2024

  • Deep learning to decode sites of RNA translation in normal and cancerous tissues.

    Clauwaert J, McVey Z, Gupta R, Yannuzzi I, Menschaert G, Prensner J.R.  

    Preprint available on BioRxiv.

     

  • A road map for the treatment of pediatric diffuse midline glioma.

    Koschmann C, Al-Holou WN, Alonso MM, Anastas J, Bandopadhayay P, Barron T, Becher O, Cartaxo R, Castro MG, Chung C, Clausen M, Dang D, Doherty R, Duchatel R, Dun M, Filbin M, Franson A, Galban S, Garcia Moure M, Garton H, Gowda P, Marques JG, Hawkins C, Heath A, Hulleman E, Ji S, Jones C, Kilburn L, Kline C, Koldobskiy MA, Lim D, Lowenstein PR, Lu QR, Lum J, Mack S, Magge S, Marini B, Martin D, Marupudi N, Messinger D, Mody R, Morgan M, Mota M, Muraszko K, Mueller S, Natarajan SK, Nazarian J, Niculcea M, Nuechterlein N, Okada H, Opipari V, Pai MP, Pal S, Peterson E, Phoenix T, Prensner JR, Pun M, Raju GP, Reitman ZJ, Resnick A, Rogawski D, Saratsis A, Sbergio SG, Souweidane M, Stafford JM, Tzaridis T, Venkataraman S, Vittorio O, Wadden J, Wahl D, Wechsler-Reya RJ, Yadav VN, Zhang X, Zhang Q, Venneti S.  Cancer Cell. 2024 Jan 8;42(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.11.002. Epub 2023 Nov 30.  PMID: 38039965

  • Translation of non-canonical open reading frames as a cancer cell survival mechanism in childhood medulloblastoma.

    Hofman DA, Ruiz-Orera J, Yannuzzi I, Murugesan R, Brown A, Clauser KR, Condurat AL, van Dinter JT, Engels SAG, Goodale A, van der Lugt J, Abid T, Wang L, Zhou KN, Vogelzang J, Ligon KL, Phoenix TN, Roth JA, Root DE, Hubner N, Golub TR, Bandopadhayay P, van Heesch S, Prensner JR.  Molecular Cell. 2024 Jan 18;84(2):261-276.e18. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.12.003. Epub 2024 Jan 3.PMID: 38176414

2023

  • Shining a light on the dark proteome: Non-canonical open reading frames and their encoded miniproteins as a new frontier in cancer biology.

    Posner Z., Yannuzzi I., Prensner J.R.. Shining a light on the dark proteome: Non-canonical open reading frames and their encoded miniproteins as a new frontier in cancer biology. Protein Science. 2023 Jun 23;e4708. doi: 10.1002/pro.4708. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37350227

  • What can Ribo-seq and proteomics tell us about the non-canonical proteome?
    Prensner J.R., Abelin J.G., Kok L.W., Clauser K.R., Mudge J.M., Ruiz-Orera J., Bassani-Sternberg M., Moritz R.L., Deutsch E.W., van Heesch S.  Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.  2023, in press  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcpro.2023.100631
  • Interactome profiling implicates small peptides and young microproteins translated from human short open reading frames in essential biological processes.

    Sandmann C.L., Schulz J.F., Ruiz-Orera, J., Kirchner M., Ziehm M., Adami E., Marczenke M., Liebe N., Greiner J., Schoenenberger A., Muecke M.B., Liang N., Mudge J.M., Prensner J.R., Willnow T.E., Mertins P., van Heesch S., Hubner N. Interactome profiling implicates small peptides and young microproteins translated from human short open reading frames in essential biological processes.  Molecular Cell, 2023 Feb 14;S1097-2765(23)00075-8.  doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.01.023. Online ahead of print.  PMID: 36806354

2022

  • Standardized annotation of translated open reading frames. 

