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ArticleNature communications2020

Evolution and structure of clinically relevant gene fusions in multiple myeloma.

Steven M Foltz, Qingsong Gao, Christopher J Yoon, Hua Sun, Lijun Yao, Yize Li, Reyka G Jayasinghe, Song Cao, Justin King, Daniel R Kohnen and 3 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. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Steven M FoltzDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9526-8194
Qingsong GaoDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9930-8499
Christopher J YoonDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Hua SunDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Lijun YaoDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Yize LiDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Reyka G JayasingheDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Song CaoDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Justin KingDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Daniel R KohnenDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Mark A FialaDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Li DingDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. lding@wustl.edu.
Ravi VijDepartment of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. rvij@wustl.edu.
James S. McDonnell Foundation · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HUMAN TUMOR ATLAS RESEARCH CENTERU2CCA233303 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DING, LI · 2018 to 2023
$9.7M
Deep Discovery and Clinical Interpretation of Germline and Somatic Cancer DriversU24CA211006 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DING, LI, GOVINDAN, RAMASWAMY · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS U24 CA211006NCI NIH HHS U2C CA233303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell blood cancer with frequent chromosomal translocations leading to gene fusions. To determine the clinical relevance of fusion events, we detect gene fusions from a cohort of 742 patients from the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation CoMMpass Study. Patients with multiple clinic visits enable us to track tumor and fusion evolution, and cases with matching peripheral blood and bone marrow samples allow us to evaluate the concordance of fusion calls in patients with high tumor burden. We examine the joint upregulation of WHSC1 and FGFR3 in samples with t(4;14)-related fusions, and we illustrate a method for detecting fusions from single cell RNA-seq. We report fusions at MYC and a neighboring gene, PVT1, which are related to MYC translocations and associated with divergent progression-free survival patterns. Finally, we find that 4% of patients may be eligible for targeted fusion therapies, including three with an NTRK1 fusion.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overDNA Copy Number VariationsGene Expression ProfilingGene FusionHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansImmunoglobulinsMiddle AgedMultiple MyelomaProgression-Free SurvivalProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3Receptor, trkARepressor ProteinsFGFR3 protein, humanHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseImmunoglobulinsMYC protein, humanNSD2 protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycPVT1 long-non-coding RNA, humanReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3Receptor, trkARepressor ProteinsRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID32471990
PMCPMC7260243
OpenAlexW3029906628

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