PubMed:19233913
Annnotations
PMID_GLOBAL
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sentences
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DisGeNET
{"project":"DisGeNET","denotations":[{"id":"T0","span":{"begin":942,"end":948},"obj":"gene:4102"},{"id":"T1","span":{"begin":903,"end":911},"obj":"disease:C0025202"},{"id":"T2","span":{"begin":954,"end":958},"obj":"gene:4286"},{"id":"T3","span":{"begin":903,"end":911},"obj":"disease:C0025202"},{"id":"T4","span":{"begin":954,"end":958},"obj":"gene:4286"},{"id":"T5","span":{"begin":1099,"end":1107},"obj":"disease:C0025202"},{"id":"T6","span":{"begin":1007,"end":1011},"obj":"gene:673"},{"id":"T7","span":{"begin":1099,"end":1107},"obj":"disease:C0025202"}],"relations":[{"id":"R1","pred":"associated_with","subj":"T0","obj":"T1"},{"id":"R2","pred":"associated_with","subj":"T2","obj":"T3"},{"id":"R3","pred":"associated_with","subj":"T4","obj":"T5"},{"id":"R4","pred":"associated_with","subj":"T6","obj":"T7"}],"namespaces":[{"prefix":"gene","uri":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/"},{"prefix":"disease","uri":"http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/"}],"text":"mRNA expression and BRAF mutation in circulating melanoma cells isolated from peripheral blood with high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen-specific monoclonal antibody beads.\nBACKGROUND: The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood of melanoma patients by quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis correlates with a poor prognosis. The assessment of CTCs from blood has been difficult because of lack of a good monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against surface cell antigens to capture melanoma cells.\nMETHODS: Blood was collected prospectively from 57 melanoma patients (43 test and 14 test-development cases) and 5 healthy donors. High molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen (HMW-MAA)-specific mAbs bound to immunomagnetic beads were used to isolate CTCs. mRNA and/or DNA were extracted from CTCs. Testing for the expression of a melanoma-associated gene panel (MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF) with qRT-PCR and for the presence of BRAFmt (a BRAF gene variant encoding the V600E mutant protein) verified the beads-isolated CTCs to be melanoma cells. A peptide nucleic acid-clamping PCR assay was used for BRAFmt analysis.\nRESULTS: Spiking of peripheral blood cells (PBCs) with melanoma cells showed that the beads-based detection assay can detect approximately 1 melanoma cell in 5 x 10(6) PBCs. qRT-PCR analysis detected MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF expression in 19 (44%), 29 (67%), and 19 (44%) of the patients, respectively. At least one biomarker of the panel was positive in 40 (93%) of the 43 melanoma patients. BRAFmt was detected in 17 (81%) of the 21 assessed stage IV melanoma patients.\nCONCLUSION: The assay of bead capture coupled with the PCR has utility for assessing CTCs in melanoma patients, which can then be characterized for both genomic and transcriptome expression."}
DisGeNET5_variant_disease
{"project":"DisGeNET5_variant_disease","denotations":[{"id":"19233913-5#167#172#geners113488022","span":{"begin":1038,"end":1043},"obj":"geners113488022"},{"id":"19233913-5#32#40#diseaseC0025202","span":{"begin":903,"end":911},"obj":"diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"19233913-5#228#236#diseaseC0025202","span":{"begin":1099,"end":1107},"obj":"diseaseC0025202"}],"relations":[{"id":"167#172#geners11348802232#40#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-5#167#172#geners113488022","obj":"19233913-5#32#40#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"167#172#geners113488022228#236#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-5#167#172#geners113488022","obj":"19233913-5#228#236#diseaseC0025202"}],"text":"mRNA expression and BRAF mutation in circulating melanoma cells isolated from peripheral blood with high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen-specific monoclonal antibody beads.\nBACKGROUND: The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood of melanoma patients by quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis correlates with a poor prognosis. The assessment of CTCs from blood has been difficult because of lack of a good monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against surface cell antigens to capture melanoma cells.