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ArticleNature medicine2019

Clinical genome sequencing uncovers potentially targetable truncations and fusions of MAP3K8 in spitzoid and other melanomas.

Scott Newman, Liying Fan, Allison Pribnow, Antonina Silkov, Stephen V Rice, Seungjae Lee, Ying Shao, Bridget Shaner, Heather Mulder, Joy Nakitandwe and 13 more

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Article in Nature medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Gene fusions in melanocytic lesions: an updated comprehensive review.Journal of pathology and translational medicine · 2026
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  10. SJPedPanel: A Pan-Cancer Gene Panel for Childhood Malignancies to Enhance Cancer Monitoring and Early Detection.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2024
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  11. Novel gene fusion discovery in Spitz tumours and its relevance in diagnostics.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2024
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  13. Amplification of Mutant NRAS in Melanocytic Tumors With Features of Spitz Tumors.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Scott NewmanDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. scott.newman@stjude.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9309-4752
Liying FanDepartment of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Allison PribnowDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Antonina SilkovDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Stephen V RiceDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Seungjae LeeDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Ying ShaoDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Bridget ShanerDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Heather MulderDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Joy NakitandweDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Sheila ShurtleffDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Elizabeth M AzzatoDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Gang WuDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1678-5864
Xin ZhouDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Raymond BarnhillDepartments of Pathology and Translational Research, Institute Curie, Paris, France.
John EastonDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Kim E NicholsDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
David W EllisonDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
James R DowningDepartment of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Alberto PappoDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Philip M PotterDepartment of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Jinghui ZhangDepartment of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. jinghui.zhang@stjude.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3350-9682
Armita BahramiDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. armita.bahrami@stjude.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8515-2649
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USInstitut Curie · FR

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spitzoid melanoma is a specific morphologic variant of melanoma that most commonly affects children and adolescents, and ranges on the spectrum of malignancy from low grade to overtly malignant. These tumors are generally driven by fusions of ALK, RET, NTRK1/3, MET, ROS1 and BRAF

Indexed as

Genome, HumanSequence Analysis, DNAAnimalsChildExonsHumansMaleMAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMelanomaMiceMutationNIH 3T3 CellsOncogene Proteins, FusionProto-Oncogene ProteinsMAP3K8 protein, humanMAP Kinase Kinase KinasesOncogene Proteins, FusionProto-Oncogene Proteins

Identifiers

PMID30833747
PMCPMC9673241
OpenAlexW2920587676

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