    Mudge, J.M.*, Ruiz-Orera, J.*, Prensner J.R.*, Brunet M.A., Calvet F., Jungreis I., Gonzalez J.M., Magrane M., Martinez T.F., Schulz J.F., Yang Y.T., Albà M.M., Aspden J.L., Baranov P.V., Bazzini A., Bruford E., Martin M.J., Calviello L., Carvunis A.R., Chen J., Couso J.P., Deutsch E.W., Flicek P., Frankish A., Gerstein M., Hubner N., Ingolia N.T., Kellis M., Menschaert G., Moritz R.L., Ohler U., Roucou X., Saghatelian A., Weissman J., van Heesch S. Standardized annotation of translated open reading frames.  Nature Biotechnology, 2022 Jul;40(7):994-999 doi: 10.1038/s41587-022-01369-0.  PMID: 35831657  *These authors contributed equally

2021

  • SEQing to find hidden medulloblastoma cells

    Prensner J.R. and Pomeroy S.L. SEQing to find hidden medulloblastoma cells. Cancer Cell, 2021 Nov 8;39(11):1452-1454. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.09.014. Epub 2021 Oct 21. PMID: 34678149

  • Non-canonical open read frames encode functional proteins essential for cancer cell survival.

    Prensner J.R., Enache O.M., Luria V., Krug K., Clauser K.R., Dempster J.M., Karger A., Wang L., Stumbraite K., Wang V.M., Botta G., Lyons N.J., Goodale A., Kalani Z., Fritchman B., Brown A., Alan D., Green T., Yang X., Jaffe J.D., Roth J.A., Piccioni F., Kirschner M.W., Root D.E., Golub, T.R.  Non-canonical open read frames encode functional proteins essential for cancer cell survival.  Nature Biotechnology, 2021 Jun;39(6):697-704. doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-00806-2. Epub 2021 Jan 28. PMID: 33510483

  • A case of metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary in a pediatric patient: opportunities for precision medicine.

    Prensner J.R., Putra J., Vargas S.O., Church A.J., Janeway K.A., McCleary N.J., DuBois S.G. A case of metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary in a pediatric patient: opportunities for precision medicine. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2021 Apr; 68(4):e28780. doi:10.1002/pbc.28780.  PMID: 33314665.

2020

  • Safety and efficacy of Gamma-secretase inhibitor nirogacestat (PF-03084014) in desmoid tumor: report of four pediatric cases.

    Takahashi T.*, Prensner J.R.*, Robson C.D., Janeway K.A., Weigel B.J. Safety and efficacy of Gamma-secretase inhibitor nirogacestat (PF-03084014) in desmoid tumor: report of four pediatric cases.  Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2020 Oct; 67(10):e28636. DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28636; PMID 32762028.  *These authors contributed equally

  • An emerging role for endothelial barrier support therapy for congenital disorders of glycosylation.

    Brucker WJ*, Croteau SE*, Prensner JR*, Cullion K, Heeney MM, Lo J, McAlvin JB, Peeler K, Shah N, Yee CSK, Berry GT, Bodamer O.  An emerging role for endothelial barrier support therapy for congenital disorders of glycosylation.  J Inherit Metab Dis. 2020 Jul;43(4):880-890. doi: 10.1002/jimd.12225. PMID: 32064623   *These authors contributed equally

2019

  • “Lincing” the Y Chromosome to Prostate Cancer: TTTY15 Takes Center Stage.

    Prensner JR  and Feng  FY. “Lincing” the Y Chromosome to Prostate Cancer: TTTY15 Takes Center Stage. European Urology 2019 Sep;76(3):327-328.  doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.02.015. Epub 2019 Feb 22.  PMID: 30799189

  • Burkitt’s Lymphoma presenting as menorrhagia and a vaginal mass in an adolescent.

    Wilkie GL, Taggart AA, Prensner JR, Billett AL, Laufer MR. Burkitt’s Lymphoma presenting as menorrhagia and a vaginal mass in an adolescent. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 2019 Feb;32(1):90-92 PMID: 30278229

2018

  • Clinically integrated sequencing alters therapy in children and young adults with high-risk glial brain tumors.

