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ArticleVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2021

FOXI1 expression in chromophobe renal cell carcinoma and renal oncocytoma: a study of The Cancer Genome Atlas transcriptome-based outlier mining and immunohistochemistry.

Kuo Tong, Zhongliang Hu

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Article in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. New developments in existing WHO entities and evolving molecular concepts: The Genitourinary Pathology Society (GUPS) update on renal neoplasia.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2021
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  3. Novel, emerging and provisional renal entities: The Genitourinary Pathology Society (GUPS) update on renal neoplasia.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2021
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  5. Tumor-Intrinsic and Microenvironmental Determinants of Impaired Antitumor Immunity in Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2025
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  17. Oncocytic renal neoplasms with diffuse keratin 7 immunohistochemistry harbor frequent alterations in the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2022
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  18. Low-grade oncocytic renal tumor (LOT): mutations in mTOR pathway genes and low expression of FOXI1.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2022
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  19. Germline and sporadic mTOR pathway mutations in low-grade oncocytic tumor of the kidney.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kuo TongDepartment of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
Zhongliang HuDepartment of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China. huzhongliang@csu.edu.cn.
Central South University · CNPeople's Hospital of Bishan District · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

FOXI1 is a forkhead family transcription factor that plays a key role in differentiation and functional maintenance for the renal intercalated cell (IC). The diagnostic utility of FOXI1 is rarely studied thus far. Comparative analyses of FOXI1 mRNA expression in normal kidney tissue and different renal neoplasms including chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (chRCC), renal oncocytoma (RO), and other renal cell carcinomas were conducted using transcriptomic data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), Gene Expression Omnibus, and single-cell RNA-seq datasets, in combination with integrative analyses using mutant data, karyotype data, and digital slides for cases with anomalous FOXI1 expression in TCGA. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded whole-tissue slides of varied primary renal neoplasms (n = 367) were subjected to FOXI1 staining for validating FOXI1 transcription levels. We confirmed that FOXI1 was significantly upregulated at mRNA levels in ICs, chRCCs, and ROs compared with other renal tubule cell and renal cell carcinoma subtypes. Furthermore, most of the cases with FOXI1 expression outliers were misclassified in the TCGA kidney cancer project. An underlying novel entity with frequent mutations involved in the mTOR pathway was also found. FOXI1 immunoreactivity was consistently noted in ICs of the distal nephron. FOXI1 staining was positive in 85 of 93 chRCCs and 13 of 18 ROs, respectively. FOXI1 staining was not seen in renal neoplasms (n = 254) derived from non-ICs. In conclusion, FOXI1 expression in normal kidney tissue is restricted to ICs. This cell type-specific expression is retained during neoplastic transformation from ICs to chRCCs or ROs. FOXI1 is thereby a potential biomarker of IC-related tumors.

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TranscriptomeAdenoma, OxyphilicBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Renal CellCase-Control StudiesCluster AnalysisForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansImmunohistochemistryKidneyKidney NeoplasmsUp-RegulationBiomarkers, TumorForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXI1 protein, humanBiomarkerChromophobe renal cell carcinomaFOXI1Intercalated cellRenal oncocytoma

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