2024
Evolving copy number gains promote tumor expansion and bolster mutational diversification
Wang Z, Xia Y, Mills L, Nikolakopoulos A, Maeser N, Dehm S, Sheltzer J, Sun R. Evolving copy number gains promote tumor expansion and bolster mutational diversification. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 2025. PMID: 38448455, PMCID: PMC10918155, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46414-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic copy number alterationsMutational diversificationCopy numberGenome sequenced samplesCopy number alterationsCopy number gainGenome segmentsPromote tumor expansionGenome doublingPopulation expansionSequenced samplesFitness effectsTumor typesCancer evolutionTumor expansionClonal expansionGenomeDiversification
2022
Extensive protein dosage compensation in aneuploid human cancers
Schukken KM, Sheltzer J. Extensive protein dosage compensation in aneuploid human cancers. Genome Research 2022, 32: 1254-1270. PMID: 35701073, PMCID: PMC9341510, DOI: 10.1101/gr.276378.121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDosage compensationPost-translational regulatory mechanismsProtein complex subunitsCopy numberHuman cancersCell cycle genesEffects of aneuploidyMajority of proteinsChromosome copy numberProtein expression dataKey driver genesChromosome copy number changesExpression of oncogenesCopy number changesKey cancer driversComplex subunitsCycle genesGene groupsCancer driversCancer proteomeRegulatory mechanismsTumor suppressorExpression dataDriver genesChromosome gains