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 …

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 …

Genomic alterations driving precancerous to cancerous lesions in esophageal cancer development

J Chang, X Zhao, Y Wang, T Liu, C Zhong, Y Lao… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) develops through a series of increasingly
abnormal precancerous lesions. Previous studies have revealed the striking differences …

Organismal metabolism regulates the expansion of oncogenic PIK3CA mutant clones in normal esophagus

A Herms, B Colom, G Piedrafita, A Kalogeropoulou… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Oncogenic PIK3CA mutations generate large clones in aging human esophagus. Here we
investigate the behavior of Pik3ca mutant clones in the normal esophageal epithelium of …

[HTML][HTML] Self-sustaining long-term 3D epithelioid cultures reveal drivers of clonal expansion in esophageal epithelium

A Herms, D Fernandez-Antoran, MP Alcolea… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Aging epithelia are colonized by somatic mutations, which are subjected to selection
influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The lack of suitable culture systems has slowed …

Differential squamous cell fates elicited by NRF2 gain of function versus KEAP1 loss of function

J Takahashi, T Suzuki, M Sato, S Nitta, N Yaguchi… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Clinical evidence has revealed that high-level activation of NRF2 caused by somatic
mutations in NRF2 (NFE2L2) is frequently detected in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma …

Early development of esophageal squamous cell cancer: Stem cells, cellular origins and early clone evolution

G Liao, J Tang, J Bai - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), a highly malignant cancer with poor
prognosis, is an example of the classical view of cancer development based on stem cell …

Somatic mutations in normal tissues: new perspectives on early carcinogenesis

A Herms, PH Jones - Annual Review of Cancer Biology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Normal tissues progressively acquire mutations. Some mutations are positively selected,
driving clonal expansions that may colonize the majority of a tissue by old age. In several …

The TP53 Codon 72 Arginine Polymorphism Is Found with Increased TP53 Somatic Mutations in HPV(−) and in an Increased Percentage among HPV(+) Norwegian …

SE Moe, FA Erland, S Fromreide, S Lybak, M Brydoy… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Somatic TP53 mutations are frequent in head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma (HNSCC) and are important pathogenic factors. Objective: To study TP53 …

Multimodal analysis of cfDNA methylomes for early detecting esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and precancerous lesions

J Liu, L Dai, Q Wang, C Li, Z Liu, T Gong, H Xu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Detecting early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and precancerous
lesions is critical for improving survival. Here, we conduct whole-genome bisulfite …