392 results on '"Pathak, Harsh"'
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152. Abstract 4969: RNA interference screens to identify genes essential for ovarian tumor growth and maintenance
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Sethi, Geetika, primary, Pathak, Harsh B., additional, Zhang, Hong, additional, Zhou, Yan, additional, Einarson, Margaret, additional, and Godwin, Andrew K., additional
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- 2011
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153. Insight into Poliovirus Genome Replication and Encapsidation Obtained from Studies of 3B-3C Cleavage Site Mutants
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Oh, Hyung Suk, primary, Pathak, Harsh B., additional, Goodfellow, Ian G., additional, Arnold, Jamie J., additional, and Cameron, Craig E., additional
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- 2009
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154. Phase II trial of single agent cetuximab in patients with persistent or recurrent epithelial ovarian or primary peritoneal carcinoma with the potential for dose escalation to rash
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Schilder, Russell J., primary, Pathak, Harsh B., additional, Lokshin, Anna E., additional, Holloway, Robert W., additional, Alvarez, Ronald D., additional, Aghajanian, Carol, additional, Min, Hua, additional, Devarajan, Karthik, additional, Ross, Eric, additional, Drescher, Charles W., additional, and Godwin, Andrew K., additional
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- 2009
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155. Picornavirus Genome Replication
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Pathak, Harsh B., primary, Oh, Hyung Suk, additional, Goodfellow, Ian G., additional, Arnold, Jamie J., additional, and Cameron, Craig E., additional
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- 2008
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156. Picornavirus Genome Replication
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Shen, Miaoqing, primary, Reitman, Zachary J., additional, Zhao, Yan, additional, Moustafa, Ibrahim, additional, Wang, Qixin, additional, Arnold, Jamie J., additional, Pathak, Harsh B., additional, and Cameron, Craig E., additional
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- 2008
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157. Human Rhinovirus Type 14 Gain-of-Function Mutants for oriI Utilization Define Residues of 3C(D) and 3Dpol That Contribute to Assembly and Stability of the Picornavirus VPg Uridylylation Complex
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Shen, Miaoqing, primary, Wang, Qixin, additional, Yang, Yan, additional, Pathak, Harsh B., additional, Arnold, Jamie J., additional, Castro, Christian, additional, Lemon, Stanley M., additional, and Cameron, Craig E., additional
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- 2007
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158. Picornavirus Genome Replication
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Pathak, Harsh B., primary, Arnold, Jamie J., additional, Wiegand, Phillip N., additional, Hargittai, Michele R.S., additional, and Cameron, Craig E., additional
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- 2007
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159. Crystal Structure of Poliovirus 3CD Protein: Virally Encoded Protease and Precursor to the RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
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Marcotte, Laura L., primary, Wass, Amanda B., additional, Gohara, David W., additional, Pathak, Harsh B., additional, Arnold, Jamie J., additional, Filman, David J., additional, Cameron, Craig E., additional, and Hogle, James M., additional
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- 2007
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160. Stimulation of poliovirus RNA synthesis and virus maturation in a HeLa cell-free in vitro translation-RNA replication system by viral protein 3CDpro
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Franco, David, primary, Pathak, Harsh B, additional, Cameron, Craig E, additional, Rombaut, Bart, additional, Wimmer, Eckard, additional, and Paul, Aniko V, additional
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- 2005
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161. Stimulation of Poliovirus Synthesis in a HeLa Cell-Free In Vitro Translation-RNA Replication System by Viral Protein 3CD pro
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Franco, David, primary, Pathak, Harsh B., additional, Cameron, Craig E., additional, Rombaut, Bart, additional, Wimmer, Eckard, additional, and Paul, Aniko V., additional
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- 2005
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162. Presence of Rational Bubble-Evidence from BRICS
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Papneja, Shubhi and Pathak, Harshit
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- 2018
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163. Structure-Function Relationships of the RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase from Poliovirus (3Dpol)
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Pathak, Harsh B., primary, Ghosh, Saikat Kumar B., additional, Roberts, Allan W., additional, Sharma, Suresh D., additional, Yoder, Joshua D., additional, Arnold, Jamie J., additional, Gohara, David W., additional, Barton, David J., additional, Paul, Aniko V., additional, and Cameron, Craig E., additional
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- 2002
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164. A review of unmanned aerial vehicle-based methods for plant stand count evaluation in row crops.
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Pathak, Harsh, Igathinathane, C., Zhang, Z., Archer, D., and Hendrickson, J.
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COTTON , *HIGH resolution imaging , *COMPUTER vision , *HORTICULTURAL crops , *IMAGE processing , *DRONE aircraft , *DATA augmentation - Abstract
[Display omitted] • Plant stand count methods using unmanned aerial vehicle imagery were reviewed. • Computer vision methods produced promising results in plant stand count analysis. • Several research gaps were identified and recommendations provided. • Results will be helpful to stakeholders like farmers, producers, and researchers. Plant stand count helps in estimating the yield and evaluating the planter's efficiency and seed quality. Traditional methods of counting the plants by manual measurement are time-consuming, laborious, and error-prone. In contrast, the ground-based sensing methods are limited to smaller spaces. High spatial resolution images obtained from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can be used in conjunction with computer vision algorithms to evaluate plant stand count, as it directly influences the yield. In spite of the importance of high-throughput plant stand count in row crop agriculture, no synthesized information in this specific subject matter is available. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to perform a systematic literature review of the current studies that focus on evaluating plant stand count using UAV imagery to provide well-synthesized information, identify research gaps, and provide suitable recommendations. In this study, a comprehensive literature search was performed on three academic databases (Agricola, Web of Science, and Scopus), and a total of 29 articles were found based on search terms and selection criteria for review. From the systematic review, it can be concluded that: an appropriate stage after plant emergence without canopy overlap is necessary for image acquisition; optimal flying height should be selected to balance the field coverage and accuracy; L*a*b* color space can provide better segmentation; hyperspectral camera imagery can provide good discrimination; deep learning with data augmentation and transfer learning models can be used to reduce the computational time and resources; the stand count methodology that is successful with corn and cotton could be extended to other row crops and horticultural crops; and application of direct image processing and use of open-source platforms is required for stakeholder participation. The review will be helpful to the farmers, producers, and researchers in selecting and employing the UAV-based algorithms for evaluating plant stand count. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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165. Proteinase-Polymerase Precursor as the Active Form of Feline Calicivirus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase
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Wei, Lai, primary, Huhn, Jason S., additional, Mory, Aaron, additional, Pathak, Harsh B., additional, Sosnovtsev, Stanislav V., additional, Green, Kim Y., additional, and Cameron, Craig E., additional
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- 2001
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166. Corruption and compliance: preventive legislations and policies in international business projects.
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PATHAK, Harsh
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PREVENTIVE law ,LEGISLATION ,INTERNATIONAL business enterprises ,CORRUPTION laws ,LEGAL compliance ,INTERNATIONAL trade ,SUSTAINABILITY - Abstract
This article seeks to provide an insight on the international phenomenon of corruption, dealing with its existence, and whether compliance is higher with Anti-Corruption laws or with corruption itself, resulting in anti-corruption laws being much less effective than the legislators intended it to be and the reasons for increasing demand worldwide for new governance standards and higher compliance controls and other effective anti-corruption laws and policies in light of rapid increase in corruption every year. This article further deals with the diagnosis and measures to deal with the cause of corruption - the short-comings in anti-corruption law - the reasons why corporations are willing to face continuing legal risks and adverse publicity but still indulge in corrupt practices and the extent of negative impact the prevailing levels of corruption ultimately have on international business and trade. Strict compliance controls are being introduced with increasing enforcement of anti-corruption laws internationally and nations have also started to focus on individual and corporate liability in cases of violation of anti-corruption laws, for both government and private organisations. In this context of far-reaching developments, whether European and South-east Asian Countries like India and International Business Organisations can act in ignorance or buck up and accept this trend, slowly and steadily moving towards a less corrupt nation and International business projects - if not towards a totally corruption free one, keeping in mind the growth of international trade and Commerce and its sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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167. Insight into Poliovirus Genome Replication and Encapsidation Obtained from Studies of 3B-3C Cleavage Site Mutants.
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Hyung Suk Oh, Pathak, Harsh B., Goodfellow, Ian G., Arnold, Jamie J., and Cameron, Craig E.
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POLIOVIRUS , *GENOMES , *DNA replication , *RNA , *GENETIC mutation - Abstract
A poliovirus (PV) mutant (termed GG), which is incapable of producing 3AB, VPg, and 3CD proteins due to a defective cleavage site between the 3B and 3C proteins, replicated, producing 3BC-linked RNA rather than the VPg-linked RNA produced by the wild type (WT). GG PV RNA is quasi-infectious. The yield of infectious GG PV relative to replicated RNA is reduced by almost 5 logs relative to that of WT PV. Proteolytic activity required for polyprotein processing is normal for the GG mutant. 3BC-linked RNA can be encapsidated as efficiently as VPg-linked RNA. However, a step after genome replication but preceding virus assembly that is dependent on 3CD and/or 3AB proteins limits production of infectious GG PV. This step may involve release of replicated genomes from replication complexes. A pseudorevertant (termed EG) partially restored cleavage at the 3B-3C cleavage site. The reduced rate of formation of 3AB and 3CD caused corresponding reductions in the observed rate of genome replication and infectious virus production by EG PV without impacting the final yield of replicated RNA or infectious virus relative to that of WT PV. Using EG PV, we showed that genome replication and encapsidation were distinct steps in the multiplication cycle. Ectopic expression of 3CD protein reversed the genome replication phenotype without alleviating the infectious-virus production phenotype. This is the first report of a trans-complementable function for 3CD for any picornavirus. This observation supports an interaction between 3CD protein and viral and/or host factors that is critical for genome replication, perhaps formation of replication complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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168. Stimulation of Poliovirus Synthesis in a HeLa Cell-Free In Vitro Translation-RNA Replication System by Viral Protein 3CDpro.
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Franco, David, Pathak, Harsh B., Cameron, Craig E., Rombaut, Bart, Wimmer, Eckard, and Paul, Aniko V.
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POLIOVIRUS , *CANCER cells , *VIRAL proteins , *MESSENGER RNA , *BIOMOLECULES , *PROTEINS - Abstract
The plus-strand RNA genome of poliovirus serves three distinct functions in the life cycle of the virus. The RNA is translated and then replicated, and finally the progeny RNAs are encapsidated. These processes can be faithfully reproduced in a HeLa cell-free in vitro translation-RNA replication system that produces viable poliovirus. We have previously observed a stimulation of virus synthesis when an mRNA, encoding protein 3CDpro, is added to the translation-RNA replication reactions of poliovirus RNA. Our aim in these experiments was to further define the factors that affect the stimulatory activity of 3CDpro in virus synthesis. We observed that purified 3CDpro protein also enhances virus synthesis by about 100-fold but has no effect on the translation of the polyprotein. Optimal stimulation is observed only when 3CDpro is present early in the incubation period. The stimulation, however, is abolished by a mutation either in the RNA binding domain of 3CDpro, 3CproR84S/ I86A, or by each of two groups of complementary mutations R455A/R456A and D339A/S341A/D349A at interface I in the 3Dpol domain of 3CDpro. Surprisingly, virus synthesis is strongly inhibited by the addition of both 3Cpro and 3CDpro at the beginning of incubation. We also examined the effect of other viral or cellular proteins on virus synthesis in the in vitro system. No enhancement of virus synthesis occurred with viral proteins 3BC, 3ABC, 3BCD, 3Dpol, and 3Cpro or with cellular protein PCBP2. These results suggest that 3CDpro has to be present in the reaction at the time the replication complexes are assembled and that both the 3Cpro and 3Dpol domains of the protein are required for its activity that stimulates virus production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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169. Stimulation of poliovirus RNA synthesis and virus maturation in a HeLa cell-free in vitro translation-RNA replication system by viral protein 3CDpro.
