2024
Rare Drivers at Low Prevalence with High Cancer Effects in T-Cell and B-Cell Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Mandell J, Diviti S, Xu M, Townsend J. Rare Drivers at Low Prevalence with High Cancer Effects in T-Cell and B-Cell Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2024, 25: 6589. PMID: 38928295, PMCID: PMC11203805, DOI: 10.3390/ijms25126589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenomic analysisPediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCancer effectsAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaT cellsTherapeutic targetSomatic substitutionsRare driversB-ALLLymphoblastic leukemiaEpistatic effectsT-cell ALL patientsMutational contributionsMutated genesCancer phenotypeMutated formDevelopment of leukemiaLow prevalenceB-cell lineageDisease mechanismsMutationsPrecision therapeuticsTherapeutic opportunitiesT-ALLALL patients
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