Is β-catenin a druggable target for cancer therapy?

C Cui, X Zhou, W Zhang, Y Qu, X Ke - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Mutations of canonical Wnt signaling pathway genes frequently occur in cancer and lead to
abnormal accumulation of the key effector β-catenin. Over the past decades, a number of …

[HTML][HTML] RAS variant signalling

SP Mo, JM Coulson, IA Prior - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
RAS proteins are small GTPases that regulate signalling networks that control cellular
proliferation and survival. They are frequently mutated in cancer and a commonly occurring …

[HTML][HTML] The immune landscape of cancer

V Thorsson, DL Gibbs, SD Brown, D Wolf, DS Bortone… - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
We performed an extensive immunogenomic analysis of more than 10,000 tumors
comprising 33 diverse cancer types by utilizing data compiled by TCGA. Across cancer …

The UCSC Xena platform for public and private cancer genomics data visualization and interpretation

M Goldman, B Craft, M Hastie, K Repečka, F McDade… - biorxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
UCSC Xena is a visual exploration resource for both public and private omics data,
supported through the web-based Xena Browser and multiple turn-key Xena Hubs. This …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of the FAT1 tumor suppressor promotes resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors via the hippo pathway

Z Li, P Razavi, Q Li, W Toy, B Liu, C Ping, W Hsieh… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Cyclin dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors (CDK4/6i) are effective in breast
cancer; however, drug resistance is frequently encountered and poorly understood. We …

[HTML][HTML] Pan-cancer landscape of aberrant DNA methylation across human tumors

S Saghafinia, M Mina, N Riggi, D Hanahan, G Ciriello - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
The discovery of cancer-associated alterations has primarily focused on genetic variants.
Nonetheless, altered epigenomes contribute to deregulate transcription and promote …

[HTML][HTML] Pan-cancer analysis of transcriptional metabolic dysregulation using The Cancer Genome Atlas

SR Rosario, MD Long, HC Affronti, AM Rowsam… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding metabolic dysregulation in different disease settings is vital for the safe and
effective incorporation of metabolism-targeted therapeutics in the clinic. Here, using …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclin A2/E1 activation defines a hepatocellular carcinoma subclass with a rearrangement signature of replication stress

Q Bayard, L Meunier, C Peneau, V Renault… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Cyclins A2 and E1 regulate the cell cycle by promoting S phase entry and progression.
Here, we identify a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) subgroup exhibiting cyclin activation …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning detects pan-cancer ras pathway activation in the cancer genome atlas

GP Way, F Sanchez-Vega, K La, J Armenia, WK Chatila… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Precision oncology uses genomic evidence to match patients with treatment but often fails to
identify all patients who may respond. The transcriptome of these" hidden responders" may …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient parameter estimation enables the prediction of drug response using a mechanistic pan-cancer pathway model

F Fröhlich, T Kessler, D Weindl, A Shadrin… - Cell systems, 2018 - cell.com
Mechanistic models are essential to deepen the understanding of complex diseases at the
molecular level. Nowadays, high-throughput molecular and phenotypic characterizations …