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5. MGMT methylation in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: validation of quantitative methylation-specific PCR and comparison with MGMT protein expression

Author

Uccella, S., Cerutti, R., Placidi, C., Marchet, S., Carnevali, I., Bernasconi, B., Proserpio, I., Pinotti, G., Tibiletti, M.G., Furlan, D., and Capella, C.

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Lymphomas -- Diagnosis, Lymphomas -- Development and progression, Lymphomas -- Patient outcomes, Lymphomas -- Research, Methylation -- Research, Polymerase chain reaction -- Research, Cancer patients -- Prognosis, Cancer patients -- Research, Health
Published
2009

6. Association of Genomic Domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with Prostate Cancer Risk and Aggressiveness

Author

Patel, V.L., Busch, E.L., Friebel, T.M., Cronin, A., Leslie, G., McGuffog, L., Adlard, J., Agata, S., Agnarsson, B.A., Ahmed, M., Aittomaki, K., Alducci, E., Andrulis, I.L., Arason, A., Arnold, N., Artioli, G., Arver, B., Auber, B., Azzollini, J., Balmana, J., Barkardottir, R.B., Barnes, D.R., Barroso, A., Barrowdale, D., Belotti, M., Benitez, J., Bertelsen, B., Blok, M.J., Bodrogi, I., Bonadona, V., Bonanni, B., Bondavalli, D., Boonen, S.E., Borde, J., Borg, A., Bradbury, A.R., Brady, A., Brewer, C., Brunet, J., Buecher, B., Buys, S.S., Cabezas-Camarero, S., Caldes, T., Caliebe, A., Caligo, M.A., Calvello, M., Campbell, I.G., Carnevali, I., Carrasco, E., Chan, T.L., Chu, A.T.W., Chung, W.K., Claes, K.B.M., Cook, J., Cortesi, L., Couch, F.J., Daly, M.B., Damante, G., Darder, E., Davidson, R., Hoya, M. de la, Puppa, L.D., Dennis, J., Diez, O., Ding, Y.C., Ditsch, N., Domchek, S.M., Donaldson, A., Dworniczak, B., Easton, D.F., Eccles, D.M., Eeles, R.A., Ehrencrona, H., Ejlertsen, B., Engel, C., Evans, D.G., Faivre, L., Faust, U., Feliubadalo, L., Foretova, L., Fostira, F., Fountzilas, G., Frost, D., Garcia-Barberan, V., Garre, P., Gauthier-Villars, M., Geczi, L., Gehrig, A., Gerdes, A.M., Gesta, P., Giannini, G., Glendon, G., Godwin, A.K., Goldgar, D.E., Greene, M.H., Gutierrez-Barrera, A.M., Hahnen, E., Hamann, U., Mensenkamp, A.R., Nielsen, H., Rebbeck, T.R., Patel, V.L., Busch, E.L., Friebel, T.M., Cronin, A., Leslie, G., McGuffog, L., Adlard, J., Agata, S., Agnarsson, B.A., Ahmed, M., Aittomaki, K., Alducci, E., Andrulis, I.L., Arason, A., Arnold, N., Artioli, G., Arver, B., Auber, B., Azzollini, J., Balmana, J., Barkardottir, R.B., Barnes, D.R., Barroso, A., Barrowdale, D., Belotti, M., Benitez, J., Bertelsen, B., Blok, M.J., Bodrogi, I., Bonadona, V., Bonanni, B., Bondavalli, D., Boonen, S.E., Borde, J., Borg, A., Bradbury, A.R., Brady, A., Brewer, C., Brunet, J., Buecher, B., Buys, S.S., Cabezas-Camarero, S., Caldes, T., Caliebe, A., Caligo, M.A., Calvello, M., Campbell, I.G., Carnevali, I., Carrasco, E., Chan, T.L., Chu, A.T.W., Chung, W.K., Claes, K.B.M., Cook, J., Cortesi, L., Couch, F.J., Daly, M.B., Damante, G., Darder, E., Davidson, R., Hoya, M. de la, Puppa, L.D., Dennis, J., Diez, O., Ding, Y.C., Ditsch, N., Domchek, S.M., Donaldson, A., Dworniczak, B., Easton, D.F., Eccles, D.M., Eeles, R.A., Ehrencrona, H., Ejlertsen, B., Engel, C., Evans, D.G., Faivre, L., Faust, U., Feliubadalo, L., Foretova, L., Fostira, F., Fountzilas, G., Frost, D., Garcia-Barberan, V., Garre, P., Gauthier-Villars, M., Geczi, L., Gehrig, A., Gerdes, A.M., Gesta, P., Giannini, G., Glendon, G., Godwin, A.K., Goldgar, D.E., Greene, M.H., Gutierrez-Barrera, A.M., Hahnen, E., Hamann, U., Mensenkamp, A.R., Nielsen, H., and Rebbeck, T.R.

Abstract

Contains fulltext : 218251.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access), Pathogenic sequence variants (PSV) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk and severity of prostate cancer. We evaluated whether PSVs in BRCA1/2 were associated with risk of overall prostate cancer or high grade (Gleason 8+) prostate cancer using an international sample of 65 BRCA1 and 171 BRCA2 male PSV carriers with prostate cancer, and 3,388 BRCA1 and 2,880 BRCA2 male PSV carriers without prostate cancer. PSVs in the 3' region of BRCA2 (c.7914+) were significantly associated with elevated risk of prostate cancer compared with reference bin c.1001-c.7913 [HR = 1.78; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.25-2.52; P = 0.001], as well as elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 3.11; 95% CI, 1.63-5.95; P = 0.001). c.756-c.1000 was also associated with elevated prostate cancer risk (HR = 2.83; 95% CI, 1.71-4.68; P = 0.00004) and elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 4.95; 95% CI, 2.12-11.54; P = 0.0002). No genotype-phenotype associations were detected for PSVs in BRCA1. These results demonstrate that specific BRCA2 PSVs may be associated with elevated risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: Aggressive prostate cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers may vary according to the specific BRCA2 mutation inherited by the at-risk individual.

Published
2020

7. Association of genomic domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with prostate cancer risk and aggressiveness.

