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Mutational signatures: the patterns of somatic mutations hidden in cancer genomes
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All cancers originate from a single cell that starts to behave abnormally due to the acquired somatic mutations in its genome. Until recently, the knowledge of the mutational processes that cause these somatic mutations has been very limited. Recent advances in sequencing technologies and the development of novel mathematical approaches have allowed deciphering the patterns of somatic mutations caused by different mutational processes. Here, we summarize our current understanding of mutational patterns and mutational signatures in light of both the somatic cell paradigm of cancer research and the recent developments in the field of cancer genomics.
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- Authors
- Alexandrov, L. B., & Stratton, M. R.
- Affiliations
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Alexandrov, Ludmil B
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-02
- Volume
- 24
- Pages
- 52-60
- ISSN
- 0959-437X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3990474
- OpenAlex
- W1973702005
- Cited by
- 488
- References
- 93
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 61 · 2018: 57 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 8
- FWCI
- 3.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Genetics & Development (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (098051)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Keywords
- mutational signatures, somatic mutations, mutational processes, cancer genomics, mutation patterns
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Mutation, Neoplasms, Genome, Human, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Genomics, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
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