[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 …

Extrachromosomal oncogene amplification in tumour pathogenesis and evolution

RGW Verhaak, V Bafna, PS Mischel - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Recent reports have demonstrated that oncogene amplification on extrachromosomal DNA
(ecDNA) is a frequent event in cancer, providing new momentum to explore a phenomenon …

[HTML][HTML] ERα-associated translocations underlie oncogene amplifications in breast cancer

JJK Lee, YL Jung, TC Cheong, J Espejo Valle-Inclan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Focal copy-number amplification is an oncogenic event. Although recent studies have
revealed the complex structure,–and the evolutionary trajectories of oncogene amplicons …

Targeted profiling of human extrachromosomal DNA by CRISPR-CATCH

KL Hung, J Luebeck, SR Dehkordi, CI Colón, R Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) is a common mode of oncogene amplification but is
challenging to analyze. Here, we adapt CRISPR-CATCH, in vitro CRISPR-Cas9 treatment …

Tumour microvesicles contain retrotransposon elements and amplified oncogene sequences

L Balaj, R Lessard, L Dai, YJ Cho, SL Pomeroy… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Tumour cells release an abundance of microvesicles containing a selected set of proteins
and RNAs. Here, we show that tumour microvesicles also carry DNA, which reflects the …

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 …

TP53 alterations in acute myeloid leukemia with complex karyotype correlate with specific copy number alterations, monosomal karyotype, and dismal outcome

FG Rücker, RF Schlenk, L Bullinger… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
To assess the frequency of TP53 alterations and their correlation with other genetic changes
and outcome in acute myeloid leukemia with complex karyotype (CK-AML), we performed …

The genomic and spatial mobility of extrachromosomal DNA and its implications for cancer therapy

E van Leen, L Brückner, AG Henssen - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) amplification has been observed in at least 30 different
cancer types and is associated with worse patient outcomes. This has been linked to …

Myc roles in hematopoiesis and leukemia

MD Delgado, J León - Genes & cancer, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Hematopoiesis is a process capable of generating millions of cells every second, as
distributed in many cell types. The process is regulated by a number of transcription factors …

[HTML][HTML] Classification of extrachromosomal circular DNA with a focus on the role of extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) in tumor heterogeneity and progression

Z Liao, W Jiang, L Ye, T Li, X Yu, L Liu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although the eukaryotic genome is mainly comprised of linear chromosomal DNA, genes
can also be found outside of chromosomes. The unconventional presence of …