A phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of somatic mutational processes in cancer

A method, PhyloSignare, is presented to infer mutational signatures along a tumour evolutionary tree and is used to analyse somatic genomic variations in 61 lung cancer patients, providing insights into tumour evolution.

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Main Authors: Sayaka Miura, Tracy Vu, Jiyeong Choi, Jeffrey P. Townsend, Sajjad Karim, Sudhir Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03560-0
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author Sayaka Miura
Tracy Vu
Jiyeong Choi
Jeffrey P. Townsend
Sajjad Karim
Sudhir Kumar
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description A method, PhyloSignare, is presented to infer mutational signatures along a tumour evolutionary tree and is used to analyse somatic genomic variations in 61 lung cancer patients, providing insights into tumour evolution.
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spelling doaj.art-d5d4368a35e74f418b09bc109f1131fe2022-12-22T03:38:14ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Biology2399-36422022-06-015111110.1038/s42003-022-03560-0A phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of somatic mutational processes in cancerSayaka Miura0Tracy Vu1Jiyeong Choi2Jeffrey P. Townsend3Sajjad Karim4Sudhir Kumar5Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple UniversityInstitute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple UniversityInstitute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple UniversityProgram in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale UniversityCenter for Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz UniversityInstitute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple UniversityA method, PhyloSignare, is presented to infer mutational signatures along a tumour evolutionary tree and is used to analyse somatic genomic variations in 61 lung cancer patients, providing insights into tumour evolution.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03560-0
spellingShingle Sayaka Miura
Tracy Vu
Jiyeong Choi
Jeffrey P. Townsend
Sajjad Karim
Sudhir Kumar
A phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of somatic mutational processes in cancer
Communications Biology
title A phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of somatic mutational processes in cancer
title_full A phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of somatic mutational processes in cancer
title_fullStr A phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of somatic mutational processes in cancer
title_full_unstemmed A phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of somatic mutational processes in cancer
title_short A phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of somatic mutational processes in cancer
title_sort phylogenetic approach to study the evolution of somatic mutational processes in cancer
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03560-0
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