Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

A cancer drug atlas enables synergistic targeting of independent drug vulnerabilities

  • Ravi S. Narayan,
  • Piet Molenaar,
  • Jian Teng,
  • Fleur M. G. Cornelissen,
  • Irene Roelofs,
  • Renee Menezes,
  • Rogier Dik,
  • Tonny Lagerweij,
  • Yoran Broersma,
  • Naomi Petersen,
  • Jhon Alexander Marin Soto,
  • Eelke Brands,
  • Philip van Kuiken,
  • Maria C. Lecca,
  • Kristiaan J. Lenos,
  • Sjors G. J. G. In ‘t Veld,
  • Wessel van Wieringen,
  • Frederick F. Lang,
  • Erik Sulman,
  • Roel Verhaak,
  • Brigitta G. Baumert,
  • Lucas J. A. Stalpers,
  • Louis Vermeulen,
  • Colin Watts,
  • David Bailey,
  • Ben J. Slotman,
  • Rogier Versteeg,
  • David Noske,
  • Peter Sminia,
  • Bakhos A. Tannous,
  • Tom Wurdinger,
  • Jan Koster,
  • Bart A. Westerman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16735-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Drug synergies impact the efficacy of combination therapies but are difficult to identify. Here Narayan et al. describe the drug atlas, a method to predict effective drug combinations from common exclusive drug effects providing a resource for exploring and understanding effective drug combinations.