Featured Publications
Extrachromosomal DNA amplifications in cancer
Yi E, Chamorro González R, Henssen A, Verhaak R. Extrachromosomal DNA amplifications in cancer. Nature Reviews Genetics 2022, 23: 760-771. PMID: 35953594, PMCID: PMC9671848, DOI: 10.1038/s41576-022-00521-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtrachromosomal DNA amplificationsNew therapeutic vulnerabilitiesCopy number heterogeneityEpigenetic architectureDNA amplificationCell divisionNuclear bodiesMost cancer typesNumber heterogeneityRegulatory landscapeTherapeutic vulnerabilitiesFunctional impactCancer typesDriver alterationsCircular structureEcDNAsChromatinizationChromosomesGenesAmplificationEcDNARecent investigationsEnhancerDeregulationCancerExtrachromosomal DNA is associated with oncogene amplification and poor outcome across multiple cancers
Kim H, Nguyen N, Turner K, Wu S, Gujar A, Luebeck J, Liu J, Deshpande V, Rajkumar U, Namburi S, Amin S, Yi E, Menghi F, Schulte J, Henssen A, Chang H, Beck C, Mischel P, Bafna V, Verhaak R. Extrachromosomal DNA is associated with oncogene amplification and poor outcome across multiple cancers. Nature Genetics 2020, 52: 891-897. PMID: 32807987, PMCID: PMC7484012, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-0678-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOncogene amplificationPoor outcomeCancer typesEcDNA amplificationShorter survivalCancer patientsMost cancer typesExtrachromosomal DNA amplificationsClinical impactMultiple cancersPatientsNormal tissuesCancerTranscript fusionsEnhanced chromatin accessibilityIntratumoral genetic heterogeneityOncogene transcriptionChromosomal amplificationOutcomesGenetic heterogeneityHigh levelsDNA amplificationTissue typesBlood
2019
GENE-28. LONGITUDINAL MOLECULAR TRAJECTORIES OF DIFFUSE GLIOMA IN ADULTS
Barthel F, Johnson K, Varn F, Moskalik A, Tanner G, Kocakavuk E, Anderson K, Abiola O, Consortium G, Huse J, DeGroot J, Stead L, Verhaak R. GENE-28. LONGITUDINAL MOLECULAR TRAJECTORIES OF DIFFUSE GLIOMA IN ADULTS. Neuro-Oncology 2019, 21: vi103-vi103. PMCID: PMC6847692, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noz175.430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdult patientsOverall survivalDisease recurrencePoor outcomeCurrent therapiesInitial diseaseTreatment optionsTherapy resistanceNeoantigen profilesTherapeutic interventionsPatientsPathway alterationsTumor progressionGlioma Longitudinal Analysis ConsortiumTargeted inhibitorsCancer typesGlioma developmentGliomasDiffuse gliomasGlioma subtypesTime pointsUnderstanding of mechanismsRecurrenceGlioma datasetsHypermutator phenotype
2017
TumorFusions: an integrative resource for cancer-associated transcript fusions
Hu X, Wang Q, Tang M, Barthel F, Amin S, Yoshihara K, Lang F, Martinez-Ledesma E, Lee S, Zheng S, Verhaak R. TumorFusions: an integrative resource for cancer-associated transcript fusions. Nucleic Acids Research 2017, 46: gkx1018-. PMID: 29099951, PMCID: PMC5753333, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscript fusionsGene fusionsWhole-genome sequencing dataSomatic DNA rearrangementsTranscript-level expressionGenome sequencing dataGene annotationCopy number levelsCancer samplesCancer Genome AtlasDNA rearrangementsUniform pipelineFunctional fusionSequencing dataIntegrative resourceLevel expressionPartner genesGenome AtlasChromosomal alterationsMutational patternsCancer typesFusion transcriptsNon-neoplastic samplesMolecular aberrationsNumber levels