Liver cancer: molecular characterization, clonal evolution and cancer stem cells

G Castelli, E Pelosi, U Testa - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Liver cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death. The major forms of
primary liver cancer are hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic …

A framework for fibrolamellar carcinoma research and clinical trials

TA Dinh, AF Utria, KC Barry, R Ma… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC), a rare, lethal hepatic cancer, occurs primarily in adolescents
and young adults. Unlike hepatocellular carcinoma, FLC has no known association with …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation of a PKA regulatory subunit controls cAMP compartmentation and oncogenic signaling

JZ Zhang, TW Lu, LM Stolerman, B Tenner, JR Yang… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The fidelity of intracellular signaling hinges on the organization of dynamic activity
architectures. Spatial compartmentation was first proposed over 30 years ago to explain how …

Driver fusions and their implications in the development and treatment of human cancers

Q Gao, WW Liang, SM Foltz, G Mutharasu… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Gene fusions represent an important class of somatic alterations in cancer. We
systematically investigated fusions in 9,624 tumors across 33 cancer types using multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Recurrent rearrangements in PRKACA and PRKACB in intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasms of the pancreas and bile duct

AD Singhi, LD Wood, E Parks, MS Torbenson… - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasms (IOPNs) of the pancreas and
bile duct contain epithelial cells with numerous, large mitochondria and are cystic precursors …

Sex-specific role for the long non-coding RNA LINC00473 in depression

O Issler, YY van der Zee, A Ramakrishnan, J Wang… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Depression is a common disorder that affects women at twice the rate of men. Here, we
report that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), a recently discovered class of regulatory …

The oncogenic fusion protein DNAJB1-PRKACA can be specifically targeted by peptide-based immunotherapy in fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma

J Bauer, N Köhler, Y Maringer, P Bucher… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The DNAJB1-PRKACA fusion transcript is the oncogenic driver in fibrolamellar
hepatocellular carcinoma, a lethal disease lacking specific therapies. This study reports on …

DNAJB1–PRKACA fusion kinase interacts with β-catenin and the liver regenerative response to drive fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma

ER Kastenhuber, G Lalazar… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
A segmental deletion resulting in DNAJB1–PRKACA gene fusion is now recognized as the
signature genetic event of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC), a rare but lethal …

ChimerDB 4.0: an updated and expanded database of fusion genes

YE Jang, I Jang, S Kim, S Cho, D Kim… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Fusion genes represent an important class of biomarkers and therapeutic targets in cancer.
ChimerDB is a comprehensive database of fusion genes encompassing analysis of deep …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas9 engineering of adult mouse liver demonstrates that the Dnajb1–Prkaca gene fusion is sufficient to induce tumors resembling fibrolamellar …

LH Engelholm, A Riaz, D Serra, F Dagnæs-Hansen… - Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FL-HCC) is a primary liver
cancer that predominantly affects children and young adults with no underlying liver …