Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition condition characterized by a high lifetime risk for a wide spectrum of malignancies associated with germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants in the TP53 tumor suppressor gene. Secondary malignant neoplasms are particularly common. Early cancer detection through surveillance enables early intervention and leads to improved clinical outcomes with reduced tumor-related mortality and treatment-related morbidity. Since the 2017 publication of LFS tumor surveillance guidelines from the inaugural AACR Childhood Cancer Predisposition Workshop, understanding the genotype:phenotype relationships in LFS have evolved, and adaptations of the guidelines have been implemented in institutions worldwide. The "Toronto Protocol" remains the current standard for life-long surveillance; however, as outlined in this Perspective, modifications should be considered as to the use of certain modalities to target organs in an age-dependent manner. The Working Group's recommendations have also been extended to include a more detailed outline for surveillance in the adult TP53 P/LP variant carrier population based on the recognition that early education of both practitioners and patients on what to expect after the transition from childhood/adolescence to young adulthood is important in preparing them for changes in surveillance strategies. In this perspective, we provide an up-to-date clinical overview of LFS, and present our updated consensus tumor surveillance recommendations from the 2023 AACR Childhood Cancer Predisposition Workshop.
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Cell Mol Life Sci
March 2025
Institute for Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Medizinisch-Theoretisches Zentrum MTZ, Technische Universität Dresden, Fiedlerstraße 42, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
Signal peptide peptidase (SPP) is an ER-resident aspartyl intramembrane protease cleaving proteins within type II-oriented transmembrane segments. Here, we identified the tail-anchored protein Three prime repair exonuclease 1 (TREX1) as a novel substrate of SPP. Based on its DNase activity, TREX1 removes cytosolic DNA acting as a negative regulator of the DNA-sensing cGAS/STING pathway.
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March 2025
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Electronic address:
Background: The few reported patients with pathogenic IRF8 variants have manifested 2 distinct phenotypes: (1) an autosomal recessive severe immunodeficiency with significant neutrophilia and absence of or significant decrease in monocytes and dendritic cells and (2) a dominant-negative form with only a decrease in conventional type 2 dendritic cells (cDC2s) and susceptibility to mycobacterial disease.
Objectives: Genetic testing of a child with persistent EBV viremia identified a novel IRF8 variant: c.1279dupT (p.
Clin Cancer Res
March 2025
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition condition characterized by a high lifetime risk for a wide spectrum of malignancies associated with germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants in the TP53 tumor suppressor gene. Secondary malignant neoplasms are particularly common. Early cancer detection through surveillance enables early intervention and leads to improved clinical outcomes with reduced tumor-related mortality and treatment-related morbidity.
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April 2025
Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) has become the most common chronic liver disease globally. MASLD is a multisystem disease where metabolic dysfunction plays a key role in the development of MASLD and its most relevant liver-related morbidities and extrahepatic complications, such as cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and certain types of extrahepatic cancers. Among the least examined MASLD-related extrahepatic complications, an ever-increasing number of observational studies have reported a positive association between MASLD and the risk of serious bacterial infections (SBI) requiring hospital admission.
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March 2025
Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
Background: Factors that drive the development of diffuse midline gliomas (DMG) are unknown. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence of pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) germline variants in pediatric patients with DMG.
Methods: We assembled an international cohort of 252 pediatric patients with DMG, including diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (n=153), with germline whole genome or whole exome sequencing.
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