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While our study suggests that SKP2 is an important player in p27 regulation in prostate cancer cells, recent studies have also implicated another protein, CSN5/JAB1, in p27 regulation [ 54 55 ] . CSN5 is a subunit of the COP9/signalosome (CSN) complex [ 56 57 58 59 ] , but also forms distinct complexes apparently lacking CSN subunits [ 55 60 61 62 ] . Overexpression of CSN5 in NIH3T3 cells causes p27 export from the nucleus and ectopic degradation [ 54 ] . Notably, like SKP2 [ 33 36 37 38 ] , CSN5 was found to be overexpressed in cancers devoid of p27 [ 63 ] . However, our studies did not reveal any effect of MIB on CSN5 expression.
Wilde himself was endlessly transgressive, always finding a new way to jab Victorian complacency.
The old way was to take a flat stick, hickory was good, and jab it with an ice pick hundreds of times, spread beef tallow over the pits, and finally sprinkle boiling spring sand on and work it in.
Unprepared for this jab at the rising popularity of microbrews, you realize that this is what the spot was setting up all along.
Do I detect a subtle jab even as Alexander outmaneuvered the Baptist primitives in Congress?