Percolation transition of cooperative mutational effects in colorectal tumorigenesis

Cancer is caused by accumulating genetic mutations. Here, the authors investigate the cooperative effect of these mutations in colorectal cancer patients and identify a giant cluster of mutation-propagating modules that undergoes percolation transition during tumorigenesis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dongkwan Shin, Jonghoon Lee, Jeong-Ryeol Gong, Kwang-Hyun Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01171-6