\nMETHODS: Blood was collected prospectively from 57 melanoma patients (43 test and 14 test-development cases) and 5 healthy donors. High molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen (HMW-MAA)-specific mAbs bound to immunomagnetic beads were used to isolate CTCs. mRNA and/or DNA were extracted from CTCs. Testing for the expression of a melanoma-associated gene panel (MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF) with qRT-PCR and for the presence of BRAFmt (a BRAF gene variant encoding the V600E mutant protein) verified the beads-isolated CTCs to be melanoma cells. A peptide nucleic acid-clamping PCR assay was used for BRAFmt analysis.\nRESULTS: Spiking of peripheral blood cells (PBCs) with melanoma cells showed that the beads-based detection assay can detect approximately 1 melanoma cell in 5 x 10(6) PBCs. qRT-PCR analysis detected MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF expression in 19 (44%), 29 (67%), and 19 (44%) of the patients, respectively. At least one biomarker of the panel was positive in 40 (93%) of the 43 melanoma patients. BRAFmt was detected in 17 (81%) of the 21 assessed stage IV melanoma patients.\nCONCLUSION: The assay of bead capture coupled with the PCR has utility for assessing CTCs in melanoma patients, which can then be characterized for both genomic and transcriptome expression."}
DisGeNET5_gene_disease
{"project":"DisGeNET5_gene_disease","denotations":[{"id":"19233913-0#122#149#gene57730","span":{"begin":122,"end":149},"obj":"gene57730"},{"id":"19233913-0#122#149#gene55279","span":{"begin":122,"end":149},"obj":"gene55279"},{"id":"19233913-0#20#24#gene673","span":{"begin":20,"end":24},"obj":"gene673"},{"id":"19233913-0#49#57#diseaseC0025202","span":{"begin":49,"end":57},"obj":"diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"19233913-7#198#204#gene4102","span":{"begin":1394,"end":1400},"obj":"gene4102"},{"id":"19233913-7#210#214#gene4286","span":{"begin":1406,"end":1410},"obj":"gene4286"},{"id":"19233913-7#46#54#diseaseC0025202","span":{"begin":1242,"end":1250},"obj":"diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"19233913-7#132#140#diseaseC0025202","span":{"begin":1328,"end":1336},"obj":"diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"19233913-7#46#54#diseaseC0025202","span":{"begin":1242,"end":1250},"obj":"diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"19233913-7#132#140#diseaseC0025202","span":{"begin":1328,"end":1336},"obj":"diseaseC0025202"}],"relations":[{"id":"122#149#gene5773049#57#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-0#122#149#gene57730","obj":"19233913-0#49#57#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"122#149#gene5527949#57#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-0#122#149#gene55279","obj":"19233913-0#49#57#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"20#24#gene67349#57#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-0#20#24#gene673","obj":"19233913-0#49#57#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"198#204#gene410246#54#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-7#198#204#gene4102","obj":"19233913-7#46#54#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"198#204#gene4102132#140#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-7#198#204#gene4102","obj":"19233913-7#132#140#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"198#204#gene410246#54#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-7#198#204#gene4102","obj":"19233913-7#46#54#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"198#204#gene4102132#140#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-7#198#204#gene4102","obj":"19233913-7#132#140#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"210#214#gene428646#54#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-7#210#214#gene4286","obj":"19233913-7#46#54#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"210#214#gene4286132#140#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-7#210#214#gene4286","obj":"19233913-7#132#140#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"210#214#gene428646#54#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-7#210#214#gene4286","obj":"19233913-7#46#54#diseaseC0025202"},{"id":"210#214#gene4286132#140#diseaseC0025202","pred":"associated_with","subj":"19233913-7#210#214#gene4286","obj":"19233913-7#132#140#diseaseC0025202"}],"text":"mRNA expression and BRAF mutation in circulating melanoma cells isolated from peripheral blood with high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen-specific monoclonal antibody beads.