Chromosome Abnormalities : New Insights into Their Clinical Significance in Cancer

© 2020 The Author(s)..

Chromosomal abnormalities, consisting of numerical and structural chromosome abnormalities, are a common characteristic of cancer. Numerical chromosome abnormalities, mainly including aneuploidy and chromosome instability, are caused by chromosome segregation errors in mitosis, whereas structural chromosome abnormalities are a consequence of DNA damage and comprise focal/arm-level chromosome gain or loss. Recent advances have started to unveil the mechanisms by which chromosomal abnormalities can facilitate tumorigenesis and change the cellular fitness and the expression or function of RNAs and proteins. Accumulating evidence suggests that chromosome abnormalities represent a genomic signature that is linked to cancer prognosis and reaction to chemotherapy and immunotherapy. In this review, we discuss the most recent findings on the role of chromosome abnormalities in tumorigenesis and cancer progression, with a particular emphasis on how aneuploidy and chromosome instability influence cancer therapy and prognosis. We also highlight the distribution and clinical application of the structural chromosome abnormalities in various cancer types. A better understanding of the role of chromosome abnormalities will be beneficial to the development of precision oncology and suggest future directions for the field.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Molecular therapy oncolytics - 17(2020) vom: 26. Juni, Seite 562-570

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kou, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Xiubao [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Lili [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aneuploidy
Chemotherapy
Chromosomal abnormalities
Chromosome instability
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Review

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.omto.2020.05.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312149409