Nature Communications (May 2016)

The topography of mutational processes in breast cancer genomes

  • Sandro Morganella,
  • Ludmil B. Alexandrov,
  • Dominik Glodzik,
  • Xueqing Zou,
  • Helen Davies,
  • Johan Staaf,
  • Anieta M. Sieuwerts,
  • Arie B. Brinkman,
  • Sancha Martin,
  • Manasa Ramakrishna,
  • Adam Butler,
  • Hyung-Yong Kim,
  • Åke Borg,
  • Christos Sotiriou,
  • P. Andrew Futreal,
  • Peter J. Campbell,
  • Paul N. Span,
  • Steven Van Laere,
  • Sunil R. Lakhani,
  • Jorunn E. Eyfjord,
  • Alastair M. Thompson,
  • Hendrik G. Stunnenberg,
  • Marc J. van de Vijver,
  • John W. M. Martens,
  • Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale,
  • Andrea L. Richardson,
  • Gu Kong,
  • Gilles Thomas,
  • Julian Sale,
  • Cristina Rada,
  • Michael R. Stratton,
  • Ewan Birney,
  • Serena Nik-Zainal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11383
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Mutational signatures provide evidence of the mechanism of action of a given mutagen and are found in cancer cells. Here, using 560 breast cancer genomes, the authors demonstrate that mutational signatures are frequently associated with genomic architecture including nucleosome positioning and replication timing.