Recent Advances in Cancer Fusion Transcript Detection
Dorney, Ryley, Dhungel, Bijay P., Rasko, John E.J., Hebbard, Lionel, and Schmitz, Ulf (2023) Recent Advances in Cancer Fusion Transcript Detection. Briefings in Bioinformatics, 24 (1). bbac519.
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Abstract
Extensive investigation of gene fusions in cancer has led to the discovery of novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets. To date, most studies have neglected chromosomal rearrangement-independent fusion transcripts and complex fusion structures such as double or triple-hop fusions, and fusion-circRNAs. In this review, we untangle fusion-related terminology and propose a classification system involving both gene and transcript fusions. We highlight the importance of RNA-level fusions and how long-read sequencing approaches can improve detection and characterization. Moreover, we discuss novel bioinformatic tools to identify fusions in long-read sequencing data and strategies to experimentally validate and functionally characterize fusion transcripts.
| Item ID: | 76790 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1477-4054 |
| Copyright Information: | © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Funders: | National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) |
| Projects and Grants: | NHMRC #1196405 |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2023 02:33 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis > 321103 Cancer genetics @ 50% 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3102 Bioinformatics and computational biology > 310201 Bioinformatic methods development @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280103 Expanding knowledge in the biomedical and clinical sciences @ 50% 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences @ 50% |
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