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• Hypermutation of the inactive X chromosome is a frequent event in cancer

  Mutation is a fundamental process in tumorigenesis. However the degree to which the rate of somatic mutation varies across the human genome and the mechanistic basis underlying this variation remain to be fully elucidated. As part of the ICGC PedBrain and Malignant Lymphoma (MMML-Seq) consortium we performed a cross-cancer comparison of whole genomes comprising a diverse set of childhood and adult tumors including both solid and hematopoietic malignancies. In addition we performed whole genome sequencing of clonally expanded hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) from healthy individuals to compare somatic mutation rates.

  Study EGAS00001000565

• Uveal melanoma patient with germline MBD4 nonsense mutation

  There is currently no effective treatment for metastasised uveal melanoma (UM). Recently, it was reported that a UM patient was responsive to checkpoint inhibitor (CI) treatment, due to a high tumour mutation burden correlated with a germline loss-of-function MBD4 mutation. Here, we report on another UM patient who carried an MBD4 germline nonsense variant (p.Leu563Ter) and her tumour showed a 5-fold higher than average mutation burden. We confirmed the association between germline loss-of-function variant in MBD4 and CI response. The patient experienced stable disease (10 months) and survived two years with metastatic disease, which is twice as long as median survival. Additionally, the frequency of MBD4 loss-of-function variants in reported UM cohorts was >20 times higher than in an aggregated population genome database (P < 5x10-5), implying a potential role as UM predisposition gene. These findings provide a strong basis for the inclusion of MBD4 in screening of potential UM-prone families as well as stratification of immunotherapy.

  Study EGAS00001003362

• Human lymphoma plasma cfRNA - raw data

  This study contains total RNA sequencing data from plasma of 65 different human donors: 30 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients, 13 primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma patients and 22 cancer-free controls.

  Study EGAS00001007127

• RB1 Gene Inactivation by Chromothripsis in Human Retinoblastoma

  Retinoblastoma is a rare childhood cancer of the developing retina. Most retinoblastomas initiate with biallelic inactivation of the RB1 gene through diverse mechanisms including point mutations, nucleotide insertions, deletions, loss of heterozygosity and promoter hypermethylation. Recently, a novel mechanism of retinoblastoma initiation was proposed. Gallie and colleagues discovered that a small proportion of retinoblastomas lack RB1 mutations and had MYCN amplification [1]. In this study, we identified recurrent chromosomal, regional and focal genomic lesions in 94 primary retinoblastomas with their matched normal DNA using SNP 6.0 chips. We also analyzed the RB1 gene mutations and compared the mechanism of RB1 inactivation to the recurrent copy number variations in the retinoblastoma genome. In addition to the previously described focal amplification of MYCN and deletions in RB1 and BCOR, we also identified recurrent focal amplification of OTX2, a transcription factor required for retinal photoreceptor development. We identified 10 retinoblastomas in our cohort that lacked RB1 point mutations or indels. We performed whole genome sequencing on those 10 tumors and their corresponding germline DNA. In one of the tumors, the RB1 gene was unaltered, the MYCN gene was amplified and RB1 protein was expressed in the nuclei of the tumor cells. In addition, several tumors had complex patterns of structural variations and we identified 3 tumors with chromothripsis at the RB1 locus. This is the first report of chromothripsis as a mechanism for RB1 gene inactivation in cancer.

  Study EGAS00001000598

• Deciphering the mutational landscape and the genome organization of LMS

  Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) are an uncommon group of malignant mesenchymal tumors composed of cells showing distinct smooth muscle differentiation. These tumors occur mainly in adults in any location of the body (soft-tissue, viscera or uterine). Soft-tissue LMS represent 10-15% of all soft-tissue sarcomas. The most frequent locations are the limbs followed by the retroperitoneum and uterine.

  Study EGAS00001001262

• Whole exome sequencing of papillary thyroid carcinoma in the Chinese population

  Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer. Here we submitted the sequencing results for PTC using 91 tumor-normal pairs through exome sequencing in the Chinese Han population.

  Study EGAS00001001268

• Genomic and transcriptomic profiling of signalling networks in follicular lymphoma

  This dataset is composed of sequencing data from 16 patients diagnosed with follicular lymphoma, who developed transformed disease and for whom representative frozen tumor biopsy samples were available. For 14 patients there is paired material from both disease stages. DNA and RNA libraries were constructed and captured with a kinome bait library (Agilent Technologies), before sequencing on an Illumina platform.

  Study EGAS00001002175

• Osteosarcoma_RNAseq

  We propose to definitively characterise the somatic genetics of Osteosarcoma cancer through generation of comprehensive catalogues of somatic mutations by high coverage genome and transcriptome sequencing.

  Study EGAS00001000615

• BAP1_sequence_of_uveal_melanoma_cell_lines

  Detection of BAP1 mutations in DNA from 3 uveal melanoma cell lines.

  Study EGAS00001001520

• Identification_of_drug_resistance_genes_in_melanoma

  Our aim is to analyze the genome of human melanoma cell lines and short term culture from human melanoma samples in order to identify genes that confer drug resistance to clinically relevant targeted therapies. We will perform whole-exome sequencing, copy number variation analysis and methylome analysis in a collection of human melanoma cell lines and short term culture that will be then screened for drug sensitivity/resistance through a library of clinically relevant drugs and drug combinations. By the combined analysis of the genomic lesion and the drug sensitivity/resistance profile of different cell lines, we will look for genes whose mutation is associated to the sensitivity or resistance to a specific drug in different samples.

  Study EGAS00001000617