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Franco, David, Pathak, Harsh B., Cameron, Craig E., Rombaut, Bart, Wimmer, Eckard, and Paul, Aniko V.
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POLIOVIRUS , *MESSENGER RNA , *VIRAL proteins , *MICROBIAL mutation , *RNA , *RNA viruses - Abstract
Poliovirus protein 3CDpro possesses both proteinase and RNA binding activities, which are located in the 3Cpro domain of the protein. The RNA polymerase (3Dpol) domain of 3CDpro modulates these activities of the protein. We have recently shown that the level of 3CDpro in HeLa cell-free in vitro translation-RNA replication reactions is suboptimal for efficient virus production. However, the addition of either 3CDpro mRNA or of purified 3CDpro protein to in vitro reactions, programmed with viral RNA, results in a 100-fold increase in virus yield. Mutational analyses of 3CDpro indicated that RNA binding by the 3Cpro domain and the integrity of interface I in the 3Dpol domain of the protein are both required for function. The aim of these studies was to determine the exact step or steps at which 3CDpro enhances virus yield and to determine the mechanism by which this occurs. Our results suggest that the addition of extra 3CDpro to in vitro translation RNA-replication reactions results in a mild enhancement of both minus and plus strand RNA synthesis. By examining the viral particles formed in the in vitro reactions on sucrose gradients we determined that 3CDpro has only a slight stimulating effect on the synthesis of capsid precursors but it strikingly enhances the maturation of virus particles. Both the stimulation of RNA synthesis and the maturation of the virus particles are dependent on the presence of an intact RNA binding site within the 3Cpro domain of 3CDpro. In addition, the integrity of interface I in the 3Dpol domain of 3CDpro is required for efficient production of mature virus. Surprisingly, plus strand RNA synthesis and virus production in in vitro reactions, programmed with full-length transcript RNA, are not enhanced by the addition of extra 3CDpro. Our results indicate that the stimulation of RNA synthesis and virus maturation by 3CDpro in vitro is dependent on the presence of a VPg-linked RNA template. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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170. Stimulation of poliovirus RNA synthesis and virus maturation in a HeLa cell-free in vitro translation-RNA replication system by viral protein 3CDpro.
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Franco, David, Pathak, Harsh B., Cameron, Craig E., Rombaut, Bart, Wimmer, Eckard, and Paul, Aniko V.
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POLIOVIRUS ,MESSENGER RNA ,VIRAL proteins ,MICROBIAL mutation ,RNA ,RNA viruses - Abstract
Poliovirus protein 3CD
pro possesses both proteinase and RNA binding activities, which are located in the 3Cpro domain of the protein. The RNA polymerase (3Dpol ) domain of 3CDpro modulates these activities of the protein. We have recently shown that the level of 3CDpro in HeLa cell-free in vitro translation-RNA replication reactions is suboptimal for efficient virus production. However, the addition of either 3CDpro mRNA or of purified 3CDpro protein to in vitro reactions, programmed with viral RNA, results in a 100-fold increase in virus yield. Mutational analyses of 3CDpro indicated that RNA binding by the 3Cpro domain and the integrity of interface I in the 3Dpol domain of the protein are both required for function. The aim of these studies was to determine the exact step or steps at which 3CDpro enhances virus yield and to determine the mechanism by which this occurs. Our results suggest that the addition of extra 3CDpro to in vitro translation RNA-replication reactions results in a mild enhancement of both minus and plus strand RNA synthesis. By examining the viral particles formed in the in vitro reactions on sucrose gradients we determined that 3CDpro has only a slight stimulating effect on the synthesis of capsid precursors but it strikingly enhances the maturation of virus particles. Both the stimulation of RNA synthesis and the maturation of the virus particles are dependent on the presence of an intact RNA binding site within the 3Cpro domain of 3CDpro . In addition, the integrity of interface I in the 3Dpol domain of 3CDpro is required for efficient production of mature virus. Surprisingly, plus strand RNA synthesis and virus production in in vitro reactions, programmed with full-length transcript RNA, are not enhanced by the addition of extra 3CDpro . Our results indicate that the stimulation of RNA synthesis and virus maturation by 3CDpro in vitro is dependent on the presence of a VPg-linked RNA template. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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171. Inducing Mitotic Catastrophe as a Therapeutic Approach to Improve Outcomes in Ewing Sarcoma.
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Turaga, Soumya M., Vishwakarma, Vikalp, Hembruff, Stacey L., Gibbs, Benjamin K., Sabu, Priya, Puri, Rajni V., Pathak, Harsh B., Samuel, Glenson, and Godwin, Andrew K.
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EVALUATION of medical care , *PROTEIN kinases , *BIOLOGICAL models , *KINESIN , *ANIMAL experimentation , *APOPTOSIS , *TUMORS in children , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *DRUG synergism , *RESEARCH funding , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CYTOLOGY , *DATA analysis software , *EWING'S sarcoma , *MICE - Abstract
Simple Summary: Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is a rare pediatric sarcoma affecting children and adolescents, with median diagnosis around the age of 15. Despite an intensive therapeutic regimen, including chemotherapy, surgery/radiation patients with recurrent (10–15%) and metastatic disease (<30%) have poor overall survival rates. Moreover, standard chemotherapy is intense and is often associated with systemic toxicity and secondary malignancies. Hence, it is critical to find new treatments to improve outcomes in EWS patients. We identified a combination of mitotic inhibitors targeting KIF11 (SB-743921) and AURKA (VIC-1911) that are effective in inhibiting EWS tumor growth at physiologically relevant nanomolar doses. This drug combination inhibited EWS cell viability in vitro by promoting cell cycle arrest followed by cell death. In vivo, this treatment regimen led to significantly delayed tumor growth and improved overall survival in xenograft EWS mouse models. Overall, these preclinical data provide encouragement to consider a future clinical trial for patients with this deadly disease. Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is an aggressive pediatric malignancy of the bone and soft tissues in need of novel therapeutic options. To identify potential therapeutic targets, we focused on essential biological pathways that are upregulated by EWS-FLI1, the primary oncogenic driver of EWS, including mitotic proteins such as Aurora kinase A (AURKA) and kinesin family member 15 (KIF15) and its binding partner, targeting protein for Xklp2 (TPX2). KIF15/TPX2 cooperates with KIF11, a key mitotic kinesin essential for mitotic spindle orientation. Given the lack of clinical-grade KIF15/TPX2 inhibitors, we chose to target KIF11 (using SB-743921) in combination with AURKA (using VIC-1911) given that phosphorylation of KIF15S1169 by Aurora A is required for its targeting to the spindle. In vitro, the drug combination demonstrated strong synergy (Bliss score ≥ 10) at nanomolar doses. Colony formation assay revealed significant reduction in plating efficiency (1–3%) and increased percentage accumulation of cells in the G2/M phase with the combination treatment (45–52%) upon cell cycle analysis, indicating mitotic arrest. In vivo studies in EWS xenograft mouse models showed significant tumor reduction and overall effectiveness: drug combination vs. vehicle control (p ≤ 0.01), SB-743921 (p ≤ 0.01) and VIC-1911 (p ≤ 0.05). Kaplan–Meier curves demonstrated superior overall survival with the combination compared to vehicle or monotherapy arms (p ≤ 0.0001). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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172. Circulating Tumor Cell Subpopulations Predict Treatment Outcome in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Patients.
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Freed, Ian M., Kasi, Anup, Fateru, Oluwadamilola, Hu, Mengjia, Gonzalez, Phasin, Weatherington, Nyla, Pathak, Harsh, Hyter, Stephen, Sun, Weijing, Al-Rajabi, Raed, Baranda, Joaquina, Hupert, Mateusz L., Chalise, Prabhakar, Godwin, Andrew K., A. Witek, Malgorzata, and Soper, Steven A.
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PANCREATIC duct , *POLY(ADP-ribose) polymerase , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *TUMOR suppressor genes , *ADP-ribosylation , *MICROFLUIDIC devices , *MONOCLONAL antibodies - Abstract
There is a high clinical unmet need to improve outcomes for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) patients, either with the discovery of new therapies or biomarkers that can track response to treatment more efficiently than imaging. We report an innovative approach that will generate renewed interest in using circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to monitor treatment efficacy, which, in this case, used PDAC patients receiving an exploratory new therapy, poly ADP-ribose polymerase inhibitor (PARPi)—niraparib—as a case study. CTCs were enumerated from whole blood using a microfluidic approach that affinity captures epithelial and mesenchymal CTCs using anti-EpCAM and anti-FAPα monoclonal antibodies, respectively. These antibodies were poised on the surface of two separate microfluidic devices to discretely capture each subpopulation for interrogation. The isolated CTCs were enumerated using immunophenotyping to produce a numerical ratio consisting of the number of mesenchymal to epithelial CTCs (denoted "Φ"), which was used as an indicator of response to therapy, as determined using computed tomography (CT). A decreasing value of Φ during treatment was indicative of tumor response to the PARPi and was observed in 88% of the enrolled patients (n = 31). Changes in Φ during longitudinal testing were a better predictor of treatment response than the current standard CA19-9. We were able to differentiate between responders and non-responders using ΔΦ (p = 0.0093) with higher confidence than CA19-9 (p = 0.033). For CA19-9 non-producers, ΔΦ correctly predicted the outcome in 72% of the PDAC patients. Sequencing of the gDNA extracted from affinity-selected CTC subpopulations provided information that could be used for patient enrollment into the clinical trial based on their tumor mutational status in DNA repair genes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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173. Cisplatin with veliparib or placebo in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer and BRCA mutation-associated breast cancer (S1416): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.
