MYC, metabolism, and cancer

ZE Stine, ZE Walton, BJ Altman, AL Hsieh… - Cancer …, 2015 - aacrjournals.org
The MYC oncogene encodes a transcription factor, MYC, whose broad effects make its
precise oncogenic role enigmatically elusive. The evidence to date suggests that MYC …

Genome-wide association studies of cancer: current insights and future perspectives

A Sud, B Kinnersley, RS Houlston - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide an agnostic approach for investigating
the genetic basis of complex diseases. In oncology, GWAS of nearly all common …

Systematic map** of functional enhancer–promoter connections with CRISPR interference

CP Fulco, M Munschauer, R Anyoha, G Munson… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Gene expression in mammals is regulated by noncoding elements that can affect physiology
and disease, yet the functions and target genes of most noncoding elements remain …

MYC deregulation in primary human cancers

M Kalkat, J De Melo, KA Hickman, C Lourenco… - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
MYC regulates a complex biological program by transcriptionally activating and repressing
its numerous target genes. As such, MYC is a master regulator of many processes, including …

[HTML][HTML] MYC on the path to cancer

CV Dang - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
The MYC oncogene contributes to the genesis of many human cancers. Recent insights into
its expression and function have led to therapeutic opportunities. MYC's activation by …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons from the cancer genome

LA Garraway, ES Lander - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Systematic studies of the cancer genome have exploded in recent years. These studies
have revealed scores of new cancer genes, including many in processes not previously …

The role of enhancers in cancer

I Sur, J Taipale - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Enhancer elements function as the logic gates of the genetic regulatory circuitry. One of their
most important functions is the integration of extracellular signals with intracellular cell fate …

The genetics of transcription factor DNA binding variation

B Deplancke, D Alpern, V Gardeux - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Most complex trait-associated variants are located in non-coding regulatory regions of the
genome, where they have been shown to disrupt transcription factor (TF)-DNA binding …

The many faces and functions of β‐catenin

T Valenta, G Hausmann, K Basler - The EMBO journal, 2012 - embopress.org
β‐Catenin (Armadillo in Drosophila) is a multitasking and evolutionary conserved molecule
that in metazoans exerts a crucial role in a multitude of developmental and homeostatic …

Beyond GWASs: illuminating the dark road from association to function

SL Edwards, J Beesley, JD French… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have enabled the discovery of common genetic
variation contributing to normal and pathological traits and clinical drug responses, but …