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Douglas F. Easton

Researcher at University of Cambridge

Publications -  913
Citations -  128193

Douglas F. Easton is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 165, co-authored 844 publications receiving 113809 citations. Previous affiliations of Douglas F. Easton include University of Southern California & McGill University.

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Patterns of somatic mutation in human cancer genomes

TL;DR: More than 1,000 somatic mutations found in 274 megabases of DNA corresponding to the coding exons of 518 protein kinase genes in 210 diverse human cancers reveal the evolutionary diversity of cancers and implicates a larger repertoire of cancer genes than previously anticipated.
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Inhibition of mTOR induces autophagy and reduces toxicity of polyglutamine expansions in fly and mouse models of Huntington disease.

TL;DR: This work shows that mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is sequestered in polyglutamine aggregates in cell models, transgenic mice and human brains, and provides proof-of-principle for the potential of inducing autophagy to treat Huntington disease.
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Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

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- 28 Jun 2007 - 
TL;DR: To identify further susceptibility alleles, a two-stage genome-wide association study in 4,398 breast cancer cases and 4,316 controls was conducted, followed by a third stage in which 30 single nucleotide polymorphisms were tested for confirmation.