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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
The classification of human tumors based on molecular criteria offers tremendous clinical potential; however, discerning critical and "druggable" effectors on a large scale will also require robust experimental models reflective of tumor genomic diversity. Here, we describe a comprehensive genomic analysis of 101 melanoma short-term cultures and cell lines. Using an analytic approach designed to enrich for putative "driver" events, we show that cultured melanoma cells encompass the spectrum of significant genomic alterations present in primary tumors. When annotated according to these lesions, melanomas cluster into subgroups suggestive of distinct oncogenic mechanisms. Integrating gene expression data suggests novel candidate effector genes linked to recurrent copy gains and losses, including both phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN)-dependent and PTEN-independent tumor suppressor mechanisms associated with chromosome 10 deletions. Finally, sample-matched pharmacologic data show that FGFR1 mutations and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation may modulate sensitivity to mitogen-activated protein kinase/ERK kinase inhibitors. Genetically defined cell culture collections therefore offer a rich framework for systematic functional studies in melanoma and other tumors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1538-7445
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
664-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Chromosome Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Cluster Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Loss of Heterozygosity, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Melanoma, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-PTEN Phosphohydrolase, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:18245465-raf Kinases
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Modeling genomic diversity and tumor dependency in malignant melanoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Oncology, Center for Cancer Genome Discovery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural