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ArticleBMC medical genomics2015

Integrated sequence and expression analysis of ovarian cancer structural variants underscores the importance of gene fusion regulation.

Vinay K Mittal, John F McDonald

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Vinay K MittalIntegrated Cancer Research Center, School of Biology, and Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 315 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA. vinaykmittal@gmail.com.
John F McDonaldIntegrated Cancer Research Center, School of Biology, and Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 315 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA. john.mcdonald@biology.gatech.edu.

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Abstract

backgroundGenomic rearrangements or structural variants (SVs) are one of the most common classes of mutations in cancer.

methodsAn integrated DNA sequencing and transcriptional profiling (RNA sequence and microarray gene expression data) analysis was performed on six ovarian cancer patient samples. Matched sets of control (whole blood) samples from these same patients were used to distinguish cancer SVs of germline origin from those arising somatically in the cancer cell lineage.

resultsWe detected 10,034 ovarian cancer SVs (5518 germline derived; 4516 somatically derived) at base-pair level resolution. Only 11 % of these variants were shown to have the potential to form gene fusions and, of these, less than 20 % were detected at the transcriptional level.

conclusionsCollectively our results are consistent with the view that gene fusions and other SVs can be significant factors in the onset and progression of ovarian cancer. The results further indicate that it may not only be the occurrence of these variants in cancer but their regulation that contributes to their biological and clinical significance.

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Gene Expression ProfilingSequence Analysis, DNAChromosome BreakageChromosome MappingDisease ProgressionFemaleGene FusionGenetic VariationHumansIntronsOvarian NeoplasmsSystems Integration

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PMID26177635
PMCPMC4504069

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