Author

Engel C., Schmutzler R.K., Schuster H., Senter L., Seynaeve C.M., Shah P.D., Sharma P., Shin V.Y., Silvestri V., Simard J., Singer C.F., Skytte A.-B., Snape K., Solano A.R., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spurdle A.B., Steele L., Steinemann D., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Stradella A., Sunde L., Sutter C., Tan Y.Y., Teixeira M.R., Teo S.H., Thomassen M., Tibiletti M.G., Tischkowitz M., Tognazzo S., Toland A.E., Tommasi S., Torres D., Toss A., Trainer A.H., Tung N., Van Asperen C.J., Van Der Baan F.H., Van Der Kolk L.E., Van Der Luijt R.B., Van Hest L.P., Varesco L., Varon-Mateeva R., Viel A., Vierstrate J., Villa R., Von Wachenfeldt A., Wagner P., Wang-Gohrke S., Wappenschmidt B., Weitzel J.N., Wieme G., Yadav S., Yannoukakos D., Yoon S.-Y., Zanzottera C., Zorn K.K., D'Amico A.V., Freedman M.L., Pomerantz M.M., Chenevix-Trench G., Antoniou A.C., Neuhausen S.L., Ottini L., Nielsen H.R., Rebbeck T.R., Patel V.L., Busch E.L., Friebel T.M., Cronin A., Leslie G., McGuffog L., Adlard J., Agata S., Agnarsson B.A., Ahmed M., Aittom K., Alducci E., Andrulis I.L., Arason A., Arnold N., Artioli G., Arver B., Auber B., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Barroso A., Barrowdale D., Belotti M., Benitez J., Bertelsen B., Blok M.J., Bodrogi I., Bonadona V., Bonanni B., Bondavalli D., Boonen S.E., Borde J., Borg A., Bradbury A.R., Brady A., Brewer C., Brunet J., Buecher B., Buys S.S., Cabezas-Camarero S., Caldes T., Caliebe A., Caligo M.A., Calvello M., Campbell I.G., Carnevali I., Carrasco E., Chan T.L., Chu A.T.W., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Cook J., Cortesi L., Couch F.J., Daly M.B., Damante G., Darder E., Davidson R., De La Hoya M., Della Puppa L., Dennis J., Diez O., Ding Y.C., Ditsch N., Domchek S.M., Donaldson A., Dworniczak B., Easton D.F., Eccles D.M., Eeles R.A., Ehrencrona H., Ejlertsen B., Evans D.G., Faivre L., Faust U., Feliubadalo L., Foretova L., Fostira F., Fountzilas G., Frost D., Garcia-Barberan V., Garre P., Gauthier-Villars M., Geczi L., Gehrig A., Gerdes A.-M., Gesta P., Giannini G., Glendon G., Godwin A.K., Goldgar D.E., Greene M.H., Gutierrez-Barrera A.M., Hahnen E., Hamann U., Hauke J., Herold N., Hogervorst F.B.L., Honisch E., Hopper J.L., Hulick P.J., Izatt L., Jager A., James P., Janavicius R., Jensen U.B., Jensen T.D., Johannsson O.Th., John E.M., Joseph V., Kang E., Kast K., Kiiski J.I., Kim S.-W., Kim Z., Ko K.-P., Konstantopoulou I., Kramer G., Krogh L., Kruse T.A., Kwong A., Larsen M., Lasset C., Lautrup C., Lazaro C., Lee J., Lee J.W., Lee M.H., Lemke J., Lesueur F., Liljegren A., Lindblom A., Llovet P., Lopez-Fernandez A., Lopez-Perolio I., Lorca V., Loud J.T., Ma E.S.K., Mai P.L., Manoukian S., Mari V., Martin L., Matricardi L., Mebirouk N., Medici V., Meijers-Heijboer H.E.J., Meindl A., Mensenkamp A.R., Miller C., Gomes D.M., Montagna M., Mooij T.M., Moserle L., Mouret-Fourme E., Mulligan A.M., Nathanson K.L., Navratilova M., Nevanlinna H., Niederacher D., Cilius Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Ong K.-R., Osorio A., Ott C.-E., Palli D., Park S.K., Parsons M.T., Pedersen I.S., Peissel B., Peixoto A., Perez-Segura P., Peterlongo P., Petersen A.H., Porteous M.E., Pujana M.A., Radice P., Ramser J., Rantala J., Rashid M.U., Rhiem K., Rizzolo P., Robson M.E., Rookus M.A., Rossing C.M., Ruddy K.J., Santos C., Saule C., Scarpitta R., Engel C., Schmutzler R.K., Schuster H., Senter L., Seynaeve C.M., Shah P.D., Sharma P., Shin V.Y., Silvestri V., Simard J., Singer C.F., Skytte A.-B., Snape K., Solano A.R., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spurdle A.B., Steele L., Steinemann D., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Stradella A., Sunde L., Sutter C., Tan Y.Y., Teixeira M.R., Teo S.H., Thomassen M., Tibiletti M.G., Tischkowitz M., Tognazzo S., Toland A.E., Tommasi S., Torres D., Toss A., Trainer A.H., Tung N., Van Asperen C.J., Van Der Baan F.H., Van Der Kolk L.E., Van Der Luijt R.B., Van Hest L.P., Varesco L., Varon-Mateeva R., Viel A., Vierstrate J., Villa R., Von Wachenfeldt A., Wagner P., Wang-Gohrke S., Wappenschmidt B., Weitzel J.N., Wieme G., Yadav S., Yannoukakos D., Yoon S.-Y., Zanzottera C., Zorn K.K., D'Amico A.V., Freedman M.L., Pomerantz M.M., Chenevix-Trench G., Antoniou A.C., Neuhausen S.L., Ottini L., Nielsen H.R., Rebbeck T.R., Patel V.L., Busch E.L., Friebel T.M., Cronin A., Leslie G., McGuffog L., Adlard J., Agata S., Agnarsson B.A., Ahmed M., Aittom K., Alducci E., Andrulis I.L., Arason A., Arnold N., Artioli G., Arver B., Auber B., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Barroso A., Barrowdale D., Belotti M., Benitez J., Bertelsen B., Blok M.J., Bodrogi I., Bonadona V., Bonanni B., Bondavalli D., Boonen S.E., Borde J., Borg A., Bradbury A.R., Brady A., Brewer C., Brunet J., Buecher B., Buys S.S., Cabezas-Camarero S., Caldes T., Caliebe A., Caligo M.A., Calvello M., Campbell I.G., Carnevali I., Carrasco E., Chan T.L., Chu A.T.W., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Cook J., Cortesi L., Couch F.J., Daly M.B., Damante G., Darder E., Davidson R., De La Hoya M., Della Puppa L., Dennis J., Diez O., Ding Y.C., Ditsch N., Domchek S.M., Donaldson A., Dworniczak B., Easton D.F., Eccles D.M., Eeles R.A., Ehrencrona H., Ejlertsen B., Evans D.G., Faivre L., Faust U., Feliubadalo L., Foretova L., Fostira F., Fountzilas G., Frost D., Garcia-Barberan V., Garre P., Gauthier-Villars M., Geczi L., Gehrig A., Gerdes A.-M., Gesta P., Giannini G., Glendon G., Godwin A.K., Goldgar D.E., Greene M.H., Gutierrez-Barrera A.M., Hahnen E., Hamann U., Hauke J., Herold N., Hogervorst F.B.L., Honisch E., Hopper J.L., Hulick P.J., Izatt L., Jager A., James P., Janavicius R., Jensen U.B., Jensen T.D., Johannsson O.Th., John E.M., Joseph V., Kang E., Kast K., Kiiski J.I., Kim S.-W., Kim Z., Ko K.-P., Konstantopoulou I., Kramer G., Krogh L., Kruse T.A., Kwong A., Larsen M., Lasset C., Lautrup C., Lazaro C., Lee J., Lee J.W., Lee M.H., Lemke J., Lesueur F., Liljegren A., Lindblom A., Llovet P., Lopez-Fernandez A., Lopez-Perolio I., Lorca V., Loud J.T., Ma E.S.K., Mai P.L., Manoukian S., Mari V., Martin L., Matricardi L., Mebirouk N., Medici V., Meijers-Heijboer H.E.J., Meindl A., Mensenkamp A.R., Miller C., Gomes D.M., Montagna M., Mooij T.M., Moserle L., Mouret-Fourme E., Mulligan A.M., Nathanson K.L., Navratilova M., Nevanlinna H., Niederacher D., Cilius Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Ong K.-R., Osorio A., Ott C.-E., Palli D., Park S.K., Parsons M.T., Pedersen I.S., Peissel B., Peixoto A., Perez-Segura P., Peterlongo P., Petersen A.H., Porteous M.E., Pujana M.A., Radice P., Ramser J., Rantala J., Rashid M.U., Rhiem K., Rizzolo P., Robson M.E., Rookus M.A., Rossing C.M., Ruddy K.J., Santos C., Saule C., and Scarpitta R.

