Genomic analysis of racial differences in triple negative breast cancer

Chang Sheng Chang, Eiko Kitamura, Joan Johnson, Roni Bollag, Lesleyann Hawthorn

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Abstract

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is more prevalent in African Americans (AAs), has a more aggressive clinical course including a higher mortality rate and an increased occurrence of metastases. This study was designed to determine if racial differences at the molecular level might explain the more aggressive phenotype in AAs. Mutation profiling, was performed on 51 AA and 77 CA tumor/ normal pairs. Transcript expression analysis was performed on 35AA and 37CA. Genes with high frequency mutation rates such as MUC4 and TP53 were common to both racial populations, however genes that were less frequently mutated differed between the races suggesting that those cause the more aggressive nature of TNBC in AA women. JAK-Stat and HER2 signaling were unique to the AA and PTEN and mTOR were unique to the CA profiles. Many pathways identified by the mutational profiles were predicted to be down-regulated by the transcript expression profiles.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1529-1542
Number of pages14
JournalGenomics
Volume111
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics

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