Cancer driver mutations: predictions and reality

D Ostroverkhova, TM Przytycka… - Trends in Molecular …, 2023 - cell.com
Cancer cells accumulate many genetic alterations throughout their lifetime, but only a few of
them drive cancer progression, termed driver mutations. Driver mutations may vary between …

Extrachromosomal DNA amplifications in cancer

E Yi, R Chamorro González, AG Henssen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplification is an important driver alteration in cancer. It
has been observed in most cancer types and is associated with worse patient outcome. The …

Mechanisms of APOBEC3 mutagenesis in human cancer cells

M Petljak, A Dananberg, K Chu, EN Bergstrom… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The APOBEC3 family of cytosine deaminases has been implicated in some of the most
prevalent mutational signatures in cancer,–. However, a causal link between endogenous …

APOBEC3B regulates R-loops and promotes transcription-associated mutagenesis in cancer

JL McCann, A Cristini, EK Law, SY Lee, M Tellier… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
The single-stranded DNA cytosine-to-uracil deaminase APOBEC3B is an antiviral protein
implicated in cancer. However, its substrates in cells are not fully delineated. Here …

Multiomic analysis of malignant pleural mesothelioma identifies molecular axes and specialized tumor profiles driving intertumor heterogeneity

L Mangiante, N Alcala, A Sexton-Oates, A Di Genova… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive cancer with rising incidence and
challenging clinical management. Through a large series of whole-genome sequencing …

Map** extrachromosomal DNA amplifications during cancer progression

H Kim, S Kim, T Wade, E Yeo, A Lipsa, A Golebiewska… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
To understand the role of extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplifications in cancer
progression, we detected and classified focal amplifications in 8,060 newly diagnosed …

Addressing the benefits of inhibiting APOBEC3-dependent mutagenesis in cancer

M Petljak, AM Green, J Maciejowski, MD Weitzman - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Mutational signatures associated with apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic
polypeptide-like (APOBEC) 3 cytosine deaminase activity have been found in over half of …

Comprehensive analysis of mutational signatures reveals distinct patterns and molecular processes across 27 pediatric cancers

V Thatikonda, SMA Islam, RJ Autry, BC Jones… - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Analysis of mutational signatures can reveal underlying molecular mechanisms of
the processes that have imprinted the somatic mutations found in cancer genomes. Here, we …

Blocking genomic instability prevents acquired resistance to MAPK inhibitor therapy in melanoma

P Dharanipragada, X Zhang, S Liu, SH Lomeli, A Hong… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Blocking cancer genomic instability may prevent tumor diversification and escape from
therapies. We show that, after MAPK inhibitor (MAPKi) therapy in patients and mice bearing …

[HTML][HTML] The interplay of mutagenesis and ecDNA shapes urothelial cancer evolution

DD Nguyen, WF Hooper, W Liu, TR Chu, H Geiger… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Advanced urothelial cancer is a frequently lethal disease characterized by marked genetic
heterogeneity. In this study, we investigated the evolution of genomic signatures caused by …