2014
Identification of PLX4032‐resistance mechanisms and implications for novel RAF inhibitors
Choi J, Landrette SF, Wang T, Evans P, Bacchiocchi A, Bjornson R, Cheng E, Stiegler AL, Gathiaka S, Acevedo O, Boggon TJ, Krauthammer M, Halaban R, Xu T. Identification of PLX4032‐resistance mechanisms and implications for novel RAF inhibitors. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2014, 27: 253-262. PMID: 24283590, PMCID: PMC4065135, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDNA Transposable ElementsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansIndolesMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMelanomaModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalMutant ProteinsMutationProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafSulfonamidesVemurafenibConceptsBRAF mutationsNovel BRAF mutationBRAF inhibitorsNext-generation BRAF inhibitorsPLX4032-resistant melanoma cellsMelanoma cellsMelanoma patient survivalHuman prostate cancerBRAF mutant cellsWhole-exome sequencingMelanoma patientsPatient survivalClinical trialsProstate cancerRAF inhibitorsOncogenic mutationsNew screening approachRelevant aberrationsInhibitorsCellsMutationsScreening approachNovel RAF inhibitorsPatientsPLX8394
2012
Insight into the Transmission Biology and Species-Specific Functional Capabilities of Tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae) Obligate Symbiont Wigglesworthia
Rio RV, Symula RE, Wang J, Lohs C, Wu YN, Snyder AK, Bjornson RD, Oshima K, Biehl BS, Perna NT, Hattori M, Aksoy S. Insight into the Transmission Biology and Species-Specific Functional Capabilities of Tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae) Obligate Symbiont Wigglesworthia. MBio 2012, 3: 10.1128/mbio.00240-11. PMID: 22334516, PMCID: PMC3280448, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00240-11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsChorismic AcidDNA, BacterialEvolution, MolecularFlagellaFolic AcidGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenome, BacterialGenome, InsectImmunohistochemistryInheritance PatternsMolecular Sequence DataPhenylalaninePlasmidsSpecies SpecificitySymbiosisSyntenyTranscription, GeneticTsetse FliesWigglesworthiaConceptsSister speciesObligate endosymbiontsTranscriptional regulationHost speciesDevelopment-specific gene expressionTissue-specific functional rolesRobust transcriptional regulationTsetse fliesHigher parasite susceptibilityRole of flagellaAncient endosymbiontGenomic stasisSymbiont genomesSymbiont transmissionGene inventoryHigh syntenySister genomesSmall genomesExtensive conservationUnique genesReproductive biologyFunctional biologyTranscriptional analysisHost developmentLarge inversions