An integrated approach to uncover drivers of cancer |
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Authors: | Akavia Uri David Litvin Oren Kim Jessica Sanchez-Garcia Felix Kotliar Dylan Causton Helen C Pochanard Panisa Mozes Eyal Garraway Levi A Pe'er Dana |
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Institution: | Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. |
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Abstract: | Systematic characterization of cancer genomes has revealed a staggering number of diverse aberrations that differ among individuals, such that the functional importance and physiological impact of most tumor genetic alterations remain poorly defined. We developed a computational framework that integrates chromosomal copy number and gene expression data for detecting aberrations that promote cancer progression. We demonstrate the utility of this framework using a melanoma data set. Our analysis correctly identified known drivers of melanoma and predicted multiple tumor dependencies. Two dependencies, TBC1D16 and RAB27A, confirmed empirically, suggest that abnormal regulation of protein trafficking contributes to proliferation in melanoma. Together, these results demonstrate the ability of integrative Bayesian approaches to identify candidate drivers with biological, and possibly therapeutic, importance in cancer. |
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