Program Official
Jo Ann Rinaudo, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Lopa
Mishra
Awardee Organization

Feinstein Institute For Medical Research
United States

Fiscal Year
2022
Activity Code
U01
Early Stage Investigator Grants (ESI)
Not Applicable
Project End Date
Notice of Funding Opportunity
NIH RePORTER
For more information, see NIH RePORTER Project 7U01CA230690-06

Pathway Specific Functional Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Liver Cancer

Here, we propose to validate tissue and blood-based combinatorial biomarker panels, derived from functional pathway-specific studies, to improve the early detection of liver cancer [hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)] and stratify populations according to their risk for developing HCC. In its early stages, HCC is curable; once advanced, HCC is associated with high mortality. Most early HCCs are undetected, demonstrating the challenge in predicting and diagnosing early HCC. Through preclinical studies that integrate analysis of human genomic data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), mouse models, and human tissue/cell line studies, we determined that specific high-risk populations may be identified through alterations in the following biomarkers: EpCAM, Osteopontin (OPN), the polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) the TGF-β and DNA repair members. We have established a multi-center consortium of 4 Translational Research Centers (TRCs): Johns Hopkins University (TRC1), George Washington University (TRC2), University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (TRC3), University of Hawaii (TRC4). These 4 TRCs will work in collaboration with NCI to implement a multi-institutional framework to collect the highest quality biospecimens from patients with various well-defined liver pathologies and conduct specific biomarker validation studies for early detection of HCC and risk stratification of patients with cirrhosis. The central hypothesis, based upon our functional preclinical models and pilot studies in human liver disease samples, is that alterations in the above markers lead to HCC, and that aberrant expression of these can lead to early detection of HCC, as well as risk stratification. Specifically, the following biomarker panels will be assessed (a) Tissue EpCAM, OPN, PLK1 levels (Panel 1, Project 1, TRC1), (b) Tissue levels of TBR2, SPTBN1, FancD2 and Sirt6 (Panel 2, Project 2 TRC2). (c) Serum markers (Panel 3, EpCAM, OPN, TGF-β) will be tested in TRC1 and 2; (d) In circulating tumor cells (CTCs), mutational analyses (Panel 4, Smad4 and SPTBN1, Project 2, TRC2) and surface vimentin (CSV) (Panel 5, Project 3, TRC3) will be performed. Validation of candidate biomarkers (Project 4, TRC4) will also be done at TRC4, and also with collaborations in NCI, China and external cohorts, that include EDRN samples. The 4 projects will collectively address: Aim 1: EDRN Phase 2 studies (to find markers of current HCCs) in tissue only using panels 1 and 2. All samples are retrospective, collected in patients (cases) and controls. Aim 2: EDRN Phase 2 studies in blood only on panels 3, 4 and 5. Here, all samples are retrospective, collected in current cases and current controls. Aim 3: EDRN Phase 3 studies (Panel 3 markers that predict future development of HCC) in blood using longitudinal data (both retrospective and prospective). Data are collected before participants develop HCC, and they are followed over time to see who develops HCC, and multiple time points of marker data are collected and stored over time prior to tumor onset. In addition, we will maintain and share a biorepository, and collaborate with other Centers in the Translational Research Network for Liver Cancer.

