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. 2021 Aug 6;12:4753. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25012-9

Fig. 5. Schematic representation of a proposed evolutionary model of GBC with coexisting LG-BilIN and HG-BilIN.

Fig. 5

In the BilIN-independent group, GBC tends to split earlier and evolve more independently from LG-BilIN and HG-BilIN in the cancerous niche that harbors extensive LOH and mutation events. In the BilIN-dependent group, the neoplastic niche needs a step-wise progression to achieve the malignant state.