Abstract

Pathogenic sequence variants (PSV) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk and severity of prostate cancer. We evaluated whether PSVs in BRCA1/2 were associated with risk of overall prostate cancer or high grade (Gleason 8) prostate cancer using an international sample of 65 BRCA1 and 171 BRCA2 male PSV carriers with prostate cancer, and 3,388 BRCA1 and 2,880 BRCA2 male PSV carriers without prostate cancer. PSVs in the 30 region of BRCA2 (c.7914) were significantly associated with elevated risk of prostate cancer compared with reference bin c.1001c.7913 [HR 1/4 1.78; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.25-2.52; P 1/4 0.001], as well as elevated risk of Gleason 8 prostate cancer (HR 1/4 3.11; 95% CI, 1.63-5.95; P 1/4 0.001). c.756-c.1000 was also associated with elevated prostate cancer risk (HR 1/4 2.83; 95% CI, 1.71-4.68; P 1/4 0.00004) and elevated risk of Gleason 8 prostate cancer (HR 1/4 4.95; 95% CI, 2.12-11.54; P 1/4 0.0002). No genotype-phenotype associations were detected for PSVs in BRCA1. These results demonstrate that specific BRCA2 PSVs may be associated with elevated risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer.Copyright © 2020 American Association for Cancer Research.

Published
2020

8. Association of Genomic Domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with Prostate Cancer Risk and Aggressiveness

