Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

Spatial genomic heterogeneity in multiple myeloma revealed by multi-region sequencing

  • L. Rasche,
  • S. S. Chavan,
  • O. W. Stephens,
  • P. H. Patel,
  • R. Tytarenko,
  • C. Ashby,
  • M. Bauer,
  • C. Stein,
  • S. Deshpande,
  • C. Wardell,
  • T. Buzder,
  • G. Molnar,
  • M. Zangari,
  • F. van Rhee,
  • S. Thanendrarajan,
  • C. Schinke,
  • J. Epstein,
  • F. E. Davies,
  • B. A. Walker,
  • T. Meissner,
  • B. Barlogie,
  • G. J. Morgan,
  • N. Weinhold

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00296-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In multiple myeloma, malignant cells expand within bone marrow. Here, the authors use multi-region sequencing in patient samples to analyse spatial clonal architecture and heterogeneity, providing novel insight into multiple myeloma progression and evolution.