Unfolding the mutational landscape of human melanoma

J Invest Dermatol. 2015 Mar;135(3):659-662. doi: 10.1038/jid.2014.467.

Abstract

Over the preceding two decades, sophisticated sequencing techniques have been used to characterize the genetic drivers of adult melanoma. However, our understanding of pediatric melanomas is still rudimentary. In this report, we comment on a thorough multi-platform analysis of common pediatric melanoma subsets, including pediatric conventional melanoma (CM), congenital nevus-derived melanoma (CNM), and Spitzoid melanoma (SM), contributed by Lu et al.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • GTP Phosphohydrolases / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / genetics*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / genetics*
  • Skin Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Telomerase / genetics*

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • BRAF protein, human
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
  • TERT protein, human
  • Telomerase
  • GTP Phosphohydrolases
  • NRAS protein, human