\nBACKGROUND: The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood of melanoma patients by quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis correlates with a poor prognosis. The assessment of CTCs from blood has been difficult because of lack of a good monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against surface cell antigens to capture melanoma cells.\nMETHODS: Blood was collected prospectively from 57 melanoma patients (43 test and 14 test-development cases) and 5 healthy donors. High molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen (HMW-MAA)-specific mAbs bound to immunomagnetic beads were used to isolate CTCs. mRNA and/or DNA were extracted from CTCs. Testing for the expression of a melanoma-associated gene panel (MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF) with qRT-PCR and for the presence of BRAFmt (a BRAF gene variant encoding the V600E mutant protein) verified the beads-isolated CTCs to be melanoma cells. A peptide nucleic acid-clamping PCR assay was used for BRAFmt analysis.\nRESULTS: Spiking of peripheral blood cells (PBCs) with melanoma cells showed that the beads-based detection assay can detect approximately 1 melanoma cell in 5 x 10(6) PBCs. qRT-PCR analysis detected MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF expression in 19 (44%), 29 (67%), and 19 (44%) of the patients, respectively. At least one biomarker of the panel was positive in 40 (93%) of the 43 melanoma patients. BRAFmt was detected in 17 (81%) of the 21 assessed stage IV melanoma patients.\nCONCLUSION: The assay of bead capture coupled with the PCR has utility for assessing CTCs in melanoma patients, which can then be characterized for both genomic and transcriptome expression."}
DisGeNet-2017-sample
{"project":"DisGeNet-2017-sample","denotations":[{"id":"T1454","span":{"begin":122,"end":149},"obj":"gene:57730"},{"id":"T1455","span":{"begin":49,"end":57},"obj":"disease:C0025202"}],"relations":[{"id":"R1","pred":"associated_with","subj":"T1454","obj":"T1455"},{"id":"R2","pred":"associated_with","subj":"T1454","obj":"T1455"}],"namespaces":[{"prefix":"gene","uri":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/"},{"prefix":"disease","uri":"http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/"}],"text":"mRNA expression and BRAF mutation in circulating melanoma cells isolated from peripheral blood with high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen-specific monoclonal antibody beads.\nBACKGROUND: The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood of melanoma patients by quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis correlates with a poor prognosis. The assessment of CTCs from blood has been difficult because of lack of a good monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against surface cell antigens to capture melanoma cells.\nMETHODS: Blood was collected prospectively from 57 melanoma patients (43 test and 14 test-development cases) and 5 healthy donors. High molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen (HMW-MAA)-specific mAbs bound to immunomagnetic beads were used to isolate CTCs. mRNA and/or DNA were extracted from CTCs. Testing for the expression of a melanoma-associated gene panel (MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF) with qRT-PCR and for the presence of BRAFmt (a BRAF gene variant encoding the V600E mutant protein) verified the beads-isolated CTCs to be melanoma cells. A peptide nucleic acid-clamping PCR assay was used for BRAFmt analysis.\nRESULTS: Spiking of peripheral blood cells (PBCs) with melanoma cells showed that the beads-based detection assay can detect approximately 1 melanoma cell in 5 x 10(6) PBCs. qRT-PCR analysis detected MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF expression in 19 (44%), 29 (67%), and 19 (44%) of the patients, respectively. At least one biomarker of the panel was positive in 40 (93%) of the 43 melanoma patients. BRAFmt was detected in 17 (81%) of the 21 assessed stage IV melanoma patients.\nCONCLUSION: The assay of bead capture coupled with the PCR has utility for assessing CTCs in melanoma patients, which can then be characterized for both genomic and transcriptome expression."}
UBERON-AE
