Article
Altered chromosomal topology drives oncogenic programs in SDH-deficient GISTs.
Nature - 1 Nov 2019
Flavahan William A, Drier Yotam, Johnstone Sarah E, Hemming Matthew L, Tarjan Daniel R, Hegazi Esmat, Shareef Sarah J, Javed Nauman M, Raut Chandrajit P, Eschle Benjamin K, Gokhale Prafulla C, Hornick Jason L, Sicinska Ewa T, Demetri George D, Bernstein Bradley E
Abstract excerpt
Epigenetic aberrations are widespread in cancer, yet the underlying mechanisms and causality remain poorly understood1-3. A subset of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) lack canonical kinase mutations but instead have succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) deficiency and global DNA hyper-methylation4,5. Here, we associate this hyper-methylation with changes in genome topology that activate oncogenic programs. To...
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