Cancer as a dysregulated epigenome allowing cellular growth advantage at the expense of the host

W Timp, AP Feinberg - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Although at the genetic level cancer is caused by diverse mutations, epigenetic
modifications are characteristic of all cancers, from apparently normal precursor tissue to …

The history of cancer epigenetics

AP Feinberg, B Tycko - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2004 - nature.com
Since its discovery in 1983, the epigenetics of human cancer has been in the shadows of
human cancer genetics. But this area has become increasingly visible with a growing …

Virtual microdissection identifies distinct tumor-and stroma-specific subtypes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

RA Moffitt, R Marayati, EL Flate, KE Volmar… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains a lethal disease with a 5-year survival
rate of 4%. A key hallmark of PDAC is extensive stromal involvement, which makes …

A gene-coexpression network for global discovery of conserved genetic modules

JM Stuart, E Segal, D Koller, SK Kim - science, 2003 - science.org
To elucidate gene function on a global scale, we identified pairs of genes that are
coexpressed over 3182 DNA microarrays from humans, flies, worms, and yeast. We found …

Genetics and biology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

AF Hezel, AC Kimmelman, BZ Stanger… - Genes & …, 2006 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the
United States with a median survival of< 6 mo and a dismal 5-yr survival rate of 3%–5%. The …

Combining machine learning and nanofluidic technology to diagnose pancreatic cancer using exosomes

J Ko, N Bhagwat, SS Yee, N Ortiz, A Sahmoud… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Circulating exosomes contain a wealth of proteomic and genetic information, presenting an
enormous opportunity in cancer diagnostics. While microfluidic approaches have been used …

A gene expression signature associated with “K-Ras addiction” reveals regulators of EMT and tumor cell survival

A Singh, P Greninger, D Rhodes, L Koopman… - Cancer cell, 2009 - cell.com
K-ras mutations occur frequently in epithelial cancers. Using short hairpin RNAs to deplete K-
Ras in lung and pancreatic cancer cell lines harboring K-ras mutations, two classes were …

DNA damage response genes and the development of cancer metastasis

CG Broustas, HB Lieberman - Radiation research, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
DNA damage response genes play vital roles in the maintenance of a healthy genome.
Defects in cell cycle checkpoint and DNA repair genes, especially mutation or aberrant …

Expression profiling identifies microRNA signature in pancreatic cancer

EJ Lee, Y Gusev, J Jiang, GJ Nuovo… - … journal of cancer, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract microRNAs are functional, 22 nt, noncoding RNAs that negatively regulate gene
expression. Disturbance of microRNA expression may play a role in the initiation and …

Large-scale meta-analysis of cancer microarray data identifies common transcriptional profiles of neoplastic transformation and progression

DR Rhodes, J Yu, K Shanker, N Deshpande… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - pnas.org
Many studies have used DNA microarrays to identify the gene expression signatures of
human cancer, yet the critical features of these often unmanageably large signatures remain …