Diala Kantar

  • PostDoc

Dr. Diala Kantar obtained her Ph.D. in Health Biology from the University of Montpellier in November 2020. Her doctoral research was conducted at the Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM) under the supervision of Dr. Alexandre Djiane. In December 2021, she joined the PRISM laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher, where she investigates the impact of isomerization on the ubiquitin-proteasome system. With expertise in molecular and cellular biology, she is particularly passionate about exploring signaling pathways and understanding the intricate mechanisms that regulate cellular function.

1. Bachiri K*, Kantar D*, Laurent EMN, Gaboriaud P, Durand L, Drouin A, Chollot M, Schrama D, Houben R, Kervarrec T, Trapp-Fragnet L, Touzé A, Coyaud E. DNA Damage Stress Control Is a Truncated Large T Antigen and Euchromatic Histone Lysine Methyltransferase 2-Dependent Central Feature of Merkel Cell Carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol. 2024 Jun 21:S0022-202X(24)01860-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2024.04.034.
2. Slaninová V, Heron-Milhavet L, Robin M, Jeanson L, Aissanou A, Kantar D, Tosi D, Bréhélin L, Gongora C, Djiane A. The Hippo pathway terminal effector TAZ/WWTR1 mediates oxaliplatin sensitivity in p53 proficient colon cancer cells. BMC Cancer. 2024 May 14;24(1):587. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-12316-4. PMID: 38741073; PMCID: PMC11092100.
3. Durand MA, Drouin A, Mouchard A, Durand L, Esnault C, Berthon P, Tallet A, Le Corre Y, Hainaut-Wierzbicka E, Blom A, Saiag P, Beneton N, Bens G, Nardin C, Aubin F, Dinulescu M, Collin C, Fromont-Hankard G, Cribier B, Laurent-Roussel S, Cokelaere K, Houben R, Schrama D, Peixoto P, Hervouet E, Bachiri K, Kantar D, Coyaud E, Guyétant S, Samimi M, Touzé A, Kervarrec T. Distinct Regulation of EZH2 and its Repressive H3K27me3 Mark in Polyomavirus-Positive and -Negative Merkel Cell Carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol. 2023 Oct;143(10):1937-1946.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.02.038.
4. Logeay R, Géminard C, Lassus P, Rodríguez-Vázquez M, Kantar D, Heron-Milhavet L, Fischer B, Bray SJ, Colinge J, Djiane A. Mechanisms underlying the cooperation between loss of epithelial polarity and Notch signaling during neoplastic growth in Drosophila. Development. 2022 Feb 1;149(3):dev200110. doi: 10.1242/dev.200110.
5. Kantar D, Mur EB, Mancini M, Slaninova V, Salah YB, Costa L, Forest E, Lassus P, Géminard C, Boissière-Michot F, Orsetti B, Theillet C, Colinge J, Benistant C, Maraver A, Heron-Milhavet L, Djiane A. MAGI1 inhibits the AMOTL2/p38 stress pathway and prevents luminal breast tumorigenesis. Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 11;11(1):5752. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-85056
6. Ordas L, Costa L, Lozano A, Chevillard C, Calovoulos A, Kantar D, Fernandez L, Chauvin L, Dosset P, Doucet C, Heron-Milhavet L, Odintsova E, Berditchevski F, Milhiet PE, Bénistant C. Mechanical Control of Cell Migration by the Metastasis Suppressor Tetraspanin CD82/KAI1. Cells. 2021 Jun 18;10(6):1545. doi: 10.3390/cells10061545.
7. Forest E, Logeay R, Géminard C, Kantar D, Frayssinoux F, Heron-Milhavet L, Djiane A. The apical scaffold big bang binds to spectrins and regulates the growth of Drosophila melanogaster wing discs. J Cell Biol. 2018 Mar 5;217(3):1047-1062. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201705107.