Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Clonal diversification and histogenesis of malignant germ cell tumours

  • Thomas R. W. Oliver,
  • Lia Chappell,
  • Rashesh Sanghvi,
  • Lauren Deighton,
  • Naser Ansari-Pour,
  • Stefan C. Dentro,
  • Matthew D. Young,
  • Tim H. H. Coorens,
  • Hyunchul Jung,
  • Tim Butler,
  • Matthew D. C. Neville,
  • Daniel Leongamornlert,
  • Mathijs A. Sanders,
  • Yvette Hooks,
  • Alex Cagan,
  • Thomas J. Mitchell,
  • Isidro Cortes-Ciriano,
  • Anne Y. Warren,
  • David C. Wedge,
  • Rakesh Heer,
  • Nicholas Coleman,
  • Matthew J. Murray,
  • Peter J. Campbell,
  • Raheleh Rahbari,
  • Sam Behjati

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31375-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The molecular characterisation of germ cell tumours (GCT) is necessary to understand their development and histological diversification. Here, the authors use whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing of GCTs across distinct histologies to reveal their somatic evolution and clonal diversification, as well as identify several putative biomarkers for treatment stratification.