PD-L1 expression and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes: Correlations and prognostic values in Chinese triple-negative breast cancer patients with different molecular subtyping.

Objective: To investigate the correlation between programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and evaluate the prognostic value of PD-L1 and TILs in Chinese triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients with different molecular subtype METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted at 2020. Specifically, the pre-chemotherapy clinical data and non-stained tissue blocks of 465 TNBC patients visited the Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC) between 2008 and 2014 were collected, with their blocks sliced and stained using PD-L1(SP142), and the outcome of subsequent chemotherapy obtained in 2020. The relapse-free survival (RFS) of the study population was calculated.

Association between homologous recombination deficiency status and carboplatin treatment response in early triple-negative breast cancer.

Background: The aim of this study was to assess homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) status and its correlation with carboplatin treatment response in early triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients.

Methods: Tumor tissues from 225 consecutive TNBC patients were evaluated with an HRD panel and homologous recombination-related (HRR) gene expression data. HRD positivity was defined as a high HRD score and/or BRCA1/2 pathogenic or likely pathogenic mutation.

Association of tumor immune infiltration and prognosis with homologous recombination repair genes mutations in early triple-negative breast cancer.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the mutation spectrum of homologous recombination repair (HRR) genes and its association with tumor immune infiltration and prognosis in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). TNBC patients (434 patients from Ruijin cohort) were evaluated with targeted next-generating sequencing for mutations in HRR genes. The frequencies of mutations were compared with public reference cohorts (320 TNBC patients from METABRIC, 105 from TCGA, and 225 from MSKCC 2018).

The genetic landscape of histologically transformed marginal zone lymphomas.

Background: Marginal zone lymphomas (MZLs) comprise a diverse group of indolent lymphoproliferative disorders; however, some patients develop histologic transformation (HT) with rapid progression to aggressive lymphoma.

Methods: Forty-three MZLs with HT (HT-MZLs), 535 MZLs, and 174 de novo diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) without rearrangements of MYC, BCL2, and BCL6 were collected. Among these, 22 HT-MZLs, 39 MZLs, and 174 DLBCLs were subjected to 148-gene targeted exome sequencing.

Altered cytokeratin 5 expression in breast lobular myoepithelial cells.

Aims: Cytokeratin 5 (CK5) is a surrogate maker of progenitor cells and early glandular and myoepithelial cells (MECs) in the breast, and CK5 expression in breast MECs varies from ducts to lobules, and from normal to diseased tissue. However, the mechanisms underlying immunophenotypic alterations of CK5 expression in MECs remain unclear.

Methods: CK5 expression in MECs of 20 normal breast samples, 58 ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS; including 21 DCIS with extensive lobular involvement), 11 atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), 18 non-invasive lobular neoplasia consisting of 11 atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH) and 7 lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), 20 cystic lobules and 10 usual ductal hyperplasia (UDH) involving lobules were observed to evaluate the effects of contact with benign hyperplastic or cancerous luminal cells and pressure of dilated glands on CK5 expression.

Multi-Omics Profiling Reveals Distinct Microenvironment Characterization and Suggests Immune Escape Mechanisms of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Purpose: The tumor microenvironment has a profound impact on prognosis and immunotherapy. However, the landscape of the triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) microenvironment has not been fully understood.

Experimental Design: Using the largest original multi-omics dataset of TNBC ( = 386), we conducted an extensive immunogenomic analysis to explore the heterogeneity and prognostic significance of the TNBC microenvironment.

Expression of DNA Damage Response Proteins and Associations with Clinicopathologic Characteristics in Chinese Familial Breast Cancer Patients with Mutations.

Purpose: The characteristic expression of DNA damage response proteins in familial breast cancers with , , or non- mutations has not been analyzed in Chinese patients. Our study aimed to assess the differential expression of microcephalin 1 (BRIT1), ATM serine/threonine kinase (ATM), checkpoint kinase 2 (CHEK2), BRCA1, RAD51 recombinase (RAD51), and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) and establish the profile of Chinese familial breast cancers with different mutation status.

Methods: We constructed five tissue microarrays from 183 familial breast cancer patients (31 with mutations; 14 with mutations, and 138 with non- mutations).

Predictive value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes to pathological complete response in neoadjuvant treated triple-negative breast cancers.

Background: Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) are a group of heterogeneous diseases with various morphology, prognosis, and treatment response. Therefore, it is important to identify valuable biomarkers to predict the therapeutic response and prognosis for TNBCs. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) may have predictive value to pathological complete response (pCR) in neoadjuvant treated TNBCs.

Mixed invasive ductal and lobular carcinoma has distinct clinical features and predicts worse prognosis when stratified by estrogen receptor status.

In order to investigate clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of mixed invasive ductal and lobular carcinoma (IDC-L), 209,109 primary breast cancer patients diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) or IDC-L were included. It was found that IDC-L patients had lower tumor grade and higher hormone receptor positive proportions than IDC patients. Moreover, IDC-L patients were younger and had a similar hormone receptor status compared with ILC patients.

Evaluation of the prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in triple-negative breast cancers.

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) may be associated with clinical outcome in triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs). However, lacking of standardized methodologies in TILs evaluation has hindered its application in clinical practice. To evaluate the prognostic role of TILs scored by methods recommended by International TILs Working Group 2014, we performed a retrospective study of TILs in 425 primary invasive TNBCs in a Chinese population with a median follow-up of 4 years.