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ArticleCellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2015

Methylation biomarkers for pleomorphic lobular breast cancer - a short report.

Cathy B Moelans, Eva J Vlug, Cigdem Ercan, Peter Bult, Horst Buerger, Gabor Cserni, Paul J van Diest, Patrick W B Derksen

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Article in Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Cathy B MoelansDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. C.B.Moelans@umcutrecht.nl.
Eva J VlugDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Cigdem ErcanDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Peter BultDepartment of Pathology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Horst BuergerInstitute of Pathology, Paderborn, Germany.
Gabor CserniDepartment of Pathology, Bács-Kiskun County Teaching Hospital, Kecskemét, Hungary.
Paul J van DiestDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Patrick W B DerksenDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. pderksen@umcutrecht.nl.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPleomorphic invasive lobular cancer (pleomorphic ILC) is a rare variant of ILC that is characterized by a classic ILC-like growth pattern combined with an infiltrative ductal cancer (IDC)-like high nuclear atypicality. There is an ongoing discussion whether pleomorphic ILC is a dedifferentiated form of ILC or in origin an IDC with a secondary loss of cohesion. Since gene promoter hypermethylation is an early event in breast carcinogenesis and thus may provide information on tumor progression, we set out to compare the methylation patterns of pleomorphic ILC, classic ILC and IDC. In addition, we aimed at analyzing the methylation status of pleomorphic ILC.

methodsWe performed promoter methylation profiling of 24 established and putative tumor suppressor genes by methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) analysis in 20 classical ILC, 16 pleomorphic ILC and 20 IDC cases.

resultsWe found that pleomorphic ILC showed relatively low TP73 and MLH1 methylation levels and relatively high RASSF1A methylation levels compared to classic ILC. Compared to IDC, pleomorphic ILC showed relatively low MLH1 and BRCA1 methylation levels. Hierarchical cluster analysis revealed a similar methylation pattern for pleomorphic ILC and IDC, while the methylation pattern of classic ILC was different.

conclusionThis is the first report to identify TP73, RASSF1A, MLH1 and BRCA1 as possible biomarkers to distinguish pleomorphic ILC from classic ILC and IDC.

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DNA MethylationAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnalysis of VarianceBiomarkers, TumorBRCA1 ProteinBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, LobularCluster AnalysisDiagnosis, DifferentialDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMultiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionMutL Protein Homolog 1Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBiomarkers, TumorBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanDNA-Binding ProteinsMLH1 protein, humanMutL Protein Homolog 1Nuclear ProteinsRASSF1 protein, humanTP73 protein, humanTumor Protein p73Tumor Suppressor ProteinsDNA hypermethylationEpigeneticsLobular breast cancerMS-MLPAPleomorphic lobular breast cancerSporadic breast cancer

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