Subtype heterogeneity and epigenetic convergence in neuroendocrine prostate cancer

oleh: Paloma Cejas, Yingtian Xie, Alba Font-Tello, Klothilda Lim, Sudeepa Syamala, Xintao Qiu, Alok K. Tewari, Neel Shah, Holly M. Nguyen, Radhika A. Patel, Lisha Brown, Ilsa Coleman, Wenzel M. Hackeng, Lodewijk Brosens, Koen M. A. Dreijerink, Leigh Ellis, Sarah Abou Alaiwi, Ji-Heui Seo, Sylvan Baca, Himisha Beltran, Francesca Khani, Mark Pomerantz, Alessandra Dall’Agnese, Jett Crowdis, Eliezer M. Van Allen, Joaquim Bellmunt, Colm Morrisey, Peter S. Nelson, James DeCaprio, Anna Farago, Nicholas Dyson, Benjamin Drapkin, X. Shirley Liu, Matthew Freedman, Michael C. Haffner, Eva Corey, Myles Brown, Henry W. Long

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01

Deskripsi

Neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) arise from different anatomic sites, but have similar histological and clinical features. Here, the authors show that the epigenetic landscape of a range of NECs converges towards a common epigenetic state, while distinct subtypes occur within neuroendocrine prostate cancer contributing to intratumor heterogeneity in clinical samples.