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Rodler, Eve, Sharma, Priyanka, Barlow, William E, Gralow, Julie R, Puhalla, Shannon L, Anders, Carey K, Goldstein, Lori, Tripathy, Debu, Brown-Glaberman, Ursa A, Huynh, Thu-Tam, Szyarto, Christopher S, Godwin, Andrew K, Pathak, Harsh B, Swisher, Elizabeth M, Radke, Marc R, Timms, Kirsten M, Lew, Danika L, Miao, Jieling, Pusztai, Lajos, and Hayes, Daniel F
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METASTATIC breast cancer , *TRIPLE-negative breast cancer , *CISPLATIN , *BREAST cancer , *BRCA genes , *HORMONE receptor positive breast cancer , *LEUCOPENIA - Abstract
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are effective in germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) mutation -associated metastatic breast cancer. However, studies evaluating PARP inhibitors plus platinum-based chemotherapy in germline BRCA1/2 -wildtype triple-negative breast cancer are scarce. A large proportion of germline BRCA1/2 -wildtype triple-negative breast cancer shows homologous recombination deficiency (HRD), resulting in a BRCA-like phenotype that might render sensitivity to PARP inhibitors. The S1416 trial assessed the efficacy of cisplatin combined with the PARP inhibitor veliparib in three predefined groups of metastatic breast cancer: germline BRCA1/2 -mutated, BRCA-like, and non-BRCA-like. S1416 was a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial conducted at 154 community and academic clinical sites across the USA. Eligible patients aged 18 years or older had metastatic or recurrent triple-negative breast cancer or germline BRCA1/2 -associated metastatic or recurrent breast cancer, an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0–2, and had received up to one line of chemotherapy for metastatic disease. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) via the National Clinical Trials Network open interactive system with dynamic balancing on number of previous cytotoxic regimens for metastatic disease to receive intravenous cisplatin (75 mg/m2, day 1) combined with either veliparib or matching placebo (300 mg orally twice a day, days 1–14) on a 21-day cycle. Investigators, patients, and the sponsors were masked to treatment assignment; the study statisticians were unmasked. Central testing after ran domisation classified patients as having mutated or wildtype germline BRCA1/2. A biomarker panel established a priori was used to classify patients with wildtype germline BRCA1/2 into BRCA-like and non-BRCA-like phenotype groups, with BRCA-like status based on at least one of the biomarkers: genomic instability score (≥42), somatic BRCA1/2 mutations, BRCA1 promoter methylation, or non- BRCA1/2 homologous recombination repair germline mutations. The primary endpoint was investigator-assessed progression-free survival, analysed separately for the three predefined biomarker groups with a prespecified α value for each analysis. Efficacy analyses were done by intention to treat and included all eligible patients. Safety analyses of toxicities attributed to treatment included all patients who received at least one dose of veliparib or placebo. The study is ongoing and registered with ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT02595905. Between July 7, 2016, and June 15, 2019, 335 patients were enrolled and randomly assigned. 320 patients (n=162 to cisplatin plus veliparib, all women; and n=158 to cisplatin plus placebo, 157 women and one man) were eligible for efficacy evaluation. 247 patients were classified into the three biomarker groups: germline BRCA1/2 -mutated (n=37), BRCA-like (n=101), and non-BRCA-like (n=109). 73 patients could not be classified due to missing biomarker information. Median follow-up was 11·1 months (IQR 5·6–20·8). In the germline BRCA1/2 -mutated group, median progression-free survival was 6·2 months (95% CI 2·3–9·2) in the cisplatin plus veliparib group and 6·4 months (4·3–8·2) in the cisplatin plus placebo group (HR 0·79 [95% CI 0·38–1·67]; log-rank p=0·54). In the BRCA-like group, median progression-free survival was 5·9 months (95% CI 4·3–7·8) in the cisplatin plus veliparib group versus 4·2 months (2·3–5·0) in the cisplatin plus placebo group (HR 0·57 [95% CI 0·37–0·88]; p=0·010). In the non-BRCA-like group, median progression-free survival was 4·0 months (95% CI 2·5–4·7) in the cisplatin plus veliparib group versus 3·0 months (2·2–4·4) in the cisplatin plus placebo group (HR 0·89 [95% CI 0·60–1·33]; p=0·57). The most common grade 3 or worse adverse events attributed to treatment were neutropenia (71 [46%] of 155 patients in the cisplatin plus veliparib group vs 29 [20%] of 147 in the cisplatin plus placebo group), leukopenia (42 [27%] vs 11 [7%]), anaemia (35 [23%] vs 12 [8%]), and thrombocytopenia (29 [19%] vs four [3%]). Serious adverse events attributed to treatment occurred in 48 (31%) patients in the cisplatin plus veliparib group and 53 (36%) patients in the cisplatin plus placebo group. Treatment-related adverse events led to death in one patient in the cisplatin plus veliparib group (sepsis) and one patient in the cisplatin plus placebo group (acute kidney injury due to cisplatin plus heart failure from previous doxorubicin exposure). The addition of veliparib to cisplatin significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with BRCA-like metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, but not in patients with non-BRCA-like metastatic breast cancer. PARP inhibitors combined with platinum-based chemotherapy should be explored further in BRCA-like triple-negative breast cancer. National Cancer Institute and National Institute of General Medical Sciences (US National Institutes of Health); AbbVie; Myriad Genetics; the Biomarker, Imaging, and Quality of Life Studies Funding Program (awarded by the National Cancer Institute); and The University of Kansas Cancer Center. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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174. Effect of antipsychotic dose reduction on cognitive function in schizophrenia.
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Singh, Animisha, Kumar, Vijay, Pathak, Harsh, Jacob, Arpitha A, Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan, Varambally, Shivarama, and Rao, Naren P
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COGNITIVE ability , *SCHIZOPHRENIA , *SOCIAL skills , *COGNITION , *SUBSTANCE abuse relapse , *ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents , *SCHIZOAFFECTIVE disorders - Abstract
• Treatment of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia is an unmet need. • We assessed whether antipsychotic dose reduction will improve cognitive deficits. • Decrease in antipsychotic dose was significantly better than continuation of same dose. • Dose reduction was not associated with relapse of positive symptoms. • Antipsychotic dose reduction may be better than discontinuation. Cognitive deficits are predictors of social functioning but remain an unmet therapeutic challenge. While lowering the antipsychotics carries a risk of relapse, it possibly has a beneficial effect on cognitive function. However, this has not been examined in a real-world setting. A prospective naturalistic 6-month follow-up study (n = 71) was conducted with patients between 18 and 45 years in their first five years of illness and the maintenance phase of the treatment. Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) was administered to assess cognitive functions. Patients were divided into three groups based on the change in dose of antipsychotics. The data were analyzed using linear mixed-effects modeling (LMEM) to examine the group differences. At the end of six months, those with decreased antipsychotic dose had significant improvement in BACS total score, token test, and symbol coding compared to those with no change in the dose of antipsychotic. Reducing the dose of antipsychotics during the maintenance phase was associated with improved cognitive functions without an increased risk of relapse. Antipsychotic dose reduction may be better than discontinuation as the relapse risk is higher with the discontinuation strategy. Clinicians must balance the improvements in cognitive functions and relapse risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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175. Entinostat, a selective HDAC1/2 inhibitor, potentiates the effects of olaparib in homologous recombination proficient ovarian cancer.
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Gupta, Vijayalaxmi G., Hirst, Jeff, Petersen, Shariska, Roby, Katherine F., Kusch, Meghan, Zhou, Helen, Clive, Makena L., Jewell, Andrea, Pathak, Harsh B., Godwin, Andrew K., Wilson, Andrew J., Crispens, Marta A., Cybulla, Emily, Vindigni, Alessandro, Fuh, Katherine C., and Khabele, Dineo
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OVARIAN cancer , *POLY ADP ribose , *OLAPARIB , *HISTONE deacetylase inhibitors , *DNA damage , *RECOMBINANT DNA - Abstract
Poly ADP ribose polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) are most effective in BRCA1/2 mutated ovarian tumors. Better treatments are needed for homologous recombination HR-proficient cancer, including CCNE1 amplified subtypes. We have shown that histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) sensitize HR-proficient ovarian cancer to PARPi. In this study, we provide complementary preclinical data for an investigator-initiated phase 1/2 clinical trial of the combination of olaparib and entinostat in recurrent, HR-proficient ovarian cancer. We assessed the in vitro effects of the combination of olaparib and entinostat in SKOV-3, OVCAR-3 and primary cells derived from CCNE1 amplified high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) patients. We then tested the combination in a SKOV-3 xenograft model and in a patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model. Entinostat potentiates the effect of olaparib in reducing cell viability and clonogenicity of HR-proficient ovarian cancer cells. The combination reduces peritoneal metastases in a SKOV-3 xenograft model and prolongs survival in a CCNE1 amplified HR-proficient PDX model. Entinostat also enhances olaparib-induced DNA damage. Further, entinostat decreases BRCA1, a key HR repair protein, associated with decreased Ki-67, a proliferation marker, and increased cleaved PARP, a marker of apoptosis. Finally, entinostat perturbs replication fork progression, which increases genome instability. Entinostat inhibits HR repair by reducing BRCA1 expression and stalling replication fork progression, leading to irreparable DNA damage and ultimate cell death. This work provides preclinical support for the clinical trial of the combination of olaparib and entinostat in HR-proficient ovarian cancer and suggests potential benefit even for CCNE1 amplified subtypes. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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176. Picornavirus Genome Replication: IDENTIFICATION OF THE SURFA CE OF THE POLIO VIRUS (PV) 3C DIMER THAT INTERACTS WITH PV 3DpoI DURING VPg URIDYLYLATION AND CONSTRUCTION OFA STRUCTURAL MODEL FOR THE PV3C2-3Dpo! COMPLEX.
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Miaoqing Shen, Reitman, Zachary J., Van Zhao, Moustafa, Ibrahim, Qixin Wang, Arnold, Jamie J., Pathak, Harsh B., and Cameron, Craig E.
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Picornaviruses have a peptide termed VPg covalently linked to the 5′-end of the genome. Attachment of VPg to the genome occurs in at least two steps. First, Tyr-3 of VPg, or some precursor thereof, is used as a primer by the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, 3Dpol, to produce VPg-pUpU. Second, VPg-pUpU is used as a primer to produce full-length genomic RNA. Production of VPg-pUpU is templated by a single adenylate residue located in the loop of an RNA stem-loop structure termed oril by using a slide-back mechanism. Recruitment of 3Dpol to and its stability on oril have been suggested to require an interaction between the back of the thumb subdomain of 3Dpol and an undefined region of the 3C domain of viral protein 3CD. We have performed surface acidic-to-alanine-scanning mutagenesis of 3C to identify the surface of 3C with which 3Dpol interacts. This analysis identified numerous viable poliovirus mutants with reduced growth kinetics that correlated to reduced kinetics of RNA synthesis that was attributable to a change in VPg-pUpU production. Importantly, these 3C derivatives were all capable of binding to oril as well as wild-type 3C. Synthetic lethality was observed for these mutants when placed in the context of a poliovirus mutant containing 3Dpol-R455A, a residue on the back of the thumb required for VPg uridylylation. These data were used to guide molecular docking of the structures for a poliovirus 3C dimer and 3Dpol, leading to a structural model for the 3C2-3Dpol complex that extrapolates well to all picornaviruses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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177. Human Rhinovirus Type 14 Gain-of-Function Mutants for oriI Utilization Define Residues of 3C(D) and 3Dpol That Contribute to Assembly and Stability of the Picornavirus VPg Uridylylation Complex.
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Miaoqing Shen, Qixin Wang, Yan Yang, Pathak, Harsh B., Arnold, Jamie J., Castro, Christian, Lemon, Stanley M., and Cameron, Craig E.
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VPg linkage to the 5' ends of picornavirus RNAs requires production of VPg-pUpU. VPg-pUpU is templated by an RNA stem-loop (the cre or oriI) found at different locations in picornavirus genomes. At least one adaptive mutation is required for human rhinovirus type 14 (HRV-14) to use poliovirus type 3 (PV-3) or PV-1 oriI efficiently. One mutation changes Leu-94 of 3C to Pro; the other changes Asp-406 of 3Dpol to Asn. By using an in vitro VPg uridylylation system for HRV-14 that recapitulates biological phenotypes, we show that the 3C adaptive mutation functions at the level of 3C(D) and the 3D adaptive mutation functions at the level of 3Dpol. Pro-94 3C(D) has an expanded specificity and enhanced stability relative to wild-type 3C(D) that leads to production of more processive uridylylation complexes. PV-1/HRV-14 oriI chimeras reveal sequence specificity in 3C(D) recognition of oriI that resides in the upper stem. Asn-406 3Dpol is as active as wild-type 3Dpol in RNA-primed reactions but exhibits greater VPg uridylylation activity due to more efficient recruitment to and retention in the VPg uridylylation complex. Asn-406 3Dpol from PV-1 exhibits identical behavior. These studies suggest a two-step binding mechanism in the assembly of the 3C(D)-oriI complex that leads to unwinding of at least the upper stem of oriI and provide additional support for a direct interaction between the back of the thumb of 3Dpol and 3C that is required for 3Dpol recruitment to and retention in the uridylylation complex. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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178. Repetition-Dependent Adaptation and Prediction Error Signalling in Schizophrenia Patients With Auditory Hallucinations: A Roving Mismatch Negativity Study.
