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Glioma progression is shaped by genetic evolution and microenvironment interactions
Varn F, Johnson K, Martinek J, Huse J, Nasrallah M, Wesseling P, Cooper L, Malta T, Wade T, Sabedot T, Brat D, Gould P, Wöehrer A, Aldape K, Ismail A, Sivajothi S, Barthel F, Kim H, Kocakavuk E, Ahmed N, White K, Datta I, Moon H, Pollock S, Goldfarb C, Lee G, Garofano L, Anderson K, Nehar-Belaid D, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Bakas S, Byrne A, D’Angelo F, Gan H, Khasraw M, Migliozzi S, Ormond D, Paek S, Van Meir E, Walenkamp A, Watts C, Weiss T, Weller M, Palucka K, Stead L, Poisson L, Noushmehr H, Iavarone A, Verhaak R, Consortium T, Varn F, Johnson K, Martinek J, Huse J, Nasrallah M, Wesseling P, Cooper L, Malta T, Wade T, Sabedot T, Brat D, Gould P, Wöehrer A, Aldape K, Ismail A, Sivajothi S, Barthel F, Kim H, Kocakavuk E, Ahmed N, White K, Datta I, Moon H, Pollock S, Goldfarb C, Lee G, Garofano L, Anderson K, Nehar-Belaid D, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Bakas S, Byrne A, D’Angelo F, Gan H, Khasraw M, Migliozzi S, Ormond D, Paek S, Van Meir E, Walenkamp A, Watts C, Weiss T, Weller M, Alfaro K, Amin S, Ashley D, Bock C, Brodbelt A, Bulsara K, Castro A, Connelly J, Costello J, de Groot J, Finocchiaro G, French P, Golebiewska A, Hau A, Hong C, Horbinski C, Kannan K, Kouwenhoven M, Lasorella A, LaViolette P, Ligon K, Lowman A, Mehta S, Miletic H, Molinaro A, Ng H, Niclou S, Niers J, Phillips J, Rabadan R, Rao G, Reifenberger G, Sanai N, Short S, Smitt P, Sloan A, Smits M, Snyder J, Suzuki H, Tabatabai G, Tanner G, Tomaszewski W, Wells M, Westerman B, Wheeler H, Xie J, Yung W, Zadeh G, Zhao J, Palucka K, Stead L, Poisson L, Noushmehr H, Iavarone A, Verhaak R. Glioma progression is shaped by genetic evolution and microenvironment interactions. Cell 2022, 185: 2184-2199.e16. PMID: 35649412, PMCID: PMC9189056, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.04.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBrain NeoplasmsEvolution, MolecularGenes, p16GliomaHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMutationNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalTumor MicroenvironmentConceptsSpecific ligand-receptor interactionsMicroenvironment interactionsDNA sequencing dataGlioma progressionLigand-receptor interactionsNeoplastic cellsSignaling programsCell statesSequencing dataGenetic evolutionGenetic changesIDH wild-type tumorsIsocitrate dehydrogenaseMesenchymal transitionSomatic alterationsDistinct mannerActive tumor growthIDH-mutant gliomasPotential targetTherapy resistanceAdult patientsDisease progressionPossible roleCellsTumor growthSingle-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
2022
Live-Cell Imaging Shows Uneven Segregation of Extrachromosomal DNA Elements and Transcriptionally Active Extrachromosomal DNA Hubs in Cancer
Yi E, Gujar A, Guthrie M, Kim H, Zhao D, Johnson K, Amin S, Costa M, Yu Q, Das S, Jillette N, Clow P, Cheng A, Verhaak R. Live-Cell Imaging Shows Uneven Segregation of Extrachromosomal DNA Elements and Transcriptionally Active Extrachromosomal DNA Hubs in Cancer. Cancer Discovery 2022, 12: 468-483. PMID: 34819316, PMCID: PMC8831456, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-21-1376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtrachromosomal DNA elementsDNA elementsUneven segregationRNA polymerase IILive-cell imagingPolymerase IIOffspring cellsGene transcriptionCell line modelsEcDNAsRandom segregationGenetic materialLiving cellsCopy numberLive cellsIndividual cellsTumor evolutionMitosisInheritance patternBreakpoint sequencesIssue featureTranscriptionFluorescent markersPatient tissuesCells
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
Tumor Evolution of Glioma-Intrinsic Gene Expression Subtypes Associates with Immunological Changes in the Microenvironment
Wang Q, Hu B, Hu X, Kim H, Squatrito M, Scarpace L, deCarvalho A, Lyu S, Li P, Li Y, Barthel F, Cho H, Lin Y, Satani N, Martinez-Ledesma E, Zheng S, Chang E, Sauvé C, Olar A, Lan Z, Finocchiaro G, Phillips J, Berger M, Gabrusiewicz K, Wang G, Eskilsson E, Hu J, Mikkelsen T, DePinho R, Muller F, Heimberger A, Sulman E, Nam D, Verhaak R. Tumor Evolution of Glioma-Intrinsic Gene Expression Subtypes Associates with Immunological Changes in the Microenvironment. Cancer Cell 2017, 32: 42-56.e6. PMID: 28697342, PMCID: PMC5599156, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2017.06.003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research