2022
Predictive Markers of Response to Neoadjuvant Durvalumab with Nab-Paclitaxel and Dose-Dense Doxorubicin/Cyclophosphamide in Basal-Like Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
Blenman KRM, Marczyk M, Karn T, Qing T, Li X, Gunasekharan V, Yaghoobi V, Bai Y, Ibrahim EY, Park T, Silber A, Wolf DM, Reisenbichler E, Denkert C, Sinn BV, Rozenblit M, Foldi J, Rimm DL, Loibl S, Pusztai L. Predictive Markers of Response to Neoadjuvant Durvalumab with Nab-Paclitaxel and Dose-Dense Doxorubicin/Cyclophosphamide in Basal-Like Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 28: 2587-2597. PMID: 35377948, PMCID: PMC9464605, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-3215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal-like triple-negative breast cancerPathologic complete responseResidual diseaseNeoadjuvant durvalumabDNA damage repairSomatic mutationsBreast cancerWnt/β-cateninHigh expressionTriple-negative breast cancerBasal-Like TripleDoxorubicin/cyclophosphamideDNA repairTumor mutation burdenRNA sequencingEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionFive-gene signatureB-cell markersCancer driversEnrichment analysisNegative breast cancerDamage repairGene expressionJAK-STATCell cycle
2021
Characterization of the tumor immune microenvironment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients who self-identify as African American (AA) or non-African American (NonAA).
Blenman K, Marczyk M, Qing T, O'Meara T, Yaghoobi V, Pelekanou V, Bai Y, Reisenbichler E, Li X, Gunasekharan V, Ibrahim E, Rimm D, Pusztai L, Cole K. Characterization of the tumor immune microenvironment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients who self-identify as African American (AA) or non-African American (NonAA). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 564-564. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerTumor immune microenvironmentAA patientsImmune microenvironmentWhole-exome sequencingAfrican AmericansTriple-negative breast cancer patientsYale Cancer CenterImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPD-L1 positivityPD-L1 expressionYear of diagnosisBreast cancer patientsCytokines/chemokinesImmune cell compositionTumor mutational burdenGermline whole-exome sequencingAge of diagnosisNegative breast cancerCorresponding clinical dataAllograft rejection pathwayNon-African AmericansSomatic mutationsFatty acid metabolismCheckpoint inhibitors
2017
P1.05-017 The Prognostic Impact of EGFR, KRAS and TP53 Somatic Mutations in Curatively Resected Early-Stage Lung Adenocarcinomas Topic: Translational Research and Biomarkers
Rothberg B, Das R, Jackson L, Lazowski H, Bai Y, O'Neill D, Roberts S, Rothberg J, Herbst R, Kim A, Boffa D, Rimm D, Detterbeck F, Tanoue L. P1.05-017 The Prognostic Impact of EGFR, KRAS and TP53 Somatic Mutations in Curatively Resected Early-Stage Lung Adenocarcinomas Topic: Translational Research and Biomarkers. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2017, 12: s623-s624. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.11.801.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Early and multiple origins of metastatic lineages within primary tumors
Zhao ZM, Zhao B, Bai Y, Iamarino A, Gaffney SG, Schlessinger J, Lifton RP, Rimm DL, Townsend JP. Early and multiple origins of metastatic lineages within primary tumors. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: 2140-2145. PMID: 26858460, PMCID: PMC4776530, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1525677113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic lineagesGenetic changesEarly genetic divergenceMolecular evolutionary modelsSingle genetic changeDivergent lineagesTumor phylogeneticsDivergence timesAncestral stateGenetic divergenceCancer lineagesPhylogenetic analysisEvolutionary processesLineagesCancer evolutionMultiple originsDriver genesCancer biologyCancer progressionSomatic mutationsTumor developmentEvolutionary modelsDriver mutationsChronogramMutations
2014
Whole-Exome Sequencing Characterizes the Landscape of Somatic Mutations and Copy Number Alterations in Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Juhlin CC, Goh G, Healy JM, Fonseca AL, Scholl UI, Stenman A, Kunstman JW, Brown TC, Overton JD, Mane SM, Nelson-Williams C, Bäckdahl M, Suttorp AC, Haase M, Choi M, Schlessinger J, Rimm DL, Höög A, Prasad ML, Korah R, Larsson C, Lifton RP, Carling T. Whole-Exome Sequencing Characterizes the Landscape of Somatic Mutations and Copy Number Alterations in Adrenocortical Carcinoma. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2014, 100: e493-e502. PMID: 25490274, PMCID: PMC5393505, DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-3282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdrenocortical carcinomaSomatic mutationsCopy number alterationsNumber alterationsNonsynonymous somatic mutationsWnt pathway dysregulationHomozygous deletionMajority of casesPotential disease-causing mutationsWhole-exome sequencingUnderlying somatic mutationsLethal malignancyPathway dysregulationTumorsExome sequencingFocal CNAsDisease-causing mutationsCarcinomaTERT locusZNRF3Recurrent CNAsAlterationsNormal samplesTP53Unknown roleCorrelation of Somatic Mutations and Clinical Outcome in Melanoma Patients Treated with Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Sorafenib
Wilson MA, Zhao F, Letrero R, D'Andrea K, Rimm DL, Kirkwood JM, Kluger HM, Lee SJ, Schuchter LM, Flaherty KT, Nathanson KL. Correlation of Somatic Mutations and Clinical Outcome in Melanoma Patients Treated with Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Sorafenib. Clinical Cancer Research 2014, 20: 3328-3337. PMID: 24714776, PMCID: PMC4058354, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-0093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorCarboplatinDouble-Blind MethodFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGenotypeGTP PhosphohydrolasesHumansMaleMelanomaMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm StagingNiacinamidePaclitaxelPhenylurea CompoundsPrognosisProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafSkin NeoplasmsSorafenibSurvival RateConceptsProgression-free survivalNRAS-mutant melanomaPlatelet-derived growth factor receptorPerformance statusClinical outcomesNRAS mutationsCox proportional hazards modelVEGF receptorsSomatic mutationsWorse performance statusGood performance statusImproved clinical responseKaplan-Meier methodClinical trial populationsPretreatment tumor samplesSite of diseaseProportional hazards modelEffect of sorafenibBRAF-mutant melanomaFisher's exact testGrowth factor receptorClinical responseOverall survivalClinicopathologic featuresMelanoma patients
1997
Transcriptional defects underlie loss of E-cadherin expression in breast cancer.
Ji X, Woodard AS, Rimm DL, Fearon ER. Transcriptional defects underlie loss of E-cadherin expression in breast cancer. Molecular Cancer Research 1997, 8: 773-8. PMID: 9218871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticAzacitidineBreast NeoplasmsCadherinsCloning, MolecularDecitabineDNA MethylationDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticTrans-ActivatorsTranscription Factor AP-2Transcription FactorsTranscription, GeneticTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsE-cad expressionBreast cancerEpithelial cancersHuman breast cancer cell linesMost breast cancersDifferent epithelial cancersBreast cancer cell linesMajority of cancersE-cadherin expressionCancer cell linesCell adhesion moleculeProgression eventsCancerAdhesion moleculesTumor heterogeneityE-cadherinFunctional assaysCell linesSomatic mutationsE-cad geneGene expression differencesExpressionPromoter activityGene expressionReporter gene constructs