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STK38 promotes ATM activation by acting as a reader of histone H4 ufmylation
Qin, Bo , Yu, Jia , Nowsheen, Somaira , Wang, Liewei , Lou, Zhenkun , Lou, Zhenkun , Zhao, Fei

Science Advances | June 3, 2020 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 23 | Pages: No page available

10.1126/sciadv.aax8214 | PMID 32537488 Get It

STK38, a reader of histone H4 ufmylation, regulates ATM activation.
Carcinoid Tumors of the Orbit and Ocular Adnexa
Mustak, Hamzah , Liu, Wenjing , Murta, Fabíola, Ozgur, Omar, Couch, Steven M., Garrity, James, Shinder, Roman, Kazim, Michael, Callahan, Alison B. , Hayek, Brent , Esmaeli, Bita , Rootman, Daniel B. , Kim, Hee‐Joon , Yu, Fei , Rose, Geoffrey Edward

Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | June 3, 2020 | Volume: 37 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 217-225

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Purpose: Well-differentiated neuroendocrine or carcinoid tumors are found most commonly in the gastrointestinal tract. When metastatic to the orbit, they tend to have a propensity for the extraocular muscles. The purpose of this study was to better understand the diversity in presentation of orbital carcinoid disease and to determine predictors for survival. Methods: In this observational cross-sectional cohort study, data from 8 tertiary orbital practices were compiled. Demographic, clinical, pathologic, American Joint Committee on Cancer stage and grade, imaging, and management data were extracted for all the patients. Descriptive statistics were calculated. Subgroups were compared utilizing analysis of variance analyses and Kaplan–Meier curves. Time to progression and disease-specific and overall mortality were calculated. Comparisons were performed for the following a priori pairs: unknown versus known primary tumor, single versus multiple extraocular muscle involvement, unilateral versus bilateral orbital disease, extraocular muscle versus other orbital involvement, and excisional versus incisional surgery. Results: A total of 28 patients with carcinoid tumors of the orbit were identified. Of these, 57.1% of patients were female, the mean age at diagnosis of the primary tumor was 58.8 years and the mean age at diagnosis of orbital disease was 62.6 years. At primary presentation, all patients were American Joint Committee on Cancer stage III or IV and 21.4% demonstrated carcinoid syndrome. Muscle involvement was noted in 78.6% of patients, and of these, 72% were noted to have single muscle disease. Eight patients had no primary tumor identified; 3 of these 8 demonstrated disseminated disease at the time of diagnosis. The overall 5-year survival rate was 81.8% from diagnosis of primary tumor and 50% from diagnosis of orbital disease. Subgroup analysis revealed that patients with unilateral orbital disease when compared with bilateral orbital disease had a longer progression-free survival and time to death from all causes ( p = 0.025). Patients with disease localized to the orbit at presentation had longer time to death than those with disseminated disease. Treatment with surgery, radiation, or octreotide did not appear to affect survival. Patients managed with systemic chemotherapy had a shorter time of survival than the rest of the group. All other subgroup comparisons were not found to be statistically significant. Conclusions: Neuroendocrine tumors of the orbit represent a wide spectrum of disease, with some cases being part of disseminated disease, while others being localized presentations. This heterogeneity may be responsible for the slightly higher overall survival in these patients than others with metastatic carcinoid tumors in other locations.
Racial diversity of genomic alterations in lung adenocarcinomas.
Heng, Fei , Zhou, Kexun , Chen, Ruqin , Zhao, Yujie , Lou, Yanyan , H, Shi , Manochakian, Rami

Journal of Clinical Oncology | May 25, 2020 | Volume: 38 | Issue: 15_suppl | Pages: 9543-9543

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9543 Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death in the United States in all racial groups. However, the overall death rate from lung cancer is different among white, black and Asian. Although differences in socioeconomic status and treatments received might be the contributing factors, the biology, particularly genomic alteration of cancer might also have an important impact. To date, the differences of genomic alterations among all racial patients are poorly understood. Methods: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Project Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange (GENIE, version 7.0) database was analyzed. A total of 8908 patients with lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) were identified. Among them, 5652 patients who had comprehensive sequencing results (gene panel ≥ 275) were selected for further analysis. Patients with unknown race, undefined and Pacific Island (only 3 patients) were excluded. Finally, 5360 patients were included in the study. The prevalence and distribution of genomic alteration cross all racial groups were analyzed. Results: Overall 5951 samples from 5360 patients were collected (85.7% white, 7.9% Asian, 4.7% black, 0.2% Native American and 1.4% other). Most patients have only one sample. The median mutation counts in white, black, Asian, Native American and others are 7, 6, 5, 5, 7 respectively (Kruskal–Wallis test, P< 0.001). Asian have significantly higher rates of insertion and deletions than other races (14.8% of Asian versus 9.8% of white, 10.7% of black, 10.4% of Native American, 11.1% of other; Pearson’s chi-square test, < 0.001). TP53, EGFR, KRAS and STK11 are the most frequent alterations in white, black and other. EGFR, TP53, KRAS and APC are the most frequent alterations in Asian. STK11 mutations are rare in both Asian and Native American. Native Americans have more alterations of LRP1B, ARID2 and ATM, although the patients’ number remains small. ATM and KEAP1 mutations are also common in white and black. EGFR is the highest discrepancy gene in racial distribution. 78.9% Asian, 47.7% black, 36.4% of native American had EGFR alteration in comparison to 29.6% in white (Fisher's exact test, P < 0.001). KRAS is the second highest discrepancy gene in racial distribution. 11.6% Asian, 26.3% black, 27.3% of Native American had KRAS alteration in comparison to 36.1% in white (Fisher's exact test, P< 0.001). Conclusions: Our study demonstrated the potential diversity of genomic alterations across all racial groups with potential impact on therapeutic decisions.
Lnc-M2 controls M2 macrophage differentiation via the PKA/CREB pathway
Li, Hanzhao , Ding, Tengteng , Li, Jinbang , Zhang, Yuanbin , Wang, Jianguo , Xu, Yang , Chong, Tuotuo, Long, Yufei , Li, Xin , Chen, Yuxiang , Li, Hanzhao, Wang, Jianguo, Lyu, Xiaoming , Gao, Fei

