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Inconsistency in large pharmacogenomic studies

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Haibe-Kains, Benjamin, El-Hachem, Nehme, Birkbak, Nicolai Juul, Jin, Andrew C., Beck, Andrew H., Aerts, Hugo J. W. L., Quackenbush, John·2013·Nature

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Two large-scale pharmacogenomic studies were published recently in this journal. Genomic data are well correlated between studies; however, the measured drug response data are highly discordant. Although the source of inconsistencies remains uncertain, it has potential implications for using these outcome measures to assess gene-drug associations or select potential anticancer drugs on the basis of their reported results.

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Authors
Haibe-Kains, B., El-Hachem, N., Birkbak, N. J., Jin, A. C., Beck, A. H., Aerts, H. J. W. L., & Quackenbush, J.
Affiliations
  • Technical University of Denmark (DK)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
Venue
Nature
Published
2013-11-27
Volume
504
Issue
7480
Pages
389-393
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2011474181
Cited by
499
References
18
Citations by year
2026: 16 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 51 · 2017: 58 · 2016: 60 · 2015: 46 · 2014: 43 · 2013: 4
FWCI
55.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (CA 087969, U19CA148065, P01CA087969)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene expression and cancer classification
Keywords
pharmacogenomics, cancer cell lines, drug sensitivity, data inconsistency, drug response biomarkers, anticancer drug selection, drug-gene interactions
MeSH terms
Antineoplastic Agents, Cell Line, Humans, Neoplasms, Pharmacogenetics, Reproducibility of Results, Genome, Human, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Area Under Curve, Inhibitory Concentration 50, Gene Expression Profiling

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