Cancer, metastasis, and the epigenome

S Kiri, T Ryba - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide and disease burden is expected to
increase globally throughout the next several decades, with the majority of cancer-related …

Chromatin bridges: stochastic breakage or regulated resolution?

H Jiang, YW Chan - Trends in Genetics, 2024 - cell.com
Genetic material is organized in the form of chromosomes, which need to be segregated
accurately into two daughter cells in each cell cycle. However, chromosome fusion or the …

A p62-dependent rheostat dictates micronuclei catastrophe and chromosome rearrangements

S Martin, S Scorzoni, S Cordone, A Mazzagatti… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Chromosomal instability (CIN) generates micronuclei—aberrant extranuclear structures that
catalyze the acquisition of complex chromosomal rearrangements present in cancer …

Human aneuploid cells depend on the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway for overcoming increased DNA damage

J Zerbib, MR Ippolito, Y Eliezer, G De Feudis… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Aneuploidy is a hallmark of human cancer, yet the molecular mechanisms to cope with
aneuploidy-induced cellular stresses remain largely unknown. Here, we induce …

The two sides of chromosomal instability: drivers and brakes in cancer

R Hosea, S Hillary, S Naqvi, S Wu… - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a hallmark of cancer and is associated with tumor cell
malignancy. CIN triggers a chain reaction in cells leading to chromosomal abnormalities …

Inferring replication timing and proliferation dynamics from single-cell DNA sequencing data

AC Weiner, MJ Williams, H Shi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Dysregulated DNA replication is a cause and a consequence of aneuploidy in cancer, yet
the interplay between copy number alterations (CNAs), replication timing (RT) and cell cycle …

Permission to pass: on the role of p53 as a gatekeeper for aneuploidy

JF Marques, GJPL Kops - Chromosome Research, 2023 - Springer
Aneuploidy—the karyotype state in which the number of chromosomes deviates from a
multiple of the haploid chromosome set—is common in cancer, where it is thought to …

Chromosomal instability-induced cell invasion through caspase-driven DNA damage

L Barrio, AE Gaspar, M Muzzopappa, K Ghosh… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN), an increased rate of changes in chromosome structure and
number, is observed in most sporadic human carcinomas with high metastatic activity. Here …

Chromosomal instability in aneuploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia associates with disease progression

O Molina, C Ortega-Sabater, N Thampi… - EMBO Molecular …, 2024 - embopress.org
Chromosomal instability (CIN) lies at the core of cancer development leading to aneuploidy,
chromosomal copy-number heterogeneity (chr-CNH) and ultimately, unfavorable clinical …

Mechanical stress during confined migration causes aberrant mitoses and c-MYC amplification

G Bastianello, GR Kidiyoor, C Lowndes, Q Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Confined cell migration hampers genome integrity and activates the ATR and ATM mechano-
transduction pathways. We investigated whether the mechanical stress generated by …