Author

Patel, VL, Busch, EL, Friebel, TM, Cronin, A, Leslie, G, McGuffog, L, Adlard, J, Agata, S, Agnarsson, BA, Ahmed, M, Aittomaki, K, Alducci, E, Andrulis, IL, Arason, A, Arnold, N, Artioli, G, Arver, B, Auber, B, Azzollini, J, Balmana, J, Barkardottir, RB, Barnes, DR, Barroso, A, Barrowdale, D, Belotti, M, Benitez, J, Bertelsen, B, Blok, MJ, Bodrogi, I, Bonadona, V, Bonanni, B, Bondavalli, D, Boonen, SE, Borde, J, Borg, A, Bradbury, AR, Brady, A, Brewer, C, Brunet, J, Buecher, B, Buys, SS, Cabezas-Camarero, S, Caldes, T, Caliebe, A, Caligo, MA, Calvello, M, Campbell, IG, Carnevali, I, Carrasco, E, Chan, TL, Chu, ATW, Chung, WK, Claes, KBM, Cook, J, Cortesi, L, Couch, FJ, Daly, MB, Damante, G, Darder, E, Davidson, R, de la Hoya, M, Della Puppa, L, Dennis, J, Diez, O, Ding, YC, Ditsch, N, Domchek, SM, Donaldson, A, Dworniczak, B, Easton, DF, Eccles, DM, Eeles, RA, Ehrencrona, H, Ejlertsen, B, Engel, C, Evans, DG, Faivre, L, Faust, U, Feliubadalo, L, Foretova, L, Fostira, F, Fountzilas, G, Frost, D, Garcia-Barberan, V, Garre, P, Gauthier-Villars, M, Geczi, L, Gehrig, A, Gerdes, A-M, Gesta, P, Giannini, G, Glendon, G, Godwin, AK, Goldgar, DE, Greene, MH, Gutierrez-Barrera, AM, Hahnen, E, Hamann, U, Hauke, J, Herold, N, Hogervorst, FBL, Honisch, E, Hopper, JL, Hulick, PJ, Izatt, L, Jager, A, James, P, Janavicius, R, Jensen, UB, Jensen, TD, Johannsson, OT, John, EM, Joseph, V, Kang, E, Kast, K, Kiiski, J, Kim, S-W, Kim, Z, Ko, K-P, Konstantopoulou, I, Kramer, G, Krogh, L, Kruse, TA, Kwong, A, Larsen, M, Lasset, C, Lautrup, C, Lazaro, C, Lee, J, Lee, JW, Lee, MH, Lemke, J, Lesueur, F, Liljegren, A, Lindblom, A, Llovet, P, Lopez-Fernandez, A, Lopez-Perolio, I, Lorca, V, Loud, JT, Ma, ESK, Mai, PL, Manoukian, S, Mari, V, Martin, L, Matricardi, L, Mebirouk, N, Medici, V, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Meindl, A, Mensenkamp, AR, Miller, C, Gomes, DM, Montagna, M, Mooij, TM, Moserle, L, Mouret-Fourme, E, Mulligan, AM, Nathanson, KL, Navratilova, M, Nevanlinna, H, Niederacher, D, Nielsen, FCC, Nikitina-Zake, L, Offit, K, Olah, E, Olopade, O, Ong, K-R, Osorio, A, Ott, C-E, Palli, D, Park, SK, Parsons, MT, Pedersen, IS, Peissel, B, Peixoto, A, Perez-Segura, P, Peterlongo, P, Petersen, AH, Porteous, ME, Angel Pujana, M, Radice, P, Ramser, J, Rantala, J, Rashid, MU, Rhiem, K, Rizzolo, P, Robson, ME, Rookus, MA, Rossing, CM, Ruddy, KJ, Santos, C, Saule, C, Scarpitta, R, Schmutzler, RK, Schuster, H, Senter, L, Seynaeve, CM, Shah, PD, Sharma, P, Shin, VY, Silvestri, V, Simard, J, Singer, CF, Skytte, A-B, Snape, K, Solano, AR, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Spurdle, AB, Steele, L, Steinemann, D, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Stradella, A, Sunde, L, Sutter, C, Tan, YY, Teixeira, MR, Teo, SH, Thomassen, M, Tibiletti, MG, Tischkowitz, M, Tognazzo, S, Toland, AE, Tommasi, S, Torres, D, Toss, A, Trainer, AH, Tung, N, van Asperen, CJ, van der Baan, FH, van der Kolk, LE, van der Luijt, RB, van Hest, LP, Varesco, L, Varon-Mateeva, R, Viel, A, Vierstraete, J, Villa, R, von Wachenfeldt, A, Wagner, P, Wang-Gohrke, S, Wappenschmidt, B, Weitzel, JN, Wieme, G, Yadav, S, Yannoukakos, D, Yoon, S-Y, Zanzottera, C, Zorn, KK, D'Amico, A, Freedman, ML, Pomerantz, MM, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Neuhausen, SL, Ottini, L, Nielsen, HR, Rebbeck, TR, Patel, VL, Busch, EL, Friebel, TM, Cronin, A, Leslie, G, McGuffog, L, Adlard, J, Agata, S, Agnarsson, BA, Ahmed, M, Aittomaki, K, Alducci, E, Andrulis, IL, Arason, A, Arnold, N, Artioli, G, Arver, B, Auber, B, Azzollini, J, Balmana, J, Barkardottir, RB, Barnes, DR, Barroso, A, Barrowdale, D, Belotti, M, Benitez, J, Bertelsen, B, Blok, MJ, Bodrogi, I, Bonadona, V, Bonanni, B, Bondavalli, D, Boonen, SE, Borde, J, Borg, A, Bradbury, AR, Brady, A, Brewer, C, Brunet, J, Buecher, B, Buys, SS, Cabezas-Camarero, S, Caldes, T, Caliebe, A, Caligo, MA, Calvello, M, Campbell, IG, Carnevali, I, Carrasco, E, Chan, TL, Chu, ATW, Chung, WK, Claes, KBM, Cook, J, Cortesi, L, Couch, FJ, Daly, MB, Damante, G, Darder, E, Davidson, R, de la Hoya, M, Della Puppa, L, Dennis, J, Diez, O, Ding, YC, Ditsch, N, Domchek, SM, Donaldson, A, Dworniczak, B, Easton, DF, Eccles, DM, Eeles, RA, Ehrencrona, H, Ejlertsen, B, Engel, C, Evans, DG, Faivre, L, Faust, U, Feliubadalo, L, Foretova, L, Fostira, F, Fountzilas, G, Frost, D, Garcia-Barberan, V, Garre, P, Gauthier-Villars, M, Geczi, L, Gehrig, A, Gerdes, A-M, Gesta, P, Giannini, G, Glendon, G, Godwin, AK, Goldgar, DE, Greene, MH, Gutierrez-Barrera, AM, Hahnen, E, Hamann, U, Hauke, J, Herold, N, Hogervorst, FBL, Honisch, E, Hopper, JL, Hulick, PJ, Izatt, L, Jager, A, James, P, Janavicius, R, Jensen, UB, Jensen, TD, Johannsson, OT, John, EM, Joseph, V, Kang, E, Kast, K, Kiiski, J, Kim, S-W, Kim, Z, Ko, K-P, Konstantopoulou, I, Kramer, G, Krogh, L, Kruse, TA, Kwong, A, Larsen, M, Lasset, C, Lautrup, C, Lazaro, C, Lee, J, Lee, JW, Lee, MH, Lemke, J, Lesueur, F, Liljegren, A, Lindblom, A, Llovet, P, Lopez-Fernandez, A, Lopez-Perolio, I, Lorca, V, Loud, JT, Ma, ESK, Mai, PL, Manoukian, S, Mari, V, Martin, L, Matricardi, L, Mebirouk, N, Medici, V, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Meindl, A, Mensenkamp, AR, Miller, C, Gomes, DM, Montagna, M, Mooij, TM, Moserle, L, Mouret-Fourme, E, Mulligan, AM, Nathanson, KL, Navratilova, M, Nevanlinna, H, Niederacher, D, Nielsen, FCC, Nikitina-Zake, L, Offit, K, Olah, E, Olopade, O, Ong, K-R, Osorio, A, Ott, C-E, Palli, D, Park, SK, Parsons, MT, Pedersen, IS, Peissel, B, Peixoto, A, Perez-Segura, P, Peterlongo, P, Petersen, AH, Porteous, ME, Angel Pujana, M, Radice, P, Ramser, J, Rantala, J, Rashid, MU, Rhiem, K, Rizzolo, P, Robson, ME, Rookus, MA, Rossing, CM, Ruddy, KJ, Santos, C, Saule, C, Scarpitta, R, Schmutzler, RK, Schuster, H, Senter, L, Seynaeve, CM, Shah, PD, Sharma, P, Shin, VY, Silvestri, V, Simard, J, Singer, CF, Skytte, A-B, Snape, K, Solano, AR, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Spurdle, AB, Steele, L, Steinemann, D, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Stradella, A, Sunde, L, Sutter, C, Tan, YY, Teixeira, MR, Teo, SH, Thomassen, M, Tibiletti, MG, Tischkowitz, M, Tognazzo, S, Toland, AE, Tommasi, S, Torres, D, Toss, A, Trainer, AH, Tung, N, van Asperen, CJ, van der Baan, FH, van der Kolk, LE, van der Luijt, RB, van Hest, LP, Varesco, L, Varon-Mateeva, R, Viel, A, Vierstraete, J, Villa, R, von Wachenfeldt, A, Wagner, P, Wang-Gohrke, S, Wappenschmidt, B, Weitzel, JN, Wieme, G, Yadav, S, Yannoukakos, D, Yoon, S-Y, Zanzottera, C, Zorn, KK, D'Amico, A, Freedman, ML, Pomerantz, MM, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Neuhausen, SL, Ottini, L, Nielsen, HR, and Rebbeck, TR

Abstract

Pathogenic sequence variants (PSV) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk and severity of prostate cancer. We evaluated whether PSVs in BRCA1/2 were associated with risk of overall prostate cancer or high grade (Gleason 8+) prostate cancer using an international sample of 65 BRCA1 and 171 BRCA2 male PSV carriers with prostate cancer, and 3,388 BRCA1 and 2,880 BRCA2 male PSV carriers without prostate cancer. PSVs in the 3' region of BRCA2 (c.7914+) were significantly associated with elevated risk of prostate cancer compared with reference bin c.1001-c.7913 [HR = 1.78; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.25-2.52; P = 0.001], as well as elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 3.11; 95% CI, 1.63-5.95; P = 0.001). c.756-c.1000 was also associated with elevated prostate cancer risk (HR = 2.83; 95% CI, 1.71-4.68; P = 0.00004) and elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 4.95; 95% CI, 2.12-11.54; P = 0.0002). No genotype-phenotype associations were detected for PSVs in BRCA1. These results demonstrate that specific BRCA2 PSVs may be associated with elevated risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: Aggressive prostate cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers may vary according to the specific BRCA2 mutation inherited by the at-risk individual.

