Shifting patterns of genomic variation in the somatic evolution of papillary thyroid carcinoma
Rubinstein JC, Brown TC, Christison-Lagay ER, Zhang Y, Kunstman JW, Juhlin CC, Nelson-Williams C, Goh G, Quinn CE, Callender GG, Udelsman R, Lifton RP, Korah R, Carling T. Shifting patterns of genomic variation in the somatic evolution of papillary thyroid carcinoma. BMC Cancer 2016, 16: 646. PMID: 27538953, PMCID: PMC4989347, DOI: 10.1186/s12885-016-2665-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide substitutionSomatic evolutionCommon ancestor cellGenomic changesNucleotide substitutionsTissue typesTissue-specific signaturesGenomic divergenceGenomic variationGenomic instabilityGenomic signaturesRisk of tumorigenesisSelective pressurePTC tumorigenesisTumor genomesAncestor cellsGenomeA transversionMethodsExome sequencingDiverse mutationsSomatic eventsMutational spectrumT transitionNovel patternTumorigenesis