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ArticleGenome research2017

Discovering novel pharmacogenomic biomarkers by imputing drug response in cancer patients from large genomics studies.

Paul Geeleher, Zhenyu Zhang, Fan Wang, Robert F Gruener, Aritro Nath, Gladys Morrison, Steven Bhutra, Robert L Grossman, R Stephanie Huang

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Article in Genome research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paul GeeleherSection of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Zhenyu ZhangCenter for Data Intensive Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Fan WangSection of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Robert F GruenerSection of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Aritro NathSection of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Gladys MorrisonSection of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Steven BhutraSection of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Robert L GrossmanCenter for Data Intensive Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
R Stephanie HuangSection of Hematology/Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
University of Chicago · US

Funding

Whole GenomeU01GM061393 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI RATAIN, MARK J · 2000 to 2014
$39.0M
Drug repurposing in breast cancerR01CA204856 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HUANG, RONG STEPHANIE · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
Genome-wide interrogation of genetic signatures for glucocorticoid sensitivityK08GM089941 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI HUANG, RONG STEPHANIE · 2010 to 2014
$498k
Incorporation of microRNA expression in pharmacogenetic prediction modelsR21CA139278 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI DOLAN, MARY EILEEN, HUANG, RONG STEPHANIE · 2009 to 2010
$378k
Novel computational approaches for pharmacogenomic discoveryK99HG009679 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GEELEHER, PAUL · 2018 to 2018
$85k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA139278NHGRI NIH HHS K99 HG009679NIGMS NIH HHS K08 GM089941NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM061393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obtaining accurate drug response data in large cohorts of cancer patients is very challenging; thus, most cancer pharmacogenomics discovery is conducted in preclinical studies, typically using cell lines and mouse models. However, these platforms suffer from serious limitations, including small sample sizes. Here, we have developed a novel computational method that allows us to impute drug response in very large clinical cancer genomics data sets, such as The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). The approach works by creating statistical models relating gene expression to drug response in large panels of cancer cell lines and applying these models to tumor gene expression data in the clinical data sets (e.g., TCGA). This yields an imputed drug response for every drug in each patient. These imputed drug response data are then associated with somatic genetic variants measured in the clinical cohort, such as copy number changes or mutations in protein coding genes. These analyses recapitulated drug associations for known clinically actionable somatic genetic alterations and identified new predictive biomarkers for existing drugs.

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Genome, HumanNeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorFemaleGenomicsHumansMalePharmacogenomic TestingAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, Tumor

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PMID28847918
PMCPMC5630037
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