Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Inference of transcription factor binding from cell-free DNA enables tumor subtype prediction and early detection

  • Peter Ulz,
  • Samantha Perakis,
  • Qing Zhou,
  • Tina Moser,
  • Jelena Belic,
  • Isaac Lazzeri,
  • Albert Wölfler,
  • Armin Zebisch,
  • Armin Gerger,
  • Gunda Pristauz,
  • Edgar Petru,
  • Brandon White,
  • Charles E. S. Roberts,
  • John St. John,
  • Michael G. Schimek,
  • Jochen B. Geigl,
  • Thomas Bauernhofer,
  • Heinz Sill,
  • Christoph Bock,
  • Ellen Heitzer,
  • Michael R. Speicher

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12714-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Deregulation of transcription factors is frequently observed in cancer. Here, the authors develop a blood-based approach to map transcription factor binding, revealing both patient-specific and tumour-specific aberrations