Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

Epigenetic landscape influences the liver cancer genome architecture

  • Natsuko Hama,
  • Yasushi Totoki,
  • Fumihito Miura,
  • Kenji Tatsuno,
  • Mihoko Saito-Adachi,
  • Hiromi Nakamura,
  • Yasuhito Arai,
  • Fumie Hosoda,
  • Tomoko Urushidate,
  • Shoko Ohashi,
  • Wakako Mukai,
  • Nobuyoshi Hiraoka,
  • Hiroyuki Aburatani,
  • Takashi Ito,
  • Tatsuhiro Shibata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03999-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Genomic aberrations contribute to the development of cancer; however, their interdependence remains poorly understood. Here the authors analyze liver cancer samples to find correlation between epigenetic features and genetic aberrations including somatic substitutions, mutation signatures, and HBV integration sites.