RNA sequencing: new technologies and applications in cancer research

M Hong, S Tao, L Zhang, LT Diao, X Huang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Over the past few decades, RNA sequencing has significantly progressed, becoming a
paramount approach for transcriptome profiling. The revolution from bulk RNA sequencing …

ERK/MAPK signalling pathway and tumorigenesis

YJ Guo, WW Pan, SB Liu… - Experimental and …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades are key signalling pathways that
regulate a wide variety of cellular processes, including proliferation, differentiation …

ACE2 expression is increased in the lungs of patients with comorbidities associated with severe COVID-19

BGG Pinto, AER Oliveira, Y Singh… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Patients who died from COVID-19 often had comorbidities, such as hypertension, diabetes,
and chronic obstructive lung disease. Although angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is …

Tobacco smoking increases the lung gene expression of ACE2, the receptor of SARS-CoV-2

G Cai, Y Bossé, F Xiao, F Kheradmand… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Methods We evaluated a comprehensive set of transcriptomic data sets to investigate the
associations of smoking with ACE2, FURIN, and TMPRSS2 gene expression in lung tissues …

ROS1-dependent cancers—biology, diagnostics and therapeutics

A Drilon, C Jenkins, S Iyer, A Schoenfeld… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2021 - nature.com
The proto-oncogene ROS1 encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase with an unknown
physiological role in humans. Somatic chromosomal fusions involving ROS1 produce …

Uncovering novel mutational signatures by de novo extraction with SigProfilerExtractor

SMA Islam, M Díaz-Gay, Y Wu, M Barnes, R Vangara… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Mutational signature analysis is commonly performed in cancer genomic studies. Here, we
present SigProfilerExtractor, an automated tool for de novo extraction of mutational …

Bulk and single-cell transcriptomics identify tobacco-use disparity in lung gene expression of ACE2, the receptor of 2019-nCov

G Cai - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
In current severe global emergency situation of 2019-nCov outbreak, it is imperative to
identify vulnerable and susceptible groups for effective protection and care. Recently …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma

Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network - Nature, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adenocarcinoma of the lung is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Here we report
molecular profiling of 230 resected lung adenocarcinomas using messenger RNA …

Fibroblast growth factor receptors as treatment targets in clinical oncology

M Katoh - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2019 - nature.com
FGFRs are receptor tyrosine kinases with a role in several biological processes, such as the
regulation of development and tissue repair. However, alterations in FGFRs 1–4, such as …

Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer

LB Alexandrov, S Nik-Zainal, DC Wedge… - nature, 2013 - nature.com
All cancers are caused by somatic mutations; however, understanding of the biological
processes generating these mutations is limited. The catalogue of somatic mutations from a …