Biology of cancer-testis antigens and their therapeutic implications in cancer

DS Nin, LW Deng - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tumour-specific antigens have been an area of interest in cancer therapy since their
discovery in the middle of the 20th century. In the era of immune-based cancer therapeutics …

Cause and consequence of cancer/testis antigen activation in cancer

AW Whitehurst - Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Tumor cells frequently exhibit widespread epigenetic aberrations that significantly alter the
repertoire of expressed proteins. In particular, it has been known for nearly 25 years that …

Whole-exome sequencing reveals the mutational spectrum of testicular germ cell tumours

K Litchfield, B Summersgill, S Yost, R Sultana… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Testicular germ cell tumours (TGCTs) are the most common cancer in young men. Here we
perform whole-exome sequencing (WES) of 42 TGCTs to comprehensively study the …

Identification of 19 new risk loci and potential regulatory mechanisms influencing susceptibility to testicular germ cell tumor

K Litchfield, M Levy, G Orlando, C Loveday, PJ Law… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have transformed understanding of susceptibility
to testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs), but much of the heritability remains unexplained …

Emerging contributions of cancer/testis antigens to neoplastic behaviors

ZA Gibbs, AW Whitehurst - Trends in cancer, 2018 - cell.com
Tumors of nearly every origin activate the expression of genes normally restricted to
gametogenic cells. These genes encode proteins termed cancer/testis (CT) antigens, since …

Meta-analysis identifies four new loci associated with testicular germ cell tumor

CC Chung, PA Kanetsky, Z Wang, MAT Hildebrandt… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
We conducted a meta-analysis to identify new susceptibility loci for testicular germ cell tumor
(TGCT). In the discovery phase, we analyzed 931 affected individuals and 1,975 controls …

Identification of nine new susceptibility loci for testicular cancer, including variants near DAZL and PRDM14

E Ruark, S Seal, H McDonald, F Zhang, A Elliot… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) is the most common cancer in young men and is notable
for its high familial risks,. So far, six loci associated with TGCT have been reported,,,,. From …

Switching Polo-like kinase-1 on and off in time and space

W Bruinsma, JA Raaijmakers, RH Medema - Trends in biochemical …, 2012 - cell.com
Polo-like kinase (Plk) 1 executes several essential functions to promote cell division. These
functions range from centrosome maturation in late G2 phase to the regulation of …

Peripheral blood mononuclear cell derived biomarker detection using eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) provides better diagnosis of breast cancer

S Kumar, A Das - Computational Biology and Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The incidence and mortality rate of breast cancer increases yearly by an average of 1.44%
and 0.23%, respectively. Till 2021, there were 7.8 million women who had been diagnosed …

The secret life of kinases: insights into non-catalytic signalling functions from pseudokinases

AV Jacobsen, JM Murphy - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Over the past decade, our understanding of the mechanisms by which pseudokinases,
which comprise∼ 10% of the human and mouse kinomes, mediate signal transduction has …