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Hypermutation in human cancer genomes: footprints and mechanisms
Nature reviews. Cancer, 14 (12): 786--800 (декабря 2014)
Аннотация
A role for somatic mutations in carcinogenesis is well accepted, but the degree to which mutation rates influence cancer initiation and development is under continuous debate. Recently accumulated genomic data has revealed that thousands of tumour samples are riddled by hypermutation, broadening support that cancers acquire a mutator phenotype. This major expansion of cancer mutation data sets has provided unprecedented statistical power for the analysis of mutation spectra, which has confirmed several classical sources of mutation in cancer, highlighted new prominent mutation sources and empowered the search for cancer drivers. The confluence of cancer mutation genomics and mechanistic insight provides great promise for understanding the basic development of cancer through mutations.
