Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Convergence of oncogenic cooperation at single-cell and single-gene levels drives leukemic transformation

  • Yuxuan Liu,
  • Zhimin Gu,
  • Hui Cao,
  • Pranita Kaphle,
  • Junhua Lyu,
  • Yuannyu Zhang,
  • Wenhuo Hu,
  • Stephen S. Chung,
  • Kathryn E. Dickerson,
  • Jian Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26582-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Identifying how genetic alterations cooperate in cancer is challenging. Here the authors analyze leukemia mouse models with both oncogenic NRAS and EZH2 mutations using single-cell RNA-sequencing, evaluate oncogenic cooperation, and identify GEM as a regulator of leukemia-initiating cells.