Nature Communications (May 2020)

Whole genome landscapes of uveal melanoma show an ultraviolet radiation signature in iris tumours

  • Peter A. Johansson,
  • Kelly Brooks,
  • Felicity Newell,
  • Jane M. Palmer,
  • James S. Wilmott,
  • Antonia L. Pritchard,
  • Natasa Broit,
  • Scott Wood,
  • Matteo S. Carlino,
  • Conrad Leonard,
  • Lambros T. Koufariotis,
  • Vaishnavi Nathan,
  • Aaron B. Beasley,
  • Madeleine Howlie,
  • Rebecca Dawson,
  • Helen Rizos,
  • Chris W. Schmidt,
  • Georgina V. Long,
  • Hayley Hamilton,
  • Jens F. Kiilgaard,
  • Timothy Isaacs,
  • Elin S. Gray,
  • Olivia J. Rolfe,
  • John J. Park,
  • Andrew Stark,
  • Graham J. Mann,
  • Richard A. Scolyer,
  • John V. Pearson,
  • Nicolas van Baren,
  • Nicola Waddell,
  • Karin W. Wadt,
  • Lindsay A. McGrath,
  • Sunil K. Warrier,
  • William Glasson,
  • Nicholas K. Hayward

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16276-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Uveal melanoma has a propensity to metastasise. Here, the authors report the whole genome sequence of 103 uveal melanomas and find that the tumour mutational burden is variable and that two subsets of tumours are characterised by MBD4 mutations and a UV exposure signature.