Publications

  • Ohshiro K, Chen J, Srivastav J, Mishra L, Mishra B. Alterations in TGF-β signaling leads to high HMGA2 levels potentially through modulation of PJA1/SMAD3 in HCC cells. Genes & cancer. 2020;11(1-2):43-52. PMID: 32577156
  • Xiang X, Ohshiro K, Zaidi S, Yang X, Bhowmick K, Vegesna AK, Bernstein D, Crawford JM, Mishra B, Latham PS, Gough NR, Rao S, Mishra L. Impaired reciprocal regulation between SIRT6 and TGF-β signaling in fatty liver. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 2022 Jun;36(6):e22335. PMID: 35506565
  • Mitra A, Yan J, Zhang L, Li S. A small molecule Hedgehog agonist HhAg1.5 mediated reprogramming breaks the quiescence of noninjured liver stem cells for rescuing liver failure. Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine. 2019 Mar;205:44-50. Epub 2018 Oct 19. PMID: 30399369
  • Wong LL. Surveillance of hepatocellular cancer-why can't we do better? Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition. 2019 Dec;8(6):662-663. PMID: 31930002
  • Korkut A, Zaidi S, Kanchi RS, Rao S, Gough NR, Schultz A, Li X, Lorenzi PL, Berger AC, Robertson G, Kwong LN, Datto M, Roszik J, Ling S, Ravikumar V, Manyam G, Rao A, Shelley S, Liu Y, Ju Z, Hansel D, de Velasco G, Pennathur A, Andersen JB, O'Rourke CJ, Ohshiro K, Jogunoori W, Nguyen BN, Li S, Osmanbeyoglu HU, Ajani JA, Mani SA, Houseman A, Wiznerowicz M, Chen J, Gu S, Ma W, Zhang J, Tong P, Cherniack AD, Deng C, Resar L, Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, Weinstein JN, Mishra L, Akbani R, Caesar-Johnson SJ, Demchok JA, Felau I, Kasapi M, Ferguson ML, Hutter CM, Sofia HJ, Tarnuzzer R, Wang Z, Yang L, Zenklusen JC, Zhang JJ, Chudamani S, Liu J, Lolla L, Naresh R, Pihl T, Sun Q, Wan Y, Wu Y, Cho J, DeFreitas T, Frazer S, Gehlenborg N, Getz G, Heiman DI, Kim J, Lawrence MS, Lin P, Meier S, Noble MS, Saksena G, Voet D, Zhang H, Bernard B, Chambwe N, Dhankani V, Knijnenburg T, Kramer R, Leinonen K, Liu Y, Miller M, Reynolds S, Shmulevich I, Thorsson V, Zhang W, Akbani R, Broom BM, Hegde AM, Ju Z, Kanchi RS, Korkut A, Li J, Liang H, Ling S, Liu W, Lu Y, Mills GB, Ng KS, Rao A, Ryan M, Wang J, Weinstein JN, Zhang J, Abeshouse A, Armenia J, Chakravarty D, Chatila WK, de Bruijn I, Gao J, Gross BE, Heins ZJ, Kundra R, La K, Ladanyi M, Luna A, Nissan MG, Ochoa A, Phillips SM, Reznik E, Sanchez-Vega F, Sander C, Schultz N, Sheridan R, Sumer SO, Sun Y, Taylor BS, Wang J, Zhang H, Anur P, Peto M, Spellman P, Benz C, Stuart JM, Wong CK, Yau C, Hayes DN, Parker JS, Wilkerson MD, Ally A, Balasundaram M, Bowlby R, Brooks D, Carlsen R, Chuah E, Dhalla N, Holt R, Jones SJM, Kasaian K, Lee D, Ma Y, Marra MA, Mayo M, Moore RA, Mungall AJ, Mungall K, Robertson AG, Sadeghi S, Schein JE, Sipahimalani P, Tam A, Thiessen N, Tse K, Wong T, Berger AC, Beroukhim R, Cherniack AD, Cibulskis C, Gabriel SB, Gao GF, Ha G, Meyerson