{"project":"UBERON-AE","denotations":[{"id":"PD-UBERON-AE-B_T1","span":{"begin":89,"end":94},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178"},{"id":"PD-UBERON-AE-B_T2","span":{"begin":264,"end":269},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178"},{"id":"PD-UBERON-AE-B_T3","span":{"begin":424,"end":429},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178"},{"id":"PD-UBERON-AE-B_T4","span":{"begin":1218,"end":1223},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178"}],"text":"mRNA expression and BRAF mutation in circulating melanoma cells isolated from peripheral blood with high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen-specific monoclonal antibody beads.\nBACKGROUND: The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood of melanoma patients by quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis correlates with a poor prognosis. The assessment of CTCs from blood has been difficult because of lack of a good monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against surface cell antigens to capture melanoma cells.\nMETHODS: Blood was collected prospectively from 57 melanoma patients (43 test and 14 test-development cases) and 5 healthy donors. High molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen (HMW-MAA)-specific mAbs bound to immunomagnetic beads were used to isolate CTCs. mRNA and/or DNA were extracted from CTCs. Testing for the expression of a melanoma-associated gene panel (MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF) with qRT-PCR and for the presence of BRAFmt (a BRAF gene variant encoding the V600E mutant protein) verified the beads-isolated CTCs to be melanoma cells. A peptide nucleic acid-clamping PCR assay was used for BRAFmt analysis.\nRESULTS: Spiking of peripheral blood cells (PBCs) with melanoma cells showed that the beads-based detection assay can detect approximately 1 melanoma cell in 5 x 10(6) PBCs. qRT-PCR analysis detected MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF expression in 19 (44%), 29 (67%), and 19 (44%) of the patients, respectively. At least one biomarker of the panel was positive in 40 (93%) of the 43 melanoma patients. BRAFmt was detected in 17 (81%) of the 21 assessed stage IV melanoma patients.\nCONCLUSION: The assay of bead capture coupled with the PCR has utility for assessing CTCs in melanoma patients, which can then be characterized for both genomic and transcriptome expression."}
performance-test
{"project":"performance-test","denotations":[{"id":"PD-UBERON-AE-B_T1","span":{"begin":89,"end":94},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178"},{"id":"PD-UBERON-AE-B_T2","span":{"begin":264,"end":269},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178"},{"id":"PD-UBERON-AE-B_T3","span":{"begin":424,"end":429},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178"},{"id":"PD-UBERON-AE-B_T4","span":{"begin":576,"end":581},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178"},{"id":"PD-UBERON-AE-B_T5","span":{"begin":1218,"end":1223},"obj":"http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000178"}],"text":"mRNA expression and BRAF mutation in circulating melanoma cells isolated from peripheral blood with high molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen-specific monoclonal antibody beads.\nBACKGROUND: The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the peripheral blood of melanoma patients by quantitative real-time reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis correlates with a poor prognosis. The assessment of CTCs from blood has been difficult because of lack of a good monoclonal antibody (mAb) directed against surface cell antigens to capture melanoma cells.\nMETHODS: Blood was collected prospectively from 57 melanoma patients (43 test and 14 test-development cases) and 5 healthy donors. High molecular weight melanoma-associated antigen (HMW-MAA)-specific mAbs bound to immunomagnetic beads were used to isolate CTCs. mRNA and/or DNA were extracted from CTCs. Testing for the expression of a melanoma-associated gene panel (MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF) with qRT-PCR and for the presence of BRAFmt (a BRAF gene variant encoding the V600E mutant protein) verified the beads-isolated CTCs to be melanoma cells. A peptide nucleic acid-clamping PCR assay was used for BRAFmt analysis.\nRESULTS: Spiking of peripheral blood cells (PBCs) with melanoma cells showed that the beads-based detection assay can detect approximately 1 melanoma cell in 5 x 10(6) PBCs. qRT-PCR analysis detected MLANA, MAGEA3, and MITF expression in 19 (44%), 29 (67%), and 19 (44%) of the patients, respectively. At least one biomarker of the panel was positive in 40 (93%) of the 43 melanoma patients. BRAFmt was detected in 17 (81%) of the 21 assessed stage IV melanoma patients.\nCONCLUSION: The assay of bead capture coupled with the PCR has utility for assessing CTCs in melanoma patients, which can then be characterized for both genomic and transcriptome expression."}