Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Robust RNA-based in situ mutation detection delineates colorectal cancer subclonal evolution

  • Ann-Marie Baker,
  • Weini Huang,
  • Xiao-Ming Mindy Wang,
  • Marnix Jansen,
  • Xiao-Jun Ma,
  • Jeffrey Kim,
  • Courtney M. Anderson,
  • Xingyong Wu,
  • Liuliu Pan,
  • Nan Su,
  • Yuling Luo,
  • Enric Domingo,
  • Timon Heide,
  • Andrea Sottoriva,
  • Annabelle Lewis,
  • Andrew D. Beggs,
  • Nicholas A. Wright,
  • Manuel Rodriguez-Justo,
  • Emily Park,
  • Ian Tomlinson,
  • Trevor A. Graham

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02295-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Methods that analyze intra-tumor genetic heterogeneity often do not preserve the spatial context of tumor subclones. Here, the authors present BaseScope, a mutation-specific RNA in situ hybridization assay and spatially map colorectal cancer and adenoma KRAS, BRAF and PIK3CA driver gene mutant subclones.