Selected Publications

Teh, BT (2019). The importance of including diverse populations in cancer genomic and epigenomic studies.
Nat Rev Cancer, 19(7), 361-362. doi:10.1038/s41568-019-0158-0.
Teh BT*, Lim K, Yong CH, Ng CCY, Rao SR, Rajasegaran V, Lim WK, Ong CK, Chan K, Cheng VKY, Soh PS, Swarup S, Rozen SG, Nagarajan N, Tan P*. The draft genome of tropical fruit durian (Durio zibethinus). 2017.
Nature Genetics (2017) doi:10.1038/ng.3972. (*Co-corresponding author)
Yao X, Tan J, Lim KJ, Koh J, Ooi WF, Li Z, Huang D, Xing M, Chan YS, Qu JZ, Tay ST, Wijaya G, Lam YN, Hong JH, Lee-Lim AP, Guan P, Ng MSW, He CZ, Suling Lin J, Nandi T, Qamra A, Xu C, Myint SS, Davies JOJ, Goh JY, Loh G, Tan BC, Rozen SG, Yu Q, Huat Tan IB, Cheng CWS, Li S, Chang KTE, Tan PH, Silver DL, Lezhava A, Steger G, Hughes JR, Teh BT*, Tan P*. 2017.
VHL deficiency drives enhancer activation of oncogenes in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Cancer Discov. 2017 Sep 11. pii: CD-17-0375. (*Co-corresponding author)
Jusakul A, Cutcutache I, Yong CH, Lim JQ, Huang MN, Padmanabhan N, Nellore V, Kongpetch S, Ng AWT, Ng LM, Choo SP, Myint SS, Thanan R, Nagarajan S, Lim WK, Ng CCY, Boot A, Liu M, Ong CK, Rajasegaran V, Lie S, Lim AST, Lim TH, Tan J, Loh JL, McPherson JR, Khuntikeo N, Bhudhisawasdi V, Yongvanit P, Wongkham S, Totoki Y, Nakamura H, Arai Y, Yamasaki S, Chow PKH, Chung AYF, Ooi LLPJ, Lim KH, Dima S, Duda DG, Popescu I, Broet P, Hsieh SY, Yu MC, Scarpa A, Lai J, Luo DX, Carvalho AL, Vettore AL, Rhee H, Park YN, Alexandrov L, Gordan R*, Rozen SG*, Shibata T*, Pairojkul C*, Teh BT*, Tan P.*. 2017.
Whole-Genome and Epigenomic Landscapes of Etiologically Distinct Subtypes of Cholangiocarcinoma.
Cancer Discov. 2017 Jun 30. pii: CD-17-0368. (*Co-corresponding author)
Ler LD, Ghosh S, Chai X, Thike AA, Heng HL, Siew EY, Dey S, Koh LK, Lim JQ, Lim WK, Myint SS, Loh JL, Ong P, Sam XX, Huang D, Lim T, Tan PH, Nagarajan S, Cheng CW, Ho H, Ng LG, Yuen J, Lin PH, Chuang CK, Chang YH, Weng WH, Rozen SG, Tan P, Creasy CL, Pang ST*, McCabe MT*, Poon SL*, Teh BT*. 2017.
Loss of tumor suppressor KDM6A amplifies PRC2-regulated transcriptional repression in bladder cancer and can be targeted through inhibition of EZH2.
Sci Transl Med. 2017 Feb 22;9(378). (*Co-corresponding author)
Fukawa T, Yan-Jiang BC, Min-Wen JC, Jun-Hao ET, Huang D, Qian CN, Ong P, Li Z, Chen S, Mak SY, Lim WJ, Kanayama HO, Mohan RE, Wang RR, Lai JH, Chua C, Ong HS, Tan KK, Ho YS, Tan IB, Teh BT, Shyh-Chang N. 2016.
Excessive fatty acid oxidation induces muscle atrophy in cancer cachexia.
Nature Medicine 22(6): 666–671, 2016
Tan J, Ong CK, Lim WK, Ng CC, Thike AA, Ng LM, Rajasegaran V, Myint SS, Nagarajan S, Thangaraju S, Dey S, Nasir ND, Wijaya GC, Lim JQ, Huang D, Li Z, Wong BH, Chan JY, McPherson JR, Cutcutache I, Poore G, Tay ST, Tan WJ, Putti TC, Ahmad BS, Iau P, Chan CW, Tang AP, Yong WS, Madhukumar P, Ho GH, Tan VK, Wong CY, Hartman M, Ong KW, Tan BK, Rozen SG, Tan P, Tan PH, Teh BT. 2015.
