Discovery and characterization of coding and non-coding driver mutations in more than 2,500 whole cancer genomes

E Rheinbay, MM Nielsen, F Abascal, G Tiao… - BioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Discovery of cancer drivers has traditionally focused on the identification of protein-coding
genes. Here we present a comprehensive analysis of putative cancer driver mutations in …

The landscape of the heritable cancer genome

V Fanfani, L Citi, AL Harris, F Pezzella… - Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have found hundreds of single-nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNP) associated with increased risk of cancer. However, the amount of …

GxEsum: a novel approach to estimate the phenotypic variance explained by genome-wide GxE interaction based on GWAS summary statistics for biobank-scale data

J Shin, SH Lee - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Genetic variation in response to the environment, that is, genotype-by-environment
interaction (GxE), is fundamental in the biology of complex traits and diseases. However …

Genetic predisposition to lymphomas: Overview of rare syndromes and inherited familial variants

B Szmyd, W Mlynarski, A Pastorczak - Mutation Research/Reviews in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Approximately 10% of malignancies occur in carriers of germline mutations predisposing to
cancer. A high risk of developing lymphomas has been noted in many primary …

Risk single-nucleotide polymorphism-mediated enhancer–promoter interaction drives keloids through long noncoding RNA down expressed in keloids

CC Deng, LX Zhang, XY Xu, DH Zhu… - British Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Keloids represent one extreme of aberrant dermal wound healing and are
characterized by fibroblast hyperproliferation and excessive deposition of extracellular …

[HTML][HTML] Allele-specific genome targeting in the development of precision medicine

J Wu, B Tang, Y Tang - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The CRISPR-based genome editing holds immense potential to fix disease-causing
mutations, however, must also handle substantial natural genetic variations between …

Germline variants that affect tumor progression

A Chatrath, A Ratan, A Dutta - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Germline variants have a rich history of being studied in the context of cancer risk. Emerging
studies now suggest that germline variants contribute not only to cancer risk but to tumor …

[HTML][HTML] EMSY expression affects multiple components of the skin barrier with relevance to atopic dermatitis

MS Elias, SC Wright, J Remenyi, JC Abbott… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common, complex, and highly heritable inflammatory
skin disease. Genome-wide association studies offer opportunities to identify molecular …

Leveraging GWAS: path to prevention?

SJ Winham, ME Sherman - Cancer Prevention Research, 2024 - AACR
Developing novel cancer prevention medication strategies is important for reducing
mortality. Identification of common genetic variants associated with cancer risk suggests the …

Anticancer activity of two novel hydroxylated biphenyl compounds toward malignant melanoma cells

M Pisano, MA Dettori, D Fabbri, G Delogu… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is still one of the most difficult cancers to treat
despite recent advances in targeted and immune therapies. About 50% of advanced …