[HTML][HTML] Extrachromosomal circular DNA in cancer: history, current knowledge, and methods

JB Noer, OK Hørsdal, X Xiang, Y Luo, B Regenberg - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) is a closed-circle, nuclear, nonplasmid DNA
molecule found in all tested eukaryotes. eccDNA plays important roles in cancer …

Small extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA): major functions in evolution and cancer

X Ling, Y Han, J Meng, B Zhong, J Chen, H Zhang… - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) refers to a type of circular DNA that originate from
but are likely independent of chromosomes. Due to technological advancements, eccDNAs …

Circular extrachromosomal DNA promotes tumor heterogeneity in high-risk medulloblastoma

OS Chapman, J Luebeck, S Sridhar, ITL Wong, D Dixit… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Circular extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) in patient tumors is an important driver of
oncogenic gene expression, evolution of drug resistance and poor patient outcomes …

The role of the core non-homologous end joining factors in carcinogenesis and cancer

BJ Sishc, AJ Davis - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are deleterious DNA lesions that if left unrepaired or are
misrepaired, potentially result in chromosomal aberrations, known drivers of carcinogenesis …

Extrachromosomal circular DNA: biogenesis, structure, functions and diseases

L Yang, R Jia, T Ge, S Ge, A Zhuang, P Chai… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA), ranging in size from tens to millions of base
pairs, is independent of conventional chromosomes. Recently, eccDNAs have been …

The molecular origins and pathophysiological consequences of micronuclei: New insights into an age-old problem

X Guo, J Ni, Z Liang, J Xue, MF Fenech… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Micronuclei (MN), the small nucleus-like bodies separated from the primary nucleus, can
exist in cells with numerical and/or structural chromosomal aberrations in apparently normal …

Extrachromosomal DNA in cancer

V Bafna, PS Mischel - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
In cancer, complex genome rearrangements and other structural alterations, including the
amplification of oncogenes on circular extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) elements, drive the …

[HTML][HTML] Extrachromosomal DNA—relieving heredity constraints, accelerating tumour evolution

C Bailey, MJ Shoura, PS Mischel, C Swanton - Annals of Oncology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) provides a mechanism by which cancer cells
can accelerate intratumour heterogeneity.•ecDNA contain favourable epigenetic …

Current understanding of extrachromosomal circular DNA in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutic resistance

Y Yan, G Guo, J Huang, M Gao, Q Zhu, S Zeng… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Extrachromosomal circular DNA was recently found to be particularly abundant in multiple
human cancer cells, although its frequency varies among different tumor types. Elevated …

Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA): an emerging star in cancer

R Li, Y Wang, J Li, X Zhou - Biomarker research, 2022 - Springer
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) is defined as a type of circular DNA that exists
widely in nature and is independent of chromosomes. EccDNA has attracted the attention of …