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Investigation of an Alternative Marker for Hypermutability Evaluation in Different Tumors.

Anqi Chen, Suhua Zhang, Lei Xiong, Shihan Xi, Ruiyang Tao, Chong Chen, Jixi Li, Jinzhong Chen, Chengtao Li

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Article in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anqi ChenDepartment of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Suhua ZhangShanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai 200063, China.
Lei XiongShanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai 200063, China.
Shihan XiShanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai 200063, China.
Ruiyang TaoShanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai 200063, China.
Chong ChenShanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, Shanghai 200063, China.
Jixi LiState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Jinzhong ChenState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Chengtao LiDepartment of Forensic Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
Institute of Forensic Science · CNState Key Laboratory of Genetic EngineeringShanghai Medical College of Fudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing number of studies have shown immunotherapy to be a promising treatment strategy for several types of cancer. Short tandem repeats (STRs) have been proven to be alternative markers for the evaluation of hypermutability in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. However, the status of STRs and microsatellite instability (MSI) in other tumors have not yet been investigated. To further compare STR and MSI alterations in different tumors, a total of 407 paired DNAs were analyzed from the following eight tumor types: breast cancer (BC), hepatocellular cancer (HCC), pancreatic cancer (PC), colorectal cancer (CRC), gastric cancer (GC), lung cancer (LC), esophageal cancer (EC), and renal cell cancer (RCC). The STR alteration frequencies varied in different tumors as expected. Interestingly, none of the patients possessed MSI-low (MSI-L) or MSI-high (MSI-H), except for the GI patients. The highest STR alteration was detected in EC (77.78%), followed by CRC (69.77%), HCC (63.33%), GC (54.55%), LC (48.00%), RCC (40.91%), BC (36.11%), and PC (25.71%). The potential cutoff for hypermutability was predicted using the published objective response rate (ORR), and the cutoff of LC and HCC was the same as that of GI cancers (26.32%). The cutoffs of 31.58% and 10.53% should be selected for BC and RCC, respectively. In summary, we compared MSI and STR status in eight tumor types, and predicted the potential threshold for hypermutability of BC, HCC, CRC, GC, LC, EC, and RCC.

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Microsatellite InstabilityBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Renal CellColorectal NeoplasmsDNA, NeoplasmEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleFrameshift MutationHumansLiver NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMicrosatellite RepeatsNeoplasmsPancreatic NeoplasmsStomach NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorDNA, Neoplasmhypermutabilitymicrosatellite instability (MSI)short tandem repeats (STRs)tumors

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PMID33572856
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