2018
Allele-Specific Chromatin Recruitment and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities of ESR1 Activating Mutations
Jeselsohn R, Bergholz JS, Pun M, Cornwell M, Liu W, Nardone A, Xiao T, Li W, Qiu X, Buchwalter G, Feiglin A, Abell-Hart K, Fei T, Rao P, Long H, Kwiatkowski N, Zhang T, Gray N, Melchers D, Houtman R, Liu XS, Cohen O, Wagle N, Winer EP, Zhao J, Brown M. Allele-Specific Chromatin Recruitment and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities of ESR1 Activating Mutations. Cancer Cell 2018, 33: 173-186.e5. PMID: 29438694, PMCID: PMC5813700, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromatin recruitmentLigand-independent functionsER mutationsPro-metastatic phenotypeGenetic screenTranscriptional networksTranscriptional programsWild-type ERTherapeutic vulnerabilitiesPotential therapeutic targetMutationsMutantsDomain mutationsLigand-binding domain mutationsActivating mutationsTherapeutic targetTherapy resistanceUnique recruitmentRecruitmentGenetic vulnerabilityCancer modelGenesBreast cancer modelERPhenotype
2015
Genomic Characterization of Brain Metastases Reveals Branched Evolution and Potential Therapeutic Targets
Brastianos PK, Carter SL, Santagata S, Cahill DP, Taylor-Weiner A, Jones RT, Van Allen EM, Lawrence MS, Horowitz PM, Cibulskis K, Ligon KL, Tabernero J, Seoane J, Martinez-Saez E, Curry WT, Dunn IF, Paek SH, Park SH, McKenna A, Chevalier A, Rosenberg M, Barker FG, Gill CM, Van Hummelen P, Thorner AR, Johnson BE, Hoang MP, Choueiri TK, Signoretti S, Sougnez C, Rabin MS, Lin NU, Winer EP, Stemmer-Rachamimov A, Meyerson M, Garraway L, Gabriel S, Lander ES, Beroukhim R, Batchelor TT, Baselga J, Louis DN, Getz G, Hahn WC. Genomic Characterization of Brain Metastases Reveals Branched Evolution and Potential Therapeutic Targets. Cancer Discovery 2015, 5: 1164-1177. PMID: 26410082, PMCID: PMC4916970, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-15-0369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain metastasesPrimary tumorPrimary biopsiesRegional lymph node metastasisLymph node metastasisPI3K/Akt/mTORRegional lymph nodesPotential therapeutic targetPrimary tumor biopsiesPrimary tumor samplesAkt/mTORDistinct genetic alterationsWhole-exome sequencingExtracranial metastasesLymph nodesNode metastasisDismal prognosisActionable alterationsMetastasis sitesInformative alterationsIndividualized therapyTherapeutic targetMetastasisPrimary siteEGFR inhibitors