Search Results - "Martens, John W"
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Pan-cancer landscape of homologous recombination deficiency
Published in Nature communications (04-11-2020)“…Homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) results in impaired double strand break repair and is a frequent driver of tumorigenesis. Here, we develop a…”
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Spatial immunophenotypes predict response to anti-PD1 treatment and capture distinct paths of T cell evasion in triple negative breast cancer
Published in Nature communications (27-09-2021)“…Only a subgroup of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) responds to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). To better understand lack of response to ICI, we…”
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Cancer-associated fibroblast-derived Gremlin 1 promotes breast cancer progression
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (18-09-2019)“…Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) have been reported to maintain epithelial integrity and to antagonize the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ)-induced…”
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A novel independence test for somatic alterations in cancer shows that biology drives mutual exclusivity but chance explains most co-occurrence
Published in Genome Biology (16-12-2016)“…In cancer, mutually exclusive or co-occurring somatic alterations across genes can suggest functional interactions. Existing tests for such patterns make the…”
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Integrative analysis of genomic amplification-dependent expression and loss-of-function screen identifies ASAP1 as a driver gene in triple-negative breast cancer progression
Published in Oncogene (14-05-2020)“…The genetically heterogeneous triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) continues to be an intractable disease, due to lack of effective targeted therapies. Gene…”
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A kinase inhibitor screen identifies a dual cdc7/CDK9 inhibitor to sensitise triple-negative breast cancer to EGFR-targeted therapy
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (01-07-2019)“…The effective treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains a profound clinical challenge. Despite frequent epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)…”
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Whole genome sequencing of metastatic colorectal cancer reveals prior treatment effects and specific metastasis features
Published in Nature communications (25-01-2021)“…In contrast to primary colorectal cancer (CRC) little is known about the genomic landscape of metastasized CRC. Here we present whole genome sequencing data of…”
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Anti-Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule Antibodies and the Detection of Circulating Normal-Like Breast Tumor Cells
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (07-01-2009)“…Identification of specific subtypes of circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood of cancer patients can provide information about the biology of metastasis…”
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5-Fluorouracil treatment induces characteristic T>G mutations in human cancer
Published in Nature communications (08-10-2019)“…5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a chemotherapeutic drug commonly used for the treatment of solid cancers. It is proposed that 5-FU interferes with nucleotide…”
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Multi-targeted kinase inhibition alleviates mTOR inhibitor resistance in triple-negative breast cancer
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-11-2019)“…Purpose Owing to its genetic heterogeneity and acquired resistance, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is not responsive to single-targeted therapy, causing…”
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Molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells in large quantities of contaminating leukocytes by a multiplex real-time PCR
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-12-2009)“…Detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in whole blood from metastatic cancer patients by the CellSearch™ CTC Test (Veridex LLC, Warren, NJ, USA) has been…”
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Integrative whole-genome and transcriptome analysis of HER2-amplified metastatic breast cancer
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (15-11-2023)“…Abstract Background In breast cancer, the advent of anti-HER2 therapies has made HER2+ tumors a highly relevant subgroup. However, the exact characteristics…”
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Complex landscapes of somatic rearrangement in human breast cancer genomes
Published in Nature (London) (24-12-2009)“…Multiple somatic rearrangements are often found in cancer genomes; however, the underlying processes of rearrangement and their contribution to cancer…”
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MicroRNA-30c expression level is an independent predictor of clinical benefit of endocrine therapy in advanced estrogen receptor positive breast cancer
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-05-2011)“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules that modulate gene expression and which have been implicated in cancer. We evaluated whether five candidate…”
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HER2-low breast cancer shows a lower immune response compared to HER2-negative cases
Published in Scientific reports (28-07-2022)“…Currently, the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status of breast cancer is classified dichotomously as negative or positive to select patients…”
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SPEN is required for Xist upregulation during initiation of X chromosome inactivation
Published in Nature communications (01-12-2021)“…At initiation of X chromosome inactivation (XCI), Xist is monoallelically upregulated from the future inactive X (Xi) chromosome, overcoming repression by its…”
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Partially methylated domains are hypervariable in breast cancer and fuel widespread CpG island hypermethylation
Published in Nature communications (15-04-2019)“…Global loss of DNA methylation and CpG island (CGI) hypermethylation are key epigenomic aberrations in cancer. Global loss manifests itself in partially…”
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Steps forward for cancer precision medicine
Published in Nature reviews. Drug discovery (01-01-2018)“…The availability of targeted anticancer drugs and the relative affordability of genomic analyses has led to a growing expectation among patients with cancer…”
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MicroRNAs as possible indicators of drug sensitivity in breast cancer cell lines
Published in PloS one (07-05-2019)“…MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. In this way they might influence whether a cell is sensitive or resistant to a certain…”
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (02-04-2024)“…IMPORTANCE: The association of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) abundance in breast cancer tissue with cancer recurrence and death in patients with…”
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