No container title available | April 1, 2020 | Volume: No volume available | Issue: No issue available | Pages: No page available

10.22541/au.158575924.40440874 Get It

LncRNAs play an indispensable role in the process of M1 macrophage via regulating the development of macrophages and their responses to bacterial pathogens and viral infections. However, there are few studies on the lncRNA-mediated functions and regulatory mechanisms of M2 macrophage polarization. In this study, we found a number of differentially expressed lncRNAs between human monocyte derived M0 and M2 macrophages according to array analysis and qRT-PCR validation. The lncRNA RP11-389C8.2 (we named lnc-M2 in this study) was observed to be highly expressed in M2 macrophages. In Situ Localization and Quantification Analysis showed that lnc-M2 was expressed in the nucleus and cytosolic compartments of M2 macrophages. Notably, lnc-M2 knockdown enhanced the phagocytic ability of M2 macrophages. Ulteriorly, the results of RNA-Protein interaction experiments indicated that protein kinase A (PKA) was a lnc-M2 associated RNA-binding protein (RBP). Western blot showed that p-CREB, a well-known key downstream transcription factor of PKA, was lowly phosphorylated in lnc-M2-silencing M2 macrophages. Furthermore, we found that transcriptional factor STAT3 promoted lnc-M2 transcription along with the up-regulation of epigenetic histone modification markers at the lnc-M2 promoter locus, indicating that STAT3 activated lnc-M2 and eventually facilitated the process of M2 macrophage differentiation via the PKA/CREB pathway. Collectively, our date provide evidence that the transcription factor STAT3 can promote the transcription of lnc-M2 and facilitated the process of M2 macrophage differentiation via the PKA/CREB pathway. This study highlights a novel mechanism underlying the M2 macrophage differentiation.
The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex
Grasby, Katrina L. , Jahanshad, Neda , Painter, Jodie N. , Colodro‐Conde, Lucía , Bralten, Janita , Hibar, Derrek P. , Lind, Penelope A. , Pizzagalli, Fabrizio , Ching, Christopher R. K. , McMahon, Mary , Shatokhina, Natalia , Zsembik, Leo , Thomopoulos, Sophia I. , Zhu, Alyssa H. , Strike, Lachlan T. , Alhusaini, Saud , Almeida, Marcio , Amlien, Inge K. , Andersson, Micael , Ard, Tyler , Armstrong, Nicola J. , Bernard, Manon , Brouwer, Rachel M. , Buimer, Elizabeth E.L. , Bürger, Christian, Cannon, Dara M. , Chen, Qiang , Cheung, J. , Couvy‐Duchesne, Baptiste , Dale, Anders M. , Dalvie, Shareefa , Araujo, Tânia Kawasaki de , Zubicaray, Greig I. de , Zwarte, Sonja M. C. de , Braber, Anouk den , Doan, Nhat Trung , Dohm, Katharina , Ehrlich, Stefan , Engelbrecht, Hannah-Ruth , Erk, Susanne , Fan, Chun Chieh , Fedko, Iryna O. , Foley, Sonya , Fukunaga, Masaki , Ge, Tian , Giddaluru, Sudheer, Goldman, Aaron L. , Green, Melissa J. , Groenewold, Nynke A. , Grotegerd, Dominik , Gurholt, Tiril P. , Hansell, Narelle K. , Harris, Mathew A., Harrison, Marc , Haswell, Courtney C. , Hauser, Michael A. , Heslenfeld, Dirk J., Ho, New Fei , Hoehn, David , Holleran, Laurena , Hottenga, Jouke‐Jan , Jansen, Iris E. , Jockwitz, Christiane , Karama, Sherif , Kasperavičiūtė, Dalia , Kaufmann, Tobias , Kelly, Sinéad, Kikuchi, Masataka , Klein, Marieke , Knapp, Michael , Knodt, Annchen R. , Krämer, Bernd , Lancaster, T. , Lewis, Lindsay B. , Mathias, Samuel R. , Melzer, Tracy R. , Milaneschi, Yuri , Mirza‐Schreiber, Nazanin , Moreira, José C.V. , Mühleisen, Thomas W. , Müller‐Myhsok, Bertram , Najt, Pablo , Nakahara, Soichiro , Orfanos, Dimitri Papadopoulos , Pitcher, Toni L. , Quidé, Yann , Ragothaman, Anjanibhargavi , Reay, William R. , Redlich, Ronny , Repple, Jonathan , Riedel, Brandalyn C. , Risacher, Shannon L. , Rocha, Cristiane S. , Salminen, Lauren E. , Saremi, Arvin , Schlag, Fenja, Schmaal, Lianne , Secolin, Rodrigo , Shapland, Chin Yang , Shumskaya, Elena , Sønderby, Ida E. , Sprooten, Emma , Tansey, Katherine E. , Teumer, Alexander , Thalamuthu, Anbupalam , Tordesillas‐Gutiérrez, Diana , Turner, Jessica A. , Uhlmann, Anne , Meer, Dennis van der , Donkelaar, Marjolein