APOBEC-mediated DNA alterations: a possible new mechanism of carcinogenesis in EBV-positive gastric cancer
I. Bobrovnitchaia, R. Valieris, R. Drummond, J. Lima, H. Freitas, T. Bartelli, M. Amorin, D. Nunes, E. Dias-Neto, I. Silva
The paper identifies a positive correlation between APOBEC3 mRNA-expression and APOBEC-mutation signature in EBV+ gastric cancer, suggesting APOBEC3 upregulation may increase mutation load.
bioRxiv · Nov 19, 2018Cancer Biology