Ayat Lashen, Abdulbaqi Al-Kawaz, Jennie N Jeyapalan, Shatha Alqahtani, Ahmed Shoqafi, Mashael Algethami, Michael Toss, Andrew R Green, Nigel P Mongan, Sudha Sharma, Mohammad R Akbari, Emad A Rakha, Srinivasan Madhusudan
RECQL is essential for genomic stability. Here, we evaluated RECQL in 449 pure ductal carcinomas in situ (DCIS), 152 DCIS components of mixed DCIS/invasive breast cancer (IBC) tumors, 157 IBC components of mixed DCIS/IBC and 50 normal epithelial terminal ductal lobular units (TDLUs). In 726 IBCs, CD8+, FOXP3+, IL17+, PDL1+, PD1+ T-cell infiltration (TILs) were investigated in RECQL deficient and proficient cancers. Tumor mutation burden (TMB) was evaluated in five RECQL germ-line mutation carriers with IBC by genome sequencing...
December 21, 2023: Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research