Overexpression screens identify conserved dosage chromosome instability genes in yeast and human cancer

…, YK Wang, EB Styles, JH Kim, JS Ang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Somatic copy number amplification and gene overexpression are common features of many
cancers. To determine the role of gene overexpression on chromosome instability (CIN), we …

Introducing pharmacogenetic testing with clinical decision support into primary care: a feasibility study

M Dawes, MN Aloise, JS Ang, P Cullis… - … Open Access Journal, 2016 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Inappropriate prescribing increases patient illness and death owing to adverse
drug events. The inclusion of genetic information into primary care medication practices is …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of buccal swabs for pharmacogenetics

JS Ang, MN Aloise, D Dawes, MG Dempster… - BMC Research …, 2018 - Springer
Objective A simple, non-invasive sample collection method is key for the integration of
pharmacogenetics into clinical practice. The aim of this study was to gain samples for …

Dosage Mutator Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A Novel Mutator Mode-of-Action of the Mph1 DNA Helicase

JS Ang, S Duffy, R Segovia, PC Stirling, P Hieter - Genetics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Mutations that cause genome instability are considered important predisposing events that
contribute to initiation and progression of cancer. Genome instability arises either due to …

The A-like faker assay for measuring yeast chromosome III stability

CA Novoa, JS Ang, PC Stirling - Genome Instability: Methods and …, 2018 - Springer
The ability to rapidly assess chromosome instability (CIN) has enabled profiling of most
yeast genes for potential effects on genome stability. The A-like faker (ALF) assay is one of …

Identification and characterization of dosage mutator genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

JS Ang - 2015 - open.library.ubc.ca
Cancer is due to an accumulation of mutations in constellations of genes that cause
uncontrolled proliferation and evasion of apoptotic pathways. In addition, mutations that cause …

Evaluation of buccal swabs for pharmacogenetics

…, M Dawes, H Katzov-Eckert, JS Ang - 2018 - open.library.ubc.ca
Objective: A simple, non-invasive sample collection method is key for the integration of
pharmacogenetics into clinical practice. The aim of this study was to gain samples for …

Determinants of household catastrophic costs for drug sensitive tuberculosis patients in Kenya

B Kirubi, J Ong'ang'o, P Nguhiu, K Lönnroth… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2021 - mednexus.org
Background: Despite free diagnosis and treatment for tuberculosis (TB), the costs during
treatment impose a significant financial burden on patients and their households. The study …

Systematic over-expression screens for chromosome instability identify conserved dosage chromosome instability genes in yeast and human tumors

S Duffy, HK Fam, Y Wang, EB Styles, JH Kim, JS Ang… - bioRxiv, 2016 - biorxiv.org
Somatic copy number amplifications (SCNAs) and gene over-expression are common features
of many cancers. To determine the role of gene over-expression on genome stability, we …

[HTML][HTML] INAUGURAL ARTICLE by a Recently Elected Academy Member: Overexpression screens identify conserved dosage chromosome instability genes in yeast …

…, YK Wang, EB Styles, JH Kim, JS Ang… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Genes. To discover genes that when overexpressed result in CIN, we screened an arrayed
collection of 5,100 yeast strains, each conditionally overexpressing a unique gene under the …