Genomic Characterization of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Reveals Critical Genes Underlying Tumorigenesis and Poor Prognosis

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 709-727

  Qin, Hai De ^a,b   Liao, Xiao Yu ^a   Chen, Yuan Bin ^a   Huang, Shao Yi ^a   Xue, Wen Qiong ^a   Li, Fang Fang ^a   Ge, Xiao Song ^a,c   Liu, De Qing ^a   Cai, Qiuyin ^d   Long, Jirong ^d   Li, Xi Zhao ^a   Hu, Ye Zhu ^a   Zhang, Shao Dan ^a   Zhang, Lan Jun ^a   Lehrman, Benjamin ^b   Scott, Alan F ^e   Lin, Dongxin ^f   Zeng, Yi Xin ^a   Shugart, Yin Yao ^b   Jia, Wei Hua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FADD PROTEIN, HUMAN; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYBL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; SHANK2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VANGL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC MUTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DRUG SCREENING; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EXOME; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; MUTATION; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL LINE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EXOME; FAS-ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICRORNAS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84964917106     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.02.021     Document Type: Article

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