WNT as a driver and dependency in cancer

MJ Parsons, T Tammela, LE Dow - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
The WNT signaling pathway is a critical regulator of development and adult tissue
homeostasis and becomes dysregulated in many cancer types. Although hyperactivation of …

Molecular epidemiology and diagnostics of KRAS mutations in human cancer

J Timar, K Kashofer - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2020 - Springer
RAS mutation is the most frequent oncogenic alteration in human cancers. KRAS is the most
frequently mutated followed by NRAS. The emblematic KRAS mutant cancers are …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and mutational determinants of high tumor mutation burden in breast cancer

R Barroso-Sousa, E Jain, O Cohen, D Kim… - Annals of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background High tumor mutation burden (TMB) can benefit immunotherapy for multiple
tumor types, but the prevalence of hypermutated breast cancer is not well described. The …

Cancer driver mutations: predictions and reality

D Ostroverkhova, TM Przytycka… - Trends in Molecular …, 2023 - cell.com
Cancer cells accumulate many genetic alterations throughout their lifetime, but only a few of
them drive cancer progression, termed driver mutations. Driver mutations may vary between …

[HTML][HTML] The translational challenges of precision oncology

O Pich, C Bailey, TBK Watkins, S Zaccaria… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The translational challenges in the field of precision oncology are in part related to the
biological complexity and diversity of this disease. Technological advances in genomics …

Comprehensive genomic landscapes in early and later onset colorectal cancer

CH Lieu, EA Golemis, IG Serebriiskii, J Newberg… - Clinical cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: The incidence rates of colorectal cancers are increasing in young adults. The
objective of this study was to investigate genomic differences between tumor samples …

Copper complexes as anticancer agents targeting topoisomerases I and II

C Molinaro, A Martoriati, L Pelinski, K Cailliau - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Organometallics, such as copper compounds, are cancer
chemotherapeutics used alone or in combination with other drugs. One small group of …

The somatic mutation landscape of the human body

PE García-Nieto, AJ Morrison, HB Fraser - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Somatic mutations in healthy tissues contribute to aging, neurodegeneration,
and cancer initiation, yet they remain largely uncharacterized. Results To gain a better …

An In Vivo Kras Allelic Series Reveals Distinct Phenotypes of Common Oncogenic Variants

MP Zafra, MJ Parsons, J Kim, D Alonso-Curbelo… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in cancer, yet there is little understanding of
how specific KRAS amino acid changes affect tumor initiation, progression, or therapy …

Genomic mutation landscape of skin cancers from DNA repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum patients

AA Yurchenko, F Rajabi, T Braz-Petta, H Fassihi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a genetic disorder caused by mutations in genes of the
Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) pathway (groups AG) or in Translesion Synthesis DNA …