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Single-cell multimodal glioma analyses identify epigenetic regulators of cellular plasticity and environmental stress response
Johnson K, Anderson K, Courtois E, Gujar A, Barthel F, Varn F, Luo D, Seignon M, Yi E, Kim H, Estecio M, Zhao D, Tang M, Navin N, Maurya R, Ngan C, Verburg N, de Witt Hamer P, Bulsara K, Samuels M, Das S, Robson P, Verhaak R. Single-cell multimodal glioma analyses identify epigenetic regulators of cellular plasticity and environmental stress response. Nature Genetics 2021, 53: 1456-1468. PMID: 34594038, PMCID: PMC8570135, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-021-00926-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrain NeoplasmsCell PlasticityClonal EvolutionDNA Copy Number VariationsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic HeterogeneityGenome, HumanGliomaHumansMutationPhylogenyPromoter Regions, GeneticSingle-Cell AnalysisStress, PhysiologicalTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsDNA methylation disorderEnvironmental stress responsesMethylation disordersEnvironmental stress response pathwaysStress responseStress response processesStress response pathwaysSingle-cell transcriptomesDNA methylation changesDNA methylation differencesDNA methylation dataMulti-omics profilesDNA methylomeTranscriptional disruptionEpigenetic instabilityEpigenetic heterogeneityEpigenetic regulatorsResponse pathwaysCellular plasticityMethylation changesMethylation differencesCell statesMethylation dataIrradiation stressWild-type gliomas
2019
Extrachromosomal oncogene amplification in tumour pathogenesis and evolution
Verhaak R, Bafna V, Mischel P. Extrachromosomal oncogene amplification in tumour pathogenesis and evolution. Nature Reviews Cancer 2019, 19: 283-288. PMID: 30872802, PMCID: PMC7168519, DOI: 10.1038/s41568-019-0128-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChromosomesDNA Copy Number VariationsGene AmplificationHumansNeoplasmsOncogenesTumor Microenvironment
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