Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Integrative molecular characterization of sarcomatoid and rhabdoid renal cell carcinoma

  • Ziad Bakouny,
  • David A. Braun,
  • Sachet A. Shukla,
  • Wenting Pan,
  • Xin Gao,
  • Yue Hou,
  • Abdallah Flaifel,
  • Stephen Tang,
  • Alice Bosma-Moody,
  • Meng Xiao He,
  • Natalie Vokes,
  • Jackson Nyman,
  • Wanling Xie,
  • Amin H. Nassar,
  • Sarah Abou Alaiwi,
  • Ronan Flippot,
  • Gabrielle Bouchard,
  • John A. Steinharter,
  • Pier Vitale Nuzzo,
  • Miriam Ficial,
  • Miriam Sant’Angelo,
  • Juliet Forman,
  • Jacob E. Berchuck,
  • Shaan Dudani,
  • Kevin Bi,
  • Jihye Park,
  • Sabrina Camp,
  • Maura Sticco-Ivins,
  • Laure Hirsch,
  • Sylvan C. Baca,
  • Megan Wind-Rotolo,
  • Petra Ross-Macdonald,
  • Maxine Sun,
  • Gwo-Shu Mary Lee,
  • Steven L. Chang,
  • Xiao X. Wei,
  • Bradley A. McGregor,
  • Lauren C. Harshman,
  • Giannicola Genovese,
  • Leigh Ellis,
  • Mark Pomerantz,
  • Michelle S. Hirsch,
  • Matthew L. Freedman,
  • Michael B. Atkins,
  • Catherine J. Wu,
  • Thai H. Ho,
  • W. Marston Linehan,
  • David F. McDermott,
  • Daniel Y. C. Heng,
  • Srinivas R. Viswanathan,
  • Sabina Signoretti,
  • Eliezer M. Van Allen,
  • Toni K. Choueiri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21068-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Sarcomatoid and rhabdoid tumours are highly aggressive forms of renal cell carcinoma that are also responsive to immunotherapy. In this study, the authors perform a comprehensive molecular characterization of these tumours discovering an enrichment of specific alterations and an inflamed phenotype.