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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Clinico-Immunological Profile of a 67-Year-Old Woman Affected by HER2-Positive Breast Cancer and Autoimmune Dermatomyositis.

Benedetta Pellegrino, Giulia Mazzaschi, Denise Madeddu, Cristina Mori, Costanza Anna Maria Lagrasta, Gabriele Missale, Federico Quaini, Antonino Musolino

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Benedetta PellegrinoMedical Oncology and Breast Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Giulia MazzaschiMedical Oncology and Breast Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Denise MadedduDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Cristina MoriUnit of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Costanza Anna Maria LagrastaDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Gabriele MissaleDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Federico QuainiDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Antonino MusolinoMedical Oncology and Breast Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.
University of Parma · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A patient with HER2-positive early breast cancer (BC) developed dermatomyositis (DM), which disappeared after the first administration of adjuvant trastuzumab. No HER2 overexpression/amplification was observed in DM skin biopsies. Both BC and skin immune infiltrates were composed mostly of CD3+ T-lymphocytes. Interestingly, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes expressed PD-1, which was negligible in skin-infiltrating lymphocytes, while both BC cells and keratinocytes were PD-L1-positive. High serum levels of endogenous anti-HER2 antibodies were detected, confirming the induction of a HER2-specific adaptive immune response. It may be argued that HER2-specific T-lymphocytes cross-reacted with one or more unknown skin antigens, causing DM. Trastuzumab may have silenced skin cross-reaction by eliminating any residual HER2-positive micrometastatic disease and, thus, inducing DM remission.

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autoimmunebreast cancercross-reactivitydermatomyositisHER2trastuzumab

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PMID32158689
PMCPMC7052038
OpenAlexW3008433266

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