@article{48b641b946c24ad79ac88fc9ba5841c9,
title = "Single cell derived mRNA signals across human kidney tumors",
abstract = "Tumor cells may share some patterns of gene expression with their cell of origin, providing clues into the differentiation state and origin of cancer. Here, we study the differentiation state and cellular origin of 1300 childhood and adult kidney tumors. Using single cell mRNA reference maps of normal tissues, we quantify reference {"}cellular signals{"} in each tumor. Quantifying global differentiation, we find that childhood tumors exhibit fetal cellular signals, replacing the presumption of {"}fetalness{"} with a quantitative measure of immaturity. By contrast, in adult cancers our assessment refutes the suggestion of dedifferentiation towards a fetal state in most cases. We find an intimate connection between developmental mesenchymal populations and childhood renal tumors. We demonstrate the diagnostic potential of our approach with a case study of a cryptic renal tumor. Our findings provide a cellular definition of human renal tumors through an approach that is broadly applicable to human cancer.",
keywords = "Adult, Algorithms, Child, Fetus/metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Humans, Kidney/embryology, Kidney Neoplasms/embryology, Models, Genetic, RNA, Messenger/genetics, RNA-Seq/methods, Signal Transduction/genetics, Single-Cell Analysis/methods, Transcriptome",
author = "Young, {Matthew D} and Mitchell, {Thomas J} and Lars Custers and Thanasis Margaritis and Francisco Morales-Rodriguez and Kwasi Kwakwa and Eleonora Khabirova and Gerda Kildisiute and Oliver, {Thomas R W} and {de Krijger}, {Ronald R} and {van den Heuvel-Eibrink}, {Marry M} and Federico Comitani and Alice Piapi and Eva Bugallo-Blanco and Christine Thevanesan and Christina Burke and Elena Prigmore and Kirsty Ambridge and Kenny Roberts and Braga, {Felipe A Vieira} and Coorens, {Tim H H} and {Del Valle}, Ignacio and Anna Wilbrey-Clark and Lira Mamanova and Stewart, {Grant D} and Gnanapragasam, {Vincent J} and Dyanne Rampling and Neil Sebire and Nicholas Coleman and Liz Hook and Anne Warren and Muzlifah Haniffa and Marcel Kool and Pfister, {Stefan M} and Achermann, {John C} and Xiaoling He and Barker, {Roger A} and Adam Shlien and Bayraktar, {Omer A} and Teichmann, {Sarah A} and Holstege, {Frank C} and Meyer, {Kerstin B} and Jarno Drost and Karin Straathof and Sam Behjati",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s).",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1038/s41467-021-23949-5",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "3896",
journal = "Nature communications",
issn = "2041-1723",
publisher = "Nature Research",
number = "1",
}