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ArticleGenome biology2025

Cancer gene identification from RNA variant allelic frequencies using RVdriver.

James R M Black, Thomas P Jones, Carlos Martínez-Ruiz, Maria Litovchenko, Clare Puttick, Charles Swanton, Nicholas McGranahan

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Article in Genome biology, 2025. 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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7 authors.

James R M Black *Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Thomas P Jones *Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Carlos Martínez-RuizCancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Maria LitovchenkoCancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Clare PuttickCancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Charles SwantonCancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK.
Nicholas McGranahanCancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence, University College London Cancer Institute, London, UK. nicholas.mcgranahan.10@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9537-4045

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Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 211179/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Existing approaches to identifying cancer genes rely overwhelmingly on DNA sequencing data. Here, we introduce RVdriver, a computational tool that leverages paired bulk genomic and transcriptomic data to classify RNA variant allele frequencies (VAFs) of non-synonymous mutations relative to a synonymous mutation background. We analyze 7882 paired exomes and transcriptomes from 31 cancer types and identify novel, as well as known, cancer genes, complementing other DNA-based approaches. Furthermore, RNA VAFs of individual mutations are able to distinguish "driver" from "passenger" mutations within established cancer genes. This approach highlights the value of multi-omic approaches for cancer gene discovery.

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Gene FrequencyGenes, NeoplasmNeoplasmsSoftwareComputational BiologyHumansMutationTranscriptome

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PMID40514689
PMCPMC12164115

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