M, Schumacher SE, Shih J, Kucherlapati MH, Kucherlapati RS, Baylin S, Cope L, Danilova L, Bootwalla MS, Lai PH, Maglinte DT, Van Den Berg DJ, Weisenberger DJ, Auman JT, Balu S, Bodenheimer T, Fan C, Hoadley KA, Hoyle AP, Jefferys SR, Jones CD, Meng S, Mieczkowski PA, Mose LE, Perou AH, Perou CM, Roach J, Shi Y, Simons JV, Skelly T, Soloway MG, Tan D, Veluvolu U, Fan H, Hinoue T, Laird PW, Shen H, Zhou W, Bellair M, Chang K, Covington K, Creighton CJ, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Donehower LA, Drummond J, Gibbs RA, Glenn R, Hale W, Han Y, Hu J, Korchina V, Lee S, Lewis L, Li W, Liu X, Morgan M, Morton D, Muzny D, Santibanez J, Sheth M, Shinbrot E, Wang L, Wang M, Wheeler DA, Xi L, Zhao F, Hess J, Appelbaum EL, Bailey M, Cordes MG, Ding L, Fronick CC, Fulton LA, Fulton RS, Kandoth C, Mardis ER, McLellan MD, Miller CA, Schmidt HK, Wilson RK, Crain D, Curley E, Gardner J, Lau K, Mallery D, Morris S, Paulauskis J, Penny R, Shelton C, Shelton T, Sherman M, Thompson E, Yena P, Bowen J, Gastier-Foster JM, Gerken M, Leraas KM, Lichtenberg TM, Ramirez NC, Wise L, Zmuda E, Corcoran N, Costello T, Hovens C, Carvalho AL, de Carvalho AC, Fregnani JH, Longatto-Filho A, Reis RM, Scapulatempo-Neto C, Silveira HCS, Vidal DO, Burnette A, Eschbacher J, Hermes B, Noss A, Singh R, Anderson ML, Castro PD, Ittmann M, Huntsman D, Kohl B, Le X, Thorp R, Andry C, Duffy ER, Lyadov V, Paklina O, Setdikova G, Shabunin A, Tavobilov M, McPherson C, Warnick R, Berkowitz R, Cramer D, Feltmate C, Horowitz N, Kibel A, Muto M, Raut CP, Malykh A, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Barrett W, Devine K, Fulop J, Ostrom QT, Shimmel K, Wolinsky Y, Sloan AE, De Rose A, Giuliante F, Goodman M, Karlan BY, Hagedorn CH, Eckman J, Harr J, Myers J, Tucker K, Zach LA, Deyarmin B, Hu H, Kvecher L, Larson C, Mural RJ, Somiari S, Vicha A, Zelinka T, Bennett J, Iacocca M, Rabeno B, Swanson P, Latour M, Lacombe L, Têtu B, Bergeron A, McGraw M, Staugaitis SM, Chabot J, Hibshoosh H, Sepulveda A, Su T, Wang T, Potapova O, Voronina O, Desjardins L, Mariani O, Roman-Roman S, Sastre X, Stern MH, Cheng F, Signoretti S, Berchuck A, Bigner D, Lipp E, Marks J, McCall S, McLendon R, Secord A, Sharp A, Behera M, Brat DJ, Chen A, Delman K, Force S, Khuri F, Magliocca K, Maithel S, Olson JJ, Owonikoko T, Pickens A, Ramalingam S, Shin DM, Sica G, Van Meir EG, Zhang H, Eijckenboom W, Gillis A, Korpershoek E, Looijenga L, Oosterhuis W, Stoop H, van Kessel KE, Zwarthoff EC, Calatozzolo C, Cuppini L, Cuzzubbo S, DiMeco F, Finocchiaro G, Mattei L, Perin A, Pollo B, Chen C, Houck J, Lohavanichbutr P, Hartmann A, Stoehr C, Stoehr R, Taubert H, Wach S, Wullich B, Kycler W, Murawa D, Wiznerowicz M, Chung K, Edenfield WJ, Martin J, Baudin E, Bubley G, Bueno R, De Rienzo A, Richards WG, Kalkanis S, Mikkelsen T, Noushmehr H, Scarpace L, Girard N, Aymerich