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RNA sequencing of undifferentiated sarcomas

Undifferentiated sarcomas (USARCs) of adults are diverse, rare, and aggressive soft tissue cancers. Recent sequencing efforts have confirmed that USARCs exhibit one of the highest burdens of structural aberrations across human cancer. Here, we sought to unravel the molecular basis of the structural complexity in USARCs by integrating DNA sequencing, ploidy analysis, gene expression, and methylation profiling. We identified whole genome duplication as a prevalent and pernicious force in USARC tumorigenesis. Using mathematical deconvolution strategies to unravel the complex copy-number profiles and mutational timing models we infer distinct evolutionary pathways of these rare cancers. In addition, 15% of tumors exhibited raised mutational burdens that correlated with gene expression signatures of immune infiltration, and good prognosis.

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Dataset ID Description Technology Samples
EGAD00001004439 Illumina HiSeq 2500 53
Publications Citations
Undifferentiated Sarcomas Develop through Distinct Evolutionary Pathways.
Cancer Cell 35: 2019 441-456.e8
56
Sarcoma microenvironment cell states and ecosystems are associated with prognosis and predict response to immunotherapy.
Nat Cancer 5: 2024 642-658
2