M. J. van , Eijk, Liza van , Haren, Neeltje E.M. van , Tol, Marie‐José van , Walton, Esther , Wang, Mingyuan, Wardlaw, Joanna M. , Wen, Wei , Whelan, Christopher D. , Wittfeld, Katharina , Wolf, Christiane , Wolfers, Thomas , Wu, Jing , Yasuda, Clarissa Lin , Zaremba, Dario , Zhang, Zuo , Zwiers, Marcel P. , Artiges, Éric , Assareh, Amelia A., Ayesa‐Arriola, Rosa , Belger, Ayşenil , Brandt, Christine L., Brown, Gregory G. , Cichon, Sven , Curran, Joanne E. , Davies, Gareth E., Degenhardt, Franziska , Dennis, Michelle F. , Dietsche, Bruno, Doherty, Colin P. , Espiritu, Ryan, Gowland, Penny , Häusler, Alexander N. , Heindel, Walter , Ho, Beng‐Choon , Holsboer, Florian , Hosten, Norbert , Jang, MiHyun , Jansen, Andreas , Koops, Sanne, Krug, Axel , Lim, Kelvin O. , Luykx, Jurjen J. , Mather, Karen A. , Mattay, Venkata S. , Son, Jacqueline Mayoral-van , McEwen, Sarah , Melle, Ingrid , Morris, Derek W. , Nöthen, Markus M. , OʼLeary, Daniel S. , Martinot, Marie‐Laure Paillère , Preda, Adrian , Quinlan, Erin Burke , Rasser, Paul E. , Reppermund, Simone , Steen, Vidar M. , Tooney, Paul A. , Torres, Fábio R. , Veltman, Dick J. , Voyvodic, James , White, Tonya , Yamamori, Hidenaga , Adams, Hieab H.H. , Bis, Joshua C. , Debette, Stéphanie , DeCarli, Charles , Fornage, Myriam , Guðnason, Vilmundur , Hofer, Edith , Ikram, M. Arfan , Longstreth, W.T. , Roshchupkin, Gennady V. , Satizábal, Claudia L. , Schmidt, Reinhold, Initiative¶, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging, Initiative¶, Parkinson’s Progression Markers, Alvim, Marina K. M. , Ames, David, Anderson, Tim , Blangero, John , Brodaty, Henry , Brunner, Han G. , Buckner, Randy L. , Buitelaar, Jan K. , Cairns, Murray J. , Calhoun, Vince D. , Caseras, Xavier , Caspers, Svenja , Cavalleri, Gianpiero L. , Cendes, Fernando , Corvin, Aiden , Crespo‐Facorro, Benedicto , Dalrymple‐Alford, John C. , Geus, Eco J. C. de , Deary, Ian J. , Delanty, Norman, Depondt, Chantal, Desrivières, Sylvane , Donohoe, Gary , Fisher, Simon E. , Flor, Herta , Forstner, Andreas J. , Francks, Clyde , Franke, Barbara , Glahn, David C., Gruber, Oliver , Hariri, Ahmad R. , Hartman, Catharina A. , Hashimoto, Ryota , Heinz, Andreas , Hillegers, Manon H. J. , Hoekstra, Pieter J. , Hong, L. Elliot , Pol, Hilleke E. Hulshoff , Jönsson, Erik G. , Kahn, René S. , Kennedy, Martin A. , Kircher, Tilo , Hellard, Stéphanie Le , Loughland, Carmel M. , Martinot, Jean‐Luc , McMahon, Katie L. , Meyer‐Lindenberg, Andreas , Michie, Patricia T. , Morey, Rajendra A. , Mowry, Bryan , Nyberg, Lars , Oosterlaan, Jaap , Pantelis, Christos , Pausová, Zdenka , Penninx, Brenda W.J.H. , Polderman, Tinca J. C. , Posthuma, Daniëlle , Rowland, Laura M. , Sachdev, Perminder S. , Sämann, Philipp G. , Schall, Ulrich , Schumann, Günter , Scott, Rodney J. , Sim, Kang , Smoller, Jordan W., Sommer, Iris E. , Pourcain, Beaté St , Stein, Dan J. , Ent, Dennis van ‘t , Völzke, Henry , Weber, Bernd , Weinberger, Daniel R. , Wright, Margaret J. , Zhou, Juan , Thompson, Paul M. , Medland, Sarah E. , Seppi, Klaus , Duijn, Cornelia M. van , Jicha, Gregory A. , Vernooij, Meike W. , Mishra, Aniket , Saba, Yasaman , Shenkman, Elizabeth , Ghanbari, Mohsen , Knol, Maria J. , Witte, A. Veronica , Kremen, Sarah , DeCarli, Charles , McMahon, Mary Agnes B , Zsembik, Leo C P , Agartz, Ingrid , Almeida, Marcio A A , Amlien, Inge K , Andersson, Micael , Ard, Tyler , Armstrong, Nicola J , Atkins, Joshua R , Bernard, Manon , Brouwer, Rachel M , Buimer, Elizabeth E L , Chen, Qiang , Cheung, Joshua W , Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste , Dale, Anders M , de Araujo, Tânia K , de Zubicaray, Greig I , Dohm, Katharina , Ehrlich, Stefan , Engelbrecht, Hannah-Ruth , Fedko, Iryna O , Ford, Judith M , Fukunaga, Masaki , Garrett, Melanie E , Green, Melissa J , Grotegerd, Dominik , Gurholt, Tiril P , Gutman, Boris A , Hansell, Narelle K , Harris, Mathew A , Harrison, Marc B , Haswell, Courtney C , Hauser, Michael , Herms, Stefan , Hoehn, David , Hoffmann, Per , Holleran, Laurena , Hoogman, Martine , Hottenga, Jouke-Jan , Ikeda, Masashi , Janowitz, Deborah , Jansen, Iris E , Jia, Tianye , Jockwitz, Christiane , Kanai, Ryota , Karama, Sherif , Kaufmann, Tobias , Kikuchi, Masataka , Klein, Marieke , Knodt, Annchen R , Krämer, Bernd , Lee, Phil H , Lewis, Lindsay B , Lopes-Cendes, Iscia , Luciano, Michelle , Macciardi, Fabio , Marquand, Andre F , Melzer, Tracy R , Mirza-Schreiber, Nazanin , Moreira, Jose C V , Mühleisen, Thomas W , Najt, Pablo , Olde Loohuis, Loes M , Orfanos, Dimitri Papadopoulos , Pearson, John F , Pitcher, Toni L , Quidé, Yann , Ragothaman, Anjanibhargavi , Reay, William R , Reinbold, Céline S , Repple, Jonathan , Richard, Geneviève , Riedel, Brandalyn C , Rocha, Cristiane S , Mota, Nina Roth , Salminen, Lauren , Saremi, Arvin , Saykin, Andrew J , Schlag, Fenja , Schofield, Peter R , Secolin, Rodrigo , Shapland, Chin Yang , Shen, Li , Shin, Jean , Shumskaya, Elena , Sprooten, Emma , Thalamuthu, Anbupalam , Turner, Jessica A , Vallerga, Costanza Ludovica , van Eijk, Liza , van Erp, Theo G M , van Haren, Neeltje E M , van Rooij, Daan , van Tol, Marie-José , Veldink, Jan H , Verhoef, Ellen , Walton, Esther , Wang, Mingyuan , Wang, Yunpeng , Wardlaw, Joanna Marguerite , Wen, Wei , Westlye, Lars T , Witt, Stephanie H , Wittfeld, Katharina , Wolf, Christiane , Wolfers, Thomas , Wu, Jing Qin , Yasuda, Clarissa L , Zhang, Zuo , Artiges, Eric , Ayesa-Arriola, Rosa , Belger, Aysenil , Cichon, Sven , Curran, Joanne E , Dennis, Michelle F , Djurovic, Srdjan , Doherty, Colin P , Garijo, Daniel , Gowland, Penny A , Green, Robert C. , Häusler, Alexander N , Ho, Beng-Choon , Hoffmann, Wolfgang U , Holsboer, Florian , Homuth, Georg , Hosten, Norbert , Jack, Clifford R , Jang, MiHyun , Jansen, Andreas , Krug, Axel , Lim, Kelvin O , Luykx, Jurjen J , Mathalon, Daniel H , Mattay, Venkata S , McEwen, Sarah C , Melle, Ingrid , Morris, Derek W , Mueller, Bryon A. , Nordvik, Jan E , Nöthen, Markus M , O'Leary, Daniel S , Preda, Adrian , Rasser, Paul E , Ratnakar, Varun , Steen, Vidar M , Torres, Fábio R , Veltman, Dick J , Voyvodic, James T , Whelan, Robert , Yamamori, Hidenaga , Adams, Hieab H H , López, Oscar L. , Mazoyer, Bernard , Mosley, Thomas H. , Satizabal, Claudia L , Seshadri, Sudha , Alvim, Marina K M , Anderson, Tim J , Andreassen, Ole A , Bastin, Mark E , Beckham, Jean C , Boomsma, Dorret I , Brodaty, Henry , Buitelaar, Jan K , Bustillo, Juan R , Cahn, Wiepke , Cairns, Murray J , Calhoun, Vince D. , Carr, Vaughan J , Cavalleri, Gianpiero L , Corvin, Aiden , Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto , Dalrymple-Alford, John C , Dannlowski, Udo , de Geus, Eco J C , Depondt, Chantal , Desrivières, Sylvane , Donohoe, Gary , Espeseth, Thomas , Fisher, Simon E , Flor, Herta , Francks, Clyde , Franke, Barbara , Gollub, Randy L , Håberg, Asta K , Hartman, Catharina A , Henskens, Frans A , Hillegers, Manon H J , Hoekstra, Pieter J , Holmes, Avram J , Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E , Jönsson, Erik G , Kennedy, Martin A , Kircher, Tilo T J , Kwok, John B J , Le Hellard, Stephanie , Martin, Nicholas G , McMahon, Katie L , Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas , Michie, Patricia T , Morey, Rajendra A , Mowry, Bryan , Oosterlaan, Jaap , Ophoff, Roel A , Pantelis, Christos , Pausova, Zdenka , Penninx, Brenda W J H , Polderman, Tinca J C , Posthuma, Danielle , Rietschel, Marcella , Roffman, Joshua L , Sachdev, Perminder S , Schall, Ulrich , Sim, Kang , Sommer, Iris E , St Pourcain, Beate , Stein, Dan J , Toga, Arthur W , Trollor, Julian N , Van der Wee, Nic J A , van 't Ent, Dennis , Walter, Henrik , Weber, Bernd , Weinberger, Daniel R , Wright, Margaret J , Zhou, Juan , Stein, Jason L , Thompson, Paul M , Medland, Sarah E , de Zwarte, Sonja M C , Ching, Christopher R K , Thomopoulos, Sophia I , Cendes, Fernando , Teumer, Alexander , van Duijn, Cornelia M , Debette, Stephanie , Seppi, Klaus , Hashimoto, Ryota , Jicha, Gregory A , Ge, Tian , Kremen, Sarah , Agartz, Ingrid , Alnæs, Dag , Ashley‐Koch, Allison E. , Bülow, Robin , Bürger, Christian, Chakravarty, M. 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Science | March 19, 2020 | Volume: 367 | Issue: 6484 | Pages: No page available

10.1126/science.aay6690 | PMID 32193296 Get It

INTRODUCTION The cerebral cortex underlies our complex cognitive capabilities. Variations in human cortical surface area and thickness are associated with neurological, psychological, and behavioral traits and can be measured in vivo by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Studies in model organisms have identified genes that influence cortical structure, but little is known about common genetic variants that affect human cortical structure. RATIONALE To identify genetic variants associated with human cortical structure at both global and regional levels, we conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of brain MRI data from 51,665 individuals across 60 cohorts. We analyzed the surface area and average thickness of the whole cortex and 34 cortical regions with known functional specializations. RESULTS We identified 369 nominally genome-wide significant loci ( P < 5 × 10 −8 ) associated with cortical structure in a discovery sample of 33,992 participants of European ancestry. Of the 360 loci for which replication data were available, 241 loci influencing surface area and 66 influencing thickness remained significant after replication, with 237 loci passing multiple testing correction ( P < 8.3 × 10 −10 ; 187 influencing surface area and 50 influencing thickness). Common genetic variants explained 34% (SE = 3%) of the variation in total surface area and 26% (SE = 2%) in average thickness; surface area and thickness showed a negative genetic correlation ( r G = −0.32, SE = 0.05, P = 6.5 × 10 −12 ), which suggests that genetic influences have opposing effects on surface area and thickness. Bioinformatic analyses showed that total surface area is influenced by genetic variants that alter gene regulatory activity in neural progenitor cells during fetal development. By contrast, average thickness is influenced by active regulatory elements in adult brain samples, which may reflect processes that occur after mid-fetal development, such as myelination, branching, or pruning. When considered together, these results support the radial unit hypothesis that different developmental mechanisms promote surface area expansion and increases in thickness. To identify specific genetic influences on individual cortical regions, we controlled for global measures (total surface area or average thickness) in the regional analyses. After multiple testing correction, we identified 175 loci that influence regional surface area and 46 that influence regional thickness. Loci that affect regional surface area cluster near genes involved in the Wnt signaling pathway, which is known to influence areal identity. We observed significant positive genetic correlations and evidence of bidirectional causation of total surface area with both general cognitive functioning and educational attainment. We found additional positive genetic correlations between total surface area and Parkinson’s disease but did not find evidence of causation. Negative genetic correlations were evident between total surface area and insomnia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depressive symptoms, major depressive disorder, and neuroticism. CONCLUSION This large-scale collaborative work enhances our understanding of the genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex and its regional patterning. The highly polygenic architecture of the cortex suggests that distinct genes are involved in the development of specific cortical areas. Moreover, we find evidence that brain structure is a key phenotype along the causal pathway that leads from genetic variation to differences in general cognitive function. Identifying genetic influences on human cortical structure. ( A ) Measurement of cortical surface area and thickness from MRI. ( B ) Genomic locations of common genetic variants that influence global and regional cortical structure. ( C ) Our results support the radial unit hypothesis that the expansion of cortical surface area is driven by proliferating neural progenitor cells. ( D ) Cortical surface area shows genetic correlation with psychiatric and cognitive traits. Error bars indicate SE. IMAGE CREDITS: (A) K. COURTNEY; (C) M. R. GLASS
Sex-specific associations between erythrocyte measures and obstructive sleep apnea
Li, Taomei , Covassin, Naima , Tan, Lu, Ren, Rong , Zhang, Ye , Lei, Fei , Yang, Linghui , Zhou, Junying , Sun, Hongqiang , Tang, Xiangdong , Tang, Xiangdong , Tan, Lu, Somers, Virend K.

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine | March 17, 2020 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 1063-1072

10.5664/jcsm.8398 | PMID 32105207 Get It

Prevalence of Inherited Cancer Predisposition Mutations in a Cohort of Older AML Patients Enrolled on the Beat AML Master Trial
Borate, Uma , Yang, Fei , Pavlick, Dean, Juckett, Luke, Agarwal, Anupriya , Burd, Amy , Stein, Eytan M. , Patel, Prapti A. , Baer, Maria R. , Schiller, Gary J. , Blum, William , Shami, Paul J. , Litzow, Mark R. , Foran, James M. , Heerema, Nyla A. , Rosenberg, Leonard, Marcus, Sonja, Yocum, Ashley O. , Stefanos, Mona , Byrd, John C. , Vergilio, Jo‐Anne, Byrd, John C. , Press, Richard D. , Mims, Alice S , Stock, Wendy , Druker, Brian J , Levine, Ross L. , Byrd, John C

Blood | February 14, 2020 | Volume: 134 | Issue: Supplement_1 | Pages: 373-373

10.1182/blood-2019-131925 Get It

Introduction: Inherited predisposition to myeloid malignancies in adults may be more common than previously suggested with recent studies suggesting a prevalence of candidate predisposition alleles in 15-20% of patients. An inherited predisposition may not be considered in older AML patients despite significant clinical implications for family members as potential stem cell transplant donors. To better define the role of inherited genetic alterations in older AML patients , we analyzed a unique cohort of newly diagnosed older (&gt;60 years) patients enrolled in) Beat AML® Master Trial(BAMT) for candidate genes associated with a known or putative inherited cancer predisposition. Methods: We analyzed extracted DNA from skin and/or saliva samples compared to paired leukemia samples of 176 AML patients enrolled in the BAMT. All samples underwent genomic profiling using a modified FoundationOne®Heme platform (capture-based) and/or the Oregon Health Sciences University panel (amplicon-based), evaluating 477 and 220 genes respectively, with a known role in hematologic malignancies. Germline(GL) variants were identified by the haplotype-based Bayesian genetic variant detector FreeBayes and using variant allele frequency(VAF) values. The pathogenicity and clinical significance of the variants was interpreted according to the 2015 ACMG/AMP guidelines while the AMP/CAP/ASCO guidelines and various disease databases were used in the somatic variant calls. Results: -The mutational landscape of the 176 newly diagnosed older AML patients is detailed in Table 1. Our cohort has a higher proportion of adverse risk patients, consistent with an older AML patient population. 27 pathogenic or likely pathogenic GL variants were detected in 24 AML patients, with a germline mutation prevalence of 14% in this cohort. Deleterious GL mutations were found in the gene DDX41 (5), followed by SBDS (4), CHEK2 (4), MPL (3), BRCA2 (2), HAX1 (2), DNAH9 (2), FANCA (1), FANCL (1), SAMD9 (1), BLM (1), and ATM (1) (Table 2). The types of mutations included missense mutations (9), nonsense mutations (8), frameshift mutations (7), splice site mutations (2), and an exonic deletion (1). Family history of leukemia was available on 129 patients from this cohort. 12 patients have at least one family member with AML. Of these 12 patients, 2 had a deleterious GL alteration identified. Along with the 14% prevalence of pathogenic/likely pathogenic GL mutations , there were an additional 181 GL variants of unknown significance (VUS) in 102 patients, seen in genes implicated in inherited predisposition to hematologic malignancies, most commonly variants in DOCK8 and CREBBP(&gt;5% VUS) with both genes being implicated in leukemogenesis . As skin and/or saliva samples were collected at the time of AML diagnosis, tumor-in-normal presence was expectedly observed. The median VAF for somatic mutations was significantly lower (p &lt; 0.0001) in skin (median 6%; mean 9%; standard deviation (SD) 10%; N=562 variants) than in saliva (median 17%; mean 21%; SD 16%; N=368 variants). In 37 patients who had both saliva and skin tissue concomitantly ,skin had a significantly lower tumor-in-normal presence (median VAF 5%, mean 8%, SD 8%;) than saliva (median 15%, mean 20%, SD 16%)(p &lt; 0.0001). Conclusions: We found a prevalence of 14% pathogenic/ likely pathogenic GL mutations in cancer predisposition genes in this unique cohort of newly diagnosed older AML patients. This finding has potential clinical implications for patients and family members. We also found a large number of VUS in genes implicated in hematological malignancies. Additional studies linking candidate VUS' to familial predisposition to understand contribution to AML predisposition are needed. We are in the process of comparing the manual curation of ACMG classification of pathogenicity with a computational curation algorithm to assess the potential for automated classification of GL variants. Our study suggests the choice of source for germline DNA in patients with AML is variably impacted by leukemic contamination. Cultured skin fibroblasts are the current standard for tumor-normal paired genotyping, with the caveat of being labor intensive and not routinely performed in clinical diagnostic laboratories. This is a critical consideration for rapid GL screening of patients and family members with hematologic malignancies and suspected cancer predisposition. Disclosures Borate: Novartis: Consultancy; Takeda: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; AbbVie: Consultancy. Mims:Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Agios Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; PTC Therapeutics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astellas Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Stein:Agios: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astellas Pharma US, Inc: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene Corporation: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bioline: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Genentech: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; PTC Therapeutics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Syros: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Patel:Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Dava Oncology: Honoraria; France Foundation: Honoraria. Baer:Astellas: Research Funding; Abbvie: Research Funding; AI Therapeutics: Research Funding; Forma: Research Funding; Incyte: Research Funding; Kite: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding. Stock:Agios: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astellas: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; UpToDate: Honoraria; Daiichi: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Kite, a Gilead Company: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Research to Practice: Honoraria. Schiller:Bristol Myer Squibb: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Constellation Pharmaceutical: Research Funding; Daiichi Sankyo: Research Funding; Agios: Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Amgen: Other, Research Funding; Astellas: Research Funding; Biomed Valley Discoveries: Research Funding; Eli Lilly and Company: Research Funding; FujiFilm: Research Funding; Genzyme: Research Funding; Gilead: Research Funding; Incyte: Research Funding; J&J: Research Funding; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Honoraria, Research Funding; Karyopharm: Research Funding; Novartis: Research Funding; Onconova: Research Funding; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals: Equity Ownership, Research Funding; Sangamo Therapeutics: Research Funding. Blum:AmerisourceBergen: Consultancy; Forma: Research Funding; Xencor: Research Funding; Boehringer Ingelheim: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding; Astellas,: Research Funding. Shami:JSK Therapeutics: Employment, Equity Ownership; Amgen: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; Cantex: Research Funding; Aptevo: Research Funding; Jazz: Consultancy, Honoraria; Abbvie: Consultancy, Honoraria; Agios: Consultancy, Honoraria; Lone Star Thiotherapies: Equity Ownership. Foran:Agios: Honoraria, Research Funding. Byrd:Acerta: Research Funding; Gilead: Other: Travel Expenses, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Genentech: Research Funding; Novartis: Other: Travel Expenses, Speakers Bureau; Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company: Other: Travel Expenses, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; TG Therapeutics: Other: Travel Expenses, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Ohio State University: Patents & Royalties: OSU-2S; BeiGene: Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy, Other: Travel Expenses, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau. Druker:OHSU (licensing fees): Patents & Royalties: #2573, Constructs and cell lines harboring various mutations in TNK2 and PTPN11, licensing fees ; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Other: PI or co-investigator on clinical trial(s) funded via contract with OHSU., Research Funding; Novartis: Other: PI or co-investigator on clinical trial(s) funded via contract with OHSU., Patents & Royalties: Patent 6958335, Treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, exclusively licensed to Novartis, Research Funding; Monojul: Other: former consultant; Vivid Biosciences: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Stock options; Beat AML LLC: Other: Service on joint steering committee; Merck & Co: Patents & Royalties: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute license #2063, Monoclonal antiphosphotyrosine antibody 4G10, exclusive commercial license to Merck & Co; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (antibody royalty): Patents & Royalties: #2524, antibody royalty; Aileron Therapeutics: #2573, Constructs and cell lines harboring various mutations in TNK2 and PTPN11, licensing fees , Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Patents & Royalties, Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding; ALLCRON: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Amgen: Equity Ownership, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Aptose Biosciences: Consultancy, Equity Ownership, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Beta Cat: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: Stock options; The RUNX1 Research Program: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Patient True Talk: Consultancy; GRAIL: Equity Ownership, Other: former member of Scientific Advisory Board; Cepheid: Consultancy, Honoraria; Blueprint Medicines: Consultancy, Equity Ownership, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene: Consultancy; Pfizer: Other: PI or co-investigator on clinical trial(s) funded via contract with OHSU., Research Funding; ICON: Other: Scientific Founder of Molecular MD, which was acquired by ICON in Feb. 2019; CureOne: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Gilead Sciences: Other: former member of Scientific Advisory Board. Vergilio:Foundation Medicine, Inc.: Employment; F. Hoffman La Roche, Ltd.: Equity Ownership. Levine:Imago Biosciences: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Prelude Therapeutics: Research Funding; C4 Therapeutics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Roche: Consultancy, Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amgen: Honoraria; Gilead: Consultancy; Lilly: Honoraria; Qiagen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Isoplexis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Loxo: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Consultancy.
Optimal Timing for Removal of an Upper Extremity Central Catheter When Associated with a Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Venous Thromboembolism Network US Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Billett, Henny H., Gaddh, Manila , Onadeko, Oluwatomiloba , George, Gemlyn , Sun, Yuanyue, Feng, Mingen, Streiff, Michael B. , Simpson, Pippa , Gali, Radhika, Houghton, Damon E. , Wang, Tzu‐Fei , Oo, Thein Hlaing , Jaglal, Michael Vishal , Kreuziger, Lisa Baumann