    Koschmann C, Wu Y, Kumar-Sinha C, Lonigro R, Vats P, Kasaian K, Cieslik M, Cao X, Anderson B, Frank K, Zhao L, Prensner J, Zurieck A, Everett J, Mullan B, Marini B, Camelo-Piragua S, Venneti S, Mc Keever P, McFadden K, Lieberman A, Leonard M, Maher C, Garton H, Muraszko K, Robertson PR, Robinson D, Chinnaiyan A*, and Mody R*.  Clinically integrated sequencing alters therapy in children and young adults with high-risk glial brain tumors.  JCO Precision Oncology.  2018 May 4;2:PO.17.00133 PMID: 32832832  10.1200/po.17.00133

2017

  • Oncogenic role for THOR, a conserved cancer/testis long non-coding RNA.

    Hosono Y, Niknafs Y.S., Prensner J.R., Iyer M.K., Dhanasekaran S.M., Mehra R, Pitchiaya S, Tien J, Escara-Wilke J, Poliakov A, Chu S.C., Saleh S, Sankar K, Su F, Guo S, Qiao Y, Freier S.M., Bui H.H., Cao X, Malik R, Johnson T.M., Beer D.G., Feng F.Y., Zhou W, Chinnaiyan A.M. Oncogenic role for THOR, a conserved cancer/testis long non-coding RNA. Cell 2017 Dec 14;171(7):1559-1572. PMID: 29245011

  • Precision medicine in pediatric oncology: lessons learned and next steps.

    Mody R.J.*, Prensner J.R.*, Everett J., Parsons D.W., Chinnaiyan A.M. Precision medicine in pediatric oncology: lessons learned and next steps.  Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2017 Mar;64(3). PMID: 27748023   *These authors contributed equally. 

2016

  • Modulation of long noncoding RNAs by risk SNPs underlying genetic predispositions to prostate cancer.

    Guo H., Ahmed M., Zhang F., Yao C.Q., Li S., Liang Y., Hua J., Soares F., Sun Y., Langstein J., Li Y., Poon C., Bailey S.D., Desai K., Fei T., Li Q., Sendorek D.H., Fraser M., Prensner J.R., Pugh T., Pomerantz M., Bristow R.G., Lupien M., Feng F.Y., Boutros P.C., Freedman M.L., Walsh M.J., He H.H.  Modulation of long noncoding RNAs by risk SNPs underlying genetic predispositions to prostate cancer.  Nature Genetics 2016 Oct;48(10):1142-50.  PMID: 27526323

  • The lncRNA landscape of breast cancer reveals a role for DSCAM-AS1 in breast cancer progression.

    Niknafs Y.S., Han S., Ma T., Speers C., Zhang C., Wilder-Romans K., Iyer M.K., Pitchiaya S., Malik R., Hosono Y., Prensner J.R., Poliakov A., Singhal U., Xiao L., Kregel S., Siebenaler R.F., Zhao S.G., Uhl M., Gawronski A., Hayes D.F., Pierce L.J., Cao X., Collins C., Backofen R., Sahinalp C.S., Rae J.M., Chinnaiyan A.M., Feng F.Y. The lncRNA landscape of breast cancer reveals a role for DSCAM-AS1 in breast cancer progression.  Nature Communications 2016 Sep 26:12791.  PMID: 27666543

2015

  • Integrative clinical sequencing in the management of children and young adults with refractory or relapsed cancer.

    Mody R.J., Wu Y.M., Lonigro R.J., Cao X., Roychowdhury S., Vats P., Frank K.M., Prensner J.R., Asangani I., Palanisamy N., Dillman J.R., Rabah R.M., Kunju L.P., Everett J., Raymond V.M., Ning Y., Su F., Wang R., Stoffel E.M., Innis J.W., Roberts J.S., Robertson P.L., Yanik G., Chamdin A., Connelly J.A., Choi S., Harris A.C., Kitko C., Rao R.J., Levine J.E., Castle V.P., Hutchinson R.J., Talpaz M., Robinson D.R., Chinnaiyan A.M.  Integrative clinical sequencing in the management of children and young adults with refractory or relapsed cancer.  Journal of the American Medical Association.  2015 Sep 1; 314(9):913-25.  PMID: 26325560

  • The landscape of antisense gene expression in human cancers.