M, Campo E, Giné E, Guillermo AL, Van Bang N, Hanh PT, Phu BD, Tang Y, Colman H, Evason K, Dottino PR, Martignetti JA, Gabra H, Juhl H, Akeredolu T, Stepa S, Hoon D, Ahn K, Kang KJ, Beuschlein F, Breggia A, Birrer M, Bell D, Borad M, Bryce AH, Castle E, Chandan V, Cheville J, Copland JA, Farnell M, Flotte T, Giama N, Ho T, Kendrick M, Kocher JP, Kopp K, Moser C, Nagorney D, O'Brien D, O'Neill BP, Patel T, Petersen G, Que F, Rivera M, Roberts L, Smallridge R, Smyrk T, Stanton M, Thompson RH, Torbenson M, Yang JD, Zhang L, Brimo F, Ajani JA, Angulo Gonzalez AM, Behrens C, Bondaruk J, Broaddus R, Czerniak B, Esmaeli B, Fujimoto J, Gershenwald J, Guo C, Lazar AJ, Logothetis C, Meric-Bernstam F, Moran C, Ramondetta L, Rice D, Sood A, Tamboli P, Thompson T, Troncoso P, Tsao A, Wistuba I, Carter C, Haydu L, Hersey P, Jakrot V, Kakavand H, Kefford R, Lee K, Long G, Mann G, Quinn M, Saw R, Scolyer R, Shannon K, Spillane A, Stretch J, Synott M, Thompson J, Wilmott J, Al-Ahmadie H, Chan TA, Ghossein R, Gopalan A, Levine DA, Reuter V, Singer S, Singh B, Tien NV, Broudy T, Mirsaidi C, Nair P, Drwiega P, Miller J, Smith J, Zaren H, Park JW, Hung NP, Kebebew E, Linehan WM, Metwalli AR, Pacak K, Pinto PA, Schiffman M, Schmidt LS, Vocke CD, Wentzensen N, Worrell R, Yang H, Moncrieff M, Goparaju C, Melamed J, Pass H, Botnariuc N, Caraman I, Cernat M, Chemencedji I, Clipca A, Doruc S, Gorincioi G, Mura S, Pirtac M, Stancul I, Tcaciuc D, Albert M, Alexopoulou I, Arnaout A, Bartlett J, Engel J, Gilbert S, Parfitt J, Sekhon H, Thomas G, Rassl DM, Rintoul RC, Bifulco C, Tamakawa R, Urba W, Hayward N, Timmers H, Antenucci A, Facciolo F, Grazi G, Marino M, Merola R, de Krijger R, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Piché A, Chevalier S, McKercher G, Birsoy K, Barnett G, Brewer C, Farver C, Naska T, Pennell NA, Raymond D, Schilero C, Smolenski K, Williams F, Morrison C, Borgia JA, Liptay MJ, Pool M, Seder CW, Junker K, Omberg L, Dinkin M, Manikhas G, Alvaro D, Bragazzi MC, Cardinale V, Carpino G, Gaudio E, Chesla D, Cottingham S, Dubina M, Moiseenko F, Dhanasekaran R, Becker KF, Janssen KP, Slotta-Huspenina J, Abdel-Rahman MH, Aziz D, Bell S, Cebulla CM, Davis A, Duell R, Elder JB, Hilty J, Kumar B, Lang J, Lehman NL, Mandt R, Nguyen P, Pilarski R, Rai K, Schoenfield L, Senecal K, Wakely P, Hansen P, Lechan R, Powers J, Tischler A, Grizzle WE, Sexton KC, Kastl A, Henderson J, Porten S, Waldmann J, Fassnacht M, Asa SL, Schadendorf D, Couce M, Graefen M, Huland H, Sauter G, Schlomm T, Simon R, Tennstedt P, Olabode O, Nelson M, Bathe O, Carroll PR, Chan JM, Disaia P, Glenn P, Kelley RK, Landen CN, Phillips J, Prados M, Simko J, Smith-McCune K, VandenBerg S, Roggin K, Fehrenbach A, Kendler A, Sifri S, Steele R, Jimeno A, Carey F, Forgie I, Mannelli M, Carney M, Hernandez B, Campos B, Herold-Mende C, Jungk C, Unterberg