2019
APOBEC-induced mutations and their cancer effect size in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Cannataro VL, Gaffney SG, Sasaki T, Issaeva N, Grewal NKS, Grandis JR, Yarbrough WG, Burtness B, Anderson KS, Townsend JP. APOBEC-induced mutations and their cancer effect size in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oncogene 2019, 38: 3475-3487. PMID: 30647454, PMCID: PMC6499643, DOI: 10.1038/s41388-018-0657-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive selectionCancer phenotypeStrong positive selectionIntensity of selectionEffects of mutationsBasis of mutationsSomatic genetic variantsSomatic evolutionNeutral driftMutational processesAPOBEC mutagenesisBiochemical experimentsSelection intensityMolecular understandingCytosine basesIndividual substitutionsAPOBEC3B proteinMutant stateMutational signaturesGenetic variantsNeck squamous cell carcinomaMutationsE545KGene variantsPhenotype
2017
Radiation-Specific Clinical Data Should Be Included in Existing Large-Scale Genomic Datasets
Chen WS, Townsend JP, Yu JB. Radiation-Specific Clinical Data Should Be Included in Existing Large-Scale Genomic Datasets. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2017, 98: 8-10. PMID: 28587055, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.01.023.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements