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ArticlePLoS genetics2017

Whole-genome analysis of papillary kidney cancer finds significant noncoding alterations.

Shantao Li, Brian M Shuch, Mark B Gerstein

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
10.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shantao LiProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-5440-2780
Brian M ShuchDepartment of Urology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.
Mark B GersteinProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-9746-3719
Yale University · US

Funding

Prioritizing rare variants associated with cancer using non-coding annotationR01HG008126 · NHGRI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI GERSTEIN, MARK BENDER · 2016 to 2018
$2.4M
Genomic Heterogeneity and the Small Renal MassK08CA207845 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SHUCH, BRIAN · 2016 to 2019
$682k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA207845NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG008126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, studies on papillary renal-cell carcinoma (pRCC) have largely focused on coding alterations in traditional drivers, particularly the tyrosine-kinase, Met. However, for a significant fraction of tumors, researchers have been unable to determine a clear molecular etiology. To address this, we perform the first whole-genome analysis of pRCC. Elaborating on previous results on MET, we find a germline SNP (rs11762213) in this gene predicting prognosis. Surprisingly, we detect no enrichment for small structural variants disrupting MET. Next, we scrutinize noncoding mutations, discovering potentially impactful ones associated with MET. Many of these are in an intron connected to a known, oncogenic alternative-splicing event; moreover, we find methylation dysregulation nearby, leading to a cryptic promoter activation. We also notice an elevation of mutations in the long noncoding RNA NEAT1, and these mutations are associated with increased expression and unfavorable outcome. Finally, to address the origin of pRCC heterogeneity, we carry out whole-genome analyses of mutational processes. First, we investigate genome-wide mutational patterns, finding they are governed mostly by methylation-associated C-to-T transitions. We also observe significantly more mutations in open chromatin and early-replicating regions in tumors with chromatin-modifier alterations. Finally, we reconstruct cancer-evolutionary trees, which have markedly different topologies and suggested evolutionary trajectories for the different subtypes of pRCC.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Renal CellChromatinDNA MethylationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenome, HumanHumansIntronsKidney NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMutationPolymorphism, Single NucleotideProto-Oncogene Proteins c-metRNA, Long NoncodingChromatinMET protein, humanNEAT1 long non-coding RNA, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-metRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID28358873
PMCPMC5391127
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