Published
2020

9. Large scale multifactorial likelihood quantitative analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants: An ENIGMA resource to support clinical variant classification.

Author

Feroce I., Schoenwiese U., Seggewiss J., Solanes A., Steinemann D., Stiller M., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Sullivan K.J., Susman R., Sutter C., Tavtigian S.V., Teo S.H., Teule A., Thomassen M., Tibiletti M.G., Tischkowitz M., Tognazzo S., Toland A.E., Tornero E., Torngren T., Torres-Esquius S., Toss A., Trainer A.H., Tucker K.M., van Asperen C.J., van Mackelenbergh M.T., Varesco L., Vargas-Parra G., Varon R., Vega A., Velasco A., Vesper A.-S., Viel A., Vreeswijk M.P.G., Wagner S.A., Waha A., Walker L.C., Walters R.J., Wang-Gohrke S., Weber B.H.F., Weichert W., Wieland K., Wiesmuller L., Witzel I., Wockel A., Woodward E.R., Zachariae S., Zampiga V., Zeder-Goss C., Investigators K., Lazaro C., De Nicolo A., Radice P., Engel C., Schmutzler R.K., Goldgar D.E., Spurdle A.B., Harris M., Parsons M.T., Tudini E., Li H., Hahnen E., Wappenschmidt B., Feliubadalo L., Aalfs C.M., Agata S., Aittomaki K., Alducci E., Alonso-Cerezo M.C., Arnold N., Auber B., Austin R., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barbieri E., Bartram C.R., Blanco A., Blumcke B., Bonache S., Bonanni B., Borg A., Bortesi B., Brunet J., Bruzzone C., Bucksch K., Cagnoli G., Caldes T., Caliebe A., Caligo M.A., Calvello M., Capone G.L., Caputo S.M., Carnevali I., Carrasco E., Caux-Moncoutier V., Cavalli P., Cini G., Clarke E.M., Concolino P., Cops E.J., Cortesi L., Couch F.J., Darder E., de la Hoya M., Dean M., Debatin I., Del Valle J., Delnatte C., Derive N., Diez O., Ditsch N., Domchek S.M., Dutrannoy V., Eccles D.M., Ehrencrona H., Enders U., Evans D.G., Farra C., Faust U., Felbor U., Fine M., Foulkes W.D., Galvao H.C.R., Gambino G., Gehrig A., Gensini F., Gerdes A.-M., Germani A., Giesecke J., Gismondi V., Gomez C., Gomez Garcia E.B., Gonzalez S., Grau E., Grill S., Gross E., Guerrieri-Gonzaga A., Guillaud-Bataille M., Gutierrez-Enriquez S., Haaf T., Hackmann K., Hansen T.V.O., Hauke J., Heinrich T., Hellebrand H., Herold K.N., Honisch E., Horvath J., Houdayer C., Hubbel V., Iglesias S., Izquierdo A., James P.A., Janssen L.A.M., Jeschke U., Kaulfuss S., Keupp K., Kiechle M., Kolbl A., Krieger S., Kruse T.A., Kvist A., Lalloo F., Larsen M., Lattimore V.L., Lautrup C., Ledig S., Leinert E., Lewis A.L., Lim J., Loeffler M., Lopez-Fernandez A., Lucci-Cordisco E., Maass N., Manoukian S., Marabelli M., Matricardi L., Meindl A., Michelli R.D., Moghadasi S., Moles-Fernandez A., Montagna M., Montalban G., Monteiro A.N., Montes E., Mori L., Moserle L., Muller C.R., Mundhenke C., Naldi N., Nathanson K.L., Navarro M., Nevanlinna H., Nichols C.B., Niederacher D., Nielsen H.R., Ong K.-R., Pachter N., Palmero E.I., Papi L., Pedersen I.S., Peissel B., Perez-Segura P., Pfeifer K., Pineda M., Pohl-Rescigno E., Poplawski N.K., Porfirio B., Quante A.S., Ramser J., Reis R.M., Revillion F., Rhiem K., Riboli B., Ritter J., Rivera D., Rofes P., Rump A., Salinas M., Sanchez de Abajo A.M., Schmidt G., Feroce I., Schoenwiese U., Seggewiss J., Solanes A., Steinemann D., Stiller M., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Sullivan K.J., Susman R., Sutter C., Tavtigian S.V., Teo S.H., Teule A., Thomassen M., Tibiletti M.G., Tischkowitz M., Tognazzo S., Toland A.E., Tornero E., Torngren T., Torres-Esquius S., Toss A., Trainer A.H., Tucker K.M., van Asperen C.J., van Mackelenbergh M.T., Varesco L., Vargas-Parra G., Varon R., Vega A., Velasco A., Vesper A.-S., Viel A., Vreeswijk M.P.G., Wagner S.A., Waha A., Walker L.C., Walters R.J., Wang-Gohrke S., Weber B.H.F., Weichert W., Wieland K., Wiesmuller L., Witzel I., Wockel A., Woodward E.R., Zachariae S., Zampiga V., Zeder-Goss C., Investigators K., Lazaro C., De Nicolo A., Radice P., Engel C., Schmutzler R.K., Goldgar D.E., Spurdle A.B., Harris M., Parsons M.T., Tudini E., Li H., Hahnen E., Wappenschmidt B., Feliubadalo L., Aalfs C.M., Agata S., Aittomaki K., Alducci E., Alonso-Cerezo M.C., Arnold N., Auber B., Austin R., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barbieri E., Bartram C.R., Blanco A., Blumcke B., Bonache S., Bonanni B., Borg A., Bortesi B., Brunet J., Bruzzone C., Bucksch K., Cagnoli G., Caldes T., Caliebe A., Caligo M.A., Calvello M., Capone G.L., Caputo S.M., Carnevali I., Carrasco E., Caux-Moncoutier V., Cavalli P., Cini G., Clarke E.M., Concolino P., Cops E.J., Cortesi L., Couch F.J., Darder E., de la Hoya M., Dean M., Debatin I., Del Valle J., Delnatte C., Derive N., Diez O., Ditsch N., Domchek S.M., Dutrannoy V., Eccles D.M., Ehrencrona H., Enders U., Evans D.G., Farra C., Faust U., Felbor U., Fine M., Foulkes W.D., Galvao H.C.R., Gambino G., Gehrig A., Gensini F., Gerdes A.-M., Germani A., Giesecke J., Gismondi V., Gomez C., Gomez Garcia E.B., Gonzalez S., Grau E., Grill S., Gross E., Guerrieri-Gonzaga A., Guillaud-Bataille M., Gutierrez-Enriquez S., Haaf T., Hackmann K., Hansen T.V.O., Hauke J., Heinrich T., Hellebrand H., Herold K.N., Honisch E., Horvath J., Houdayer C., Hubbel V., Iglesias S., Izquierdo A., James P.A., Janssen L.A.M., Jeschke U., Kaulfuss S., Keupp K., Kiechle M., Kolbl A., Krieger S., Kruse T.A., Kvist A., Lalloo F., Larsen M., Lattimore V.L., Lautrup C., Ledig S., Leinert E., Lewis A.L., Lim J., Loeffler M., Lopez-Fernandez A., Lucci-Cordisco E., Maass N., Manoukian S., Marabelli M., Matricardi L., Meindl A., Michelli R.D., Moghadasi S., Moles-Fernandez A., Montagna M., Montalban G., Monteiro A.N., Montes E., Mori L., Moserle L., Muller C.R., Mundhenke C., Naldi N., Nathanson K.L., Navarro M., Nevanlinna H., Nichols C.B., Niederacher D., Nielsen H.R., Ong K.-R., Pachter N., Palmero E.I., Papi L., Pedersen I.S., Peissel B., Perez-Segura P., Pfeifer K., Pineda M., Pohl-Rescigno E., Poplawski N.K., Porfirio B., Quante A.S., Ramser J., Reis R.M., Revillion F., Rhiem K., Riboli B., Ritter J., Rivera D., Rofes P., Rump A., Salinas M., Sanchez de Abajo A.M., and Schmidt G.

