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ArticleNature communications2019

Pan-cancer molecular subtypes revealed by mass-spectrometry-based proteomic characterization of more than 500 human cancers.

Fengju Chen, Darshan S Chandrashekar, Sooryanarayana Varambally, Chad J Creighton

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 352 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fengju ChenDan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Division of Biostatistics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Darshan S ChandrashekarComprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA.
Sooryanarayana VaramballyComprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA.
Chad J CreightonDan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Division of Biostatistics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. creighto@bcm.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6090-703X
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USBaylor College of Medicine · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor BiologyP30CA125123 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI PAVAN REDDY · 2007 to 2026
$73.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA125123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mass-spectrometry-based proteomic profiling of human cancers has the potential for pan-cancer analyses to identify molecular subtypes and associated pathway features that might be otherwise missed using transcriptomics. Here, we classify 532 cancers, representing six tissue-based types (breast, colon, ovarian, renal, uterine), into ten proteome-based, pan-cancer subtypes that cut across tumor lineages. The proteome-based subtypes are observable in external cancer proteomic datasets surveyed. Gene signatures of oncogenic or metabolic pathways can further distinguish between the subtypes. Two distinct subtypes both involve the immune system, one associated with the adaptive immune response and T-cell activation, and the other associated with the humoral immune response. Two additional subtypes each involve the tumor stroma, one of these including the collagen VI interacting network. Three additional proteome-based subtypes-respectively involving proteins related to Golgi apparatus, hemoglobin complex, and endoplasmic reticulum-were not reflected in previous transcriptomics analyses. A data portal is available at UALCAN website.

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Adaptive ImmunityGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenes, NeoplasmHumansMass SpectrometryMetabolic Networks and PathwaysNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasmsProteomicsTranscriptomeNeoplasm Proteins

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PMCPMC6908580
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