2022
Tumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer
Marczyk M, Qing T, O’Meara T, Yagahoobi V, Pelekanou V, Bai Y, Reisenbichler E, Cole KS, Li X, Gunasekharan V, Ibrahim E, Fanucci K, Wei W, Rimm DL, Pusztai L, Blenman KRM. Tumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2022, 8: 88. PMID: 35869114, PMCID: PMC9307813, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-022-00449-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor immune microenvironmentImmune microenvironmentTriple-negative breast cancer tissuesTriple-negative breast cancerAfrican AmericansImmune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor mutation burdenNegative breast cancerBreast cancer tissuesImmune-related pathwaysStromal TILsCheckpoint inhibitorsImmune exclusionClinical outcomesPD-L1Self-identified African AmericansCancer patientsImmune infiltrationBreast cancerMutation burdenCancer tissuesPredictive signatureMRNA expressionTherapeutic agentsPatients
2017
Integrated MicroRNA–mRNA Profiling Identifies Oncostatin M as a Marker of Mesenchymal-Like ER-Negative/HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
Bottai G, Diao L, Baggerly KA, Paladini L, Győrffy B, Raschioni C, Pusztai L, Calin GA, Santarpia L. Integrated MicroRNA–mRNA Profiling Identifies Oncostatin M as a Marker of Mesenchymal-Like ER-Negative/HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2017, 18: 194. PMID: 28106823, PMCID: PMC5297825, DOI: 10.3390/ijms18010194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidermal growth factorExpression profilesMessenger RNA (mRNA) expression profilesMiRNA-regulated pathwaysAvailable gene expression profilesOncostatin M signalingMesenchymal-like breast cancer cellsGene expression profilesRNA expression profilesImmune-related pathwaysPathway regulationGlobal miRNAOncogenic networksGene expressionSpecific miRNAsPathway analysisBreast cancer cellsHuman estrogen receptorTriple-negative breast cancerEMT pathwayMesenchymal transitionMiRNAMRNA dataOncostatin MCancer cells
2012
Gene Expression, Molecular Class Changes, and Pathway Analysis after Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy for Breast Cancer
Gonzalez-Angulo AM, Iwamoto T, Liu S, Chen H, Do KA, Hortobagyi GN, Mills GB, Meric-Bernstam F, Symmans WF, Pusztai L. Gene Expression, Molecular Class Changes, and Pathway Analysis after Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy for Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2012, 18: 1109-1119. PMID: 22235097, PMCID: PMC3288822, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-11-2762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidual cancerBreast cancerAdjuvant treatment strategiesNeoadjuvant systemic therapyLike breast cancerBasal-like cancersSmall G proteinsCalmodulin-dependent protein kinase IICancer stem cell signaturesEnergy metabolismFine-needle aspiration specimensGene expression differencesEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionSonic hedgehog (Shh) signalingNeedle aspiration specimensProtein kinase IIImmune-related pathwaysNew therapeutic insightsGene expression dataStem cell signatureSonic hedgehog pathwaySystemic therapy