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ArticleCommunications biology2019

Stochastic changes in gene expression promote chaotic dysregulation of homeostasis in clonal breast tumors.

Sara J Felts, Xiaojia Tang, Benjamin Willett, Virginia P Van Keulen, Michael J Hansen, Krishna R Kalari, Larry R Pease

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Article in Communications biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sara J Felts1Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3686-2617
Xiaojia Tang2Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 USA.
Benjamin Willett1Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1492-7387
Virginia P Van Keulen1Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6496-1095
Michael J Hansen1Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 USA.
Krishna R Kalari2Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 USA.
Larry R Pease1Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9770-1740
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

The Role of CHFR in Tumorigenesis and Paclitaxel-Sensitivity in Breast CancerP50CA116201 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Fergus Joseph Couch · 2005 to 2026
$49.9M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA116201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cells within tumors vary in phenotype as a result of changes in gene expression caused by a variety of mechanisms, permitting cancers to evolve under selective pressures from immune and other homeostatic processes. Earlier, we traced apparent losses in heterozygosity (LOH) of spontaneous breast tumors from first generation (F1) intercrossed mice to atypical epigenetic modifications in the structure of DNA across the tumor genomes. Here, we describe a parallel pattern of LOH in gene expression, revealed through quantitation of parental alleles across a population of clonal tumors. We found variegated patterns of LOH, based on allelic ratio outliers in hundreds of genes, enriched in regulatory pathways typically co-opted by tumors. The frequency of outliers was correlated with transcriptional repression of a large set of homozygous genes. These findings suggest stochastic losses in gene expression across the genome of tumors generate phenotypic variation among cells, allowing clonal selection during tumor development.

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Gene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHomeostasisStochastic ProcessesAllelesAnimalsCrosses, GeneticEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGerm-Line MutationKaryotypingLoss of HeterozygosityMammary Neoplasms, AnimalMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMitosisBreast cancerCancer epigeneticsCancer models

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PMID31240244
PMCPMC6570763
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