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ArticleNAR cancer2026

Motif-centered analyses reveal universal and tissue-specific mutagenic mechanisms operating in the human body.

Safia Mahabub Sauty, Yun-Chung Hsiao, Leszek J Klimczak, Dmitry A Gordenin

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Article in NAR cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Safia Mahabub SautyGenome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1022-1822
Yun-Chung HsiaoGenome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, United States.
Leszek J KlimczakIntegrative Bioinformatics Support Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3048-2576
Dmitry A GordeninGenome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8399-1836

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Abstract

Somatic mutations are inevitable in human genomes and can lead to cancer initiation and tumor progression. Although many mutagenic processes have been linked to cancer, their activities in normal tissues before malignant transformation remain poorly characterized. Here, we analyzed the mutation profiles of 10,625 normal samples across 25 tissues obtained from whole-genome and whole-exome sequencing datasets. We applied stringent statistical hypothesis for detecting enrichment and enrichment-adjusted Minimal Estimate of Mutation Load in trinucleotide motifs preferred by known mutagenic processes. We found several cancer-associated mutational motifs in cancer-free tissues. Samples enriched with C→T mutations in nCg motif associated with clock-like spontaneous meCpG deamination were detected across all tissues. We also identified a second clock-like motif, T→C substitutions in aTn motif associated with exposure to small epoxides and other S

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MutagenesisMutationNeoplasmsNucleotide MotifsExome SequencingGenome, HumanHumansMutagensOrgan SpecificityMutagens

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PMID42707399
PMCPMC13548060

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