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Bose A, Nayok SB, Pathak H, Bagali KB, Chhabra H, Suhas S, Shivakumar V, Sreeraj VS, Narayanaswamy JC, and Venkatasubramanian G
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Background: Dysregulated prediction error-signalling may explain auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia (SZ-AH). Roving mismatch negativity (rMMN) is an event-related potential (ERP) index where the deviant tone becomes the new standard with repetitions. Longer repetitions of standard stimuli yield a more positive sensory-adaptation response (Repetition Positivity-RP), elicit a stronger deviance-detection when interrupted (deviant negativity-DN), and the difference waveform between them reflects the strength of prediction-error signalling (mismatch negativity-MMN)., Methods: Twenty-three SZ-AH patients and twenty-three healthy controls (HC) underwent rMMN assessment. Various standard stimuli were repeated in sets of 3, 8 and 33 yielding three components for RP (RP3, RP8, RP33), DN (DN3, DN8, DN33), and MMN (MMN3, MMN8, MMN33). Amplitudes and latencies were compared across groups. Correlation between (a) rMMN amplitudes and latencies, and clinical variables in SZ-AH, and (b) the RP-DN amplitude pair for all three repetition sets (3, 8, 33) were also examined., Results: All DN and MMN33 amplitudes were significantly suppressed in SZ-AH, while RP amplitudes were not. MMN33 latency was significantly longer in SZ-AH than HC. A few amplitudes and latencies significantly correlated with the frequency of AH. HC showed a significant positive correlation between RP-DN amplitude pairs for sets of 3 and 8 but not for 33; SZ-AH group's correlation profile was opposite to this., Discussion: The link between repetition-dependent sensory-adaptation and deviance-detection is perturbed in SZ-AH. The unimpaired RP profile in SZ-AH is due to potential interference of AH with auditory information processing, and does not indicate a preserved short-term plasticity of the echoic memory trace., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None, (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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179. Home-based tDCS for schizophrenia: Exploring the feasibility of a standard operating procedure.
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Pathak H, Suhas S, Nayok SB, Bagali KB, Parlikar R, Thimmashetty VH, Chhabra H, Bose A, Shivakumar V, Sreeraj VS, and Venkatasubramanian G
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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), a safe and easy-to-administer noninvasive brain stimulation technique, holds promise in managing auditory verbal hallucinations (AVH) in schizophrenia. However, its short-lasting effect often leads to frequent hospital visits for booster/maintenance sessions, posing logistical challenges. Home-based tDCS offers a potential solution that improves accessibility; however, careful standardisation is required to ensure safe and effective application. We present a case of schizophrenia, where add-on home-based tDCS was administered based on a standard operating procedure (SOP) developed to address challenges unique to home administration, like device-related factors, patient and caregiver-related factors, and comprehensive caregiver training protocol. As a part of training, caregivers underwent observational learning, mannequin-based training for electrode placement, and assisted live-patient sessions. Pre and post-training competency assessments were done to ensure proficiency and safe administration. Over ten days, home-based tDCS sustained improvements in AVH without adverse effects. This case report supports the feasibility of home-based tDCS and provides a detailed SOP for implementing a safe and effective home-based tDCS treatment regime. This comprehensive SOP with a training protocol is notedly efficient for enhancing the accessibility and affordability of tDCS treatment protocols., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest There are no potential conflicts of interest to report., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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180. Suicide attempts in schizophrenia - A large retrospective cohort study from a tertiary care psychiatry centre in India.
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Mamtani H, Pathak H, Sakhardande K, Gowda GS, Muliyala KP, Philip M, Moirangthem S, Reddi VSK, and Varambally S
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- Humans, India epidemiology, Male, Adult, Female, Retrospective Studies, Middle Aged, Tertiary Care Centers statistics & numerical data, Risk Factors, Young Adult, Schizophrenia epidemiology, Suicide, Attempted statistics & numerical data
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The extent of variability in identified risk factors for suicide attempts (SA) in schizophrenia limits their generalization. This study aimed to identify the rates and associated correlates of SA in schizophrenia by reviewing a large cohort (n=500). Nearly one-fourth had a history of SA, which was independently associated with a family history of SA, more inpatient admissions, and better long-term treatment response. These findings highlight the complex interaction between biological factors influencing SA and illness determinants in schizophrenia. Furthermore, they reinforce the need for future research to unravel the association between suicide vulnerability and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia to attenuate morbidity and mortality associated with the same., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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181. Development, validation and clinical utility of short-term adverse-effects of electroconvulsive therapy (SAVE) checklist.
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Uppinkudru C, Pathak H, Kumar K R, S B, Bagali K, Pantoji M, Ezhumalai N, Parlikar R, Shah V, Balachander S, Sreeraj VS, Mehta UM, Sinha P, Arumugham SS, Venkatasubramanian G, and Thirthalli J
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- Humans, Checklist, Treatment Outcome, Forecasting, Electroconvulsive Therapy adverse effects, Electroconvulsive Therapy methods, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most effective treatments in psychiatry. However, it has many cognitive and non-cognitive adverse effects (AEs). There are lacunae in the literature on systematic assessment of non-cognitive AEs. There is a need for a standard, comprehensive and specific clinical tool to evaluate this. Hence, a checklist of short-term AEs of ECT (SAVE) with a 2-phase assessment was developed. Content validation was done using 15 experts' ratings and predefined content validity ratio and index (CVR and CVI) in a two-stage modified Delphi method. The checklist had a good CVR and CVI with a final tool of 39 items. The tool was sensitive and identified the non-cognitive AEs after ECT. Cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems displayed the highest incidence. Many participants exhibited delayed recovery in orientation, gait, and stance, highlighting a necessity for meticulous monitoring. SAVE is the first standardised tool to assess short-term ECT-related AEs systematically. This checklist likely identifies clinically significant incidences of adverse effects. Its regular use may enhance the safety of ECT and patient comfort by supporting early identification and intervention for AEs. However, given the transient nature of AEs, further studies are needed to determine their predictive validity for long-term consequences., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Authors have no conflict of interest to declare., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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182. Beyond conventional: Feasibility of accelerated tACS in clozapine-resistant schizophrenia - A case report.
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Pathak H, Bagali K, Nayok SB, Nichenametla S, Shah V, Shroff M, Sreeraj VS, and Venkatasubramanian G
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- Adult, Humans, Electroconvulsive Therapy methods, Feasibility Studies, Schizophrenia drug therapy, Schizophrenia, Treatment-Resistant drug therapy, Treatment Outcome, Female, Antipsychotic Agents therapeutic use, Antipsychotic Agents administration & dosage, Clozapine administration & dosage, Clozapine therapeutic use
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Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declare no potential conflicts of interest.
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183. Large-scale genome-wide association study of 398,238 women unveils seven novel loci associated with high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancer risk.
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Barnes DR, Tyrer JP, Dennis J, Leslie G, Bolla MK, Lush M, Aeilts AM, Aittomäki K, Andrieu N, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arason A, Arun BK, Balmaña J, Bandera EV, Barkardottir RB, Berger LPV, de Gonzalez AB, Berthet P, Białkowska K, Bjørge L, Blanco AM, Blok MJ, Bobolis KA, Bogdanova NV, Brenton JD, Butz H, Buys SS, Caligo MA, Campbell I, Castillo C, Claes KBM, Colonna SV, Cook LS, Daly MB, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, de la Hoya M, deFazio A, DePersia A, Ding YC, Domchek SM, Dörk T, Einbeigi Z, Engel C, Evans DG, Foretova L, Fortner RT, Fostira F, Foti MC, Friedman E, Frone MN, Ganz PA, Gentry-Maharaj A, Glendon G, Godwin AK, González-Neira A, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Guerrieri-Gonzaga A, Hamann U, Hansen TVO, Harris HR, Hauke J, Heitz F, Hogervorst FBL, Hooning MJ, Hopper JL, Huff CD, Huntsman DG, Imyanitov EN, Izatt L, Jakubowska A, James PA, Janavicius R, John EM, Kar S, Karlan BY, Kennedy CJ, Kiemeney LALM, Konstantopoulou I, Kupryjanczyk J, Laitman Y, Lavie O, Lawrenson K, Lester J, Lesueur F, Lopez-Pleguezuelos C, Mai PL, Manoukian S, May T, McNeish IA, Menon U, Milne RL, Modugno F, Mongiovi JM, Montagna M, Moysich KB, Neuhausen SL, Nielsen FC, Noguès C, Oláh E, Olopade OI, Osorio A, Papi L, Pathak H, Pearce CL, Pedersen IS, Peixoto A, Pejovic T, Peng PC, Peshkin BN, Peterlongo P, Powell CB, Prokofyeva D, Pujana MA, Radice P, Rashid MU, Rennert G, Richenberg G, Sandler DP, Sasamoto N, Setiawan VW, Sharma P, Sieh W, Singer CF, Snape K, Sokolenko AP, Soucy P, Southey MC, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sutphen R, Sutter C, Teixeira MR, Terry KL, Thomsen LCV, Tischkowitz M, Toland AE, Van Gorp T, Vega A, Velez Edwards DR, Webb PM, Weitzel JN, Wentzensen N, Whittemore AS, Winham SJ, Wu AH, Yadav S, Yu Y, Ziogas A, Berchuck A, Couch FJ, Goode EL, Goodman MT, Monteiro AN, Offit K, Ramus SJ, Risch HA, Schildkraut JM, Thomassen M, Simard J, Easton DF, Jones MR, Chenevix-Trench G, Gayther SA, Antoniou AC, and Pharoah PDP
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Background: Nineteen genomic regions have been associated with high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). We used data from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC), Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/BRCA2 (CIMBA), UK Biobank (UKBB), and FinnGen to identify novel HGSOC susceptibility loci and develop polygenic scores (PGS)., Methods: We analyzed >22 million variants for 398,238 women. Associations were assessed separately by consortium and meta-analysed. OCAC and CIMBA data were used to develop PGS which were trained on FinnGen data and validated in UKBB and BioBank Japan., Results: Eight novel variants were associated with HGSOC risk. An interesting discovery biologically was finding that TP53 3'-UTR SNP rs78378222 was associated with HGSOC (per T allele relative risk (RR)=1.44, 95%CI:1.28-1.62, P=1.76×10
-9 ). The optimal PGS included 64,518 variants and was associated with an odds ratio of 1.46 (95%CI:1.37-1.54) per standard deviation in the UKBB validation (AUROC curve=0.61, 95%CI:0.59-0.62)., Conclusions: This study represents the largest GWAS for HGSOC to date. The results highlight that improvements in imputation reference panels and increased sample sizes can identify HGSOC associated variants that previously went undetected, resulting in improved PGS. The use of updated PGS in cancer risk prediction algorithms will then improve personalized risk prediction for HGSOC.- Published
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184. Clinical and biomarker results from a phase II trial of combined cabozantinib and durvalumab in patients with chemotherapy-refractory colorectal cancer (CRC): CAMILLA CRC cohort.
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Saeed A, Park R, Pathak H, Al-Bzour AN, Dai J, Phadnis M, Al-Rajabi R, Kasi A, Baranda J, Sun W, Williamson S, Chiu YC, Osmanbeyoglu HU, Madan R, Abushukair H, Mulvaney K, Godwin AK, and Saeed A
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- Humans, Biomarkers, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols adverse effects, Antibodies, Monoclonal adverse effects, Colorectal Neoplasms drug therapy, Colorectal Neoplasms genetics, Colorectal Neoplasms pathology, Anilides, Pyridines
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CAMILLA is a basket trial (NCT03539822) evaluating cabozantinib plus the ICI durvalumab in chemorefractory gastrointestinal cancer. Herein, are the phase II colorectal cohort results. 29 patients were evaluable. 100% had confirmed pMMR/MSS tumors. Primary endpoint was met with ORR of 27.6% (95% CI 12.7-47.2%). Secondary endpoints of 4-month PFS rate was 44.83% (95% CI 26.5-64.3%); and median OS was 9.1 months (95% CI 5.8-20.2). Grade≥3 TRAE occurred in 39%. In post-hoc analysis of patients with RAS wild type tumors, ORR was 50% and median PFS and OS were 6.3 and 21.5 months respectively. Exploratory spatial transcriptomic profiling of pretreatment tumors showed upregulation of VEGF and MET signaling, increased extracellular matrix activity and preexisting anti-tumor immune responses coexisting with immune suppressive features like T cell migration barriers in responders versus non-responders. Cabozantinib plus durvalumab demonstrated anti-tumor activity, manageable toxicity, and have led to the activation of the phase III STELLAR-303 trial., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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185. Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) and Its Role in Schizophrenia: A Scoping Review.