    Balbin O.A., Malik R., Dhanasekaran S.M., Prensner J.R., Cao X., Wu Y.M., Robinson D., Wang R., Chen G., Beer D.G., Nesvizhskii A.I., Chinnaiyan A.M.  The landscape of antisense gene expression in human cancers.  Genome Research 2015 Jun 10. 25(7); 1068-79 PMID 26063736

  • Targeting the MLL complex in castration-resistant prostate cancer.

    Malik R., Khan A.P., Asangani I.A., Cieslik M., Prensner J.R., Wang X., Iyer M.K., Jiang X., Borkin D., Escara-Wilke J., Stender R., Wu Y.M., Niknafs Y.S., Jing X., Qiao Y., Palanisamy N., Kunju L.P., Krishnamurthy P.M., Yocum A.K., Mellacheruvu D., Nesvizhskii A.I., Cao X., Dhanasekaran S.M., Feng F.Y., Grembecka J., Cierpicki T., Chinnaiyan A.M. Targeting the MLL complex in castration-resistant prostate cancer. Nature Medicine 2015 Apr; 21(4):344-52.  PMID: 25822367

2014

  • RNA biomarkers associated with metastatic progression in prostate cancer: a multi-institutional high-throughput analysis of SChLAP1.

    Prensner J.R., Zhao S., Erho N., Schipper M., Iyer M.K., Dhanasekaran S.M., Magi-Galluzzi C., Mehra R., Sahu A., Siddiqui J., Davicioni E., Den R.B., Dicker A.P., Karnes R.J., Wei J.T., Klein E.A., Jenkins R.B., Chinnaiyan A.M., Feng F.Y.  RNA biomarkers associated with metastatic progression in prostate cancer: a multi-institutional high-throughput analysis of SChLAP1. Lancet Oncology 2014 Dec;15(13):1469-80. PMID: 25456366

  • A novel in situ hybridization assay for the long non-coding RNA SChLAP1 predicts poor clinical outcome after radical prostatectomy in clinically localized prostate cancer.

    Mehra R., Shi Y., Udager A.M., Prensner J.R., Sahu A., Iyer M.K., Cao X., Jiang H., Feng F.Y., Chinnaiyan A.M. A novel in situ hybridization assay for the long non-coding RNA SChLAP1 predicts poor clinical outcome after radical prostatectomy in clinically localized prostate cancer.  Neoplasia 2014 Dec;16(12):1121-1127. PMID: 25499224

  • The long non-coding RNA PCAT-1 promotes prostate cancer cell proliferation though cMyc.

    Prensner J.R., Chen W., Han S., Iyer M.K., Cao Q., Kothari V., Evans J.R., Knudsen K.E., Paulsen M.T., Ljungman M., Lawrence T.S., Chinnaiyan A.M., Feng F.Y.  The long non-coding RNA PCAT-1 promotes prostate cancer cell proliferation though cMyc.  Neoplasia 2014 Nov 20;16(11):900-8. PMID: 25425964

  • KRAS-G12C mutation is associated with poor outcome in surgically resected lung adenocarcinoma.

    Nadal E., Chen G., Prensner J.R., Shiratsuchi H., Sam C., Zhao L., Kalemkerian G.P., Brenner D., Lin J., Reddy R.M., Chang A.C., Capella G., Cardenal F., Beer D.G., Ramnath N.  KRAS-G12C mutation is associated with poor outcome in surgically resected lung adenocarcinoma.  Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2014 Oct; 9(10):1513-22. PMID 25170638

  • The lncRNA PCAT29 inhibits oncogenic phenotypes in prostate cancer.

    Malik R., Patel L., Prensner J.R., Shi Y., Iyer M., Subramaniyan S., Carley A., Niknafs Y.S., Sahu A., Han S., Ma T., Liu M., Asangani I., Jing X., Cao X., Dhanasekaran S.M., Robinson D., Feng F., Chinnaiyan A.M.  The lncRNA PCAT29 inhibits oncogenic phenotypes in prostate cancer.  Molecular Cancer Research 2014 Aug; 12(8):1081-7 PMID: 25030374

  • The lncRNAs PCGEM1 and PRNCR1 are not implicated in castration resistant prostate cancer.