Genomic landscapes of breast fibroepithelial tumors.
Nature Genetics 47(11): 1341–1345, 2015
Poon SL, Huang MN, Choo Y, McPherson JR, Yu W, Heng HL, Gan A, Myint SS, Siew EY, Ler LD, Ng LG, Weng WH, Chuang CK, Yuen JS, Pang ST, Tan P, Teh BT, Rozen SG. 2015.
Mutation signatures implicate aristolochic acid in bladder cancer development.
Genome Medicine 7(1):38, 2015
Lim WK, Ong CK, Tan J, Thike AA, Ng CC, Rajasegaran V, Myint SS, Nagarajan S, Nasir ND, McPherson JR, Cutcutache I, Poore G, Tay ST, Ooi WS, Tan VK, Hartman M, Ong KW, Tan BK, Rozen SG, Tan PH, Tan P, Teh BT. 2014.
Exome sequencing identifies highly recurrent MED12 somatic mutations in breast fibroadenoma.
Nature Genetics 46(8): 877–880, 2014
Chan-on W, Nairismägi M-L, Ong CK, Dima S, Pairojkul C, Lim KH, McPherson JR, Lim WK, Cucutache I, Heng HL, Ooi L, Chung A, Chow P, Cheow PC, Lee SY, Huat ITB, Duda D, Nastase A, Myint SS, Wong BH, Gan A, Rajasegaran V, Ng CCY, Jusakul A, Zhang S, Vohra P, Yu W, Huang D, Yongvanit P, Wongkham S, Khuntikeo N, Bhudhisawasdi V, Popescu I, Rozen SG, Tan P, Teh BT.  2013. 
Distinct mutational patters of infection and non-infection-related bile duct cancers revealed by exome sequencing. 
Nature Genetics 45(12): 1474–1478
Poon SL, Pang ST, McPherson JR, Yu W, Huang KK, Guan P, Weng WH, Siew EY, Liu Y, Heng HL, Chong SC, Gan A, Tay ST, Lim WK, Cutcutache I, Huang D, Ler LD, Nairismägi ML, Lee MH, Chang YH, Yu KJ, Chan-on W, Li BK, Yuan YF, Qiang CN, Ng KF, Wu CF, Hsu CL, Bunte RM, Stratton MR, Futureal PA, Sung WK, Chuang CK, Ong CK, Rozen SG, Tan P, Teh BT.  2013. 
Genome-wide mutational signatures of aristolochic acid and its application as a screening tool.
Sci Transl Med 5(197): 197ra 101
(Received Journal Cover Image and Focus Article, also highlighted by Nature Genetis, Science Magazine)
Koo GC, Tan SY, Tang T, Poon SL, Allen GE, Tan L, Chong SC, Ong WS, Tay K, Tao M, Quek R, Loong S, Yeoh KW, Yap SP, Lee KA, Lim LC, Tan D, Goh C, Cutcutache I, Yu W, Ng CCY , Rajasegaran V, Heng HL, Gan A,  Ong CK, Rozen S, Tan P, Teh BT, Lim ST.  2012. 
Janus kinase 3-activating mutations identified in natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. 
Cancer Discov 2(7):  591–597
Ong CK, Subimerb C, Pairojkul C, Wongkham S, Cutcutache I, Yu W, McPherson J, Allen GE, Ng CCY, Wong BHM, Myint SS, Rajasegaran V, Heng HL, Gan A, Zang ZJ, Wu Y, Wu J, Lee MH, Huang D, Ong P, Chan-on W, Cao Y, Qian CN, Lim KH, Ooi A, Dykema KJ, Furge K, Kukongviriyapan V, Sripa B, Wongkham C, Yongvanit P, Futreal PA, Bhudhisawasdi V, Rozen S, Tan P, Teh BT.  2012. 
Exome sequencing of liver fluke-associated cholangiocarcinoma. 