Blood | February 14, 2020 | Volume: 134 | Issue: Supplement_1 | Pages: 325-325

10.1182/blood-2019-124139 Get It

Background: Standard treatment for catheter-associated upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT) is anticoagulation. If catheter removal is otherwise indicated, it is unknown if catheter removal close to the time of initiation of anticoagulation is associated with a higher incidence of pulmonary embolization. Methods: A multicenter retrospective cohort study was performed at 8 participating institutions through the Venous thromboEmbolism Network US (VENUS). ICD-9/10 codes were used to identify patients with hematologic malignancies and upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT) from 1/1/2010 through 12/31/2016. Identified patients underwent medical record review to verify diagnostic codes and determine if a catheter was associated with the upper extremity DVT and assess for outcomes. Patients were excluded if the UEDVT was not catheter provoked or if there were associated lower extremity DVT and/or pulmonary emboli. The anticoagulant start and finish date as well as the timing of the catheter removal, total follow up, and death were recorded. Patients started on anticoagulation at the time of their diagnosis were divided into two groups: 1) anticoagulation with delayed (&gt; 48 hrs) or no catheter removal and 2) anticoagulation with early catheter removal (&lt; 48 hrs). Outcomes were also assessed in patients with no anticoagulation initiation but catheter removal as the only treatment. The primary outcome was clinically identified pulmonary emboli within 7 days and the secondary outcome was pulmonary emboli or death from any cause within 7 days. Baseline characteristics were compared between groups using Χ2 for categorical variables, 2-tailed t-tests for continuous variables, and Wilcoxon rank-sum for nonparametric continuous variables. Fisher's exact test was used to evaluate the primary and secondary outcomes. Results: 663 patients with hematologic malignancies and isolated catheter-associated UEDVT underwent chart review. 512 patients were treated with anticoagulation of which 312 underwent early catheter removal while 200 had delayed or no catheter removal (Figure 1). 151 patients received no anticoagulation and 119 underwent catheter removal alone as the treatment for the DVT. Among patients who were treated with anticoagulation, the mean age was 52.6 years and 44% were male; age and sex did not differ between patients with early vs. delayed or no catheter removal (Table 1). Type of hematologic malignancy, type of central catheter, and DVT location were significantly different between groups. Patients with PICC lines were more likely to have early catheter removal (71% vs. 49%). The median platelet count was not significantly different among patients treated with anticoagulation, but was lower in patients treated with catheter removal only. Most patients were initially treated with low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) and anticoagulation treatment did not differ between groups. Pulmonary emboli within 7 days occurred in 2 patients (0.64%) with early catheter removal compared to 1 patient (0.5%) with delayed or no removal (p=1.0). Pulmonary emboli or any cause death within 7 days occurred in 3 patients (1.0%) with early removal compared to 3 patients (1.5%) with delayed or no removal (p=0.68). In patients treated with catheter removal only (no anticoagulation), there were no pulmonary emboli within 7 days and 3 deaths. All 3 patients with pulmonary emboli within 7 days had PICC lines and leukemia/MDS and the sites of most proximal DVT involvement were brachiocephalic veins (2 patients) and subclavian vein (1 patient). Conclusions: In patients with hematological malignancy and catheter-associated UEDVT, removal of catheters within 48 hours was not associated with increased risk of pulmonary emboli compared to delayed or no removal. Disclosures Billett: Albert Einstein College of Medicine: Patents & Royalties: Patent application pending for NETs AI software. Gaddh:Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Hema Biologics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pharmacyclics LLC: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Oo:Medical Education Speakers Network: Honoraria; Janssen and Janssen: Other: Research: site co-investigator . Jaglal:NOVARTIS: Consultancy. Streiff:Janssen: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Daiichi-Sankyo: Consultancy, Honoraria; Bayer: Consultancy, Honoraria; Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria; Portola: Consultancy, Honoraria; Roche: Research Funding. Baumann Kreuziger:Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: Consultancy; CSL Behring: Consultancy.
CHK2-FOXK axis promotes transcriptional control of autophagy programs
Chen, Yuping , Wu, Jinhuan , Liang, Guang, Geng, Guohe, Zhao, Fei, Yin, Ping, Nowsheen, Somaira , Wu, Chengming , Li, Lei , Kim, Wootae , Zhou, Qin, Huang, Jinzhou , Liu, Jiaqi, Zhang, Chao, Guo, Guijie , Deng, Min , Tu, Xinyi , Liu, Zhongmin , Chen, Yihan , Luo, Kuntian, Yuan, Jian , Li, Yunhui , Li, Lei , Gao, Xiumei , Liu, Zhongmin , Chen, Yihan , Yuan, Jian , Kim, Wootae , Liang, Guang , Wu, Chengming, Lou, Zhenkun , Guo, Guijie

Science Advances | January 1, 2020 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 1 | Pages: No page available

10.1126/sciadv.aax5819 | PMID 31911943 Get It

We clarify that DNA damage triggers autophagy by CHK2-FOXK axis, and misregulation of this pathway leads to chemoresistance.
Broad‐Spectrum Profiling of Drug Safety via Learning Complex Network
Liu, Ke , Ding, Ruo‐Fan, Han, Xu , Qin, Yangmei , He, Qiushun , Du, Fei , Yao, Lixia , You, Pan , Xiang, Yanping , Ji, Zhi‐Liang , Yao, Li-Xia, Ding, Ruofan , Xu, Han, Du, Fei, Zhang, Yun

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics | December 23, 2019 | Volume: 107 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 1373-1382

10.1002/cpt.1750 | PMID 31868917 Get It

Drug safety is a severe clinical pharmacology and toxicology problem that has caused immense medical and social burdens every year. Regretfully, a reproducible method to assess drug safety systematically and quantitatively is still missing. In this study, we developed an advanced machine learning model for de novo drug safety assessment by solving the multilayer drug‐gene‐adverse drug reaction (ADR) interaction network. For the first time, the drug safety was assessed in a broad landscape of 1,156 distinct ADRs. We also designed a parameter ToxicityScore to quantify the overall drug safety. Moreover, we determined association strength for every 3,807,631 gene‐ADR interactions, which clues mechanistic exploration of ADRs. For convenience, we deployed the model as a web service ADRAlert‐gene at http://www.bio-add.org/ADRAlert/. In summary, this study offers insights into prioritizing safe drug therapy. It helps reduce the attrition rate of new drug discovery by providing a reliable ADR profile in the early preclinical stage.