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ArticleThe Journal of pathology2015

Genomic landscape of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast.

Luciano G Martelotto, Maria R De Filippo, Charlotte K Y Ng, Rachael Natrajan, Laetitia Fuhrmann, Joanna Cyrta, Salvatore Piscuoglio, Huei-Chi Wen, Raymond S Lim, Ronglai Shen and 11 more

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Article in The Journal of pathology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 151 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. TROP2 Expression in Salivary Gland Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma (ACC) According to Histologic Subtype: Therapeutic Implications.Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology · 2025
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  9. A Subset of Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma (STIC)-Like Lesions and Concurrent High-Grade Endometrial Carcinoma Are Genomically Related Entities.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2025
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  12. Molecular pathology of adenoid cystic carcinoma.Histology and histopathology · 2025
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  19. Molecular pathology in breast disease: diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic tools.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Luciano G MartelottoDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-1183
Maria R De FilippoDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Charlotte K Y NgDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Rachael NatrajanBreakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
Laetitia FuhrmannDepartment of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
Joanna CyrtaDepartment of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
Salvatore PiscuoglioDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Huei-Chi WenDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Raymond S LimDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Ronglai ShenDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Anne M SchultheisDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Y Hannah WenDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Marcia EdelweissDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Odette MarianiDepartment of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
Göran StenmanSahlgrenska Cancer Center, Department of Pathology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Timothy A ChanHuman Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Pierre-Emmanuel ColomboDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Montpellier Cancer Institute (ICM), France.
Larry NortonDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Anne Vincent-SalomonDepartment of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
Jorge S Reis-FilhoDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Britta WeigeltDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USInstitut Curie · FRInstitut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier · FRInstitute of Cancer Research · GBSahlgrenska University Hospital · SE

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Breast Cancer Now 2011MAYSF01NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) is a rare type of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) characterized by the presence of the MYB-NFIB fusion gene. The molecular underpinning of breast AdCCs other than the MYB-NFIB fusion gene remains largely unexplored. Here we sought to define the repertoire of somatic genetic alterations of breast AdCCs. We performed whole-exome sequencing, followed by orthogonal validation, of 12 breast AdCCs to determine the landscape of somatic mutations and gene copy number alterations. Fluorescence in situ hybridization and reverse-transcription PCR were used to define the presence of MYB gene rearrangements and MYB-NFIB chimeric transcripts. Unlike common forms of TNBC, we found that AdCCs have a low mutation rate (0.27 non-silent mutations/Mb), lack mutations in TP53 and PIK3CA and display a heterogeneous constellation of known cancer genes affected by somatic mutations, including MYB, BRAF, FBXW7, SMARCA5, SF3B1 and FGFR2. MYB and TLN2 were affected by somatic mutations in two cases each. Akin to salivary gland AdCCs, breast AdCCs were found to harbour mutations targeting chromatin remodelling, cell adhesion, RNA biology, ubiquitination and canonical signalling pathway genes. We observed that, although breast AdCCs had rather simple genomes, they likely display intra-tumour genetic heterogeneity at diagnosis. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the mutational burden and mutational repertoire of breast AdCCs are more similar to those of salivary gland AdCCs than to those of other types of TNBCs, emphasizing the importance of histological subtyping of TNBCs. Furthermore, our data provide direct evidence that AdCCs harbour a distinctive mutational landscape and genomic structure, irrespective of the disease site of origin.

Indexed as

GenomicsMutationBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Adenoid CysticDNA Copy Number VariationsDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleGene DosageGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene FrequencyGenes, mybGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceOncogene Proteins, FusionPhenotypeBiomarkers, TumorMYB-NFIB fusion protein, humanOncogene Proteins, Fusionadenoid cystic carcinomagenomicsmassively parallel sequencingMYB-NFIBtriple-negative breast cancer

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PMID26095796
PMCPMC4676955
OpenAlexW1489710007

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