Nature Genetics 44(6): 690–693
Zang ZJ, Cutcutache I, Poon SL, Zhang SL, McPherson J, Tao J, Rajasegaran V, Heng HL, Deng N, Gan A, Lim KH, Ong CK, Huang D, Chin SY, Tan IB, Ng CCY, Yu W, Wu Y, Lee M, Wu J, Poh D, Wan WK, Rha SY, So J, Salto-Tellez M, Yeoh KG, Wong WK, Futreal PA, Pang B, Ruan Y, Hillmer A, Bertrand D, Nagarajan N, Rozen S, Teh BT*, Tan P. 
Exome sequencing of gastric adenocarcinoma reveals recurrent somatic mutations in cell adhesion and chromatin remodeling genes.
Nature Genetics 44(5): 570–574, 2012
Varela I, Tarpey P, Raine K, Huang D, Ong CK, Stephens P, Davies H, Jones D, Lin M-L, Teague J, Bignell G, Butler A, Cho J, Dalgliesh GL, Galappaththige D, Greenman C, Hardy C, Jia M, Latimer C, Lau KW, Marshall J, McLaren S, Menzies A, Mudie L, Stebbings L, Largaespada DA, Wessels LFA, Richard S, Kahnoski RJ, Anema J, Tuveson D, Perez-Mancera P, Mustonen V, Fischer A, Adams DJ, Rust A, Chan-on W, Subimerb C, Dykema K, Furge K, Campbell PJ, Teh BT, Stratton MR, Futreal PA.  2011. 
Exome sequencing identifies frequent mutation of the SWI/SNF complex gene PBRM1 in renal carcinoma. 
Nature 2011: 469(7331): 539–542 .  PMCID: PMC3030920 (Co-corresponding author)
Ooi A, Wong J-C, Petillo D, Roossien D, Perrier-Trudova V, Whitten D, Hui Min BW, Tan M-H, Zhang Z, Yang XJ, Zhou M,Gardie B, Molinie V, Richard S, Tan PH, Teh BT, Furge KA.  2011. 
An antioxidant response phenotype shared between hereditary and sporadic type 2 papillary renal cell carcinoma. 
Cancer Cell 20(4): 511–523 .
*Highlighted in Cancer Cell Previews 20(4): 418–420, 2011, Nature Reviews Cancer 11, 2011; and Nature Chemical Biology January 2012
Dalgliesh GL, Furge K, Greenman C, Chen L, Bignell G, Butler A, Davies H, Edkins S, Hardy C, Latimer C, Teague J, Andrews J, Barthorpe S, Beare D, Buck G, Campbell PJ, Forbes S, Jia M, Jones D, Knott H, Kok CY, Lau KW, Leroy C, Lin ML, McBride DJ, Maddison M, Maquire S, McLay K, Menzies A, Mironenko T, Mulderrig L, Mudie L, O’Meara S, Pleasance E, Rajasingham A, Shepherd R, Smith R, Stebbings L, Stephens P, Tang G, Tarpety PS, Turrell K, Dykema KJ, Khoo SK, Petillo D, Wondergem B, Anema J, Kahnoski RJ, Teh BT, Stratton MR, Futreal PA. 2010. 
Systemic sequencing of renal cell carcinoma reveals inactivation of histone modifying genes. 
Nature 463(7279): 360–363 .  PMCID: PMC2820242 (Co-corresponding author)
Van Haaften G, Dalgliesh GL, Davies H, Bigness G, Greenman C, Edkins S, Hardy C, O’Meara S, Chen L, Teague J, Butler A, Hinton J, Tofts C, Andrews J, Barthorpe S, Beare D, Buck G, Campbell PJ, Cole J, Dunmore R, Forbes S, Jia M, Jones D, Kok CY, Leroy C, Lin M-L, McBride DJ, Maddison M, Maquire S, Menzies A, Mironenko T, Mulderrig L, Mudie L, Pleasance E, Shepherd R, Smith R, Stebbings L, Stephens P, Tan G, Tarpey PS, Turner R, Turrell K, Varian J, West S, Widaa S, Wray P, Collins VP, Ichimura K, Law S, Wong J, Yuen ST, Leung SY, Tonon G, DePinho RA, Tai Y-T, Anderson KC, Kahnoski RJ, Massie A, Khoo SK, Teh BT, Stratton MR, Futreal PA.  2009. 
Somatic mutations of the histone H3K27 demethylase, UTX, in human cancer.
Nature Genetics 41(5): 521–523 .  PMCID: 2873835