Aneuploidy and complex genomic rearrangements in cancer evolution

TM Baker, S Waise, M Tarabichi, P Van Loo - Nature cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Mutational processes that alter large genomic regions occur frequently in developing
tumors. They range from simple copy number gains and losses to the shattering and …

Extrachromosomal DNA in cancer

X Yan, P Mischel, H Chang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) has recently been recognized as a major contributor to
cancer pathogenesis that is identified in most cancer types and is associated with poor …

Extrachromosomal circular MiR-17-92 amplicon promotes HCC

S Zou, S Chen, G Rao, G Zhang, M Ma, B Peng… - Hepatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions: These findings delineate the genome-wide eccDNAs profiling of HCC and
highlight the functional significance of miRNA-containing eccDNAs in tumorigenesis …

Extrachromosomal DNA: Biogenesis and Functions in Cancer

EJ Curtis, JC Rose, PS Mischel… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
In cancer, oncogenes can untether themselves from chromosomes onto circular,
extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) particles. ecDNA are common in many of the most …

[HTML][HTML] Approaches to probe and perturb long noncoding RNA functions in diseases

G Wang, Y Lee-Yow, HY Chang - Current Opinion in Genetics & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of RNA molecules exceeding 200 nucleotides
in length that lack long open-reading frames. Transcribed predominantly by RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancer-promoter activation by the Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus episome maintenance protein LANA

X Ye, LN Guerin, Z Chen, S Rajendren, W Dunker… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Higher-order genome structure influences the transcriptional regulation of cellular genes
through the juxtaposition of regulatory elements, such as enhancers, close to promoters of …

scCircle-seq unveils the diversity and complexity of extrachromosomal circular DNAs in single cells

JP Chen, C Diekmann, H Wu, C Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNAs (eccDNAs) have emerged as important intra-cellular
mobile genetic elements that affect gene copy number and exert in trans regulatory roles …

Machine learning-based extrachromosomal DNA identification in large-scale cohorts reveals its clinical implications in cancer

S Wang, CY Wu, MM He, JX Yong, YX Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The clinical implications of extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) in cancer therapy remain
largely elusive. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of ecDNA amplification spectra …

Imaging extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) in cancer

K Purshouse, SM Pollard, WA Bickmore - Histochemistry and cell biology, 2024 - Springer
Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) are circular regions of DNA that are found in many
cancers. They are an important means of oncogene amplification, and correlate with …

Disentangling oncogenic amplicons in esophageal adenocarcinoma

AWT Ng, DP McClurg, B Wesley, SA Zamani… - nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Esophageal adenocarcinoma is a prominent example of cancer characterized by frequent
amplifications in oncogenes. However, the mechanisms leading to amplicons that involve …