Olivier Elemento

TL;DR: A method is presented for transcriptome-wide m(6)A localization, which combines m( 6)A-specific methylated RNA immunoprecipitation with next-generation sequencing (MeRIP-Seq) and reveals insights into the epigenetic regulation of the mammalian transcriptome.

TL;DR: This cohort study provides clinically actionable information that could impact treatment decisions for affected individuals and identified new genomic alterations in PIK3CA/B, R-spondin, BRAF/RAF1, APC, β-catenin, and ZBTB16/PLZF.

TL;DR: It is shown that mRNAs containing N(6)-methyladenosine (m(6)A) in their 5' UTR can be translated in a cap-independent manner, and that diverse cellular stresses induce a transcriptome-wide redistribution of m( 6)A, resulting in increased numbers of m RNAs with 5'UTR m(6), which bypasses 5' cap-binding proteins to promote translation under stresses.

TL;DR: In this paper, the genesis of genomic rearrangements, including abundant DNA translocations and deletions that arise in a highly interdependent manner, was modeled and shown to induce considerable genomic derangement over relatively few events in prostate cancer and other neoplasms, supporting a model of punctuated cancer evolution.

TL;DR: The frequency of germline mutations in DNA-repair genes among men with metastatic prostate cancer significantly exceeded the prevalence of 4.6% among 499 men with localized prostate cancer and 2.7% in the Exome Aggregation Consortium, which includes 53,105 persons without a known cancer diagnosis.