Functional classification analysis of somatically mutated genes in human breast and colorectal cancers

Thomas W. Chittenden, Eleanor A. Howe, Aedin C. Culhane, Razvan Sultana, Jennifer M. Taylor, Chris Holmes, John Quackenbush

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Abstract

A recent study published by Sjoblom and colleagues [T. Sjoblom, S. Jones, L.D. Wood, D.W. Parsons, J. Lin, T.D. Barber, D. Mandelker, R.J. Leary, J. Ptak, N. Silliman, S. Szabo, P. Buckhaults, C. Farrell, P. Meeh, S.D. Markowitz, J. Willis, D. Dawson, J.K. Willson, A.F. Gazdar, J. Hartigan, L. Wu, C. Liu, G. Parmigiani, B.H. Park, K.E. Bachman, N. Papadopoulos, B. Vogelstein, K.W. Kinzler, V.E. Velculescu, The consensus coding sequences of human breast and colorectal cancers. Science 314 (2006) 268-274.] performed comprehensive sequencing of 13,023 human genes and identified mutations in genes specific to breast and colorectal tumors, providing insight into organ-specific tumor biology. Here we present a systematic analysis of the functional classifications of Sjoblom's "CAN" genes, a subset of these validated mutant genes, that identifies novel organ-specific biological themes and molecular pathways associated with disease-specific etiology. This analysis links four somatically mutated genes associated with diverse oncological types to colorectal and breast cancers through established TGF-β1-regulated interactions, revealing mechanistic differences in these cancers and providing potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)508-511
Number of pages4
JournalGenomics
Volume91
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bioinformatics
  • Breast cancer
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Genomics

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