UGGT2,55757" FILTERED_BY_SIMILARITY="" FOUNDER_NAMES="" REFINEMENT_DATASETS="" VALIDATION_DATASETS="" CATEGORY_CODE="C2" ORGANISM="Homo sapiens" SUB_CATEGORY_CODE="CGP"/>
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