Retrotransposons facilitate tissue-specific horizontal Transfer of circulating tumor DNA
M. cinar, L. Martinez-Medina, P. K. Puvvula, A. Arakelyan, B. N. Vardarajan, N. Anthony, G. P. Nagaraju, D. Park, L. Feng, F. Sheff, M. Mosunjac, D. Saxe, S. Flygare, O. B. Alese, J. Kaufman, , L. Bernal-Mizrachi
This study shows retrotransposons enable tissue-specific horizontal gene transfer of circulating tumor DNA in cancer cells, influencing treatment response and opening new therapeutic avenues.
bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2022 · PreprintCancer Biology