The frequency of Ras mutations in cancer

IA Prior, FE Hood, JL Hartley - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Ras is frequently mutated in cancer, however, there is a lack of consensus in the literature
regarding the cancer mutation frequency of Ras, with quoted values varying from 10%–30 …

Context is everything: aneuploidy in cancer

U Ben-David, A Amon - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer is driven by multiple types of genetic alterations, which range in size from point
mutations to whole-chromosome gains and losses, known as aneuploidy. Chromosome …

A genome-scale screen for synthetic drivers of T cell proliferation

M Legut, Z Gajic, M Guarino, Z Daniloski, JA Rahman… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The engineering of autologous patient T cells for adoptive cell therapies has revolutionized
the treatment of several types of cancer. However, further improvements are needed to …

Regulation of apoptosis in health and disease: the balancing act of BCL-2 family proteins

R Singh, A Letai, K Sarosiek - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
The loss of vital cells within healthy tissues contributes to the development, progression and
treatment outcomes of many human disorders, including neurological and infectious …

Oncogene-like addiction to aneuploidy in human cancers

V Girish, AA Lakhani, SL Thompson, CM Scaduto… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Most cancers exhibit aneuploidy, but its functional significance in tumor development is
controversial. Here, we describe ReDACT (Restoring Disomy in Aneuploid cells using …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence in drug discovery: what is realistic, what are illusions? Part 1: Ways to make an impact, and why we are not there yet

A Bender, I Cortés-Ciriano - Drug discovery today, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed many areas such as speech and image
recognition, but not yet drug discovery.•Approaches to AI in drug discovery need to take in …

Optimized libraries for CRISPR-Cas9 genetic screens with multiple modalities

KR Sanson, RE Hanna, M Hegde, KF Donovan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The creation of genome-wide libraries for CRISPR knockout (CRISPRko), interference
(CRISPRi), and activation (CRISPRa) has enabled the systematic interrogation of gene …

The multifaceted role of chromosomal instability in cancer and its microenvironment

SF Bakhoum, LC Cantley - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a hallmark of human cancer, and it is associated with poor
prognosis, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. CIN results from errors in chromosome …

Aneuploidy and complex genomic rearrangements in cancer evolution

TM Baker, S Waise, M Tarabichi, P Van Loo - Nature cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Mutational processes that alter large genomic regions occur frequently in develo**
tumors. They range from simple copy number gains and losses to the shattering and …

The adaptive immune system is a major driver of selection for tumor suppressor gene inactivation

TD Martin, RS Patel, DR Cook, MY Choi, A Patil… - Science, 2021 - science.org
During tumorigenesis, tumors must evolve to evade the immune system and do so by
disrupting the genes involved in antigen processing and presentation or up-regulating …