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Marco Marra

BC Cancer Agency; University of British Columbia, Genome Sciences Centre
Verified email at bcgsc.ca
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Circos: an information aesthetic for comparative genomics

…, R Gascoyne, D Horsman, SJ Jones, MA Marra - Genome …, 2009 - genome.cshlp.org
We created a visualization tool called Circos to facilitate the identification and analysis of
similarities and differences arising from comparisons of genomes. Our tool is effective in …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological role of orexinergic system for health

I Villano, M La Marra, G Di Maio, V Monda… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Orexins, or hypocretins, are excitatory neuropeptides involved in the regulation of feeding
behavior and the sleep and wakefulness states. Since their discovery, several lines of …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

…, SJ Fisher, D Haussler, SJM Jones, W Li, MA Marra… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The reference human genome sequence set the stage for studies of genetic variation and
its association with human disease, but epigenomic studies lack a similar reference. To …

[PDF][PDF] Oncogenic signaling pathways in the cancer genome atlas

…, R Holt, SJM Jones, K Kasaian, D Lee, Y Ma, MA Marra - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Genetic alterations in signaling pathways that control cell-cycle progression, apoptosis, and
cell growth are common hallmarks of cancer, but the extent, mechanisms, and co-…

The genome sequence of the SARS-associated coronavirus

MA Marra, SJM Jones, CR Astell, RA Holt… - Science, 2003 - science.org
We sequenced the 29,751-base genome of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)–associated
coronavirus known as the Tor2 isolate. The genome sequence reveals that this …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated genomic characterization of papillary thyroid carcinoma

…, VA LiVolsi, Y Lu, Y Ma, HS Mahadeshwar, MA Marra… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer. Here, we
describe the genomic landscape of 496 PTCs. We observed a low frequency of somatic …

[PDF][PDF] An integrated TCGA pan-cancer clinical data resource to drive high-quality survival outcome analytics

…, R Holt, SJM Jones, K Kasaian, D Lee, Y Ma, MA Marra… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
For a decade, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) program collected clinicopathologic
annotation data along with multi-platform molecular profiles of more than 11,000 human tumors …

The clonal and mutational evolution spectrum of primary triple-negative breast cancers

…, S Jones, D Huntsman, M Hirst, C Caldas, MA Marra… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Primary triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs), a tumour type defined by lack of oestrogen
receptor, progesterone receptor and ERBB2 gene amplification, represent approximately 16…

[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive molecular characterization of muscle-invasive bladder cancer

…, RD Machado, DT Maglinte, D Mallery, MA Marra… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
We report a comprehensive analysis of 412 muscle-invasive bladder cancers characterized
by multiple TCGA analytical platforms. Fifty-eight genes were significantly mutated, and the …

[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive characterization of cancer driver genes and mutations

…, R Holt, SJM Jones, K Kasaian, D Lee, Y Ma, MA Marra… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Identifying molecular cancer drivers is critical for precision oncology. Multiple advanced
algorithms to identify drivers now exist, but systematic attempts to combine and optimize them on …