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PROVIDER: EGAO00000000407 | EGA |
REPOSITORIES: EGA
Walker Brian A BA Wardell Christopher P CP Murison Alex A Boyle Eileen M EM Begum Dil B DB Dahir Nasrin M NM Proszek Paula Z PZ Melchor Lorenzo L Pawlyn Charlotte C Kaiser Martin F MF Johnson David C DC Qiang Ya-Wei YW Jones John R JR Cairns David A DA Gregory Walter M WM Owen Roger G RG Cook Gordon G Drayson Mark T MT Jackson Graham H GH Davies Faith E FE Morgan Gareth J GJ
Nature communications 20150423
We have sequenced 463 presenting cases of myeloma entered into the UK Myeloma XI study using whole exome sequencing. Here we identify mutations induced as a consequence of misdirected AID in the partner oncogenes of IGH translocations, which are activating and associated with impaired clinical outcome. An APOBEC mutational signature is seen in 3.8% of cases and is linked to the translocation-mediated deregulation of MAF and MAFB, a known poor prognostic factor. Patients with this signature have ...[more]