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ArticleEvolution, medicine, and public health2022

Exome sequencing of hepatocellular carcinoma in lemurs identifies potential cancer drivers: A pilot study.

Ella F Gunady, Kathryn E Ware, Sarah Hoskinson Plumlee, Nicolas Devos, David Corcoran, Joseph Prinz, Hrvoje Misetic, Francesca D Ciccarelli, Tara M Harrison, Jeffrey L Thorne and 4 more

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Article in Evolution, medicine, and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ella F GunadyDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9212-0127
Kathryn E WareDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Sarah Hoskinson PlumleeDepartment of Orthopaedics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Nicolas DevosDuke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
David CorcoranDuke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Joseph PrinzDuke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Hrvoje MiseticCancer Systems Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Francesca D CiccarelliCancer Systems Biology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Tara M HarrisonDepartment of Clinical Sciences, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Jeffrey L ThorneDepartment of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Robert SchoplerDuke Lemur Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA.
Jeffrey I EverittDepartment of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0273-6284
William C EwardDepartment of Orthopaedics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Jason A SomarelliDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Duke Medical Center · USKing's College London · GBNorth Carolina State University · USDuke University · US

Funding

Cancer Research UK 25487
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and objectives: Hepatocellular carcinoma occurs frequently in prosimians, but the cause of these liver cancers in this group is unknown. Characterizing the genetic changes associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in prosimians may point to possible causes, treatments and methods of prevention, aiding conservation efforts that are particularly crucial to the survival of endangered lemurs. Although genomic studies of cancer in non-human primates have been hampered by a lack of tools, recent studies have demonstrated the efficacy of using human exome capture reagents across primates. Methodology: In this proof-of-principle study, we applied human exome capture reagents to tumor-normal pairs from five lemurs with hepatocellular carcinoma to characterize the mutational landscape of this disease in lemurs. Results: Several genes implicated in human hepatocellular carcinoma, including Conclusions and implications: Collectively, this pilot study suggests that human exome capture reagents are a promising tool for genomic studies of cancer in lemurs and other non-human primates. Lay Summary: Hepatocellular carcinoma occurs frequently in prosimians, but the cause of these liver cancers is unknown. In this proof-of-principle study, we applied human DNA sequencing tools to tumor-normal pairs from five lemurs with hepatocellular carcinoma and compared the lemur mutation profiles to those of human hepatocellular carcinomas.

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ARID1ACTNNB1liver cancermutationnon-human primatesprosimiansTP53

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