Determinants and clinical implications of chromosomal instability in cancer

L Sansregret, B Vanhaesebroeck… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Aberrant chromosomal architecture, ranging from small insertions or deletions to large
chromosomal alterations, is one of the most common characteristics of cancer genomes …

Causes and consequences of aneuploidy in cancer

DJ Gordon, B Resio, D Pellman - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Genetic instability, which includes both numerical and structural chromosomal
abnormalities, is a hallmark of cancer. Whereas the structural chromosome rearrangements …

Cancer aneuploidies are shaped primarily by effects on tumour fitness

J Shih, S Sarmashghi, N Zhakula-Kostadinova… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Aneuploidies—whole-chromosome or whole-arm imbalances—are the most prevalent
alteration in cancer genomes,. However, it is still debated whether their prevalence is due to …

The first mitotic division of human embryos is highly error prone

CE Currie, E Ford, L Benham Whyte, DM Taylor… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Human beings are made of~ 50 trillion cells which arise from serial mitotic divisions of a
single cell-the fertilised egg. Remarkably, the early human embryo is often chromosomally …

Ongoing chromosomal instability and karyotype evolution in human colorectal cancer organoids

ACF Bolhaqueiro, B Ponsioen, B Bakker, SJ Klaasen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chromosome segregation errors cause aneuploidy and genomic heterogeneity, which are
hallmarks of cancer in humans. A persistent high frequency of these errors (chromosomal …

Effects of aneuploidy on cell behaviour and function

R Li, J Zhu - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Aneuploidy, a genomic alternation characterized by deviations in the copy number of
chromosomes, affects organisms from early development through to aging. Although it is a …

Cancer chromosomal instability: therapeutic and diagnostic challenges: 'Exploring aneuploidy: the significance of chromosomal imbalance'review series

N McGranahan, RA Burrell, D Endesfelder… - EMBO …, 2012 - embopress.org
Chromosomal instability (CIN)—which is a high rate of loss or gain of whole or parts of
chromosomes—is a characteristic of most human cancers and a cause of tumour aneuploidy …

Single cell sequencing reveals low levels of aneuploidy across mammalian tissues

KA Knouse, J Wu, CA Whittaker… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Whole-chromosome copy number alterations, also known as aneuploidy, are associated
with adverse consequences in most cells and organisms. However, high frequencies of …

[HTML][HTML] DNA copy number variation: Main characteristics, evolutionary significance, and pathological aspects

O Pös, J Radvanszky, G Buglyó, Z Pös, D Rusnakova… - biomedical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Copy number variants (CNVs) were the subject of extensive research in the past years. They
are common features of the human genome that play an important role in evolution …

The role of chromosomal instability in cancer and therapeutic responses

N Vargas-Rondón, VE Villegas, M Rondón-Lagos - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death, and despite increased research in recent
years, control of advanced-stage disease and optimal therapeutic responses remain elusive …