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Pathak H, Sreeraj VS, and Venkatasubramanian G
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Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) may modulate neuronal oscillations by applying sinusoidal alternating current, thereby alleviating associated symptoms in schizophrenia. Considering its possible utility in schizophrenia, we reviewed the literature for tACS protocols administered in schizophrenia and their findings. A scoping review was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline in databases and clinical trial registers. The search resulted in 59 publications. After excluding review articles unrelated to tACS, trials without published results or not involving patients with schizophrenia, 14 studies were included. Among the included studies/case reports only 5 were randomized controlled therapeutic trials. The studies investigated the utility of tACS for clinical and neurobiological outcomes. All studies reported good tolerability with only transient mild side effects. It was administered mostly during the working memory task (such as computerized n-back task, dual back task, and computerized digit symbol substitution task) for schizophrenia patients with cognitive deficits and during resting state while targeting positive symptoms. A possible reduction in hallucinations and delusions using alpha tACS, and improvement in negative and cognitive deficits with theta and gamma tACS were reported. Nevertheless, one of the randomized controlled trials targeting hallucinations was negative and rigorous large-sample studies are lacking for other domains. The current evidence for tACS in schizophrenia is preliminary though promising. In future, more sham controlled randomized trials assessing the effect of tACS on various domains are needed to substantiate these early findings.
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186. Lineage specific extracellular vesicle-associated protein biomarkers for the early detection of high grade serous ovarian cancer.
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Trinidad CV, Pathak HB, Cheng S, Tzeng SC, Madan R, Sardiu ME, Bantis LE, Deighan C, Jewell A, Rayamajhi S, Zeng Y, and Godwin AK
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- Humans, Female, Case-Control Studies, Early Detection of Cancer, Biomarkers, Tumor metabolism, Folate Receptor 1, Ovarian Neoplasms pathology, Extracellular Vesicles metabolism
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High grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) accounts for ~ 70% of ovarian cancer cases. Non-invasive, highly specific blood-based tests for pre-symptomatic screening in women are crucial to reducing the mortality associated with this disease. Since most HGSOCs typically arise from the fallopian tubes (FT), our biomarker search focused on proteins found on the surface of extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by both FT and HGSOC tissue explants and representative cell lines. Using mass spectrometry, 985 EV proteins (exo-proteins) were identified that comprised the FT/HGSOC EV core proteome. Transmembrane exo-proteins were prioritized because these could serve as antigens for capture and/or detection. With a nano-engineered microfluidic platform, six newly discovered exo-proteins (ACSL4, IGSF8, ITGA2, ITGA5, ITGB3, MYOF) plus a known HGSOC associated protein, FOLR1 exhibited classification performance ranging from 85 to 98% in a case-control study using plasma samples representative of early (including stage IA/B) and late stage (stage III) HGSOCs. Furthermore, by a linear combination of IGSF8 and ITGA5 based on logistic regression analysis, we achieved a sensitivity of 80% with 99.8% specificity and a positive predictive value of 13.8%. Importantly, these exo-proteins also can accurately discriminate between ovarian and 12 types of cancers commonly diagnosed in women. Our studies demonstrate that these lineage-associated exo-biomarkers can detect ovarian cancer with high specificity and sensitivity early and potentially while localized to the FT when patient outcomes are more favorable., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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187. Extended accelerated tDCS and correction of prediction error signalling in Schizophrenia with atypical hallucinations: A case report.
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Kanakaraj L, Nayok SB, Bose A, Pathak H, Bagali KB, Sreeraj VS, Shivakumar V, and Venkatasubramanian G
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- Humans, Hallucinations etiology, Hallucinations therapy, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Schizophrenia complications, Schizophrenia therapy, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation adverse effects
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188. Assessing Breast Cancer Molecular Subtypes Using Extracellular Vesicles' mRNA.
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Hu M, Brown V, Jackson JM, Wijerathne H, Pathak H, Koestler DC, Nissen E, Hupert ML, Muller R, Godwin AK, Witek MA, and Soper SA
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- Humans, Female, Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule metabolism, RNA, Messenger genetics, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Liquid Biopsy, Tumor Microenvironment, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Extracellular Vesicles metabolism
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry RNA cargo that is believed to be associated with the cell-of-origin and thus have the potential to serve as a minimally invasive liquid biopsy marker for supplying molecular information to guide treatment decisions (i.e., precision medicine). We report the affinity isolation of EV subpopulations with monoclonal antibodies attached to the surface of a microfluidic chip that is made from a plastic to allow for high-scale production. The EV microfluidic affinity purification (EV-MAP) chip was used for the isolation of EVs sourced from two-orthogonal cell types and was demonstrated for its utility in a proof-of-concept application to provide molecular subtyping information for breast cancer patients. The orthogonal selection process better recapitulated the epithelial tumor microenvironment by isolating two subpopulations of EVs: EV
EpCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule, epithelial origin) and EVFAPα (fibroblast activation protein α, mesenchymal origin). The EV-MAP provided recovery >80% with a specificity of 99 ± 1% based on exosomal mRNA (exo-mRNA) and real time-droplet digital polymerase chain reaction results. When selected from the plasma of healthy donors and breast cancer patients, EVs did not differ in size or total RNA mass for both markers. On average, 0.5 mL of plasma from breast cancer patients yielded ∼2.25 ng of total RNA for both EVEpCAM and EVFAPα , while in the case of cancer-free individuals, it yielded 0.8 and 1.25 ng of total RNA from EVEpCAM and EVFAPα , respectively. To assess the potential of these two EV subpopulations to provide molecular information for prognostication, we performed the PAM50 test (Prosigna) on exo-mRNA harvested from each EV subpopulation. Results suggested that EVEpCAM and EVFAPα exo-mRNA profiling using subsets of the PAM50 genes and a novel algorithm (i.e., exo-PAM50) generated 100% concordance with the tumor tissue.- Published
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189. Lineage specific extracellular vesicle-associated protein biomarkers for the early detection of high grade serous ovarian cancer.
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Trinidad C, Pathak H, Cheng S, Tzeng SC, Madan R, Sardiu M, Bantis L, Deighan C, Jewell A, Zeng Y, and Godwin A
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High grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) accounts for ~ 70% of ovarian cancer cases. Non-invasive, highly specific blood-based tests for pre-symptomatic screening in women are crucial to reducing the mortality associated with this disease. Since most HGSOCs typically arise from the fallopian tubes (FT), our biomarker search focused on proteins found on the surface of extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by both FT and HGSOC tissue explants and representative cell lines. Using mass spectrometry, 985 EV proteins (exo-proteins) were identified that comprised the FT/HGSOC EV core proteome. Transmembrane exo-proteins were prioritized because these could serve as antigens for capture and/or detection. With a nano-engineered microfluidic platform, six newly discovered exo-proteins (ACSL4, IGSF8, ITGA2, ITGA5, ITGB3, MYOF) plus a known HGSOC associated protein, FOLR1 exhibited classification performance ranging from 85-98% in a case-control study using plasma samples representative of early (including stage IA/B) and late stage (stage III) HGSOCs. Furthermore, by linear combination of IGSF8 and ITGA5 based on logistic regression analysis, we achieved a sensitivity of 80% (99.8% specificity). These lineage-associated exo-biomarkers have potential to detect cancer while localized to the FT when patient outcomes are more favorable., Competing Interests: Competing interests A.K.G. is a co-founder of Sinochips Diagnostics, serves as a scientific advisory board member to Biovica, Clara Biotech, and Sinochips Diagnostics, and receives research funding from Predicine and VITRAC Therapeutics. Y.Z. serves as a scientific advisory board member to Clara Biotech. C.V.T., H.B.P, M.E.S. and A.K.G applied to patent ACSL4, IGSF8, ITGA2, ITGA5, ITGB3 and MYOF as early detection biomarkers for ovarian cancer. The other authors report no conflict of interest.
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190. ctDNA and residual cancer burden are prognostic in triple-negative breast cancer patients with residual disease.
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Stecklein SR, Kimler BF, Yoder R, Schwensen K, Staley JM, Khan QJ, O'Dea AP, Nye LE, Elia M, Heldstab J, Home T, Hyter S, Isakova K, Pathak HB, Godwin AK, and Sharma P
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients with residual disease (RD) after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST) are at high risk for recurrence. Biomarkers to risk-stratify patients with RD could help individualize adjuvant therapy and inform future adjuvant therapy trials. We aim to investigate the impact of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) status and residual cancer burden (RCB) class on outcomes in TNBC patients with RD. We analyze end-of-treatment ctDNA status in 80 TNBC patients with residual disease who are enrolled in a prospective multisite registry. Among 80 patients, 33% are ctDNA positive (ctDNA+) and RCB class distribution is RCB-I = 26%, RCB-II = 49%, RCB-III = 18% and 7% unknown. ctDNA status is associated with RCB status, with 14%, 31%, and 57% of patients within RCB-I, -II, and -III classes demonstrating ctDNA+ status (P = 0.028). ctDNA+ status is associated with inferior 3-year EFS (48% vs. 82%, P < 0.001) and OS (50% vs. 86%, P = 0.002). ctDNA+ status predicts inferior 3-year EFS among RCB-II patients (65% vs. 87%, P = 0.044) and shows a trend for inferior EFS among RCB-III patients (13% vs. 40%, P = 0.081). On multivariate analysis accounting for T stage and nodal status, RCB class and ctDNA status independently predict EFS (HR = 5.16, P = 0.016 for RCB class; HR = 3.71, P = 0.020 for ctDNA status). End-of-treatment ctDNA is detectable in one-third of TNBC patients with residual disease after NAST. ctDNA status and RCB are independently prognostic in this setting., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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191. Prospective longitudinal study of kinetics of humoral response to one, two, or three doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients.
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Khan QJ, Bivona CR, Liu B, Nelson M, Martin GA, Mushtaq MU, Sharma P, Streeter NR, Hoffmann M, Doolittle GC, Zhong C, Mitchell L, Li KH, Pessetto ZY, Ghosh A, Pathak HB, Zhang J, Godwin AK, and McGuirk JP
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- Antibodies, Viral, COVID-19 Vaccines, Humans, Kinetics, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, SARS-CoV-2, Transplant Recipients, COVID-19 prevention & control, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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192. Epithelial-stromal communication via CXCL1-CXCR2 interaction stimulates growth of ovarian cancer cells through p38 activation.
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Park GY, Pathak HB, Godwin AK, and Kwon Y
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- Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Culture Media, Conditioned pharmacology, Cytokines pharmacology, Enzyme Activation drug effects, Epithelial Cells drug effects, Female, Fibroblasts drug effects, Fibroblasts metabolism, Fibroblasts pathology, Humans, MAP Kinase Signaling System drug effects, Phenylurea Compounds pharmacology, Protein Binding drug effects, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt metabolism, Stromal Cells drug effects, Stromal Cells pathology, Cell Communication drug effects, Chemokine CXCL1 metabolism, Epithelial Cells pathology, Ovarian Neoplasms enzymology, Ovarian Neoplasms pathology, Receptors, Interleukin-8B metabolism, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism
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Purpose: Paracrine interactions with the stromal environment, including fibroblasts, may be important in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer. Here, we evaluated the effect of conditioned media derived from ovarian fibroblasts (fibroblast-CMs) and their major cytokines on the growth of ovarian cancer cells, as well as the involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and AKT in mediating this effect., Methods: Ovarian cancer cells were cultured in serum-free media (SF), or conditioned media of fibroblasts derived from normal ovary (CM1) and ovarian tumor tissue (CM2). Cell proliferation was measured by MTT assay. Phosphorylation of MAPKs and AKT was evaluated by Western blotting. Specific inhibitors of MAPKs and AKT were used to evaluate their respective involvement in mediating increased cell growth. Cytokine levels in fibroblast-CMs were measured using Luminex assays. Immunohistochemical staining was conducted for CXCL1, CXCR2 and phosphorylated p38 in primary ovarian tumors., Results: CM1 and CM2 significantly increased the growth of ovarian cancer cells relative to SF. In OVCAR3 and OVCAR4 cells, p38 phosphorylation was strongly induced by fibroblast-CMs, and pre-treatment with a p38 inhibitor prevented the growth increase induced by fibroblast-CMs. Fibroblasts secreted high levels of IL-6, IL-8, MCP1 and CXCL1. Treatment with only CXCL1 (1 μg/ml) increased cell growth and p38 phosphorylation. Treatment with a CXCR2 inhibitor effectively prevented p38 activation and cell growth induced by fibroblast-CMs. High expression of both CXCL1 and CXCR2 correlated with high expression of phosphorylated p38 in primary ovarian tumors., Conclusions: From our data, we conclude that CXCL1 is a key factor derived from ovarian fibroblasts that is responsible for increased ovarian cancer cell growth in part through p38 activation. Phosphorylated p38 can be used as a biomarker to predict CXCL1-CXCR2 interaction in vivo.
