Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

A transcriptional metastatic signature predicts survival in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

  • Adele M. Alchahin,
  • Shenglin Mei,
  • Ioanna Tsea,
  • Taghreed Hirz,
  • Youmna Kfoury,
  • Douglas Dahl,
  • Chin-Lee Wu,
  • Alexander O. Subtelny,
  • Shulin Wu,
  • David T. Scadden,
  • John H. Shin,
  • Philip J. Saylor,
  • David B. Sykes,
  • Peter V. Kharchenko,
  • Ninib Baryawno

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33375-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma has a poor prognosis. Here, the authors use single cell RNA-seq to show a distinct gene expression signature in the primary tumour of metastatic patients, and highlights immune cell receptor interactions as potential therapeutic targets.