Institute Molecular and Cell Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Biopolis, Singapore.
Experimental Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, UK.
Nat Genet. 2014 Jan;46(1):24-32. doi: 10.1038/ng.2847. Epub 2013 Dec 8.
The most common risk factor for developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV). To better understand the evolutionary forces driving HCC, we performed a near-saturating transposon mutagenesis screen in a mouse HBV model of HCC. This screen identified 21 candidate early stage drivers and a very large number (2,860) of candidate later stage drivers that were enriched for genes that are mutated, deregulated or functioning in signaling pathways important for human HCC, with a striking 1,199 genes being linked to cellular metabolic processes. Our study provides a comprehensive overview of the genetic landscape of HCC.
导致肝细胞癌 (HCC) 的最常见风险因素是慢性乙型肝炎病毒 (HBV) 感染。为了更好地了解驱动 HCC 的进化力量,我们在小鼠 HBV HCC 模型中进行了近乎饱和的转座子诱变筛选。该筛选鉴定出 21 个候选早期驱动基因和大量(2860 个)候选晚期驱动基因,这些基因富集了在人类 HCC 中发生突变、失调或在信号通路中发挥作用的基因,其中有 1199 个基因与细胞代谢过程有关。我们的研究提供了 HCC 遗传景观的全面概述。