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193. Inflammation and breast density among female Chinese immigrants: exploring variations across neighborhoods.
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Fang CY, Egleston BL, Byrne C, Bohr GS, Pathak HB, Godwin AK, Siu PT, and Tseng M
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- Adult, Breast diagnostic imaging, C-Reactive Protein analysis, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II blood, Asian People, Breast Density, Emigrants and Immigrants, Inflammation blood, Residence Characteristics
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Purpose: We examined associations of inflammation with breast density, a marker of breast cancer risk, among female Chinese immigrants and explored whether associations varied by neighborhood environment., Methods: Assessments of serum C-reactive protein (CRP), soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (sTNFR2), and breast density were performed among 401 Chinese immigrants across the Philadelphia region. Participant addresses were geocoded, with the majority residing in areas representing traditional urban enclaves (i.e., Chinatown and South Philadelphia) or an emerging enclave with a smaller, but rapidly growing Chinese immigrant population (i.e., the Near Northeast). The remainder was classified as residing in non-enclaves., Results: In multivariable adjusted regression models, CRP was inversely associated with dense breast area (p = 0.01). Levels of sTNFR2 were also inversely associated with dense breast area, but these associations varied by neighborhood (interaction p = 0.01); specifically, inverse associations were observed among women residing in the emerging enclave (p = 0.03), but not other neighborhoods., Conclusions: Among Chinese immigrant women, aggregate analyses that do not take neighborhood context into consideration can mask potential variations in association of inflammatory markers with breast density. Future studies should consider how neighborhood contextual factors may contribute to differential risk pathways.
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- 2019
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194. Combination of Imatinib Mesylate and AKT Inhibitor Provides Synergistic Effects in Preclinical Study of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor.
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Zook P, Pathak HB, Belinsky MG, Gersz L, Devarajan K, Zhou Y, Godwin AK, von Mehren M, and Rink L
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- Animals, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Survival drug effects, Cell Survival genetics, Disease Models, Animal, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Drug Synergism, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors drug therapy, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors genetics, Gene Expression Profiling, Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring pharmacology, Humans, Mice, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit genetics, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit metabolism, Signal Transduction, Survival Analysis, Tumor Burden drug effects, Tumor Burden genetics, Exome Sequencing, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors metabolism, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors pathology, Imatinib Mesylate pharmacology, Protein Kinase Inhibitors pharmacology, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit antagonists & inhibitors
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Purpose: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) generally harbor activating mutations in the receptor tyrosine kinase KIT or in the related platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA). GIST treated with imatinib mesylate or second-line therapies that target mutant forms of these receptors generally escape disease control and progress over time. Inhibiting additional molecular targets may provide more substantial disease control. Recent studies have implicated the PI3K/AKT pathway in the survival of imatinib mesylate-resistant GIST cell lines and tumors., Experimental Design: Here, we performed in vitro and in vivo studies evaluating the novel combination of imatinib mesylate with the AKT inhibitor MK-2206 in GIST. Whole-transcriptome sequencing (WTS) of xenografts was performed to explore the molecular aspects of tumor response to this novel combination and to potentially identify additional therapeutic targets in GIST., Results: This drug combination demonstrated significant synergistic effects in a panel of imatinib mesylate-sensitive and -resistant GIST cell lines. Furthermore, combination therapy provided significantly greater efficacy, as measured by tumor response and animal survival, in imatinib mesylate-sensitive GIST xenografts as compared with treatment with imatinib mesylate or MK-2206 alone. WTS implicated two neural genes, brain expressed X-linked 1 and neuronal pentraxin I, whose expression was significantly upregulated in combination-treated tumors compared with tumors treated with the two monotherapies., Conclusions: These studies provide strong preclinical justification for combining imatinib mesylate with an AKT inhibitor as a front-line therapy in GIST. In addition, the WTS implicated the BCL-2/BAX/BAD apoptotic pathway as a potential mechanism for this enhanced combination effect. Clin Cancer Res; 23(1); 171-80. ©2016 AACR., (©2016 American Association for Cancer Research.)
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195. Association of type and location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations with risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
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Rebbeck TR, Mitra N, Wan F, Sinilnikova OM, Healey S, McGuffog L, Mazoyer S, Chenevix-Trench G, Easton DF, Antoniou AC, Nathanson KL, Laitman Y, Kushnir A, Paluch-Shimon S, Berger R, Zidan J, Friedman E, Ehrencrona H, Stenmark-Askmalm M, Einbeigi Z, Loman N, Harbst K, Rantala J, Melin B, Huo D, Olopade OI, Seldon J, Ganz PA, Nussbaum RL, Chan SB, Odunsi K, Gayther SA, Domchek SM, Arun BK, Lu KH, Mitchell G, Karlan BY, Walsh C, Lester J, Godwin AK, Pathak H, Ross E, Daly MB, Whittemore AS, John EM, Miron A, Terry MB, Chung WK, Goldgar DE, Buys SS, Janavicius R, Tihomirova L, Tung N, Dorfling CM, van Rensburg EJ, Steele L, Neuhausen SL, Ding YC, Ejlertsen B, Gerdes AM, Hansen Tv, Ramón y Cajal T, Osorio A, Benitez J, Godino J, Tejada MI, Duran M, Weitzel JN, Bobolis KA, Sand SR, Fontaine A, Savarese A, Pasini B, Peissel B, Bonanni B, Zaffaroni D, Vignolo-Lutati F, Scuvera G, Giannini G, Bernard L, Genuardi M, Radice P, Dolcetti R, Manoukian S, Pensotti V, Gismondi V, Yannoukakos D, Fostira F, Garber J, Torres D, Rashid MU, Hamann U, Peock S, Frost D, Platte R, Evans DG, Eeles R, Davidson R, Eccles D, Cole T, Cook J, Brewer C, Hodgson S, Morrison PJ, Walker L, Porteous ME, Kennedy MJ, Izatt L, Adlard J, Donaldson A, Ellis S, Sharma P, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Becker A, Rhiem K, Hahnen E, Engel C, Meindl A, Engert S, Ditsch N, Arnold N, Plendl HJ, Mundhenke C, Niederacher D, Fleisch M, Sutter C, Bartram CR, Dikow N, Wang-Gohrke S, Gadzicki D, Steinemann D, Kast K, Beer M, Varon-Mateeva R, Gehrig A, Weber BH, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sinilnikova OM, Mazoyer S, Houdayer C, Belotti M, Gauthier-Villars M, Damiola F, Boutry-Kryza N, Lasset C, Sobol H, Peyrat JP, Muller D, Fricker JP, Collonge-Rame MA, Mortemousque I, Nogues C, Rouleau E, Isaacs C, De Paepe A, Poppe B, Claes K, De Leeneer K, Piedmonte M, Rodriguez G, Wakely K, Boggess J, Blank SV, Basil J, Azodi M, Phillips KA, Caldes T, de la Hoya M, Romero A, Nevanlinna H, Aittomäki K, van der Hout AH, Hogervorst FB, Verhoef S, Collée JM, Seynaeve C, Oosterwijk JC, Gille JJ, Wijnen JT, Gómez Garcia EB, Kets CM, Ausems MG, Aalfs CM, Devilee P, Mensenkamp AR, Kwong A, Olah E, Papp J, Diez O, Lazaro C, Darder E, Blanco I, Salinas M, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Gronwald J, Jaworska-Bieniek K, Durda K, Sukiennicki G, Huzarski T, Byrski T, Cybulski C, Toloczko-Grabarek A, Złowocka-Perłowska E, Menkiszak J, Arason A, Barkardottir RB, Simard J, Laframboise R, Montagna M, Agata S, Alducci E, Peixoto A, Teixeira MR, Spurdle AB, Lee MH, Park SK, Kim SW, Friebel TM, Couch FJ, Lindor NM, Pankratz VS, Guidugli L, Wang X, Tischkowitz M, Foretova L, Vijai J, Offit K, Robson M, Rau-Murthy R, Kauff N, Fink-Retter A, Singer CF, Rappaport C, Gschwantler-Kaulich D, Pfeiler G, Tea MK, Berger A, Greene MH, Mai PL, Imyanitov EN, Toland AE, Senter L, Bojesen A, Pedersen IS, Skytte AB, Sunde L, Thomassen M, Moeller ST, Kruse TA, Jensen UB, Caligo MA, Aretini P, Teo SH, Selkirk CG, Hulick PJ, and Andrulis I
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- Adult, Age of Onset, Female, Heterozygote, Humans, Middle Aged, Nucleotides, Risk Factors, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Genes, BRCA1, Genes, BRCA2, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Mutation, Ovarian Neoplasms genetics
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Importance: Limited information about the relationship between specific mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) and cancer risk exists., Objective: To identify mutation-specific cancer risks for carriers of BRCA1/2., Design, Setting, and Participants: Observational study of women who were ascertained between 1937 and 2011 (median, 1999) and found to carry disease-associated BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. The international sample comprised 19,581 carriers of BRCA1 mutations and 11,900 carriers of BRCA2 mutations from 55 centers in 33 countries on 6 continents. We estimated hazard ratios for breast and ovarian cancer based on mutation type, function, and nucleotide position. We also estimated RHR, the ratio of breast vs ovarian cancer hazard ratios. A value of RHR greater than 1 indicated elevated breast cancer risk; a value of RHR less than 1 indicated elevated ovarian cancer risk., Exposures: Mutations of BRCA1 or BRCA2., Main Outcomes and Measures: Breast and ovarian cancer risks., Results: Among BRCA1 mutation carriers, 9052 women (46%) were diagnosed with breast cancer, 2317 (12%) with ovarian cancer, 1041 (5%) with breast and ovarian cancer, and 7171 (37%) without cancer. Among BRCA2 mutation carriers, 6180 women (52%) were diagnosed with breast cancer, 682 (6%) with ovarian cancer, 272 (2%) with breast and ovarian cancer, and 4766 (40%) without cancer. In BRCA1, we identified 3 breast cancer cluster regions (BCCRs) located at c.179 to c.505 (BCCR1; RHR = 1.46; 95% CI, 1.22-1.74; P = 2 × 10(-6)), c.4328 to c.4945 (BCCR2; RHR = 1.34; 95% CI, 1.01-1.78; P = .04), and c. 5261 to c.5563 (BCCR2', RHR = 1.38; 95% CI, 1.22-1.55; P = 6 × 10(-9)). We also identified an ovarian cancer cluster region (OCCR) from c.1380 to c.4062 (approximately exon 11) with RHR = 0.62 (95% CI, 0.56-0.70; P = 9 × 10(-17)). In BRCA2, we observed multiple BCCRs spanning c.1 to c.596 (BCCR1; RHR = 1.71; 95% CI, 1.06-2.78; P = .03), c.772 to c.1806 (BCCR1'; RHR = 1.63; 95% CI, 1.10-2.40; P = .01), and c.7394 to c.8904 (BCCR2; RHR = 2.31; 95% CI, 1.69-3.16; P = .00002). We also identified 3 OCCRs: the first (OCCR1) spanned c.3249 to c.5681 that was adjacent to c.5946delT (6174delT; RHR = 0.51; 95% CI, 0.44-0.60; P = 6 × 10(-17)). The second OCCR spanned c.6645 to c.7471 (OCCR2; RHR = 0.57; 95% CI, 0.41-0.80; P = .001). Mutations conferring nonsense-mediated decay were associated with differential breast or ovarian cancer risks and an earlier age of breast cancer diagnosis for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers., Conclusions and Relevance: Breast and ovarian cancer risks varied by type and location of BRCA1/2 mutations. With appropriate validation, these data may have implications for risk assessment and cancer prevention decision making for carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.
