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Open AccessFunctional inhibition of acid sphingomyelinase by Fluphenazine triggers hypoxia-specific tumor cell death
Owing to lagging or insufficient neo-angiogenesis, hypoxia is a feature of most solid tumors. Hypoxic tumor regions contribute to resistance against antiproliferative chemotherapeutics, radiotherapy and immuno...
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Open AccessOncoScape: Exploring the cancer aberration landscape by genomic data fusion
Although large-scale efforts for molecular profiling of cancer samples provide multiple data types for many samples, most approaches for finding candidate cancer genes rely on somatic mutations and DNA copy nu...
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Open AccessIntegration of genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic data identifies two biologically distinct subtypes of invasive lobular breast cancer
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is the second most frequently occurring histological breast cancer subtype after invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), accounting for around 10% of all breast cancers. The molecular...
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The consensus molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer
An international consortium of colorectal cancer researchers undertakes a large-scale data sharing project to achieve a consensus molecular classification of colorectal cancers.
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Open AccessElevated APOBEC3B Correlates with Poor Outcomes for Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancers
Recent observations connected DNA cytosine deaminase APOBEC3B to the genetic evolution of breast cancer. We addressed whether APOBEC3B is associated with breast cancer clinical outcomes. APOBEC3B messenger RNA (m...
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Reversible and adaptive resistance to BRAF(V600E) inhibition in melanoma
Patients with melanomas carrying an activating BRAF mutation respond to treatment with BRAF inhibitors although resistance to the inhibitor usually emerges; this resistance is shown to arise through increased exp...
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Open AccessSubtypes of primary colorectal tumors correlate with response to targeted treatment in colorectal cell lines
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a heterogeneous and biologically poorly understood disease. To tailor CRC treatment, it is essential to first model this heterogeneity by defining subtypes of patients with homogeneo...
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Open AccessMolecular basis of telaprevir resistance due to V36 and T54 mutations in the NS3-4A protease of the hepatitis C virus
The inhibitor telaprevir (VX-950) of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease NS3-4A has been tested in a recent phase 1b clinical trial in patients infected with HCV genotype 1. This trial revealed residue mutati...
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Open AccessGOTax: investigating biological processes and biochemical activities along the taxonomic tree
We describe GOTax, a comparative genomics platform that integrates protein annotation with protein family classification and taxonomy. User-defined sets of proteins, protein families, annotation terms or taxon...
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Open AccessA new measure for functional similarity of gene products based on Gene Ontology
Gene Ontology (GO) is a standard vocabulary of functional terms and allows for coherent annotation of gene products. These annotations provide a basis for new methods that compare gene products regarding their...