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ArticleNature communications2022

Single-cell analysis of hepatoblastoma identifies tumor signatures that predict chemotherapy susceptibility using patient-specific tumor spheroids.

Hanbing Song, Simon Bucher, Katherine Rosenberg, Margaret Tsui, Deviana Burhan, Daniel Hoffman, Soo-Jin Cho, Arun Rangaswami, Marcus Breese, Stanley Leung and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hanbing Song *Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2164-8813
Simon Bucher *Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3282-7435
Katherine RosenbergThe Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Margaret TsuiHelen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Deviana BurhanDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Daniel HoffmanThe Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2302-6786
Soo-Jin ChoDepartment of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6324-6858
Arun RangaswamiThe Pediatric Liver Center at UCSF Benioff Childrens' Hospitals, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Marcus BreeseDivision of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Stanley LeungDivision of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9470-8760
María V Pons VenturaDivision of Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
E Alejandro Sweet-CorderoThe Pediatric Liver Center at UCSF Benioff Childrens' Hospitals, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Franklin W HuangDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. franklin.huang@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5447-0436
Amar NijagalHelen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. Amar.Nijagal@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2200-6887
Bruce WangHelen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. bruce.wang@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3486-5494
University of California, San Francisco · USSan Francisco VA Medical Center · US

Funding

UCSF Liver Core CenterP30DK026743 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Jennifer Y. Chen · 1986 to 2026
$30.7M
BMI Bioinformatics Training GrantsT32GM067547 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HERNANDEZ, RYAN D. · 2003 to 2022
$6.6M
Filling a Void of Research (FAVOR) Training for Transplant SurgeonsT32AI125222 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI PETER G STOCK, Minnie M Sarwal · 2016 to 2026
$3.4M
Wnt signaling in hepatocyte homeostasisK08DK101603 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WANG, BRUCE MAO ZHENG · 2015 to 2019
$829k
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI125222NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK101603NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK026743NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM067547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric hepatoblastoma is the most common primary liver cancer in infants and children. Studies of hepatoblastoma that focus exclusively on tumor cells demonstrate sparse somatic mutations and a common cell of origin, the hepatoblast, across patients. In contrast to the homogeneity these studies would suggest, hepatoblastoma tumors have a high degree of heterogeneity that can portend poor prognosis. In this study, we use single-cell transcriptomic techniques to analyze resected human pediatric hepatoblastoma specimens, and identify five hepatoblastoma tumor signatures that may account for the tumor heterogeneity observed in this disease. Notably, patient-derived hepatoblastoma spheroid cultures predict differential responses to treatment based on the transcriptomic signature of each tumor, suggesting a path forward for precision oncology for these tumors. In this work, we define hepatoblastoma tumor heterogeneity with single-cell resolution and demonstrate that patient-derived spheroids can be used to evaluate responses to chemotherapy.

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HepatoblastomaLiver NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantChildHumansInfantPrecision MedicineSingle-Cell Analysis

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PMID36008377
PMCPMC9411569
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