2019
A systems mechanism for KRAS mutant allele–specific responses to targeted therapy
McFall T, Diedrich J, Mengistu M, Littlechild S, Paskvan K, Sisk-Hackworth L, Moresco J, Shaw A, Stites E. A systems mechanism for KRAS mutant allele–specific responses to targeted therapy. Science Signaling 2019, 12 PMID: 31551296, PMCID: PMC6864030, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaw8288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factor receptorWild-type Ras activationColorectal cancerSensitivity to EGFR inhibitionEpidermal growth factor receptor inhibitionKRAS mutantEGFR-independent mannerAllele-specific responsesRas activationGrowth factor receptorTumor suppressor neurofibrominPatient tumorsAntibody cetuximabTargeted therapyMechanisms of EGFR signalingCRC patientsEGFR inhibitionCancer treatment decisionsRAS mutationsFactor receptorKRASTherapeutic strategiesTreatment decisionsEGFR signalingPatients
2012
Genome-Wide Characterization of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Patients Using Next Generation Sequencing
Liang W, Craig D, Carpten J, Borad M, Demeure M, Weiss G, Izatt T, Sinari S, Christoforides A, Aldrich J, Kurdoglu A, Barrett M, Phillips L, Benson H, Tembe W, Braggio E, Kiefer J, Legendre C, Posner R, Hostetter G, Baker A, Egan J, Han H, Lake D, Stites E, Ramanathan R, Fonseca R, Stewart A, Von Hoff D. Genome-Wide Characterization of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Patients Using Next Generation Sequencing. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e43192. PMID: 23071490, PMCID: PMC3468610, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaBase SequenceBRCA2 ProteinDNA RepairFemaleGene DosageGenome, HumanHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMetabolic Networks and PathwaysPancreatic NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Ras ProteinsSequence Analysis, RNATranscriptomeTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsPancreatic adenocarcinoma patientsNext generation sequencingPancreatic adenocarcinomaGeneration sequencingSomatic eventsGenome-wide characterizationChromosomal copy number variantsCopy number variantsImproved therapeutic selectivityTumor suppressive pathwaysPancreatic adenocarcinoma tumorigenesisTumor-stroma interactionsKRAS signaling pathwaySequence dataTranscriptomic informationTumor/normal samplesEvaluate expression changesTranslocation eventsMultiple genesPoint mutationsRNA sequencingMapped readsPatient tumorsAdenocarcinoma patientsPathway analysis