Abstract

The multifactorial likelihood analysis method has demonstrated utility for quantitative assessment of variant pathogenicity for multiple cancer syndrome genes. Independent data types currently incorporated in the model for assessing BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants include clinically calibrated prior probability of pathogenicity based on variant location and bioinformatic prediction of variant effect, co-segregation, family cancer history profile, co-occurrence with a pathogenic variant in the same gene, breast tumor pathology, and case-control information. Research and clinical data for multifactorial likelihood analysis were collated for 1,395 BRCA1/2 predominantly intronic and missense variants, enabling classification based on posterior probability of pathogenicity for 734 variants: 447 variants were classified as (likely) benign, and 94 as (likely) pathogenic; and 248 classifications were new or considerably altered relative to ClinVar submissions. Classifications were compared with information not yet included in the likelihood model, and evidence strengths aligned to those recommended for ACMG/AMP classification codes. Altered mRNA splicing or function relative to known nonpathogenic variant controls were moderately to strongly predictive of variant pathogenicity. Variant absence in population datasets provided supporting evidence for variant pathogenicity. These findings have direct relevance for BRCA1 and BRCA2 variant evaluation, and justify the need for gene-specific calibration of evidence types used for variant classification.Copyright © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Published
2019

10. Large scale multifactorial likelihood quantitative analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants: An ENIGMA resource to support clinical variant classification

