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ArticlePLoS computational biology2025

Multi-context modeling of driver pathways reveals common and specific mechanisms across 23 cancer types.

Wenjia Zhou, Junhua Zhang

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
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Wenjia ZhouCEMS, NCMIS, RCSDS, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Junhua ZhangCEMS, NCMIS, RCSDS, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0009-0001-4809-5446

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National Key Research and Development Program of China
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Discovery of cancer driver pathways is essential for targeted therapies, since these pathways govern tumor progression and treatment resistance. However, their context-specific patterns across populations remain poorly understood. Leveraging pan-cancer genomic data, we apply our two models, EntCDP and ModSDP, to perform stratified analyses from four perspectives: region, tumor type, age group, and risk factors. Our results reveal the regional biases in perturbed pathways, such as PI3K-Akt in Chinese patients and GPCR in American patients with bladder cancer. Subtype comparisons highlight the mTOR signaling in lung adenocarcinoma and the FoxO signaling in lung squamous cell carcinoma. Pediatric-adult comparisons emphasize the enrichment of Ras signaling in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia and PAK signaling in pediatric glioblastoma, respectively. Risk factor associations further link Notch-mediated pathways to alcohol consumption and CDKN-regulated pathways to obesity-related cancers. Our findings demonstrate the utility of stratified driver pathway analysis in uncovering common and specific mechanisms, which can help prioritize context-aware therapeutic targets.

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NeoplasmsSignal TransductionComputational BiologyHumansRisk Factors

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PMID40768543
PMCPMC12349879

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