Boris Bastian, MD, PhD

Loss-of-function fibroblast growth factor receptor-2 mutations in melanoma.

Gartside MG, Chen H, Ibrahimi OA, Byron SA, Curtis AV, Wellens CL, Bengston A, Yudt LM, Eliseenkova AV, Ma J, Curtin JA, Hyder P, Harper UL, Riedesel E, Mann GJ, Trent JM, Bastian BC, Meltzer PS, Mohammadi M, Pollock PM PMID: 19147536

Frequent somatic mutations of GNAQ in uveal melanoma and blue naevi.

Van Raamsdonk CD, Bezrookove V, Green G, Bauer J, Gaugler L, O'Brien JM, Simpson EM, Barsh GS, Bastian BC PMID: 19078957

The presence of polyomavirus in non-melanoma skin cancer in organ transplant recipients is rare.

Ridd K, Yu S, Bastian BC PMID: 18650847

Improving melanoma classification by integrating genetic and morphologic features.

Viros A, Fridlyand J, Bauer J, Lasithiotakis K, Garbe C, Pinkel D, Bastian BC PMID: 18532874

Dose-dependent, complete response to imatinib of a metastatic mucosal melanoma with a K642E KIT mutation.

Lutzky J, Bauer J, Bastian BC PMID: 18510589

Frequent p16-independent inactivation of p14ARF in human melanoma.

Freedberg DE, Rigas SH, Russak J, Gai W, Kaplow M, Osman I, Turner F, Randerson-Moor JA, Houghton A, Busam K, Timothy Bishop D, Bastian BC, Newton-Bishop JA, Polsky D PMID: 18505964

MC1R variants increase risk of melanomas harboring BRAF mutations.

Fargnoli MC, Fargnoli MC, Pike K, Pfeiffer RM, Tsang S, Rozenblum E, Munroe DJ, Golubeva Y, Calista D, Seidenari S, Massi D, Carli P, Bauer J, Elder DE, Bastian BC, Peris K, Landi MT PMID: 18368129

Distribution and significance of occult intraepidermal tumor cells surrounding primary melanoma.

North JP, Kageshita T, Pinkel D, LeBoit PE, Bastian BC PMID: 18323782

Beta-catenin induces immortalization of melanocytes by suppressing p16INK4a expression and cooperates with N-Ras in melanoma development.

Delmas V, Beermann F, Martinozzi S, Carreira S, Ackermann J, Kumasaka M, Denat L, Goodall J, Luciani F, Viros A, Demirkan N, Bastian BC, Goding CR, Larue L PMID: 18006687

Constitutive activation of the phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase signalling pathway in acral lentiginous melanoma.

Muchemwa FC, Ma D, Inoue Y, Curtin JA, Bastian BC, Ihn H, Kageshita T PMID: 17999703