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ArticleEvolution, medicine, and public health2026

Divergent evolution of hepatocellular carcinoma genomes in chimpanzees and humans.

Lin Kang, Katarzyna Michalak, Robin Varghese, Ramu Anandakrishnan, Edward J Dick, Zakaria Abd Elmageed, Pawel Michalak

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Lin KangDivision of Biomedical Affairs and Research, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Monroe, LA 71203, USA.
Katarzyna MichalakDivision of Biomedical Affairs and Research, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Monroe, LA 71203, USA.
Robin VargheseCenter for One Health Research; VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.
Ramu AnandakrishnanCenter for One Health Research; VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.
Edward J DickSouthwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA.
Zakaria Abd ElmageedDivision of Biomedical Affairs and Research, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Monroe, LA 71203, USA.
Pawel MichalakDivision of Biomedical Affairs and Research, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Monroe, LA 71203, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4890-8985

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The Southwest National Primate Research Center Supplement- Infrastructure improvements of ABSL2 holding areasP51OD011133 · OD · TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Larry S. Schlesinger · 2012 to 2026
$129.7M
NIH HHS P51 OD011133
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Abstract

Background and objectives: Somatic mutation patterns in cancer remain largely unexplored outside humans, despite their significance for aging and oncogenesis. Chimpanzees ( Methodology: HCC and matched non-cancerous tissues from five chimpanzees were examined using histopathology, immunohistochemistry (β-catenin, ARID1A, TSC2, FAP, vimentin, TGF-β), whole-genome sequencing (one pair), and whole-exome sequencing (four pairs). Somatic variants were identified with GATK MuTect2, annotated with Ensembl VEP, and analyzed for functional enrichment. Comparative analyses were performed with subsets of human HCC datasets (TCGA, ICGC) including Results: Chimpanzee HCCs exhibited histological and immunohistochemical features similar to human tumors but displayed sharply divergent genomic landscapes. Chimpanzee tumors carried significantly higher coding mutation loads (mean 5632 per sample vs. 96-275 in humans). Non-synonymous Conclusions and implications: Chimpanzee HCCs are defined by high mutational burden and frequent

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cancer evolutioncomparative cancer genomicsprimate genomicssomatic mutations

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