A, von Deimling A, Bossler A, Galbraith J, Jacobus L, Knudson M, Knutson T, Ma D, Milhem M, Sigmund R, Godwin AK, Madan R, Rosenthal HG, Adebamowo C, Adebamowo SN, Boussioutas A, Beer D, Giordano T, Mes-Masson AM, Saad F, Bocklage T, Landrum L, Mannel R, Moore K, Moxley K, Postier R, Walker J, Zuna R, Feldman M, Valdivieso F, Dhir R, Luketich J, Mora Pinero EM, Quintero-Aguilo M, Carlotti CG Jr, Dos Santos JS, Kemp R, Sankarankuty A, Tirapelli D, Catto J, Agnew K, Swisher E, Creaney J, Robinson B, Shelley CS, Godwin EM, Kendall S, Shipman C, Bradford C, Carey T, Haddad A, Moyer J, Peterson L, Prince M, Rozek L, Wolf G, Bowman R, Fong KM, Yang I, Korst R, Rathmell WK, Fantacone-Campbell JL, Hooke JA, Kovatich AJ, Shriver CD, DiPersio J, Drake B, Govindan R, Heath S, Ley T, Van Tine B, Westervelt P, Rubin MA, Lee JI, Aredes ND, Mariamidze A. A Pan-Cancer Analysis Reveals High-Frequency Genetic Alterations in Mediators of Signaling by the TGF-β Superfamily. Cell systems. 2018 Oct 24;7(4):422-437.e7. Epub 2018 Sep 26. PMID: 30268436
  • Saberi B, Garonzik-Wang J, Ma M, Ajayi T, Kim A, Luu H, Jakhete N, Pustavoitau A, Anders RA, Georgiades C, Kamel I, Ottmann S, Philosophe B, Cameron AM, Gurakar A. Accuracy of Milan, University of California San Francisco, and Up-To-7 Criteria in Predicting Tumor Recurrence Following Deceased-Donor Liver Transplant in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. 2020 Aug;18(4):463-469. Epub 2018 Aug 6. PMID: 30084757
  • Wang Z, Hopson LM, Singleton SS, Yang X, Jogunoori W, Mazumder R, Obias V, Lin P, Nguyen BN, Yao M, Miller L, White J, Rao S, Mishra L. Mice with dysfunctional TGF-β signaling develop altered intestinal microbiome and colorectal cancer resistant to 5FU. Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease. 2021 Oct 1;1867(10):166179. Epub 2021 May 31. PMID: 34082069
  • Sempokuya T, Wong LL. Ten-year survival and recurrence of hepatocellular cancer. Hepatoma research. 2019;5. Epub 2019 Oct 13. PMID: 31701016
  • Batth IS, Mitra A, Rood S, Kopetz S, Menter D, Li S. CTC analysis: an update on technological progress. Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine. 2019 Oct;212:14-25. Epub 2019 Jul 11. PMID: 31348892
  • King CH, Desai H, Sylvetsky AC, LoTempio J, Ayanyan S, Carrie J, Crandall KA, Fochtman BC, Gasparyan L, Gulzar N, Howell P, Issa N, Krampis K, Mishra L, Morizono H, Pisegna JR, Rao S, Ren Y, Simonyan V, Smith K, VedBrat S, Yao MD, Mazumder R. Baseline human gut microbiota profile in healthy people and standard reporting template. PloS one. 2019 Sep 11;14(9):e0206484. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206484. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31509535
  • Rao S, Mishra L. Targeting Transforming Growth Factor Beta Signaling in Liver Cancer. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2019 Apr;69(4):1375-1378. Epub 2019 Mar 5. PMID: 30549280
