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SUBMITTER: Guda K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4313860 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Guda Kishore K Veigl Martina L ML Varadan Vinay V Nosrati Arman A Ravi Lakshmeswari L Lutterbaugh James J Beard Lydia L Willson James K V JK Sedwick W David WD Wang Zhenghe John ZJ Molyneaux Neil N Miron Alexander A Adams Mark D MD Elston Robert C RC Markowitz Sanford D SD Willis Joseph E JE
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150112 4
We used whole-exome and targeted sequencing to characterize somatic mutations in 103 colorectal cancers (CRC) from African Americans, identifying 20 new genes as significantly mutated in CRC. Resequencing 129 Caucasian derived CRCs confirmed a 15-gene set as a preferential target for mutations in African American CRCs. Two predominant genes, ephrin type A receptor 6 (EPHA6) and folliculin (FLCN), with mutations exclusive to African American CRCs, are by genetic and biological criteria highly lik ...[more]