Endometrial tumorigenesis involves epigenetic plasticity demarcating non-coding somatic mutations and 3D-genome alterations.

Journal: Genome biology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The incidence and mortality of endometrial cancer (EC) is on the rise. Eighty-five percent of ECs depend on estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) for proliferation, but little is known about its transcriptional regulation in these tumors.

Authors

  • Sebastian Gregoricchio
    Division of Oncogenomics, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.gregoricchio@nki.nl.
  • Aleksandar Kojic
    Division of Oncogenomics, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Marlous Hoogstraat
    Division of Oncogenomics, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Karianne Schuurman
    Division of Oncogenomics, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Suzan Stelloo
    Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Oncode Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 28, 6525GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Tesa M Severson
    Division of Oncogenomics, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Tracy A O'Mara
    Cancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 2000, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia.
  • Marjolein Droog
    Division of Oncogenomics, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Abhishek A Singh
    Division of Oncogenomics, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Dylan M Glubb
    Cancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Locked Bag 2000, Brisbane, QLD, 4029, Australia.
  • Lodewyk F A Wessels
    Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Michiel Vermeulen
    Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Oncode Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 28, 6525GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Flora E van Leeuwen
    Department of Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Wilbert Zwart
    Division of Oncogenomics, Oncode Institute, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. w.zwart@nki.nl.