Author

Parsons, MT, Tudini, E, Li, H, Hahnen, E, Wappenschmidt, B, Feliubadalo, L, Aalfs, CM, Agata, S, Aittomaki, K, Alducci, E, Concepcion Alonso-Cerezo, M, Arnold, N, Auber, B, Austin, R, Azzollini, J, Balmana, J, Barbieri, E, Bartram, CR, Blanco, A, Bluemcke, B, Bonache, S, Bonanni, B, Borg, A, Bortesi, B, Brunet, J, Bruzzone, C, Bucksch, K, Cagnoli, G, Caldes, T, Caliebe, A, Caligo, MA, Calvello, M, Capone, GL, Caputo, SM, Carnevali, I, Carrasco, E, Caux-Moncoutier, V, Cavalli, P, Cini, G, Clarke, EM, Concolino, P, Cops, EJ, Cortesi, L, Couch, FJ, Darder, E, de la Hoya, M, Dean, M, Debatin, I, Del Valle, J, Delnatte, C, Derive, N, Diez, O, Ditsch, N, Domchek, SM, Dutrannoy, V, Eccles, DM, Ehrencrona, H, Enders, U, Evans, DG, Farra, C, Faust, U, Felbor, U, Feroce, I, Fine, M, Foulkes, WD, Galvao, HC, Gambino, G, Gehrig, A, Gensini, F, Gerdes, A-M, Germani, A, Giesecke, J, Gismondi, V, Gomez, C, Garcia, EBG, Gonzalez, S, Grau, E, Grill, S, Gross, E, Guerrieri-Gonzaga, A, Guillaud-Bataille, M, Gutierrez-Enriquez, S, Haaf, T, Hackmann, K, Hansen, TV, Harris, M, Hauke, J, Heinrich, T, Hellebrand, H, Herold, KN, Honisch, E, Horvath, J, Houdayer, C, Huebbel, V, Iglesias, S, Izquierdo, A, James, PA, Janssen, LA, Jeschke, U, Kaulfuss, S, Keupp, K, Kiechle, M, Koelbl, A, Krieger, S, Kruse, TA, Kvist, A, Lalloo, F, Larsen, M, Lattimore, VL, Lautrup, C, Ledig, S, Leinert, E, Lewis, AL, Lim, J, Loeffler, M, Lopez-Fernandez, A, Lucci-Cordisco, E, Maass, N, Manoukian, S, Marabelli, M, Matricardi, L, Meindl, A, Michelli, RD, Moghadasi, S, Moles-Fernandez, A, Montagna, M, Montalban, G, Monteiro, AN, Montes, E, Mori, L, Moserle, L, Mueller, CR, Mundhenke, C, Naldi, N, Nathanson, KL, Navarro, M, Nevanlinna, H, Nichols, CB, Niederacher, D, Nielsen, HR, Ong, K-R, Pachter, N, Palmero, E, Papi, L, Pedersen, IS, Peissel, B, Perez-Segura, P, Pfeifer, K, Pineda, M, Pohl-Rescigno, E, Poplawski, NK, Porfirio, B, Quante, AS, Ramser, J, Reis, RM, Revillion, F, Rhiem, K, Riboli, B, Ritter, J, Rivera, D, Rofes, P, Rump, A, Salinas, M, Sanchez de Abajo, AM, Schmidt, G, Schoenwiese, U, Seggewiss, J, Solanes, A, Steinemann, D, Stiller, M, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Sullivan, KJ, Susman, R, Sutter, C, Tavtigian, S, Teo, SH, Teule, A, Thomassen, M, Tibiletti, MG, Tischkowitz, M, Tognazzo, S, Toland, AE, Tornero, E, Torngren, T, Torres-Esquius, S, Toss, A, Trainer, AH, Tucker, KM, van Asperen, CJ, van Mackelenbergh, MT, Varesco, L, Vargas-Parra, G, Varon, R, Vega, A, Velasco, A, Vesper, A-S, Viel, A, Vreeswijk, MPG, Wagner, SA, Waha, A, Walker, LC, Walters, RJ, Wang-Gohrke, S, Weber, BHF, Weichert, W, Wieland, K, Wiesmueller, L, Witzel, I, Woeckel, A, Woodward, ER, Zachariae, S, Zampiga, V, Zeder-Goss, C, Lazaro, C, De Nicolo, A, Radice, P, Engel, C, Schmutzler, RK, Goldgar, DE, Spurdle, AB, Parsons, MT, Tudini, E, Li, H, Hahnen, E, Wappenschmidt, B, Feliubadalo, L, Aalfs, CM, Agata, S, Aittomaki, K, Alducci, E, Concepcion Alonso-Cerezo, M, Arnold, N, Auber, B, Austin, R, Azzollini, J, Balmana, J, Barbieri, E, Bartram, CR, Blanco, A, Bluemcke, B, Bonache, S, Bonanni, B, Borg, A, Bortesi, B, Brunet, J, Bruzzone, C, Bucksch, K, Cagnoli, G, Caldes, T, Caliebe, A, Caligo, MA, Calvello, M, Capone, GL, Caputo, SM, Carnevali, I, Carrasco, E, Caux-Moncoutier, V, Cavalli, P, Cini, G, Clarke, EM, Concolino, P, Cops, EJ, Cortesi, L, Couch, FJ, Darder, E, de la Hoya, M, Dean, M, Debatin, I, Del Valle, J, Delnatte, C, Derive, N, Diez, O, Ditsch, N, Domchek, SM, Dutrannoy, V, Eccles, DM, Ehrencrona, H, Enders, U, Evans, DG, Farra, C, Faust, U, Felbor, U, Feroce, I, Fine, M, Foulkes, WD, Galvao, HC, Gambino, G, Gehrig, A, Gensini, F, Gerdes, A-M, Germani, A, Giesecke, J, Gismondi, V, Gomez, C, Garcia, EBG, Gonzalez, S, Grau, E, Grill, S, Gross, E, Guerrieri-Gonzaga, A, Guillaud-Bataille, M, Gutierrez-Enriquez, S, Haaf, T, Hackmann, K, Hansen, TV, Harris, M, Hauke, J, Heinrich, T, Hellebrand, H, Herold, KN, Honisch, E, Horvath, J, Houdayer, C, Huebbel, V, Iglesias, S, Izquierdo, A, James, PA, Janssen, LA, Jeschke, U, Kaulfuss, S, Keupp, K, Kiechle, M, Koelbl, A, Krieger, S, Kruse, TA, Kvist, A, Lalloo, F, Larsen, M, Lattimore, VL, Lautrup, C, Ledig, S, Leinert, E, Lewis, AL, Lim, J, Loeffler, M, Lopez-Fernandez, A, Lucci-Cordisco, E, Maass, N, Manoukian, S, Marabelli, M, Matricardi, L, Meindl, A, Michelli, RD, Moghadasi, S, Moles-Fernandez, A, Montagna, M, Montalban, G, Monteiro, AN, Montes, E, Mori, L, Moserle, L, Mueller, CR, Mundhenke, C, Naldi, N, Nathanson, KL, Navarro, M, Nevanlinna, H, Nichols, CB, Niederacher, D, Nielsen, HR, Ong, K-R, Pachter, N, Palmero, E, Papi, L, Pedersen, IS, Peissel, B, Perez-Segura, P, Pfeifer, K, Pineda, M, Pohl-Rescigno, E, Poplawski, NK, Porfirio, B, Quante, AS, Ramser, J, Reis, RM, Revillion, F, Rhiem, K, Riboli, B, Ritter, J, Rivera, D, Rofes, P, Rump, A, Salinas, M, Sanchez de Abajo, AM, Schmidt, G, Schoenwiese, U, Seggewiss, J, Solanes, A, Steinemann, D, Stiller, M, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Sullivan, KJ, Susman, R, Sutter, C, Tavtigian, S, Teo, SH, Teule, A, Thomassen, M, Tibiletti, MG, Tischkowitz, M, Tognazzo, S, Toland, AE, Tornero, E, Torngren, T, Torres-Esquius, S, Toss, A, Trainer, AH, Tucker, KM, van Asperen, CJ, van Mackelenbergh, MT, Varesco, L, Vargas-Parra, G, Varon, R, Vega, A, Velasco, A, Vesper, A-S, Viel, A, Vreeswijk, MPG, Wagner, SA, Waha, A, Walker, LC, Walters, RJ, Wang-Gohrke, S, Weber, BHF, Weichert, W, Wieland, K, Wiesmueller, L, Witzel, I, Woeckel, A, Woodward, ER, Zachariae, S, Zampiga, V, Zeder-Goss, C, Lazaro, C, De Nicolo, A, Radice, P, Engel, C, Schmutzler, RK, Goldgar, DE, and Spurdle, AB

Abstract

The multifactorial likelihood analysis method has demonstrated utility for quantitative assessment of variant pathogenicity for multiple cancer syndrome genes. Independent data types currently incorporated in the model for assessing BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants include clinically calibrated prior probability of pathogenicity based on variant location and bioinformatic prediction of variant effect, co-segregation, family cancer history profile, co-occurrence with a pathogenic variant in the same gene, breast tumor pathology, and case-control information. Research and clinical data for multifactorial likelihood analysis were collated for 1,395 BRCA1/2 predominantly intronic and missense variants, enabling classification based on posterior probability of pathogenicity for 734 variants: 447 variants were classified as (likely) benign, and 94 as (likely) pathogenic; and 248 classifications were new or considerably altered relative to ClinVar submissions. Classifications were compared with information not yet included in the likelihood model, and evidence strengths aligned to those recommended for ACMG/AMP classification codes. Altered mRNA splicing or function relative to known nonpathogenic variant controls were moderately to strongly predictive of variant pathogenicity. Variant absence in population datasets provided supporting evidence for variant pathogenicity. These findings have direct relevance for BRCA1 and BRCA2 variant evaluation, and justify the need for gene-specific calibration of evidence types used for variant classification.

