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COSMIC: the Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer

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Tate, John G, Bamford, Sally, Jubb, Harry C, Sondka, Zbyslaw, Beare, David M, Bindal, Nidhi, Boutselakis, Harry, Cole, Charlotte G +18 more·2019·Nucleic Acids Research

Abstract

COSMIC, the Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer (https://cancer.sanger.ac.uk) is the most detailed and comprehensive resource for exploring the effect of somatic mutations in human cancer. The latest release, COSMIC v86 (August 2018), includes almost 6 million coding mutations across 1.4 million tumour samples, curated from over 26 000 publications. In addition to coding mutations, COSMIC covers all the genetic mechanisms by which somatic mutations promote cancer, including non-coding mutations, gene fusions, copy-number variants and drug-resistance mutations. COSMIC is primarily hand-curated, ensuring quality, accuracy and descriptive data capture. Building on our manual curation processes, we are introducing new initiatives that allow us to prioritize key genes and diseases, and to react more quickly and comprehensively to new findings in the literature. Alongside improvements to the public website and data-download systems, new functionality in COSMIC-3D allows exploration of mutations within three-dimensional protein structures, their protein structural and functional impacts, and implications for druggability. In parallel with COSMIC's deep and broad variant coverage, the Cancer Gene Census (CGC) describes a curated catalogue of genes driving every form of human cancer. Currently describing 719 genes, the CGC has recently introduced functional descriptions of how each gene drives disease, summarized into the 10 cancer Hallmarks.

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Tate, J. G., Bamford, S., Jubb, H. C., Sondka, Z., Beare, D. M., Bindal, N., Boutselakis, H., Cole, C. G., Creatore, C., Dawson, E., Fish, P., Harsha, B., Hathaway, C., Jupe, S. C., Kok, C. Y., Noble, K., Ponting, L., Ramshaw, C. C., Rye, C. E., Speedy, H. E., Stefancsik, R., Thompson, S. L., Wang, S., Ward, S., Campbell, P. J., & Forbes, S. A.
Affiliations
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
Corresponding author
Tate, John G
Venue
Nucleic Acids Research
Published
2018-10-29
Volume
47
Issue
D1
Pages
D941-D947
ISSN
  • 0305-1048 (ISSN-L)
  • 1362-4962
OpenAlex
W2898789672
Cited by
4,867
References
22
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FWCI
124.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nucleic Acids Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (206194)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Keywords
COSMIC, somatic mutations, cancer genomics, coding mutations, non-coding mutations, gene fusion, copy number variation, drug resistance mutations, manual curation, protein structure, druggability, Cancer Gene Census, cancer hallmarks
MeSH terms
Genes, Humans, Mutation, Neoplasms, Protein Conformation, Databases, Nucleic Acid

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