The role of telomeres and telomerase in cirrhosis and liver cancer

JC Nault, M Ningarhari, S Rebouissou… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Telomerase is a key enzyme for cell survival that prevents telomere shortening and the
subsequent cellular senescence that is observed after many rounds of cell division. In …

Alterations in key signaling pathways in sinonasal tract melanoma. A molecular genetics and immunohistochemical study of 90 cases and comprehensive review of …

M Chłopek, J Lasota, LDR Thompson… - Modern …, 2022 - nature.com
Sinonasal mucosal melanoma is a rare tumor arising within the nasal cavity, paranasal
sinuses, or nasopharynx (sinonasal tract). This study evaluated 90 cases diagnosed in 29 …

Landscape of somatic mutations in 560 breast cancer whole-genome sequences

S Nik-Zainal, H Davies, J Staaf, M Ramakrishna… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
We analysed whole-genome sequences of 560 breast cancers to advance understanding of
the driver mutations conferring clonal advantage and the mutational processes generating …

Recurrent BCOR internal tandem duplication and YWHAE-NUTM2B fusions in soft tissue undifferentiated round cell sarcoma of infancy: overlapping genetic features …

YC Kao, YS Sung, L Zhang, SC Huang… - The American journal …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Soft tissue undifferentiated round cell sarcoma (URCS) occurring in infants is a
heterogenous group of tumors, often lacking known genetic abnormalities. On the basis of at …

Genomic footprints of activated telomere maintenance mechanisms in cancer

L Sieverling, C Hong, SD Koser, P Ginsbach… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cancers require telomere maintenance mechanisms for unlimited replicative potential. They
achieve this through TERT activation or alternative telomere lengthening associated with …

Interaction of BRAF-induced ETS factors with mutant TERT promoter in papillary thyroid cancer

YS Song, SK Yoo, HH Kim, G Jung… - Endocrine-related …, 2019 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Synergistic effects of BRAF V600E and TERT promoter mutations on the poor clinical
outcomes in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) have been demonstrated. The potential …

Current insights to regulation and role of telomerase in human diseases

MB Ozturk, Y Li, V Tergaonkar - Antioxidants, 2017 - mdpi.com
The telomerase ribonucleoprotein complex has a pivotal role in regulating the proliferation
and senescence of normal somatic cells as well as cancer cells. This complex is comprised …

Clear cell sarcomas of the kidney are characterised by BCOR gene abnormalities, including exon 15 internal tandem duplications and BCOR–CCNB3 gene fusion

MK Wong, CCY Ng, CH Kuick, SJ Aw… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney (CCSK) is a rare paediatric renal malignant tumour.
The majority of CCSK s have internal tandem duplications (ITD s) of the BCOR gene …

OpenPBTA: The Open Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas

JA Shapiro, KS Gaonkar, SJ Spielman, CL Savonen… - Cell genomics, 2023 - cell.com
Pediatric brain and spinal cancers are collectively the leading disease-related cause of
death in children; thus, we urgently need curative therapeutic strategies for these tumors. To …

Signatures of malignant cells and novel therapeutic targets revealed by single‐cell sequencing in lung adenocarcinoma

J Liang, Z Chen, Y Huang, G Bi, Y Bian, X Jin… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Single‐cell transcriptomics has been used to investigate various tumors to
elucidate the molecular distinction of all cell type compositions of a complex mix. Aims This …