Cancer Biology

Cancer Biology

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Latest articles

    1. Cancer Biology

    Δ133p53α and Δ160p53α isoforms of the tumor suppressor protein p53 exert dominant-negative effect primarily by co-aggregation

    Liuqun Zhao, Tanel Punga, Suparna Sanyal
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Cancer Biology

    The context-dependent epigenetic and organogenesis programs determine 3D vs. 2D cellular fitness of MYC-driven murine liver cancer cells

    Jun Yang, Jie Fang ... Shondra Pruett-Miller
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    • Incomplete
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Combinatorial CRISPR screen reveals FYN and KDM4 as targets for synergistic drug combination for treating triple negative breast cancer

    Tackhoon Kim, Byung-Sun Park ... Timothy Lu
    Pairwise CRISPR screen identified FYN and KDM4 as key regulator of tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Cancer-immune coevolution dictated by antigenic mutation accumulation

    Long Wang, Christo Morison, Weini Huang
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Incomplete
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Genetics and Genomics

    Functional characterization of all CDKN2A missense variants and comparison to in silico models of pathogenicity

    Hirokazu Kimura, Kamel Lahouel ... Nicholas Jason Roberts
    High-throughput characterization of all possible CDKN2A missense variants identifies functionally deleterious variants and establishes accuracy of variant effect predictors.
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    VGLL2 and TEAD1 fusion proteins drive YAP/TAZ-independent tumorigenesis by engaging p300

    Susu Guo, Xiaodi Hu ... Junhao Mao
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Computational and Systems Biology
    2. Cancer Biology

    Decoding Liver Cancer Prognosis: From Multi-omics Subtypes, Prognostic Models to Single Cell Validation

    Yanbin Wang, Yuqi Wu ... Yanmei Zou
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Cancer Biology

    Transcriptional pattern enriched for synaptic signaling is associated with shorter survival of patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer

    Arkajyoti Bhattacharya, Thijs S Stutvoet ... Rudolf SN Fehrmann
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Cancer Biology
    2. Developmental Biology

    Oncogenic and teratogenic effects of Trp53Y217C, an inflammation-prone mouse model of the human hotspot mutant TP53Y220C

    Sara Jaber, Eliana Eldawra ... Franck Toledo
    In a mouse model of the hotspot mutant TP53Y220C, the mutant p53 exhibited oncogenic gain of function in males and teratogenic gain of function in females, both correlated with inflammation.
    1. Cancer Biology

    Loss function of tumor suppressor FRMD8 confers resistance to tamoxifen therapy via a dual mechanism

    Weijie Wu, Miao Yu ... Hongquan Zhang
    Tumor-suppressive protein FRMD8 inhibits breast cancer progression by regulating the level of ERα and has the possibility to be a potential target for overcoming tamoxifen treatment resistance.

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    National Cancer Institute, United States
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    McGill University, Canada
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    King's College London, United Kingdom
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