2019
APOBEC-induced mutations and their cancer effect size in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Cannataro VL, Gaffney SG, Sasaki T, Issaeva N, Grewal NKS, Grandis JR, Yarbrough WG, Burtness B, Anderson KS, Townsend JP. APOBEC-induced mutations and their cancer effect size in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oncogene 2019, 38: 3475-3487. PMID: 30647454, PMCID: PMC6499643, DOI: 10.1038/s41388-018-0657-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive selectionCancer phenotypeStrong positive selectionIntensity of selectionEffects of mutationsBasis of mutationsSomatic genetic variantsSomatic evolutionNeutral driftMutational processesAPOBEC mutagenesisBiochemical experimentsSelection intensityMolecular understandingCytosine basesIndividual substitutionsAPOBEC3B proteinMutant stateMutational signaturesGenetic variantsNeck squamous cell carcinomaMutationsE545KGene variantsPhenotype
2018
P53 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Parameswaran J, Burtness B. P53 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Current Cancer Research 2018, 249-274. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78762-6_9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeck squamous cell carcinomaSquamous cell carcinomaCell carcinomaMore effective treatment strategiesTreatment of headEffective treatment strategiesAdvanced diseasePoor prognosisNeck cancerTreatment strategiesPatientsP53 pathwayCarcinomaPrognosisFunction mutationsP53TP53Intracellular roleHeadPathogenesisIllnessCancerMutationsDisease
2017
The tumor genome in human immunodeficiency virus–related head and neck cancer: Exploitable targets?
Burtness B. The tumor genome in human immunodeficiency virus–related head and neck cancer: Exploitable targets? Cancer 2017, 124: 14-17. PMID: 29053184, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31059.Peer-Reviewed Original Research