Integrated analysis of breast cancer cell lines reveals unique signaling pathways
16 Sep 2014 | Contributor(s): Laura M Heiser, Nicholas J Wang, Carolyn L Talcott, Keith R Laderoute, Merrill Knapp, Yinghui Guan, Zhi Hu, Safiyyah Ziyad, Barbara L Weber, Sylvie Laquerre, Jeffrey R Jackson, Richard F Wooster, Wen Lin Kuo, Joe W Gray, Paul T Spellman
AbstractBackgroundCancer is a heterogeneous disease resulting from the accumulation of genetic defects that negatively impact control of cell division, motility, adhesion and apoptosis. Deregulation in signaling along the EgfR-MAPK pathway is common in breast cancer, though the manner in which...
Advanced Development of TIES - A Clinical Text Search Engine
18 Feb 2014 | Contributor(s): Rebecca Crowley
Archived human tissues are an essential resource for translational research. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues from cancer patients are used in a wide range of assays, including RT-PCR, SNP profiling, multiplex biomarkers, imaging biomarkers, targeted exome, whole exome, and whole...