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Somatic mutations and clonal dynamics in healthy and cirrhotic human liver
Brunner S, Roberts N, Wylie L, Moore L, Aitken S, Davies S, Sanders M, Ellis P, Alder C, Hooks Y, Abascal F, Stratton M, Martincorena I, Hoare M, Campbell P. Somatic mutations and clonal dynamics in healthy and cirrhotic human liver. Nature 2019, 574: 538-542. PMID: 31645727, PMCID: PMC6837891, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1670-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic liver diseaseHepatocellular carcinomaLiver diseaseCirrhotic liverMutational burdenSomatic mutationsMutational signaturesProgression to chronic liver diseaseSynchronous hepatocellular carcinomaNon-malignant hepatocytesExcessive alcohol intakeComplexity of hepatocellular carcinomaBands of fibrosisNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseStructural variantsFatty liver diseaseGenome of hepatocellular carcinomaClinical spectrumAlcohol intakeLiver failureViral hepatitisClonal expansionMalignant transformationHealth to diseaseRegenerative nodules
2015
Next-generation sequencing is highly sensitive for the detection of beta-catenin mutations in desmoid-type fibromatoses
Aitken S, Presneau N, Kalimuthu S, Dileo P, Berisha F, Tirabosco R, Amary M, Flanagan A. Next-generation sequencing is highly sensitive for the detection of beta-catenin mutations in desmoid-type fibromatoses. Virchows Archiv 2015, 467: 203-210. PMID: 25838078, DOI: 10.1007/s00428-015-1765-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNext-generation sequencingRestriction enzyme digestionMutation-specific restriction enzyme digestionEnzyme digestionIon Torrent Personal Genome MachineDesmoid-type fibromatosesPersonal Genome MachineMutation detection techniquesSpecificity of next-generation sequencingPolymerase chain reaction amplificationPrimer pairsCTNNB1 mutationsMinimal DNAMutational hotspotsBeta-catenin mutationsDetected CTNNB1 mutationsBeta-cateninMutationsDNAParaffin-embedded needle biopsiesSequenceSpindle cell lesionsMultiplex assayRecurrent tumorsNeedle biopsy
2011
Accuracy of hepatocellular carcinoma detection on multidetector CT in a transplant liver population with explant liver correlation
Addley H, Griffin N, Shaw A, Mannelli L, Parker R, Aitken S, Wood H, Davies S, Alexander G, Lomas D. Accuracy of hepatocellular carcinoma detection on multidetector CT in a transplant liver population with explant liver correlation. Clinical Radiology 2011, 66: 349-356. PMID: 21295772, DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.11.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDetection of HCC lesionsMultidetector computed tomographyHepatocellular carcinomaMDCT examinationsHCC lesionsLiver transplantationDiagnostic confidenceDiagnostic accuracyDiagnostic accuracy of multidetector computed tomographyAccuracy of multidetector computed tomographySize of hepatocellular carcinomaLesion sizeDetection of hepatocellular carcinomaFive-point confidence scaleHepatocellular carcinoma detectionHelical CT imagesEffect of radiologist experienceLiver populationMultidetector CTCirrhotic patientsHistopathological correlationHistopathological resultsComputed tomographyCarcinoma detectionRadiologist experience