  • Shen Y, Risch H, Lu L, Ma X, Irwin ML, Lim JK, Taddei T, Pawlish K, Stroup A, Brown R, Wang Z, Jia W, Wong L, Mayne ST, Yu H. Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the northeast of the United States: results of a case-control study. Cancer causes & control : CCC. 2020 Apr;31(4):321-332. Epub 2020 Feb 14. PMID: 32060838
  • Gough NR, Xiang X, Mishra L. TGF-β Signaling in Liver, Pancreas, and Gastrointestinal Diseases and Cancer. Gastroenterology. 2021 Aug;161(2):434-452.e15. Epub 2021 Apr 30. PMID: 33940008
  • Wu EM, Hernandez BY, Wong LL. Hepatocellular carcinoma in Micronesians, a growing Pacific Islander population in the U.S. Open journal of gastroenterology. 2018;8. (6). Epub 2018 Jun 29. PMID: 30079276
  • Serper M, Parikh ND, Thiele G, Ovchinsky N, Mehta S, Kuo A, Ho C, Kanwal F, Volk M, Asrani SK, Ghabril MS, Lake JR, Merriman RB, Morgan TR, Tapper EB. Patient-reported outcomes in HCC: A scoping review by the Practice Metrics Committee of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2022 Jul;76(1):251-274. Epub 2022 Jan 22. PMID: 34990516
  • Benhammou JN, Rich NE, Cholankeril G, Zhang P, Zeng W, Rao S, Tayob N, National Cancer Institute’s Translational Liver Consortium Early-Career Working Group, Li W, Wu X, Feng S, Fujiwara N, Meng X, Zhu S, Zaidi S. DETECT: Development of Technologies for Early HCC Detection. Gastroenterology. 2022 Jul;163(1):21-27. Epub 2022 Mar 23. PMID: 35339460
  • Mishra L. STRAP: A Bridge Between Mutant APC and Wnt/ß-Catenin Signaling in Intestinal Cancer. Gastroenterology. 2022 Jan;162(1):44-46. Epub 2021 Oct 19. PMID: 34678214
  • Simsek C, Kim A, Ma M, Danis N, Gurakar M, Cameron AM, Philosophe B, Garonzik-Wang J, Ottmann S, Gurakar A, Saberi B. Recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma following deceased donor liver transplantation: case series. Hepatoma research. 2020;6. Epub 2020 Mar 20. PMID: 32582866
  • Rao S, Yang X, Ohshiro K, Zaidi S, Wang Z, Shetty K, Xiang X, Hassan MI, Mohammad T, Latham PS, Nguyen BN, Wong L, Yu H, Al-Abed Y, Mishra B, Vacca M, Guenigault G, Allison MED, Vidal-Puig A, Benhammou JN, Alvarez M, Pajukanta P, Pisegna JR, Mishra L. β2-spectrin (SPTBN1) as a therapeutic target for diet-induced liver disease and preventing cancer development. Science translational medicine. 2021 Dec 15;13(624):eabk2267. Epub 2021 Dec 15. PMID: 34910547
  • Yoneoka G, Bozhilov K, Wong LL. Prognostic ability of inflammation-based markers in radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatoma research. 2020;6. Epub 2020 Oct 12. PMID: 33134551
