Mitochondrial mutations drive prostate cancer aggression

In prostate cancer, the role of mutations in the maternally-inherited mitochondrial genome are not well known. Here, the authors demonstrate frequent, age-dependent mitochondrial mutation in prostate cancer. Strong links between mitochondrial and nuclear mutational profiles are associated with clini...

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Main Authors: Julia F. Hopkins, Veronica Y. Sabelnykova, Joachim Weischenfeldt, Ronald Simon, Jennifer A. Aguiar, Rached Alkallas, Lawrence E. Heisler, Junyan Zhang, John D. Watson, Melvin L. K. Chua, Michael Fraser, Francesco Favero, Chris Lawerenz, Christoph Plass, Guido Sauter, John D. McPherson, Theodorus van der Kwast, Jan Korbel, Thorsten Schlomm, Robert G. Bristow, Paul C. Boutros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00377-y