Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Somatic whole genome dynamics of precancer in Barrett’s esophagus reveals features associated with disease progression

  • Thomas G. Paulson,
  • Patricia C. Galipeau,
  • Kenji M. Oman,
  • Carissa A. Sanchez,
  • Mary K. Kuhner,
  • Lucian P. Smith,
  • Kevin Hadi,
  • Minita Shah,
  • Kanika Arora,
  • Jennifer Shelton,
  • Molly Johnson,
  • Andre Corvelo,
  • Carlo C. Maley,
  • Xiaotong Yao,
  • Rashesh Sanghvi,
  • Elisa Venturini,
  • Anne-Katrin Emde,
  • Benjamin Hubert,
  • Marcin Imielinski,
  • Nicolas Robine,
  • Brian J. Reid,
  • Xiaohong Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29767-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Barrett’s esophagus is a pre-malignant condition that can progress to esophageal cancer. Here, the authors carry out whole genome sequencing of samples from patients who did or did not progress to cancer and find that mutations in many genes occur regardless of progression status, but also find features associated with progressive disease.