Publications by Paloma Ordonez Moran

Genomic Instability Profiles at the Single Cell Level in Mouse Colorectal Cancers of Defined Genotypes

Maxim Norkin, Jörg Hülsken, Paloma Ordonez Moran

The genomes of many human CRCs have been sequenced, revealing a large number of genetic alterations. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the accumulation of these alterations are still being debated. In this study, we examined colorectal tumours t ...

2021

High-content, targeted RNA-seq screening in organoids for drug discovery in colorectal cancer

Maxim Norkin, Jörg Hülsken, Paloma Ordonez Moran

Organoids allow the recapitulation of intestinal homeostasis and cancerogenesis in vitro; however, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq)-based methods for drug screens are missing. We develop targeted organoid sequencing (TORNADO-seq), a high-throughput, high-content d ...

2021

Enhanced Rate of Acquisition of Point Mutations in Mouse Intestinal Adenomas Compared to Normal Tissue

Jörg Hülsken, Paloma Ordonez Moran

The most prevalent single-nucleotide substitution (SNS) found in cancers is a C-to-T substitution in the CpG motif. It has been proposed that many of these SNSs arise during organismal aging, prior to transformation of a normal cell into a precancerous/can ...

2017

Cross-Tissue Identification of Somatic Stem and Progenitor Cells Using a Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Derived Gene Signature

Bart Deplancke, Jörg Hülsken, Paloma Ordonez Moran, Petra Catalina Schwalie

A long-standing question in biology is whether multipotent somatic stem and progenitor cells (SSPCs) feature molecular properties that could guide their system-independent identification. Population-based transcriptomic studies have so far not been able to ...

Wiley2017

Polycomb Complex PRC1 Preserves Intestinal Stem Cell Identity by Sustaining Wnt/beta-Catenin Transcriptional Activity

Jörg Hülsken, Paloma Ordonez Moran

Polycomb repressive complexes (PRCs) are among the most important gatekeepers of establishing and maintaining cell identity in metazoans. PRC1, which plays a dominant role in this context, executes its functions via multiple subcomplexes, which all contrib ...

Cell Press2016

HOXA5 Counteracts Stem Cell Traits by Inhibiting Wnt Signaling in Colorectal Cancer

Jörg Hülsken, Paloma Ordonez Moran, Caroline Dafflon

Hierarchical organization of tissues relies on stem cells, which either self-renew or produce committed progenitors predestined for lineage differentiation. Here we identify HOXA5 as an important repressor of intestinal stem cell fate in vivo and identify ...

Elsevier2015

SPROUTY2 is a β-catenin and FOXO3a target gene indicative of poor prognosis in colon cancer

Jörg Hülsken, Paloma Ordonez Moran, Anja Irmisch

SPROUTY2 (SPRY2) is an intracellular regulator of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling involved in cell growth, differentiation and tumorigenesis. Here, we show that SPRY2 is a target gene of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway that is abnormally activated in more ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Beta-catenin Confers Resistance to PI3K and AKT Inhibitors and Subverts FOXO3a to Promote Metastasis in Colon Cancer

Paloma Ordonez Moran

Elsevier Sci Ltd2012

β-catenin represses expression of the tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase in the normal intestinal epithelium and colorectal tumour cells

Jörg Hülsken, Paloma Ordonez Moran

BACKGROUND: Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) overexpression in colorectal cancer increases levels of its pro-tumorigenic product prostaglandin E2 (PGE(2)). The recently identified colorectal tumour suppressor 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) catalyses pros ...

BMJ Publishing Group2011