Understanding 3D genome organization by multidisciplinary methods

I Jerkovic, G Cavalli - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding how chromatin is folded in the nucleus is fundamental to understanding its
function. Although 3D genome organization has been historically difficult to study owing to a …

Structural variation in the sequencing era

SS Ho, AE Urban, RE Mills - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Identifying structural variation (SV) is essential for genome interpretation but has been
historically difficult due to limitations inherent to available genome technologies. Detection …

Extrachromosomal DNA is associated with oncogene amplification and poor outcome across multiple cancers

H Kim, NP Nguyen, K Turner, S Wu, AD Gujar… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplification promotes intratumoral genetic heterogeneity
and accelerated tumor evolution,–; however, its frequency and clinical impact are unclear …

Analyses of non-coding somatic drivers in 2,658 cancer whole genomes

E Rheinbay, MM Nielsen, F Abascal, JA Wala… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The discovery of drivers of cancer has traditionally focused on protein-coding genes,,–. Here
we present analyses of driver point mutations and structural variants in non-coding regions …

EagleC: A deep-learning framework for detecting a full range of structural variations from bulk and single-cell contact maps

X Wang, Y Luan, F Yue - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
The Hi-C technique has been shown to be a promising method to detect structural variations
(SVs) in human genomes. However, algorithms that can use Hi-C data for a full-range SV …

The role of 3D genome organization in development and cell differentiation

H Zheng, W Xie - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, the genome does not exist as a linear molecule but instead is hierarchically
packaged inside the nucleus. This complex genome organization includes multiscale …

Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer is driven by genetic change, and the advent of massively parallel sequencing has
enabled systematic documentation of this variation at the whole-genome scale,–. Here we …

Structural variation in the 3D genome

M Spielmann, DG Lupiáñez, S Mundlos - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Structural and quantitative chromosomal rearrangements, collectively referred to as
structural variation (SV), contribute to a large extent to the genetic diversity of the human …

The whole-genome landscape of medulloblastoma subtypes

PA Northcott, I Buchhalter, AS Morrissy, V Hovestadt… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Current therapies for medulloblastoma, a highly malignant childhood brain tumour, impose
debilitating effects on the developing child, and highlight the need for molecularly targeted …

Highly rearranged chromosomes reveal uncoupling between genome topology and gene expression

Y Ghavi-Helm, A Jankowski, S Meiers, RR Viales… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chromatin topology is intricately linked to gene expression, yet its functional requirement
remains unclear. Here, we comprehensively assessed the interplay between genome …