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196. Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci.
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Garcia-Closas M, Couch FJ, Lindstrom S, Michailidou K, Schmidt MK, Brook MN, Orr N, Rhie SK, Riboli E, Feigelson HS, Le Marchand L, Buring JE, Eccles D, Miron P, Fasching PA, Brauch H, Chang-Claude J, Carpenter J, Godwin AK, Nevanlinna H, Giles GG, Cox A, Hopper JL, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Dennis J, Dicks E, Howat WJ, Schoof N, Bojesen SE, Lambrechts D, Broeks A, Andrulis IL, Guénel P, Burwinkel B, Sawyer EJ, Hollestelle A, Fletcher O, Winqvist R, Brenner H, Mannermaa A, Hamann U, Meindl A, Lindblom A, Zheng W, Devillee P, Goldberg MS, Lubinski J, Kristensen V, Swerdlow A, Anton-Culver H, Dörk T, Muir K, Matsuo K, Wu AH, Radice P, Teo SH, Shu XO, Blot W, Kang D, Hartman M, Sangrajrang S, Shen CY, Southey MC, Park DJ, Hammet F, Stone J, Veer LJ, Rutgers EJ, Lophatananon A, Stewart-Brown S, Siriwanarangsan P, Peto J, Schrauder MG, Ekici AB, Beckmann MW, Dos Santos Silva I, Johnson N, Warren H, Tomlinson I, Kerin MJ, Miller N, Marme F, Schneeweiss A, Sohn C, Truong T, Laurent-Puig P, Kerbrat P, Nordestgaard BG, Nielsen SF, Flyger H, Milne RL, Perez JI, Menéndez P, Müller H, Arndt V, Stegmaier C, Lichtner P, Lochmann M, Justenhoven C, Ko YD, Muranen TA, Aittomäki K, Blomqvist C, Greco D, Heikkinen T, Ito H, Iwata H, Yatabe Y, Antonenkova NN, Margolin S, Kataja V, Kosma VM, Hartikainen JM, Balleine R, Tseng CC, Berg DV, Stram DO, Neven P, Dieudonné AS, Leunen K, Rudolph A, Nickels S, Flesch-Janys D, Peterlongo P, Peissel B, Bernard L, Olson JE, Wang X, Stevens K, Severi G, Baglietto L, McLean C, Coetzee GA, Feng Y, Henderson BE, Schumacher F, Bogdanova NV, Labrèche F, Dumont M, Yip CH, Taib NA, Cheng CY, Shrubsole M, Long J, Pylkäs K, Jukkola-Vuorinen A, Kauppila S, Knight JA, Glendon G, Mulligan AM, Tollenaar RA, Seynaeve CM, Kriege M, Hooning MJ, van den Ouweland AM, van Deurzen CH, Lu W, Gao YT, Cai H, Balasubramanian SP, Cross SS, Reed MW, Signorello L, Cai Q, Shah M, Miao H, Chan CW, Chia KS, Jakubowska A, Jaworska K, Durda K, Hsiung CN, Wu PE, Yu JC, Ashworth A, Jones M, Tessier DC, González-Neira A, Pita G, Alonso MR, Vincent D, Bacot F, Ambrosone CB, Bandera EV, John EM, Chen GK, Hu JJ, Rodriguez-Gil JL, Bernstein L, Press MF, Ziegler RG, Millikan RM, Deming-Halverson SL, Nyante S, Ingles SA, Waisfisz Q, Tsimiklis H, Makalic E, Schmidt D, Bui M, Gibson L, Müller-Myhsok B, Schmutzler RK, Hein R, Dahmen N, Beckmann L, Aaltonen K, Czene K, Irwanto A, Liu J, Turnbull C, Rahman N, Meijers-Heijboer H, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, Olswold C, Slager S, Pilarski R, Ademuyiwa F, Konstantopoulou I, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Slamon DJ, Rauh C, Lux MP, Jud SM, Bruning T, Weaver J, Sharma P, Pathak H, Tapper W, Gerty S, Durcan L, Trichopoulos D, Tumino R, Peeters PH, Kaaks R, Campa D, Canzian F, Weiderpass E, Johansson M, Khaw KT, Travis R, Clavel-Chapelon F, Kolonel LN, Chen C, Beck A, Hankinson SE, Berg CD, Hoover RN, Lissowska J, Figueroa JD, Chasman DI, Gaudet MM, Diver WR, Willett WC, Hunter DJ, Simard J, Benitez J, Dunning AM, Sherman ME, Chenevix-Trench G, Chanock SJ, Hall P, Pharoah PD, Vachon C, Easton DF, Haiman CA, and Kraft P
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- Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Case-Control Studies, Cooperative Behavior, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Receptors, Estrogen genetics, Risk Factors, Breast Neoplasms etiology, Genetic Loci genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics, Receptors, Estrogen metabolism
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Estrogen receptor (ER)-negative tumors represent 20-30% of all breast cancers, with a higher proportion occurring in younger women and women of African ancestry. The etiology and clinical behavior of ER-negative tumors are different from those of tumors expressing ER (ER positive), including differences in genetic predisposition. To identify susceptibility loci specific to ER-negative disease, we combined in a meta-analysis 3 genome-wide association studies of 4,193 ER-negative breast cancer cases and 35,194 controls with a series of 40 follow-up studies (6,514 cases and 41,455 controls), genotyped using a custom Illumina array, iCOGS, developed by the Collaborative Oncological Gene-environment Study (COGS). SNPs at four loci, 1q32.1 (MDM4, P = 2.1 × 10(-12) and LGR6, P = 1.4 × 10(-8)), 2p24.1 (P = 4.6 × 10(-8)) and 16q12.2 (FTO, P = 4.0 × 10(-8)), were associated with ER-negative but not ER-positive breast cancer (P > 0.05). These findings provide further evidence for distinct etiological pathways associated with invasive ER-positive and ER-negative breast cancers.
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197. A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of breast cancer identifies two novel susceptibility loci at 6q14 and 20q11.
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Siddiq A, Couch FJ, Chen GK, Lindström S, Eccles D, Millikan RC, Michailidou K, Stram DO, Beckmann L, Rhie SK, Ambrosone CB, Aittomäki K, Amiano P, Apicella C, Baglietto L, Bandera EV, Beckmann MW, Berg CD, Bernstein L, Blomqvist C, Brauch H, Brinton L, Bui QM, Buring JE, Buys SS, Campa D, Carpenter JE, Chasman DI, Chang-Claude J, Chen C, Clavel-Chapelon F, Cox A, Cross SS, Czene K, Deming SL, Diasio RB, Diver WR, Dunning AM, Durcan L, Ekici AB, Fasching PA, Feigelson HS, Fejerman L, Figueroa JD, Fletcher O, Flesch-Janys D, Gaudet MM, Gerty SM, Rodriguez-Gil JL, Giles GG, van Gils CH, Godwin AK, Graham N, Greco D, Hall P, Hankinson SE, Hartmann A, Hein R, Heinz J, Hoover RN, Hopper JL, Hu JJ, Huntsman S, Ingles SA, Irwanto A, Isaacs C, Jacobs KB, John EM, Justenhoven C, Kaaks R, Kolonel LN, Coetzee GA, Lathrop M, Le Marchand L, Lee AM, Lee IM, Lesnick T, Lichtner P, Liu J, Lund E, Makalic E, Martin NG, McLean CA, Meijers-Heijboer H, Meindl A, Miron P, Monroe KR, Montgomery GW, Müller-Myhsok B, Nickels S, Nyante SJ, Olswold C, Overvad K, Palli D, Park DJ, Palmer JR, Pathak H, Peto J, Pharoah P, Rahman N, Rivadeneira F, Schmidt DF, Schmutzler RK, Slager S, Southey MC, Stevens KN, Sinn HP, Press MF, Ross E, Riboli E, Ridker PM, Schumacher FR, Severi G, Dos Santos Silva I, Stone J, Sund M, Tapper WJ, Thun MJ, Travis RC, Turnbull C, Uitterlinden AG, Waisfisz Q, Wang X, Wang Z, Weaver J, Schulz-Wendtland R, Wilkens LR, Van Den Berg D, Zheng W, Ziegler RG, Ziv E, Nevanlinna H, Easton DF, Hunter DJ, Henderson BE, Chanock SJ, Garcia-Closas M, Kraft P, Haiman CA, and Vachon CM
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- Female, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics, Receptors, Estrogen genetics, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of breast cancer defined by hormone receptor status have revealed loci contributing to susceptibility of estrogen receptor (ER)-negative subtypes. To identify additional genetic variants for ER-negative breast cancer, we conducted the largest meta-analysis of ER-negative disease to date, comprising 4754 ER-negative cases and 31 663 controls from three GWAS: NCI Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3) (2188 ER-negative cases; 25 519 controls of European ancestry), Triple Negative Breast Cancer Consortium (TNBCC) (1562 triple negative cases; 3399 controls of European ancestry) and African American Breast Cancer Consortium (AABC) (1004 ER-negative cases; 2745 controls). We performed in silico replication of 86 SNPs at P ≤ 1 × 10(-5) in an additional 11 209 breast cancer cases (946 with ER-negative disease) and 16 057 controls of Japanese, Latino and European ancestry. We identified two novel loci for breast cancer at 20q11 and 6q14. SNP rs2284378 at 20q11 was associated with ER-negative breast cancer (combined two-stage OR = 1.16; P = 1.1 × 10(-8)) but showed a weaker association with overall breast cancer (OR = 1.08, P = 1.3 × 10(-6)) based on 17 869 cases and 43 745 controls and no association with ER-positive disease (OR = 1.01, P = 0.67) based on 9965 cases and 22 902 controls. Similarly, rs17530068 at 6q14 was associated with breast cancer (OR = 1.12; P = 1.1 × 10(-9)), and with both ER-positive (OR = 1.09; P = 1.5 × 10(-5)) and ER-negative (OR = 1.16, P = 2.5 × 10(-7)) disease. We also confirmed three known loci associated with ER-negative (19p13) and both ER-negative and ER-positive breast cancer (6q25 and 12p11). Our results highlight the value of large-scale collaborative studies to identify novel breast cancer risk loci.
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198. A nonsynonymous polymorphism in IRS1 modifies risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers in BRCA1 and ovarian cancer in BRCA2 mutation carriers.
