Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Genomic characterization of co-existing neoplasia and carcinoma lesions reveals distinct evolutionary paths of gallbladder cancer

  • Jianzhen Lin,
  • Xinxin Peng,
  • Kun Dong,
  • Junyu Long,
  • Xuejiao Guo,
  • Hongyue Li,
  • Yi Bai,
  • Xu Yang,
  • Dongxu Wang,
  • Xin Lu,
  • Yilei Mao,
  • Xinting Sang,
  • Xuwo Ji,
  • Haitao Zhao,
  • Han Liang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25012-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The progression from biliary tract intraepithelial neoplasia (BilIN) to gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) remains unclear. Here the authors use genomics to analyze coexisting GBC lesions, low-grade and high-grade BilINs, revealing two distinct evolutionary paths for GBC development.