    Prensner J.R., Sahu A., Iyer M.K., Malik R., Chandler B., Asangani I.A., Poliakov A., Vergara I.A., Alshalalfa M., Jenkins R.B., Davicioni E., Feng F.Y., Chinnaiyan A.M.  The lncRNAs PCGEM1 and PRNCR1 are not implicated in castration resistant prostate cancer.  Oncotarget  2014 Mar 30;5(6):1434-8. PMID: 24727738

  • PCAT-1, a long noncoding RNA, regulates BRCA2 and controls homologous recombination in cancer.

    Prensner J.R., Chen W., Iyer M.K., Cao Q., Ma T., Han S., Sahu A., Malik R., Wilder-Romans K., Ateeq B., Navone N., Logothetis C.J., Araujo J.C., Pisters L.L., Tewari A.K., Canman C.E., Knudsen K.E., Kitabayashi N., Rubin M.A., Demichelis F., Lawrence T.S., Chinnaiyan A.M. & Feng F.Y.  PCAT-1, a long noncoding RNA, regulates BRCA2 and controls homologous recombination in cancer.  Cancer Research  2014 Mar 15;74(6):1651-60. PMID: 24473064

Before 2014

  • The lncRNA SChLAP1 coordinates aggressive prostate cancer and antagonizes the SWI/SNF complex.

    Prensner J.R., Iyer M.K., Sahu A., Asangani I.A., Cao Q., Patel L., Vergara I.A., Davicioni E., Ehro N., Ghadessi M., Jenkins R.B., Triche T.J., Malik R., Bedenis R., McGregor N., Ma T., Chen W., Han S., Jing X., Cao X., Wang X., Chandler B., Yan W., Siddiqui J., Kunju L.P., Dhanasekaran S.M., Pienta K., Feng F.Y., Chinnaiyan A.M.  The lncRNA SChLAP1 coordinates aggressive prostate cancer and antagonizes the SWI/SNF complex.  Nature Genetics  2013 Nov;45(11):1392-8. PMID: 24076601

  • Reconstructing targetable lung cancer pathways combining transcriptome, proteome and phosphoproteome.

    Balbin O.A., Prensner J.R., Sahu A., Yocum A., Shankar S., Malik R., Fermin D., Dhanasekaran M., Cao X., Nesvizhskii A.I., Chinnaiyan A.M.  Reconstructing targetable lung cancer pathways combining transcriptome, proteome and phosphoproteome. Nature Communications  2013 Oct 18;4:2617. PMID: 24135919

  • Analysis of the Tau-associated proteome reveals that exchange of Hsp70 for Hsp90 occurs during Tau degradation.

    Thompson A.D., Scaglione K.M., Prensner J., Gillies A.T., Chinnaiyan A., Paulson H.L., Jinwal U.K., Dicket C.A., Gestwicki J.E.  Analysis of the Tau-associated proteome reveals that exchange of Hsp70 for Hsp90 occurs during Tau degradation.  ACS Chemical Biology 2012 Oct 19;7(10):1677-86. PMID: 22769591

  • Systematic, evidence-based discovery of biomarkers at the NCI.

    Prensner J.R., Chinnaiyan A.M., Srivastava S.  Systematic, evidence-based discovery of biomarkers at the NCI.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Metastases 2012 Oct;29(7):645-52. PMID: 22868876

  • The mutational landscape of lethal castration-resistant prostate cancer.

    Grasso C.S., Wu Y.M., Robinson D.R., Cao X., Dhanasekaran S.M., Khan A.P., Quist M.J., Jing X., Lonigro R.J., Brenner J.C., Asangani I.A., Ateeq B., Chun S.Y., Siddiqui J., Sam L., Anstett M., Mehra R., Prensner J.R., Palanisamy N., Ryslik G.A., Vandin F., Raphael B.J., Kunju L.P., Rhodes D.R., Pienta K.J., Chinnaiyan A.M., Tomlins S.A.  The mutational landscape of lethal castration-resistant prostate cancer.  Nature 2012 Jul 12;487(7406):239-43. PMID: 22722839

  • Expressed pseudogenes in the transcriptional landscape of human cancers.

