Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31711466›Full record

ArticleBMC cancer2019

Technical advance in targeted NGS analysis enables identification of lung cancer risk-associated low frequency TP53, PIK3CA, and BRAF mutations in airway epithelial cells.

Daniel J Craig, Thomas Morrison, Sadik A Khuder, Erin L Crawford, Leihong Wu, Joshua Xu, Thomas M Blomquist, James C Willey

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel J CraigDepartment of Medicine, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43614, USA.
Thomas MorrisonAccugenomics, Inc, 1410 Commonwealth Dr #105, Wilmington, NC, 28403, USA.
Sadik A KhuderDepartment of Medicine, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43614, USA.
Erin L CrawfordDepartment of Medicine, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43614, USA.
Leihong WuNational Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, USA.
Joshua XuNational Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, USA.
Thomas M BlomquistDepartment of Pathology, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43614, USA.
James C WilleyDepartment of Medicine, The University of Toledo College of Medicine, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH, 43614, USA. James.willey2@utoledo.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1192-6824
University of Toledo · USNational Center for Toxicological Research · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStandardized Nucleic Acid Quantification for SEQuencing (SNAQ-SEQ) is a novel method that utilizes synthetic DNA internal standards spiked into each sample prior to next generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation. This method was applied to analysis of normal appearing airway epithelial cells (AEC) obtained by bronchoscopy in an effort to define a somatic mutation field effect associated with lung cancer risk. There is a need for biomarkers that reliably detect those at highest lung cancer risk, thereby enabling more effective screening by annual low dose CT. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that lung cancer risk is characterized by increased prevalence of low variant allele frequency (VAF) somatic mutations in lung cancer driver genes in AEC.

methodsSynthetic DNA internal standards (IS) were prepared for 11 lung cancer driver genes and mixed with each AEC genomic (g) DNA specimen prior to competitive multiplex PCR amplicon NGS library preparation. A custom Perl script was developed to separate IS reads and respective specimen gDNA reads from each target into separate files for parallel variant frequency analysis. This approach identified nucleotide-specific sequencing error and enabled reliable detection of specimen mutations with VAF as low as 5 × 10

resultsTP53 mutations with 0.05-1.0% VAF were more prevalent (p < 0.05) and also enriched for tobacco smoke and age-associated mutation signatures in normal AEC from lung cancer cases compared to non-cancer controls matched for smoking and age. Further, PIK3CA and BRAF mutations in this VAF range were identified in AEC from cases but not controls.

conclusionsApplication of SNAQ-SEQ to measure mutations in the 0.05-1.0% VAF range enabled identification of an AEC somatic mutation field of injury associated with lung cancer risk. A biomarker comprising TP53, PIK3CA, and BRAF somatic mutations may better stratify individuals for optimal lung cancer screening and prevention outcomes.

Indexed as

MutationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBronchiCase-Control StudiesClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesEarly Detection of CancerEpithelial CellsFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedBRAF protein, humanClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPIK3CA protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53BiomarkerLow-frequency variant detectionLung CancerNext generation sequencing

Identifiers

PMID31711466
PMCPMC6844032
OpenAlexW2983162091

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.