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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

HYENA detects oncogenes activated by distal enhancers in cancer.

Anqi Yu, Ali E Yesilkanal, Ashish Thakur, Fan Wang, Yang Yang, William Phillips, Xiaoyang Wu, Alexander Muir, Xin He, Francois Spitz and 1 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Mechanisms of enhancer-driven oncogene activation.International journal of cancer · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Anqi YuBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ali E YesilkanalBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Ashish ThakurDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Fan WangBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Yang YangBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
William PhillipsBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Xiaoyang WuBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Alexander MuirBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Xin HeDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Francois SpitzDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Lixing YangBen May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9618-2117

Funding

Medical Scientist National Research Service AwardT32GM150375 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Raghavendra G Mirmira · 2023 to 2026
$5.5M
Unveiling non-coding drivers of cancerR01CA269977 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Lixing Yang · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
Structural variations and their impact in human cancerK22CA193848 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI YANG, LIXING · 2017 to 2019
$508k
Comprehensive Cancer CenterNCI NIH HHS K22 CA193848NCI NIH HHS R01 CA269977NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM150375NIH HHS K22CA193848University of Chicago
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Somatic structural variations (SVs) in cancer can shuffle DNA content in the genome, relocate regulatory elements, and alter genome organization. Enhancer hijacking occurs when SVs relocate distal enhancers to activate proto-oncogenes. However, most enhancer hijacking studies have only focused on protein-coding genes. Here, we develop a computational algorithm 'HYENA' to identify candidate oncogenes (both protein-coding and non-coding) activated by enhancer hijacking based on tumor whole-genome and transcriptome sequencing data. HYENA detects genes whose elevated expression is associated with somatic SVs by using a rank-based regression model. We systematically analyze 1146 tumors across 25 types of adult tumors and identify a total of 108 candidate oncogenes including many non-coding genes. A long non-coding RNA TOB1-AS1 is activated by various types of SVs in 10% of pancreatic cancers through altered 3-dimensional genome structure. We find that high expression of TOB1-AS1 can promote cell invasion and metastasis. Our study highlights the contribution of genetic alterations in non-coding regions to tumorigenesis and tumor progression.

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Enhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticNeoplasmsOncogenesAlgorithmsHumansRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID39051548
PMCPMC11381332

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