    Kalyana-Sundaram S., Kumar-Sinha C., Shankar S., Robinson D.R., Wu Y.M., Cao X., Asangani I.A., Kothari V., Prensner J.R., Lonigro R.J., Iyer M.K., Barrette T., Shanmugam A., Dhanasekaran S.M., Palanisamy N., Chinnaiyan A.M.  Expressed pseudogenes in the transcriptional landscape of human cancers.  Cell 2012 Jun 22;149(7):1622-34. PMID: 22726445

  • PARP-1 inhibition as a targeted strategy to treat Ewing’s sarcoma.

    Brenner J.C., Feng F.Y., Han S., Patel S., Goyal S.V., Bou-Maroun L.M., Liu M., Lonigro R.J., Prensner J.R., Tomlins S.A., Chinnaiyan A.M.  PARP-1 inhibition as a targeted strategy to treat Ewing’s sarcoma.  Cancer Research 2012 Apr 1;72(7):1608-13. PMID: 22287547

  • The next generation of prostate cancer biomarkers.

    Prensner J.R., Rubin M.A., Wei J.T., Chinnaiyan A.M.  Beyond PSA: The next generation of prostate cancer biomarkers.  Science Translational Medicine 2012 Mar 28; 4(127):127rv3. PMID: 22461644

  • The emergence of lncRNAs in cancer biology.

    Prensner J.R. and Chinnaiyan A.M. The emergence of lncRNAs in cancer biology. Cancer Discovery 2011 Oct;1(5) 1:391-407. PMID: 22096659

  • Coordinated regulation of polycomb group complexes through microRNAs in cancer.

    Cao Q., Mani R.S., Ateeq B., Dhanasekaran S.M., Asangani I.A., Yu J., Kim J.H., Prensner J.R., Brenner J.C., Cao X., Jing X., Wang R., Li Y., Dahiya A., Wang L., Lonigro R.J., Tomlins S.A., Palanisamy N., Maher C.A., Varambally S., Chinnaiyan A.M. Coordinated regulation of polycomb group complexes through microRNAs in cancer. Cancer Cell 2011 Aug 16;20(2): 187-99. PMID: 21840484

  • Transcriptome sequencing across a prostate cancer cohort identifies PCAT-1, an unannotated lincRNA implicated in disease progression.

    Prensner J.R., Iyer M.K., Balbin O.A., Dhanasekaran S.M., Cao Q., Brenner J.C., Asangani I., Grasso C., Kominsky H.D., Cao X., Jing X., Siddiqui J., Wei J.T., Palanisamy N., Robinson D., Iyer H.K., Maher C.A., Chinnaiyan A.M.  Transcriptome sequencing across a prostate cancer cohort identifies PCAT-1, an unannotated lincRNA implicated in disease progression.  Nature Biotechnology 2011 Jul 31;29(8):742-9. PMID: 21804560

  • Deep sequencing reveals distinct patterns of DNA methylation and transcript isoform regulation in prostate cancer.

    Kim J.H., Dhanasekaran S.M., Prensner J.R., Cao X., Robinson D., Kalyana-Sundaram S., Shankar S., Jing X., Iyer M., Hu M., Sam L., Grasso C., Maher C.A., Palanisamy N., Mehra R., Huang C., Siddiqui J., Yu J., Qin S., Chinnaiyan A.M. Deep sequencing reveals distinct patterns of DNA methylation and transcript isoform regulation in prostate cancer.  Genome Research 2011 Jul; 21 (7):1028-41. PMID: 21724842

  • Characterization of KRAS Rearrangements in Metastatic Prostate Cancer.

