The causes and consequences of genetic heterogeneity in cancer evolution

RA Burrell, N McGranahan, J Bartek, C Swanton - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Recent studies have revealed extensive genetic diversity both between and within tumours.
This heterogeneity affects key cancer pathways, driving phenotypic variation, and poses a …

Context is everything: aneuploidy in cancer

U Ben-David, A Amon - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer is driven by multiple types of genetic alterations, which range in size from point
mutations to whole-chromosome gains and losses, known as aneuploidy. Chromosome …

Chromosomal instability drives metastasis through a cytosolic DNA response

SF Bakhoum, B Ngo, AM Laughney, JA Cavallo… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Chromosomal instability is a hallmark of cancer that results from ongoing errors in
chromosome segregation during mitosis. Although chromosomal instability is a major driver …

[HTML][HTML] Non-cell-autonomous cancer progression from chromosomal instability

J Li, MJ Hubisz, EM Earlie, MA Duran, C Hong… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a driver of cancer metastasis,,–, yet the extent to which this
effect depends on the immune system remains unknown. Using ContactTracing—a newly …

Chromosomal instability as a driver of cancer progression

X Chen, AS Agustinus, J Li, M DiBona… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) refers to an increased propensity of cells to acquire structural
and numerical chromosomal abnormalities during cell division, which contributes to tumour …

Metastasis and immune evasion from extracellular cGAMP hydrolysis

J Li, MA Duran, N Dhanota, WK Chatila, SE Bettigole… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Cytosolic DNA is characteristic of chromosomally unstable metastatic cancer cells, resulting
in constitutive activation of the cGAS–STING innate immune pathway. How tumors co-opt …

A mechanism linking extra centrosomes to chromosomal instability

NJ Ganem, SA Godinho, D Pellman - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a hallmark of many tumours and correlates with the
presence of extra centrosomes,,,. However, a direct mechanistic link between extra …

Causes and consequences of aneuploidy in cancer

DJ Gordon, B Resio, D Pellman - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Genetic instability, which includes both numerical and structural chromosomal
abnormalities, is a hallmark of cancer. Whereas the structural chromosome rearrangements …

Determinants and clinical implications of chromosomal instability in cancer

L Sansregret, B Vanhaesebroeck… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Aberrant chromosomal architecture, ranging from small insertions or deletions to large
chromosomal alterations, is one of the most common characteristics of cancer genomes …

Aneuploidy as a promoter and suppressor of malignant growth

A Vasudevan, KM Schukken, EL Sausville… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Aneuploidy has been recognized as a hallmark of tumorigenesis for more than 100 years,
but the connection between chromosomal errors and malignant growth has remained …