Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Cell-type dependent enhancer binding of the EWS/ATF1 fusion gene in clear cell sarcomas

  • Shingo Komura,
  • Kenji Ito,
  • Sho Ohta,
  • Tomoyo Ukai,
  • Mio Kabata,
  • Fumiaki Itakura,
  • Katsunori Semi,
  • Yutaka Matsuda,
  • Kyoichi Hashimoto,
  • Hirofumi Shibata,
  • Masamitsu Sone,
  • Norihide Jo,
  • Kazuya Sekiguchi,
  • Takatoshi Ohno,
  • Haruhiko Akiyama,
  • Katsuji Shimizu,
  • Knut Woltjen,
  • Manabu Ozawa,
  • Junya Toguchida,
  • Takuya Yamamoto,
  • Yasuhiro Yamada

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11745-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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The EWS-ATF1 fusion gene causes clear cell sarcoma (CCS). Here, the authors show that the downstream effects of EWS-ATF1 expression are strictly context dependent, and reveal the cell of origin for CCS to be Tppp3-expressing cells in peripheral nerves.