Nature Communications (May 2021)

Evolution of core archetypal phenotypes in progressive high grade serous ovarian cancer

  • Aritro Nath,
  • Patrick A. Cosgrove,
  • Hoda Mirsafian,
  • Elizabeth L. Christie,
  • Lance Pflieger,
  • Benjamin Copeland,
  • Sumana Majumdar,
  • Mihaela C. Cristea,
  • Ernest S. Han,
  • Stephen J. Lee,
  • Edward W. Wang,
  • Sian Fereday,
  • Nadia Traficante,
  • Ravi Salgia,
  • Theresa Werner,
  • Adam L. Cohen,
  • Philip Moos,
  • Jeffrey T. Chang,
  • David D. L. Bowtell,
  • Andrea H. Bild

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23171-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) is prone to developing resistance to treatment. Here, the authors use single-cell RNA-seq and an analysis of archetypes, and find that shifts in metabolism and proliferation are associated with the response to treatment and clonal heterogeneity in HGSOC.