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The Utilization And Optimization Of Omics Trait Prediction Models Within And Across Diverse Populations, Ashley Mulford Jan 2021

The Utilization And Optimization Of Omics Trait Prediction Models Within And Across Diverse Populations, Ashley Mulford

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Most cancer chemotherapeutic agents are ineffective in a subset of patients; thus, it is important to consider the role of genetic variation in drug response. Lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) derived from 1000 Genomes Project populations of diverse ancestries are a useful model for determining how genetic factors impact variation in cytotoxicity. In our study, LCLs from three 1000 Genomes Project populations of diverse ancestries were previously treated with increasing concentrations of eight chemotherapeutic drugs and cell growth inhibition was measured at each dose with half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) or area under the dose-response curve (AUC) as our phenotype for each …