2020
Immunological Differences Between Immune-Rich Estrogen Receptor–Positive and Immune-Rich Triple-Negative Breast Cancers
O’Meara T, Marczyk M, Qing T, Yaghoobi V, Blenman K, Cole K, Pelekanou V, Rimm DL, Pusztai L. Immunological Differences Between Immune-Rich Estrogen Receptor–Positive and Immune-Rich Triple-Negative Breast Cancers. JCO Precision Oncology 2020, 4: po.19.00350. PMID: 32923897, PMCID: PMC7446500, DOI: 10.1200/po.19.00350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchER-positive breast cancerTriple-negative BCM2-like macrophagesTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesBreast cancerImmune-related genesEstrogen receptor-positive breast cancerImmuno-oncology therapeutic targetsRegulatory T cell markersReceptor-positive breast cancerTriple-negative breast cancerImmune activation markersT-cell markersImmune cell markersM1-like macrophagesDifferent immunotherapy strategiesBreast Cancer International ConsortiumNegative breast cancerImmuno-oncology trialsTGF-β pathwayAntitumor immunityCancer Genome AtlasImmunotherapy strategiesActivation markersImmune microenvironmentAssociation between low estrogen receptor positive breast cancer and staining performance
Caruana D, Wei W, Martinez-Morilla S, Rimm DL, Reisenbichler ES. Association between low estrogen receptor positive breast cancer and staining performance. Npj Breast Cancer 2020, 6: 5. PMID: 32047851, PMCID: PMC7002746, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-020-0146-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchER expressionER- tumorsBreast carcinomaTissue microarrayNormal epitheliumEstrogen receptor-positive breast cancerER casesReceptor-positive breast cancerControl patient populationER-positive tumorsEstrogen receptor expressionPositive breast cancerMean optical densityBackground epitheliumPositive tumorsControl cohortPatient populationControl tumorsReceptor expressionBenign epitheliumBreast cancerRare caseNormal ductsER stainingTumors
2018
Nuclear shape and orientation features from H&E images predict survival in early-stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers
Lu C, Romo-Bucheli D, Wang X, Janowczyk A, Ganesan S, Gilmore H, Rimm D, Madabhushi A. Nuclear shape and orientation features from H&E images predict survival in early-stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers. Laboratory Investigation 2018, 98: 1438-1448. PMID: 29959421, PMCID: PMC6214731, DOI: 10.1038/s41374-018-0095-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancerEstrogen receptor-positive breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerBreast cancerRank sum testHazard ratioHistomorphometric featuresShort-term overall survivalLymph node negativeTissue microarray cohortPoor survival outcomesUnivariate survival analysisWilcoxon rank sum testAdjuvant chemotherapyMicroarray cohortOverall survivalNode negativeT stageHistology gradePatient survivalSurvival outcomesPathological parametersNuclear gradeOutcome groupPoor survival
2017
Objective measurement and clinical significance of IDO1 protein in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer
Carvajal-Hausdorf DE, Mani N, Velcheti V, Schalper KA, Rimm DL. Objective measurement and clinical significance of IDO1 protein in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2017, 5: 81. PMID: 29037255, PMCID: PMC5644103, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-017-0285-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHormone receptor-positive breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerIDO1 expressionBreast cancerIndependent negative prognostic markerB cell infiltrationImmune suppressive pathwaysAdvanced solid tumorsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesT cell responsesClinico-pathological featuresClinico-pathological characteristicsProportional hazards modelNegative prognostic markerDegradation of tryptophanMann-Whitney testFoxp3 levelsIDO1 blockadeIDO1 levelsEffector CD4Durable responsesOverall survivalImmune toleranceMultivariable analysisPrognostic marker