@inproceedings{14fff897b1914bdd8acf3b28410964d9,
title = "Gene expression and pathway bioinformatics analysis detect a potential predictive value of MAP3K8 in thyroid cancer progression",
abstract = "Thyroid cancer is the commonest endocrine malignancy. Mutation in the BRAF serine/threonine kinase is the most frequent genetic alteration in thyroid cancer. Target therapy for advanced and poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas include BRAF pathway inhibitors. Here, we evaluated the role of MAP3K8 expression as a potential driver of resistance to BRAF inhibition in thyroid cancer. By analyzing Gene Expression Omnibus data repository, across all thyroid cancer histotypes, we found that MAP3K8 is up-regulated in poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas and its expression is related to a stem cell like phenotype and a poorer prognosis and survival. Taken together these data unravel a novel mechanism for thyroid cancer progression and chemo-resistance and confirm previous results obtained in cultured thyroid cancer stem cells.",
keywords = "BRAF, MAP3K8, Thyroid cancer, pathway analysis",
author = "{Di Salvatore}, Valentina and Fiorenza Giani and Giulia Russo and Marzio Pennisi and Pasqualino Malandrino and Francesco Frasca and Francesco Pappalardo",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 IEEE.; 2019 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2019 ; Conference date: 18-11-2019 Through 21-11-2019",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1109/BIBM47256.2019.8983036",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2019",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "2202--2206",
editor = "Illhoi Yoo and Jinbo Bi and Hu, {Xiaohua Tony}",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2019",
address = "United States",
}