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ArticleNature communications2020

Genomic footprints of activated telomere maintenance mechanisms in cancer.

Lina Sieverling, Chen Hong, Sandra D Koser, Philip Ginsbach, Kortine Kleinheinz, Barbara Hutter, Delia M Braun, Isidro Cortés-Ciriano, Ruibin Xi, Rolf Kabbe and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 95 papers.

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95citing papers in PubMed
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

95 citing papers in PubMed, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 20 institutions in 33 countries.

Lina SieverlingDivision of Applied Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0595-4976
Chen HongDivision of Applied Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1244-3506
Sandra D KoserDivision of Applied Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Philip GinsbachDivision of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Kortine KleinheinzDivision of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Barbara HutterGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9034-0329
Delia M BraunFaculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6059-7588
Isidro Cortés-CirianoDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2036-494X
Ruibin XiSchool of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Statistical Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7545-7361
Rolf KabbeDivision of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Peter J ParkDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-960X
Roland EilsDivision of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Matthias SchlesnerBioinformatics and Omics Data Analytics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5896-4086
PCAWG-Structural Variation Working Group
Benedikt BrorsDivision of Applied Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Karsten RippeDivision of Chromatin Networks, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and BioQuant, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9951-9395
David T W JonesHopp Children's Cancer Center (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Lars FeuerbachDivision of Applied Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. l.feuerbach@dkfz-heidelberg.de.
PCAWG Consortium
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research · CAGerman Cancer Research Center · DEBroad Institute · USWellcome Sanger Institute · GBThe University of Sydney · AUThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USThe University of Queensland · AUMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USUniversity of Cambridge · GBCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre · CAEuropean Bioinformatics Institute · GBThe University of Melbourne · AUNational Institutes of Health · USUniversitat Pompeu Fabra · ESBGI Group (China) · CNUniversity of Toronto · CAYale University · USRoyal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · GBJames S. McDonnell Foundation · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
UNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Melissa A. Troester · 2001 to 2026
$36.3M
DNA Damage Response and Repair of a Broken ChromosomeR35GM127029 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI JAMES E HABER · 2018 to 2026
$8.6M
ANALYSIS OF BRCA1 RECOMBINATION FUNCTIONSR01CA095175 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SCULLY, RALPH · 2002 to 2021
$4.9M
Mechanisms of genome instability induced by APOBEC Cytidine Deaminases & its impacts during cancer development - Diversity SupplementR01CA218112 · NCI · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ROBERTS, STEVEN A · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
FANCM in repair of stalled replication forksR01CA217991 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SCULLY, RALPH · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Cancer Research UK 23924NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA095175NCI NIH HHS R01 CA217991NCI NIH HHS R01 CA218112NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES010126NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM127029
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancers require telomere maintenance mechanisms for unlimited replicative potential. They achieve this through TERT activation or alternative telomere lengthening associated with ATRX or DAXX loss. Here, as part of the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) Consortium, we dissect whole-genome sequencing data of over 2500 matched tumor-control samples from 36 different tumor types aggregated within the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) Consortium to characterize the genomic footprints of these mechanisms. While the telomere content of tumors with ATRX or DAXX mutations (ATRX/DAXX

Indexed as

MutationCase-Control StudiesCo-Repressor ProteinsGenome, HumanHumansMolecular ChaperonesNeoplasmsRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA, Long NoncodingTelomeraseTelomereWhole Genome SequencingX-linked Nuclear ProteinATRX protein, humanCo-Repressor ProteinsDAXX protein, humanMolecular ChaperonesRNA, Long NoncodingTelomeraseTERT protein, humanX-linked Nuclear Protein

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PMID32024817
PMCPMC7002710
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