cancers Article Cyclin E2 Promotes Whole Genome Doubling in Breast Cancer Christine Lee 1, Kristine J. Fernandez 1, Sarah Alexandrou 1,2, C. Marcelo Sergio 1 , Niantao Deng 1,2, Samuel Rogers 3,4, Andrew Burgess 5,6 and C. Elizabeth Caldon 1,2,* 1 The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia;
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[email protected]; Tel.: + 612-9355-5878; Fax: +612-9295-8110 Received: 5 July 2020; Accepted: 4 August 2020; Published: 13 August 2020 Abstract: Genome doubling is an underlying cause of cancer cell aneuploidy and genomic instability, but few drivers have been identified for this process. Due to their physiological roles in the genome reduplication of normal cells, we hypothesised that the oncogenes cyclins E1 and E2 may be drivers of genome doubling in cancer. We show that both cyclin E1 (CCNE1) and cyclin E2 (CCNE2) mRNA are significantly associated with high genome ploidy in breast cancers.