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ArticlePloS one2020

BRAF V600E mutational load as a prognosis biomarker in malignant melanoma.

Arrate Sevilla, M Celia Morales, Pilar A Ezkurra, Javier Rasero, Verónica Velasco, Goikoane Cancho-Galan, Ana Sánchez-Diez, Karmele Mujika, Cristina Penas, Isabel Smith and 4 more

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Arrate SevillaDepartment of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4860-3359
M Celia MoralesDepartment of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.
Pilar A EzkurraDepartment of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.
Javier RaseroBiocruces-Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1661-2856
Verónica VelascoBiocruces-Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain.
Goikoane Cancho-GalanBiocruces-Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain.
Ana Sánchez-DiezBiocruces-Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain.
Karmele MujikaDepartment of Oncology, Onkologikoa Hospital, Donostia, Spain.
Cristina PenasDepartment of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.
Isabel SmithDepartment of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.
Aintzane AsumendiDepartment of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2156-2323
Jesús M CortésDepartment of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9059-8194
Maria Dolores BoyanoDepartment of Cell Biology and Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.
Santos AlonsoDepartment of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain.
University of the Basque Country · ESBioCruces Health research Institute · ESBiogipuzkoa Health Research Institute · ESIkerbasque · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Analyzing the mutational load of driver mutations in melanoma could provide valuable information regarding its progression. We aimed at analyzing the heterogeneity of mutational load of BRAF V600E in biopsies of melanoma patients of different stages, and investigating its potential as a prognosis factor. Mutational load of BRAF V600E was analyzed by digital PCR in 78 biopsies of melanoma patients of different stages and 10 nevi. The BRAF V600E load was compared among biopsies of different stages. Results showed a great variability in the load of V600E (0%-81%). Interestingly, we observed a significant difference in the load of V600E between the early and late melanoma stages, in the sense of an inverse correlation between BRAF V600E mutational load and melanoma progression. In addition, a machine learning approach showed that the mutational load of BRAF V600E could be a good predictor of metastasis in stage II patients. Our results suggest that BRAF V600E is a promising biomarker of prognosis in stage II patients.

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MelanomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorCutaneous Malignant MelanomaDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleHumansMachine LearningMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm MetastasisNevus, PigmentedPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorBRAF protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf

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PMID32168325
PMCPMC7069620
OpenAlexW3011697978

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