Transcription factors as readers and effectors of DNA methylation

H Zhu, G Wang, J Qian - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Recent technological advances have made it possible to decode DNA methylomes at single-
base-pair resolution under various physiological conditions. Many aberrant or differentially …

[HTML][HTML] IDH mutations in cancer and progress toward development of targeted therapeutics

L Dang, K Yen, EC Attar - Annals of Oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 (IDH1 and IDH2) are key metabolic enzymes,
converting isocitrate to α-ketoglutarate (αKG). IDH1 and IDH2 mutations have been …

CBTRUS statistical report: primary brain and other central nervous system tumors diagnosed in the United States in 2009–2013

QT Ostrom, H Gittleman, J Xu, C Kromer… - Neuro …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background CBTRUS is a unique professional research organization that focuses
exclusively on providing high quality statistical data on the population-based incidence of …

TCGAbiolinks: an R/Bioconductor package for integrative analysis of TCGA data

A Colaprico, TC Silva, C Olsen, L Garofano… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) research network has made public a large
collection of clinical and molecular phenotypes of more than 10 000 tumor patients across …

Molecular profiling reveals biologically discrete subsets and pathways of progression in diffuse glioma

M Ceccarelli, FP Barthel, TM Malta, TS Sabedot… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Therapy development for adult diffuse glioma is hindered by incomplete knowledge of
somatic glioma driving alterations and suboptimal disease classification. We defined the …

Insulator dysfunction and oncogene activation in IDH mutant gliomas

WA Flavahan, Y Drier, BB Liau, SM Gillespie… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Gain-of-function IDH mutations are initiating events that define major clinical and prognostic
classes of gliomas,. Mutant IDH protein produces a new onco-metabolite, 2 …

DNA methylation in newborns and maternal smoking in pregnancy: genome-wide consortium meta-analysis

BR Joubert, JF Felix, P Yousefi, KM Bakulski… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
Epigenetic modifications, including DNA methylation, represent a potential mechanism for
environmental impacts on human disease. Maternal smoking in pregnancy remains an …

Comprehensive molecular characterization of papillary renal-cell carcinoma

Cancer Genome Atlas Research … - New England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Papillary renal-cell carcinoma, which accounts for 15 to 20% of renal-cell
carcinomas, is a heterogeneous disease that consists of various types of renal cancer …

Tissue mechanics promote IDH1-dependent HIF1α–tenascin C feedback to regulate glioblastoma aggression

YA Miroshnikova, JK Mouw, JM Barnes, MW Pickup… - Nature cell …, 2016 - nature.com
Increased overall survival for patients with glioma brain tumours is associated with mutations
in the metabolic regulator isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1). Gliomas develop within a …

Macrophage ontogeny underlies differences in tumor-specific education in brain malignancies

RL Bowman, F Klemm, L Akkari, SM Pyonteck… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Extensive transcriptional and ontogenetic diversity exists among normal tissue-resident
macrophages, with unique transcriptional profiles endowing the cells with tissue-specific …