Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Unravelling subclonal heterogeneity and aggressive disease states in TNBC through single-cell RNA-seq

  • Mihriban Karaayvaz,
  • Simona Cristea,
  • Shawn M. Gillespie,
  • Anoop P. Patel,
  • Ravindra Mylvaganam,
  • Christina C. Luo,
  • Michelle C. Specht,
  • Bradley E. Bernstein,
  • Franziska Michor,
  • Leif W. Ellisen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06052-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Triple-negative breast cancer is highly heterogeneous and aggressive. Here, the authors utilise single-cell RNA sequencing to investigate this heterogeneity, and discover a subpopulation of cells associated with metastasis and treatment resistance signatures, and linked to long term survival outcomes.