Project description:Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a unique clinical entity characterized by rapid onset of erythema and swelling of the breast often without an obvious breast mass. Many studies have examined and compared gene expression between IBC and non-IBC (nIBC), repeatedly finding clusters associated with receptor subtype, but no consistent gene signature associated with IBC has been validated. Here we examined microdissected IBC tumor cells compared to microdissected nIBC tumor cells matched based on estrogen and HER-2/neu receptor status. Gene expression profiling of 20 inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), 20 non-IBC and 5 normal was studied.
Project description:Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a unique clinical entity characterized by rapid onset of erythema and swelling of the breast often without an obvious breast mass. Many studies have examined and compared gene expression between IBC and non-IBC (nIBC), repeatedly finding clusters associated with receptor subtype, but no consistent gene signature associated with IBC has been validated. Here we examined microdissected IBC tumor cells compared to microdissected nIBC tumor cells matched based on estrogen and HER-2/neu receptor status. Genomic profiling of 20 inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), 20 non-IBC and 5 normal was studied.
Project description:Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare type of breast cancer but accounts for up to 10% of breast cancer-related deaths. Plasticity between epithelial and mesenchymal feature is reported to be crucial in metastasis of IBC. Using Matigel culture, we induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in epithelial-like SUM149 IBC cells and identified overexpressed genes in this EMT process.
Project description:Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a unique clinical entity characterized by rapid onset of erythema and swelling of the breast often without an obvious breast mass. Many studies have examined and compared gene expression between IBC and non-IBC (nIBC), repeatedly finding clusters associated with receptor subtype, but no consistent gene signature associated with IBC has been validated. Here we examined microdissected IBC tumor cells compared to microdissected nIBC tumor cells matched based on estrogen and HER-2/neu receptor status.
Project description:In this study we generated gene expression profiles of 41 and 55 samples of patients with and without inflammatory breast cancer (IBC vs. non-IBC). The aim of the study was to delineate the specific transcriptional profile of the samples from patients with IBC in search for diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers.
Project description:Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare and aggressive type of breast cancer (BC) whose molecular basis is poorly understood. We performed a comprehensive molecular analysis of 24 fresh frozen IBC biopsies naïve of treatment, using a high-resolution microarray platform The most common genes covered by copy number alterations included gains of MYC and MDM4, and losses affecting TP53 and RB1. MYC and MDM4 genes have been related to IBC aggressiveness, and MDM4 might also represent a new therapeutic target in IBC. Thirteen IBC cases presented copy-neutral of heterozygosity (cnLOH) or losses covering CHL1, which gives additional evidence of its role as a tumor suppressor. Functional enrichment analysis with the most common alterations revealed genes associated with inflammatory regulation and immune response. Particularly, IL6R and IL7 could represent therapeutic targets for IBC treatment. Chromothripsis patterns were identified in nine cases and chromosomal instability in 50% of cases. High homologous recombination (HR) deficiency scores were observed in triple-negative IBC and those with metastasis. High telomeric allelic imbalance (TAI) score was detected in patients having worse overall survival (OS). TAI score could also be useful to predict deficiency in homologous recombination (HR) genes and to identify patients for platinum or PARP inhibitor therapy. Our study describes the most common genomic alterations in IBC and their association with clinical findings, providing a framework for improved diagnosis and therapeutic opportunities for this aggressive tumor type.
Project description:Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a unique clinical entity characterized by rapid onset of erythema and swelling of the breast often without an obvious breast mass. Many studies have examined and compared gene expression between IBC and non-IBC (nIBC), repeatedly finding clusters associated with receptor subtype, but no consistent gene signature associated with IBC has been validated. Here we examined microdissected IBC tumor cells compared to microdissected nIBC tumor cells matched based on estrogen and HER-2/neu receptor status.
Project description:This is a stage-matched case control study. Cases with clinical diagnosis of Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) were selected after reviewing all medical records of the 440 FNA samples. IBC was defined as signs of erythema and edema (peau d’orange) involving at least one third of the skin and rapid clinical presentation. Presence of tumor emboli in the dermal lymphatics of the involved skin in the pathology report was not required for inclusion as IBC. Controls were selected to match for T stage, all T4a-c tumors in the data set were included as controls. IBC breast cancer are all T4d breast cancer. We examined if gene expression differences exist between IBC and stage-matched Non-IBC stratified according to hormone receptor and HER2 status.
Project description:This is a stage-matched case control study. Cases with clinical diagnosis of Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) were selected after reviewing all medical records of the 440 FNA samples. IBC was defined as signs of erythema and edema (peau d’orange) involving at least one third of the skin and rapid clinical presentation. Presence of tumor emboli in the dermal lymphatics of the involved skin in the pathology report was not required for inclusion as IBC. Controls were selected to match for T stage, all T4a-c tumors in the data set were included as controls. IBC breast cancer are all T4d breast cancer. We examined if gene expression differences exist between IBC and stage-matched Non-IBC stratified according to hormone receptor and HER2 status. Pre-treatment FNA from primary tumors were obtained and RNA extracted and hybridized to Affymetrix microarrays according to manufacturer protocol.
Project description:Tumor epithelium and surrounding stromal cells were isolated using laser capture microdissection of human breast cancer to examine differences in gene expression based on tissue types from inflammatory and non-inflammatory breast cancer Experiment Overall Design: We applied LCM to obtain samples enriched in tumor epithelium and stroma from 15 IBC and 35 non-IBC cases to study the relative contribution of each component to the IBC phenotype and to patient survival.