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 …

[HTML][HTML] Extrachromosomal DNA in the cancerous transformation of Barrett's oesophagus

J Luebeck, AWT Ng, PC Galipeau, X Li, CA Sanchez… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Oncogene amplification on extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) drives the evolution of tumours
and their resistance to treatment, and is associated with poor outcomes for patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Extrachromosomal circular DNA in colorectal cancer: biogenesis, function and potential as therapeutic target

Y Chen, Q Qiu, J She, J Yu - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (ecDNA) has gained renewed interest since its discovery
more than half a century ago, emerging as critical driver of tumor evolution. ecDNA is highly …

[HTML][HTML] Parallel sequencing of extrachromosomal circular DNAs and transcriptomes in single cancer cells

R Chamorro González, T Conrad, MC Stöber, R Xu… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) are common in cancer, but many questions about their
origin, structural dynamics and impact on intratumor heterogeneity are still unresolved. Here …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell heterogeneity of EGFR and CDK4 co-amplification is linked to immune infiltration in glioblastoma

KA Walentynowicz, D Engelhardt, S Cristea, S Yadav… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive brain tumor, with a median survival of∼ 15
months. Targeted approaches have not been successful in this tumor type due to the large …

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 …

Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA): an origin of tumor heterogeneity, genomic remodeling, and drug resistance

LT Pecorino, RGW Verhaak, A Henssen… - Biochemical Society …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
The genome of cancer cells contains circular extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) elements not
found in normal cells. Analysis of clinical samples reveal they are common in most cancers …

[HTML][HTML] Etiology of super-enhancer reprogramming and activation in cancer

RW Zhou, RE Parsons - Epigenetics & Chromatin, 2023 - Springer
Super-enhancers are large, densely concentrated swaths of enhancers that regulate genes
critical for cell identity. Tumorigenesis is accompanied by changes in the super-enhancer …

[HTML][HTML] Life in plastic, it's fantastic! How Leishmania exploit genome instability to shape gene expression

JA Black, JL Reis-Cunha, AK Cruz… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Leishmania are kinetoplastid pathogens that cause leishmaniasis, a debilitating and
potentially life-threatening infection if untreated. Unusually, Leishmania regulate their gene …