Liver cancer cell of origin, molecular class, and effects on patient prognosis

D Sia, A Villanueva, SL Friedman, JM Llovet - Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Primary liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide and
therefore a major public health challenge. We review hypotheses of the cell of origin of liver …

Advancements in next-generation sequencing

SE Levy, RM Myers - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The term next-generation sequencing is almost a decade old, but it remains the colloquial
way to describe highly parallel or high-output sequencing methods that produce data at or …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrent rearrangements in PRKACA and PRKACB in intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasms of the pancreas and bile duct

AD Singhi, LD Wood, E Parks, MS Torbenson… - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasms (IOPNs) of the pancreas and
bile duct contain epithelial cells with numerous, large mitochondria and are cystic precursors …

[HTML][HTML] Organoid models of fibrolamellar carcinoma mutations reveal hepatocyte transdifferentiation through cooperative BAP1 and PRKAR2A loss

L Rüland, F Andreatta, S Massalini… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC) is a lethal primary liver cancer, affecting young patients in
absence of chronic liver disease. Molecular understanding of FLC tumorigenesis is limited …

[HTML][HTML] DNAJB1-PRKACA fusions occur in oncocytic pancreatic and biliary neoplasms and are not specific for fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma

M Vyas, JF Hechtman, Y Zhang, R Benayed, A Yavas… - Modern Pathology, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently discovered DNAJB1-PRKACA oncogenic fusions have been considered
diagnostic for fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma. In this study, we describe six …

[HTML][HTML] Liver cancer: molecular characterization, clonal evolution and cancer stem cells

G Castelli, E Pelosi, U Testa - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Liver cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death. The major forms of
primary liver cancer are hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic …

DNAJB1–PRKACA fusion kinase interacts with β-catenin and the liver regenerative response to drive fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma

ER Kastenhuber, G Lalazar… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
A segmental deletion resulting in DNAJB1–PRKACA gene fusion is now recognized as the
signature genetic event of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC), a rare but lethal …

Oncogenic PKA signaling increases c-MYC protein expression through multiple targetable mechanisms

GKL Chan, S Maisel, YC Hwang, BC Pascual… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Genetic alterations that activate protein kinase A (PKA) are found in many tumor types. Yet,
their downstream oncogenic signaling mechanisms are poorly understood. We used global …

Next-generation sequencing strategies

SE Levy, BE Boone - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2019 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
More than a decade ago, the term “next-generation” sequencing was coined to describe
what was, at the time, revolutionary new methods to sequence RNA and DNA at a faster …

A framework for fibrolamellar carcinoma research and clinical trials

TA Dinh, AF Utria, KC Barry, R Ma… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC), a rare, lethal hepatic cancer, occurs primarily in adolescents
and young adults. Unlike hepatocellular carcinoma, FLC has no known association with …