Search Results - "Choong, David Y H"
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Mutation of the PIK3CA gene in ovarian and breast cancer
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (01-11-2004)“…Phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinases are lipid kinases with important roles in neoplasia. Recently, a very high frequency of somatic mutations in PIK3CA has been…”
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Exome sequencing identifies rare deleterious mutations in DNA repair genes FANCC and BLM as potential breast cancer susceptibility alleles
Published in PLoS genetics (01-09-2012)“…Despite intensive efforts using linkage and candidate gene approaches, the genetic etiology for the majority of families with a multi-generational breast…”
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High-Resolution Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Array Analysis of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Reveals Numerous Microdeletions and Amplifications
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-08-2007)“…Purpose: Genetic changes in sporadic ovarian cancer are relatively poorly characterized compared with other tumor types. We have evaluated the use of…”
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Differential hypermethylation of SOCS genes in ovarian and breast carcinomas
Published in Oncogene (07-10-2004)“…Suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins have emerged as critical attenuators of cytokine-mediated processes, suggesting a role in the suppression of…”
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MicroRNA genes and their target 3'-untranslated regions are infrequently somatically mutated in ovarian cancers
Published in PloS one (20-04-2012)“…MicroRNAs are key regulators of gene expression and have been shown to have altered expression in a variety of cancer types, including epithelial ovarian…”
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Frequent somatic mutations of GATA3 in non-BRCA1/BRCA2 familial breast tumors, but not in BRCA1-, BRCA2- or sporadic breast tumors
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-01-2010)“…Heterozygous somatic mutations of the transcription factor, GATA-3, have recently been reported in approximately 5% breast of tumors unselected for family…”
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Analysis of KLLN as a high-penetrance breast cancer predisposition gene
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-07-2012)“…KLLN is a p53 target gene with DNA binding function and represents a highly plausible candidate breast cancer predisposition gene. We screened for predisposing…”
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BARD1 variants are not associated with breast cancer risk in Australian familial breast cancer
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-10-2008)“…Several studies in various populations have suggested that non-synonymous BARD1 variants are associated with increased breast cancer risk. Using DHPLC analysis…”
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Loss of heterozygosity: what is it good for?
Published in BMC medical genomics (01-08-2015)“…Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is a common genetic event in cancer development, and is known to be involved in the somatic loss of wild-type alleles in many…”
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Analysis of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4 (MAP2K4) tumor suppressor gene in ovarian cancer
Published in BMC cancer (17-05-2011)“…MAP2K4 is a putative tumor and metastasis suppressor gene frequently found to be deleted in various cancer types. We aimed to conduct a comprehensive analysis…”
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Breast cancer risk and the BRCA1 interacting protein CTIP
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-11-2008)“…Mutations in BRCA1 predispose to breast cancer. CTIP interacts with BRCA1 and so could also be associated with increased risk. We screened CTIP for germline…”
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Analysis of RAD51C germline mutations in high-risk breast and ovarian cancer families and ovarian cancer patients
Published in Human mutation (01-01-2012)“…There is strong evidence that overtly inactivating mutations in RAD51C predispose to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer but the prevalence of such mutations,…”
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EDD, the human orthologue of the hyperplastic discs tumour suppressor gene, is amplified and overexpressed in cancer
Published in Oncogene (07-08-2003)“…EDD (E3 isolated by differential display), located at chromosome 8q22.3, is the human orthologue of the Drosophila melanogaster tumour suppressor gene…”
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Genetic and Epigenetic Analysis of the Putative Tumor Suppressor km23 in Primary Ovarian, Breast, and Colorectal Cancers
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-06-2006)“…Purpose: A very high frequency of somatic mutations in the transforming growth factor-β signaling component km23 has been reported in a small series of ovarian…”
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No association of the MDM2 SNP309 polymorphism with risk of breast or ovarian cancer
Published in Cancer letters (28-08-2006)“…A functional T to G germline polymorphism in the promoter region of MDM2 (SNP309) has been reported to profoundly accelerate tumor formation suggesting that it…”
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Genetic Analysis of Cancer-Implicated MicroRNA in Ovarian Cancer
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-11-2008)“…Purpose: There is accumulating evidence that microRNAs may function like classic tumor suppressor genes but little is known about their mechanism of…”
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Copy number analysis of ductal carcinoma in situ with and without recurrence
Published in Modern pathology (01-09-2015)“…Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a non-obligate precursor of invasive breast cancer and a frequent mammographic finding requiring treatment. Up to 25% of…”
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Transforming Growth Factor β Receptor 1 Polyalanine Polymorphism and Exon 5 Mutation Analysis in Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-02-2002)“…The inactivation or altered expression of TGF-β receptors or other components of the TGF-β signaling pathway are common in many cancer types. A germ-line…”
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Genetic and epigenetic analysis of the TIMP-3 gene in ovarian cancer
Published in Cancer letters (08-03-2007)“…Abstract Chromosome 22q shows a high frequency of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in ovarian cancers suggesting the existence of one or more important tumor…”
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Breast ductal carcinoma in situ carry mutational driver events representative of invasive breast cancer
Published in Modern pathology (01-07-2017)“…The spectrum of genomic alterations in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is relatively unexplored, but is likely to provide useful insights into its biology, its…”
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