DCK confers sensitivity of DCTD-positive cancer cells to oxidized methylcytidines.
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SUBMITTER: Zhao YH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10305735 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun
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DCK confers sensitivity of DCTD-positive cancer cells to oxidized methylcytidines.
Zhao Ya-Hui YH Jiang Wei W Gao Hai H Pang Guo-Zheng GZ Wu Yu-Shuang YS Wang Yuan-Xian YX Sheng Meng-Yao MY Xie Jia-Ying JY Wu Wan-Ling WL Ji Zhi-Jian ZJ Du Ya-Rui YR Zhang Lei L Wang Xiao-Qin XQ Walsh Colum P CP Jiang Hai H Xu Guo-Liang GL Zhou Dan D
Protein & cell 20230601 7
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(i) Cell lines samples with acquired resistance to YC-1 treatment:
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT1: RBE_rep_1 (126), RBE YC1 Resistant 6_rep_1 (129c).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT2: RBE YC1 Resistant 3_rep_1 (129n), RBE YC1 Resistant 1_rep_1 (130n).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT3: RBE YC1 Resistant 2_rep_1 (126), RBE YC1 Resistant 5_rep_1 (130c).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT4: RBE YC1 Resistant 4_rep_1 (126).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT5: RBE YC1 Resistant 1_rep_2 (127n), RBE YC1 Resistant 4_rep_2 (128c), RBE YC1 Resistant 3_rep_2 (130c).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT6: RBE YC1 Resistant 2_rep_2 (126), RBE YC1 Resistant 6_rep_2 (127c).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT7: RBE_rep_2 (128n), RBE YC1 Resistant 5_rep_2 (130n).
(ii) Proteomes of untreated biliary cell lines (baseline):
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT1: RBE_rep_1 (126), GB2_rep_1 (127n), HuCCT1_rep_1 (127c), ECC3_rep_1 (128n), ICC10_rep_1 (128c), KMCH-1_rep_1 (129n), SNU-1196_rep_1 (130n).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT2: ICC13-7_rep_1 (126), ICC8_rep_1 (127n), ICC9_rep_1 (127c), SNU-478_rep_1 (128n), CC-SW-1_rep_1 (128c), CC-LP-1_rep_1 (129c), SSP-25_rep_1 (130c), ICC10-8_rep_1 (131n)
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT3: SNU-1079_rep_1 (127n), ICC5_rep_1 (127c), ICC7_rep_1 (128c), COR-L105_rep_1 (129n), ICC17_rep_1 (129c), GBC1_rep_1 (131n).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT4: ICC3_rep_1 (127n), ICC2_rep_1 (127c), ICC106_rep_1 (128n), ICC11_rep_1 (128c), HKGZ-CC_rep_1 (129n), SNU-869_rep_1 (129c), HuH28_rep_1 (130n), ICC12_rep_1 (130c), SNU-308_rep_1 (131n).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT5: ICC2_rep_2 (126), ECC3_rep_2 (127c), GB2_rep_2 (128n), ICC11_rep_2 (129n), ICC7_rep_2 (129c), SNU-869_rep_2 (130n), SSP-25_rep_2 (131n).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT6: CC-LP-1_rep_2 (127n), COR-L105_rep_2 (128n), HuCCT1_rep_2 (129n), ICC12_rep_2 (129c), ICC3_rep_2 (131n), ICC5_rep_2 (130n), SNU-478_rep_2 (130c).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT7: ICC10_rep_2 (126), ICC10-6_rep_2 (127n), ICC10-8_rep_2 (127c), RBE_rep_2 (128n), ICC9_rep_2 (128c), ICC17_rep_2 (129n), ICC8_rep_2 (129c), CC-SW-1_rep_2 (130c), GBC1_rep_2 (131n).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT8: ICC13-7_rep_2 (127c), HuH28_rep_2 (128n), HKGZ-CC_rep_2 (128c), SNU-1079_rep_2 (129n), KMCH-1_rep_2 (129c), SNU-1196_rep_2 (130n), SNU-308_rep_2 (131n).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT9: SG231_rep_1 (126), KKU-100_rep_1 (127n), YSCCC_rep_1 (127c), ICC4_rep_1 (128n), TKKK_rep_1 (128c), ECC2_rep_1 (129n), KKU-M213/M214 (129c).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT10: YSCCC_rep_2 (126), KKU-M213/M214_rep_2 (127n), SG231_rep_2 (127c), TKKK_rep_2 (129n), ECC2_rep_2 (129c), ICC4_rep_2 (130n), KKU-100_rep_2 (131n).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT11: ICC13-7_rep_1 (129n).
ShiBardeesy_CellLines_TMT12: ICC13-7_rep2 (131n)
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