    Wang X.S., Shankar S., Dhanasekaran S.M., Ateeq B., Sasaki A., Jing X., Robinson D., Cao Q., Prensner J., Yocum A., Wang R., Fries D., Han B., Asangani I., Cao X., Li Y., Omenn G., Pflueger D., Gopalan A., Reuter V., Kahoud E.R., Cantley L., Rubin M., Palanisamy N., Varambally S., Chinnaiyan A.M. Characterization of KRAS Rearrangements in Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Cancer Discovery 2011 Jun; 1(1): 35-43. PMID: 22140652

  • Metabolism unhinged: IDH mutations in cancer.

    Prensner J.R. and Chinnaiyan A.M. Metabolism unhinged: IDH mutations in cancer. Nature Medicine 2011 Mar:17(3): 291-3. PMID: 21383741

  • The landscape of copy number alterations across multiple cancers.

    Beroukhim R., Mermel C.H., Porter D., Wei G., Raychaudhuri S., Donovan J., Barretina J., Boehm J.S., Dobson J., Urashima M., McHenry K.T., Pinchback R., Ligo A.H., Cho Y.J., Haery L., Greulich H., Reich M., Winckler W., Lawrence M.S., Weir B.A., Tanaka K.E., Chiang D.Y., Bass A.J., Loo A., Hoffman C., Prensner J., Liefeld T., Yecies D., Signoretti S., Maher E., Kaye F.J., Sasaki H., Tepper J.E., Fletcher J.A., Tabernero J., Baselga J., Tsao M., DeMichelis F., Rubin M.A., Janne P.A., Daly M.J., Nucera C., Levine R.L., Ebert B.L., Gabriel S., Rustgi A.K., Antonescu C.R., Ladanyi M., Letai A., Garraway L.A., Loda M., Beer D.G., True L.D., Okamoto A., Pomeroy S.L., Singer S., Golub T.R., Lander E.S., Getz G., Sellers W.R., Meyerson M. The landscape of copy number alterations across multiple cancers.   Nature 2010 Feb 18;463(7283):899-905. PMID: 20164920

  • Integrative analyses reveal the functional and genetic associations of gene fusions in cancer.

    Wang X.S.*, Prensner J.R.*, Chen G., Cao Q., Han B., Dhanasekaran S.M., Ponnala R., Cao X., Varambally S., Thomas D.G., Giordano T.J., Beer D.G., Palanisamy N., Sartor M.A., Omenn G.S., Chinnaiyan A.M.  Integrative analyses reveal the functional and genetic associations of gene fusions in cancer. Nature Biotechnology 2009 Nov;27(11):1005-11. PMID: 19881495   *These authors contributed equally.

  • Oncogenic gene fusions in epithelial carcinomas.

    Prensner J.R. and Chinnaiyan A.M.  Oncogenic gene fusions in epithelial carcinomas.  Current Opinions in Genetics and Development 2009 Feb;19(1):82-91. PMID: 19233641

  • Characterization of TMPRSS2:ETV5 and SLC45A3:ETV5 gene fusions in prostate cancer.

    Helgeson, B.E., Tomlins S.A., Shah N., Laxman B., Cao Q., Prensner J.R., Cao X., Singla N., Montie J.E., Varambally S., Mehra R., Chinnaiyan A.M. Characterization of TMPRSS2:ETV5 and SLC45A3:ETV5 gene fusions in prostate cancer.  Cancer Research 2008;68(1):73-80. PMID: 18172298

  • Assessing the significance of chromosomal aberrations in cancer: methodology and application to glioma.

    Beroukhim R., Getz G., Nghiemphu L., Barretina J., Hsueh T., Linhart D., Vivanco I., Lee J., Huang J., Alexander S., Du J., Kau T., Thomas R.K., Shah K., Soto H., Perner S., Prensner J., Debiasi R., Demichelis F., Hatton C., Rubin M., Garraway L.A., Nelson S.F., Liau L., Mischel P., Cloughesy T., Meyerson M., Golub T.A., Lander E.S., Mellinghoff I.K., Sellers W.R.  Assessing the significance of chromosomal aberrations in cancer: methodology and application to glioma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2007;104(50):20007-12. PMID: 18077431