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Ding YC, McGuffog L, Healey S, Friedman E, Laitman Y, Paluch-Shimon S, Kaufman B, Liljegren A, Lindblom A, Olsson H, Kristoffersson U, Stenmark-Askmalm M, Melin B, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Rebbeck TR, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Jaworska K, Durda K, Gronwald J, Huzarski T, Cybulski C, Byrski T, Osorio A, Cajal TR, Stavropoulou AV, Benítez J, Hamann U, Rookus M, Aalfs CM, de Lange JL, Meijers-Heijboer HE, Oosterwijk JC, van Asperen CJ, Gómez García EB, Hoogerbrugge N, Jager A, van der Luijt RB, Easton DF, Peock S, Frost D, Ellis SD, Platte R, Fineberg E, Evans DG, Lalloo F, Izatt L, Eeles R, Adlard J, Davidson R, Eccles D, Cole T, Cook J, Brewer C, Tischkowitz M, Godwin AK, Pathak H, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sinilnikova OM, Mazoyer S, Barjhoux L, Léoné M, Gauthier-Villars M, Caux-Moncoutier V, de Pauw A, Hardouin A, Berthet P, Dreyfus H, Ferrer SF, Collonge-Rame MA, Sokolowska J, Buys S, Daly M, Miron A, Terry MB, Chung W, John EM, Southey M, Goldgar D, Singer CF, Tea MK, Gschwantler-Kaulich D, Fink-Retter A, Hansen TV, Ejlertsen B, Johannsson OT, Offit K, Sarrel K, Gaudet MM, Vijai J, Robson M, Piedmonte MR, Andrews L, Cohn D, DeMars LR, DiSilvestro P, Rodriguez G, Toland AE, Montagna M, Agata S, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Janavicius R, Lazaro C, Blanco I, Ramus SJ, Sucheston L, Karlan BY, Gross J, Ganz PA, Beattie MS, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Meindl A, Arnold N, Niederacher D, Preisler-Adams S, Gadzicki D, Varon-Mateeva R, Deissler H, Gehrig A, Sutter C, Kast K, Nevanlinna H, Aittomäki K, Simard J, Spurdle AB, Beesley J, Chen X, Tomlinson GE, Weitzel J, Garber JE, Olopade OI, Rubinstein WS, Tung N, Blum JL, Narod SA, Brummel S, Gillen DL, Lindor N, Fredericksen Z, Pankratz VS, Couch FJ, Radice P, Peterlongo P, Greene MH, Loud JT, Mai PL, Andrulis IL, Glendon G, Ozcelik H, Gerdes AM, Thomassen M, Jensen UB, Skytte AB, Caligo MA, Lee A, Chenevix-Trench G, Antoniou AC, and Neuhausen SL
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- Cohort Studies, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Humans, Mutation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Genes, BRCA1, Genes, BRCA2, Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins genetics, Ovarian Neoplasms genetics
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Background: We previously reported significant associations between genetic variants in insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) and breast cancer risk in women carrying BRCA1 mutations. The objectives of this study were to investigate whether the IRS1 variants modified ovarian cancer risk and were associated with breast cancer risk in a larger cohort of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers., Methods: IRS1 rs1801123, rs1330645, and rs1801278 were genotyped in samples from 36 centers in the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). Data were analyzed by a retrospective cohort approach modeling the associations with breast and ovarian cancer risks simultaneously. Analyses were stratified by BRCA1 and BRCA2 status and mutation class in BRCA1 carriers., Results: Rs1801278 (Gly972Arg) was associated with ovarian cancer risk for both BRCA1 (HR, 1.43; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06-1.92; P = 0.019) and BRCA2 mutation carriers (HR, 2.21; 95% CI, 1.39-3.52, P = 0.0008). For BRCA1 mutation carriers, the breast cancer risk was higher in carriers with class II mutations than class I mutations (class II HR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.28-2.70; class I HR, 0.86; 95%CI, 0.69-1.09; P(difference), 0.0006). Rs13306465 was associated with ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 class II mutation carriers (HR, 2.42; P = 0.03)., Conclusion: The IRS1 Gly972Arg single-nucleotide polymorphism, which affects insulin-like growth factor and insulin signaling, modifies ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers and breast cancer risk in BRCA1 class II mutation carriers., Impact: These findings may prove useful for risk prediction for breast and ovarian cancers in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers., (©2012 AACR.)
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- 2012
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199. Ovarian cancer susceptibility alleles and risk of ovarian cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
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Ramus SJ, Antoniou AC, Kuchenbaecker KB, Soucy P, Beesley J, Chen X, McGuffog L, Sinilnikova OM, Healey S, Barrowdale D, Lee A, Thomassen M, Gerdes AM, Kruse TA, Jensen UB, Skytte AB, Caligo MA, Liljegren A, Lindblom A, Olsson H, Kristoffersson U, Stenmark-Askmalm M, Melin B, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Rebbeck TR, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Jaworska K, Durda K, Złowocka E, Gronwald J, Huzarski T, Byrski T, Cybulski C, Toloczko-Grabarek A, Osorio A, Benitez J, Duran M, Tejada MI, Hamann U, Rookus M, van Leeuwen FE, Aalfs CM, Meijers-Heijboer HE, van Asperen CJ, van Roozendaal KE, Hoogerbrugge N, Collée JM, Kriege M, van der Luijt RB, Peock S, Frost D, Ellis SD, Platte R, Fineberg E, Evans DG, Lalloo F, Jacobs C, Eeles R, Adlard J, Davidson R, Eccles D, Cole T, Cook J, Paterson J, Douglas F, Brewer C, Hodgson S, Morrison PJ, Walker L, Porteous ME, Kennedy MJ, Pathak H, Godwin AK, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Caux-Moncoutier V, de Pauw A, Gauthier-Villars M, Mazoyer S, Léoné M, Calender A, Lasset C, Bonadona V, Hardouin A, Berthet P, Bignon YJ, Uhrhammer N, Faivre L, Loustalot C, Buys S, Daly M, Miron A, Terry MB, Chung WK, John EM, Southey M, Goldgar D, Singer CF, Tea MK, Pfeiler G, Fink-Retter A, Hansen Tv, Ejlertsen B, Johannsson OT, Offit K, Kirchhoff T, Gaudet MM, Vijai J, Robson M, Piedmonte M, Phillips KA, Van Le L, Hoffman JS, Ewart Toland A, Montagna M, Tognazzo S, Imyanitov E, Issacs C, Janavicius R, Lazaro C, Blanco I, Tornero E, Navarro M, Moysich KB, Karlan BY, Gross J, Olah E, Vaszko T, Teo SH, Ganz PA, Beattie MS, Dorfling CM, van Rensburg EJ, Diez O, Kwong A, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Engel C, Meindl A, Ditsch N, Arnold N, Heidemann S, Niederacher D, Preisler-Adams S, Gadzicki D, Varon-Mateeva R, Deissler H, Gehrig A, Sutter C, Kast K, Fiebig B, Schäfer D, Caldes T, de la Hoya M, Nevanlinna H, Aittomäki K, Plante M, Spurdle AB, Neuhausen SL, Ding YC, Wang X, Lindor N, Fredericksen Z, Pankratz VS, Peterlongo P, Manoukian S, Peissel B, Zaffaroni D, Bonanni B, Bernard L, Dolcetti R, Papi L, Ottini L, Radice P, Greene MH, Mai PL, Andrulis IL, Glendon G, Ozcelik H, Pharoah PD, Gayther SA, Simard J, Easton DF, Couch FJ, and Chenevix-Trench G
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- Adult, Cohort Studies, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Heterozygote, Humans, Middle Aged, Odds Ratio, Retrospective Studies, BRCA1 Protein genetics, BRCA2 Protein genetics, Mutation, Ovarian Neoplasms genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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Germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 are associated with increased risks of breast and ovarian cancer. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified six alleles associated with risk of ovarian cancer for women in the general population. We evaluated four of these loci as potential modifiers of ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs10088218 (at 8q24), rs2665390 (at 3q25), rs717852 (at 2q31), and rs9303542 (at 17q21), were genotyped in 12,599 BRCA1 and 7,132 BRCA2 carriers, including 2,678 ovarian cancer cases. Associations were evaluated within a retrospective cohort approach. All four loci were associated with ovarian cancer risk in BRCA2 carriers; rs10088218 per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 0.81 (95% CI: 0.67-0.98) P-trend = 0.033, rs2665390 HR = 1.48 (95% CI: 1.21-1.83) P-trend = 1.8 × 10(-4), rs717852 HR = 1.25 (95% CI: 1.10-1.42) P-trend = 6.6 × 10(-4), rs9303542 HR = 1.16 (95% CI: 1.02-1.33) P-trend = 0.026. Two loci were associated with ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 carriers; rs10088218 per-allele HR = 0.89 (95% CI: 0.81-0.99) P-trend = 0.029, rs2665390 HR = 1.25 (95% CI: 1.10-1.42) P-trend = 6.1 × 10(-4). The HR estimates for the remaining loci were consistent with odds ratio estimates for the general population. The identification of multiple loci modifying ovarian cancer risk may be useful for counseling women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations regarding their risk of ovarian cancer., (© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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200. A common variant at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus is associated with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer.
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Haiman CA, Chen GK, Vachon CM, Canzian F, Dunning A, Millikan RC, Wang X, Ademuyiwa F, Ahmed S, Ambrosone CB, Baglietto L, Balleine R, Bandera EV, Beckmann MW, Berg CD, Bernstein L, Blomqvist C, Blot WJ, Brauch H, Buring JE, Carey LA, Carpenter JE, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Chasman DI, Clarke CL, Cox A, Cross SS, Deming SL, Diasio RB, Dimopoulos AM, Driver WR, Dünnebier T, Durcan L, Eccles D, Edlund CK, Ekici AB, Fasching PA, Feigelson HS, Flesch-Janys D, Fostira F, Försti A, Fountzilas G, Gerty SM, Giles GG, Godwin AK, Goodfellow P, Graham N, Greco D, Hamann U, Hankinson SE, Hartmann A, Hein R, Heinz J, Holbrook A, Hoover RN, Hu JJ, Hunter DJ, Ingles SA, Irwanto A, Ivanovich J, John EM, Johnson N, Jukkola-Vuorinen A, Kaaks R, Ko YD, Kolonel LN, Konstantopoulou I, Kosma VM, Kulkarni S, Lambrechts D, Lee AM, Marchand LL, Lesnick T, Liu J, Lindstrom S, Mannermaa A, Margolin S, Martin NG, Miron P, Montgomery GW, Nevanlinna H, Nickels S, Nyante S, Olswold C, Palmer J, Pathak H, Pectasides D, Perou CM, Peto J, Pharoah PD, Pooler LC, Press MF, Pylkäs K, Rebbeck TR, Rodriguez-Gil JL, Rosenberg L, Ross E, Rüdiger T, Silva Idos S, Sawyer E, Schmidt MK, Schulz-Wendtland R, Schumacher F, Severi G, Sheng X, Signorello LB, Sinn HP, Stevens KN, Southey MC, Tapper WJ, Tomlinson I, Hogervorst FB, Wauters E, Weaver J, Wildiers H, Winqvist R, Van Den Berg D, Wan P, Xia LY, Yannoukakos D, Zheng W, Ziegler RG, Siddiq A, Slager SL, Stram DO, Easton D, Kraft P, Henderson BE, and Couch FJ
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- Black or African American, Aged, Breast Neoplasms ethnology, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Case-Control Studies, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptors, Estrogen genetics, White People, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Genetic Loci, Membrane Proteins genetics, Neoplasm Proteins genetics, Receptors, Estrogen metabolism, Telomerase genetics
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Estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer shows a higher incidence in women of African ancestry compared to women of European ancestry. In search of common risk alleles for ER-negative breast cancer, we combined genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from women of African ancestry (1,004 ER-negative cases and 2,745 controls) and European ancestry (1,718 ER-negative cases and 3,670 controls), with replication testing conducted in an additional 2,292 ER-negative cases and 16,901 controls of European ancestry. We identified a common risk variant for ER-negative breast cancer at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus on chromosome 5p15 (rs10069690: per-allele odds ratio (OR) = 1.18 per allele, P = 1.0 × 10(-10)). The variant was also significantly associated with triple-negative (ER-negative, progesterone receptor (PR)-negative and human epidermal growth factor-2 (HER2)-negative) breast cancer (OR = 1.25, P = 1.1 × 10(-9)), particularly in younger women (<50 years of age) (OR = 1.48, P = 1.9 × 10(-9)). Our results identify a genetic locus associated with estrogen receptor negative breast cancer subtypes in multiple populations.
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