Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Characterization of Nigerian breast cancer reveals prevalent homologous recombination deficiency and aggressive molecular features

  • Jason J. Pitt,
  • Markus Riester,
  • Yonglan Zheng,
  • Toshio F. Yoshimatsu,
  • Ayodele Sanni,
  • Olayiwola Oluwasola,
  • Artur Veloso,
  • Emma Labrot,
  • Shengfeng Wang,
  • Abayomi Odetunde,
  • Adeyinka Ademola,
  • Babajide Okedere,
  • Scott Mahan,
  • Rebecca Leary,
  • Maura Macomber,
  • Mustapha Ajani,
  • Ryan S. Johnson,
  • Dominic Fitzgerald,
  • A. Jason Grundstad,
  • Jigyasa H. Tuteja,
  • Galina Khramtsova,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Elisabeth Sveen,
  • Bryce Hwang,
  • Wendy Clayton,
  • Chibuzor Nkwodimmah,
  • Bisola Famooto,
  • Esther Obasi,
  • Victor Aderoju,
  • Mobolaji Oludara,
  • Folusho Omodele,
  • Odunayo Akinyele,
  • Adewunmi Adeoye,
  • Temidayo Ogundiran,
  • Chinedum Babalola,
  • Kenzie MacIsaac,
  • Abiodun Popoola,
  • Michael P. Morrissey,
  • Lin S. Chen,
  • Jiebiao Wang,
  • Christopher O. Olopade,
  • Adeyinka G. Falusi,
  • Wendy Winckler,
  • Kerstin Haase,
  • Peter Van Loo,
  • John Obafunwa,
  • Dimitris Papoutsakis,
  • Oladosu Ojengbede,
  • Barbara Weber,
  • Nasiru Ibrahim,
  • Kevin P. White,
  • Dezheng Huo,
  • Olufunmilayo I. Olopade,
  • Jordi Barretina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06616-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Research on racial and ethnic influence on breast cancer mortality is stymied by a lack of genomic studies in diverse populations. Here, the authors genomically interrogate 194 Nigerian breast cancers, unveiling molecular features that could explain the high mortality rate from breast cancer in an indigenous African population.