Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Whole-genome analysis of Nigerian patients with breast cancer reveals ethnic-driven somatic evolution and distinct genomic subtypes

  • Naser Ansari-Pour,
  • Yonglan Zheng,
  • Toshio F. Yoshimatsu,
  • Ayodele Sanni,
  • Mustapha Ajani,
  • Jean-Baptiste Reynier,
  • Avraam Tapinos,
  • Jason J. Pitt,
  • Stefan Dentro,
  • Anna Woodard,
  • Padma Sheila Rajagopal,
  • Dominic Fitzgerald,
  • Andreas J. Gruber,
  • Abayomi Odetunde,
  • Abiodun Popoola,
  • Adeyinka G. Falusi,
  • Chinedum Peace Babalola,
  • Temidayo Ogundiran,
  • Nasiru Ibrahim,
  • Jordi Barretina,
  • Peter Van Loo,
  • Mengjie Chen,
  • Kevin P. White,
  • Oladosu Ojengbede,
  • John Obafunwa,
  • Dezheng Huo,
  • David C. Wedge,
  • Olufunmilayo I. Olopade

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27079-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Breast cancer heterogeneity and tumour evolutionary trajectories remain largely unknown among women of African ancestry. Here, the authors perform whole genome and transcriptome sequencing of Nigerian breast cancer patients and identify unique evolutionary phenomena.