Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Single-cell transcriptomics identifies potential cells of origin of MYC rhabdoid tumors

  • Monika Graf,
  • Marta Interlandi,
  • Natalia Moreno,
  • Dörthe Holdhof,
  • Carolin Göbel,
  • Viktoria Melcher,
  • Julius Mertins,
  • Thomas K. Albert,
  • Dennis Kastrati,
  • Amelie Alfert,
  • Till Holsten,
  • Flavia de Faria,
  • Michael Meisterernst,
  • Claudia Rossig,
  • Monika Warmuth-Metz,
  • Johannes Nowak,
  • Gerd Meyer zu Hörste,
  • Chloe Mayère,
  • Serge Nef,
  • Pascal Johann,
  • Michael C. Frühwald,
  • Martin Dugas,
  • Ulrich Schüller,
  • Kornelius Kerl

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29152-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Rhabdoid tumors (RT) are aggressive paediatric cancers with yet unknown cells of origin. Here, the authors establish genetically engineered mouse models of RT and, using single-cell RNA-seq and epigenomics, identify potential cells of origin for the SHH and MYC subtypes.