Mechanisms of chromosomal rearrangement in the human genome

AG Tsai, MR Lieber - BMC genomics, 2010 - Springer
Many human cancers are associated with characteristic chromosomal rearrangements,
especially hematopoietic cancers such as leukemias and lymphomas. The first and most …

Genomic and transcriptional aberrations linked to breast cancer pathophysiologies

K Chin, S DeVries, J Fridlyand, PT Spellman… - Cancer cell, 2006 - cell.com
This study explores the roles of genome copy number abnormalities (CNAs) in breast cancer
pathophysiology by identifying associations between recurrent CNAs, gene expression, and …

How basal are triple‐negative breast cancers?

F Bertucci, P Finetti, N Cervera, B Esterni… - … journal of Cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The basal molecular subtype of breast cancer (BC) is defined by the mRNA expression
pattern of an intrinsic∼ 500‐gene set. It is the most homogeneous subtype in transcriptional …

Comprehensive profiling of 8p11-12 amplification in breast cancer

V Gelsi-Boyer, B Orsetti, N Cervera, P Finetti… - Molecular Cancer …, 2005 - AACR
In human carcinomas, especially breast cancer, chromosome arm 8p is frequently involved
in complex chromosomal rearrangements that combine amplification at 8p11-12, break in …

TOP2A overexpression in hepatocellular carcinoma correlates with early age onset, shorter patients survival and chemoresistance

N Wong, W Yeo, WL Wong, NLY Wong… - … journal of cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Genomic gain represents an important mechanism in the activation of proto‐oncogenes. In
many instances, induced oncogenes hold clinical implications both as prognostic markers …

Regional copy number–independent deregulation of transcription in cancer

N Stransky, C Vallot, F Reyal, I Bernard-Pierrot… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
Genetic and epigenetic alterations have been identified that lead to transcriptional
deregulation in cancers. Genetic mechanisms may affect single genes or regions containing …

High PTP4A3 phosphatase expression correlates with metastatic risk in uveal melanoma patients

C Laurent, F Valet, N Planque, L Silveri, S Maacha… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
A high percentage of uveal melanoma patients develop metastatic tumors predominantly in
the liver. We studied the molecular profiles derived from gene expression microarrays and …

A role for the scaffolding adapter GAB2 in breast cancer

M Bentires-Alj, SG Gil, R Chan, ZC Wang, Y Wang… - Nature medicine, 2006 - nature.com
The scaffolding adapter GAB2 maps to a region (11q13-14) commonly amplified in human
breast cancer, and is overexpressed in breast cancer cell lines and primary tumors, but its …

Identification of common differentially expressed genes in urinary bladder cancer

A Zaravinos, GI Lambrou, I Boulalas, D Delakas… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Current diagnosis and treatment of urinary bladder cancer (BC) has shown
great progress with the utilization of microarrays. Purpose Our goal was to identify common …

Proteomic changes resulting from gene copy number variations in cancer cells

T Geiger, J Cox, M Mann - PLoS genetics, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Along the transformation process, cells accumulate DNA aberrations, including mutations,
translocations, amplifications, and deletions. Despite numerous studies, the overall effects of …