  • Malta TM, Sokolov A, Gentles AJ, Burzykowski T, Poisson L, Weinstein JN, Kamińska B, Huelsken J, Omberg L, Gevaert O, Colaprico A, Czerwińska P, Mazurek S, Mishra L, Heyn H, Krasnitz A, Godwin AK, Lazar AJ, Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, Stuart JM, Hoadley KA, Laird PW, Noushmehr H, Wiznerowicz M, Caesar-Johnson SJ, Demchok JA, Felau I, Kasapi M, Ferguson ML, Hutter CM, Sofia HJ, Tarnuzzer R, Wang Z, Yang L, Zenklusen JC, Zhang JJ, Chudamani S, Liu J, Lolla L, Naresh R, Pihl T, Sun Q, Wan Y, Wu Y, Cho J, DeFreitas T, Frazer S, Gehlenborg N, Getz G, Heiman DI, Kim J, Lawrence MS, Lin P, Meier S, Noble MS, Saksena G, Voet D, Zhang H, Bernard B, Chambwe N, Dhankani V, Knijnenburg T, Kramer R, Leinonen K, Liu Y, Miller M, Reynolds S, Shmulevich I, Thorsson V, Zhang W, Akbani R, Broom BM, Hegde AM, Ju Z, Kanchi RS, Korkut A, Li J, Liang H, Ling S, Liu W, Lu Y, Mills GB, Ng KS, Rao A, Ryan M, Wang J, Weinstein JN, Zhang J, Abeshouse A, Armenia J, Chakravarty D, Chatila WK, de Bruijn I, Gao J, Gross BE, Heins ZJ, Kundra R, La K, Ladanyi M, Luna A, Nissan MG, Ochoa A, Phillips SM, Reznik E, Sanchez-Vega F, Sander C, Schultz N, Sheridan R, Sumer SO, Sun Y, Taylor BS, Wang J, Zhang H, Anur P, Peto M, Spellman P, Benz C, Stuart JM, Wong CK, Yau C, Hayes DN, Parker JS, Wilkerson MD, Ally A, Balasundaram M, Bowlby R, Brooks D, Carlsen R, Chuah E, Dhalla N, Holt R, Jones SJM, Kasaian K, Lee D, Ma Y, Marra MA, Mayo M, Moore RA, Mungall AJ, Mungall K, Robertson AG, Sadeghi S, Schein JE, Sipahimalani P, Tam A, Thiessen N, Tse K, Wong T, Berger AC, Beroukhim R, Cherniack AD, Cibulskis C, Gabriel SB, Gao GF, Ha G, Meyerson M, Schumacher SE, Shih J, Kucherlapati MH, Kucherlapati RS, Baylin S, Cope L, Danilova L, Bootwalla MS, Lai PH, Maglinte DT, Van Den Berg DJ, Weisenberger DJ, Auman JT, Balu S, Bodenheimer T, Fan C, Hoadley KA, Hoyle AP, Jefferys SR, Jones CD, Meng S, Mieczkowski PA, Mose LE, Perou AH, Perou CM, Roach J, Shi Y, Simons JV, Skelly T, Soloway MG, Tan D, Veluvolu U, Fan H, Hinoue T, Laird PW, Shen H, Zhou W, Bellair M, Chang K, Covington K, Creighton CJ, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Donehower LA, Drummond J, Gibbs RA, Glenn R, Hale W, Han Y, Hu J, Korchina V, Lee S, Lewis L, Li W, Liu X, Morgan M, Morton D, Muzny D, Santibanez J, Sheth M, Shinbrot E, Wang L, Wang M, Wheeler DA, Xi L, Zhao F, Hess J, Appelbaum EL, Bailey M, Cordes MG, Ding L, Fronick CC, Fulton LA, Fulton RS, Kandoth C, Mardis ER, McLellan MD, Miller CA, Schmidt HK, Wilson RK, Crain D, Curley E, Gardner J, Lau K, Mallery D, Morris S, Paulauskis J, Penny R, Shelton C, Shelton T, Sherman M, Thompson E, Yena P, Bowen J, Gastier-Foster JM, Gerken M, Leraas KM, Lichtenberg TM, Ramirez NC, Wise L, Zmuda E, Corcoran N, Costello T, Hovens C, Carvalho AL, de Carvalho AC, Fregnani JH, Longatto-Filho A, Reis RM, Scapulatempo-Neto C, Silveira HCS, Vidal DO, Burnette A, Eschbacher J, Hermes B, Noss A, Singh R, Anderson ML, Castro PD, Ittmann M, Huntsman D, Kohl B, Le X, Thorp R, Andry C, 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