Published
2019

11. Large scale multifactorial likelihood quantitative analysis of BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants: An ENIGMA resource to support clinical variant classification

Author

Parsons, M. T., Tudini, E., Li, H., Hahnen, E., Wappenschmidt, B., Feliubadalo, L., Aalfs, C. M., Agata, S., Aittomaki, K., Alducci, E., Alonso-Cerezo, M. C., Arnold, N., Auber, B., Austin, R., Azzollini, J., Balmana, J., Barbieri, E., Bartram, C. R., Blanco, A., Blumcke, B., Bonache, S., Bonanni, B., Borg, A., Bortesi, B., Brunet, J., Bruzzone, C., Bucksch, K., Cagnoli, G., Caldes, T., Caliebe, A., Caligo, M. A., Calvello, M., Capone, G. L., Caputo, S. M., Carnevali, I., Carrasco, E., Caux-Moncoutier, V., Cavalli, P., Cini, G., Clarke, E. M., Concolino, Paola, Cops, E. J., Cortesi, L., Couch, F. J., Darder, E., de la Hoya, M., Dean, M., Debatin, I., Del Valle, J., Delnatte, C., Derive, N., Diez, O., Ditsch, N., Domchek, S. M., Dutrannoy, V., Eccles, D. M., Ehrencrona, H., Enders, U., Evans, D. G., Farra, C., Faust, U., Felbor, U., Feroce, I., Fine, M., Foulkes, W. D., Galvao, H. C. R., Gambino, G., Gehrig, A., Gensini, F., Gerdes, A. -M., Germani, A., Giesecke, J., Gismondi, V., Gomez, C., Gomez Garcia, E. B., Gonzalez, S., Grau, E., Grill, S., Gross, E., Guerrieri-Gonzaga, A., Guillaud-Bataille, M., Gutierrez-Enriquez, S., Haaf, T., Hackmann, K., Hansen, T. V. O., Harris, M., Hauke, J., Heinrich, T., Hellebrand, H., Herold, K. N., Honisch, E., Horvath, J., Houdayer, C., Hubbel, V., Iglesias, S., Izquierdo, A., James, P. A., Janssen, L. A. M., Jeschke, U., Kaulfuss, S., Keupp, K., Kiechle, M., Kolbl, A., Krieger, S., Kruse, T. A., Kvist, A., Lalloo, F., Larsen, M., Lattimore, V. L., Lautrup, C., Ledig, S., Leinert, E., Lewis, A. L., Lim, J., Loeffler, M., Lopez-Fernandez, A., Lucci Cordisco, Emanuela, Maass, N., Manoukian, S., Marabelli, M., Matricardi, L., Meindl, A., Michelli, R. D., Moghadasi, S., Moles-Fernandez, A., Montagna, M., Montalban, G., Monteiro, A. N., Montes, E., Mori, L., Moserle, L., Muller, C. R., Mundhenke, C., Naldi, N., Nathanson, K. L., Navarro, M., Nevanlinna, H., Nichols, C. B., Niederacher, D., Nielsen, H. R., Ong, K. -R., Pachter, N., Palmero, E. I., Papi, L., Pedersen, I. S., Peissel, B., Perez-Segura, P., Pfeifer, K., Pineda, M., Pohl-Rescigno, E., Poplawski, N. K., Porfirio, B., Quante, A. S., Ramser, J., Reis, R. M., Revillion, F., Rhiem, K., Riboli, B., Ritter, J., Rivera, D., Rofes, P., Rump, A., Salinas, M., Sanchez de Abajo, A. M., Schmidt, G., Schoenwiese, U., Seggewiss, J., Solanes, A., Steinemann, D., Stiller, M., Stoppa-Lyonnet, D., Sullivan, K. J., Susman, R., Sutter, C., Tavtigian, S. V., Teo, S. H., Teule, A., Thomassen, M., Tibiletti, M. G., Tischkowitz, M., Tognazzo, S., Toland, A. E., Tornero, E., Torngren, T., Torres-Esquius, S., Toss, A., Trainer, A. H., Tucker, K. M., van Asperen, C. J., van Mackelenbergh, M. T., Varesco, L., Vargas-Parra, G., Varon, R., Vega, A., Velasco, A., Vesper, A. -S., Viel, A., Vreeswijk, M. P. G., Wagner, S. A., Waha, A., Walker, L. C., Walters, R. J., Wang-Gohrke, S., Weber, B. H. F., Weichert, W., Wieland, K., Wiesmuller, L., Witzel, I., Wockel, A., Woodward, E. R., Zachariae, S., Zampiga, V., Zeder-Goss, C., Investigators, K., Lazaro, C., De Nicolo, A., Radice, P., Engel, C., Schmutzler, R. K., Goldgar, D. E., Spurdle, A. B., Concolino P., Lucci Cordisco E. (ORCID:0000-0002-6279-7604), Parsons, M. T., Tudini, E., Li, H., Hahnen, E., Wappenschmidt, B., Feliubadalo, L., Aalfs, C. M., Agata, S., Aittomaki, K., Alducci, E., Alonso-Cerezo, M. C., Arnold, N., Auber, B., Austin, R., Azzollini, J., Balmana, J., Barbieri, E., Bartram, C. R., Blanco, A., Blumcke, B., Bonache, S., Bonanni, B., Borg, A., Bortesi, B., Brunet, J., Bruzzone, C., Bucksch, K., Cagnoli, G., Caldes, T., Caliebe, A., Caligo, M. A., Calvello, M., Capone, G. L., Caputo, S. M., Carnevali, I., Carrasco, E., Caux-Moncoutier, V., Cavalli, P., Cini, G., Clarke, E. M., Concolino, Paola, Cops, E. J., Cortesi, L., Couch, F. J., Darder, E., de la Hoya, M., Dean, M., Debatin, I., Del Valle, J., Delnatte, C., Derive, N., Diez, O., Ditsch, N., Domchek, S. M., Dutrannoy, V., Eccles, D. M., Ehrencrona, H., Enders, U., Evans, D. G., Farra, C., Faust, U., Felbor, U., Feroce, I., Fine, M., Foulkes, W. D., Galvao, H. C. R., Gambino, G., Gehrig, A., Gensini, F., Gerdes, A. -M., Germani, A., Giesecke, J., Gismondi, V., Gomez, C., Gomez Garcia, E. B., Gonzalez, S., Grau, E., Grill, S., Gross, E., Guerrieri-Gonzaga, A., Guillaud-Bataille, M., Gutierrez-Enriquez, S., Haaf, T., Hackmann, K., Hansen, T. V. O., Harris, M., Hauke, J., Heinrich, T., Hellebrand, H., Herold, K. N., Honisch, E., Horvath, J., Houdayer, C., Hubbel, V., Iglesias, S., Izquierdo, A., James, P. A., Janssen, L. A. M., Jeschke, U., Kaulfuss, S., Keupp, K., Kiechle, M., Kolbl, A., Krieger, S., Kruse, T. A., Kvist, A., Lalloo, F., Larsen, M., Lattimore, V. L., Lautrup, C., Ledig, S., Leinert, E., Lewis, A. L., Lim, J., Loeffler, M., Lopez-Fernandez, A., Lucci Cordisco, Emanuela, Maass, N., Manoukian, S., Marabelli, M., Matricardi, L., Meindl, A., Michelli, R. D., Moghadasi, S., Moles-Fernandez, A., Montagna, M., Montalban, G., Monteiro, A. N., Montes, E., Mori, L., Moserle, L., Muller, C. R., Mundhenke, C., Naldi, N., Nathanson, K. L., Navarro, M., Nevanlinna, H., Nichols, C. B., Niederacher, D., Nielsen, H. R., Ong, K. -R., Pachter, N., Palmero, E. I., Papi, L., Pedersen, I. S., Peissel, B., Perez-Segura, P., Pfeifer, K., Pineda, M., Pohl-Rescigno, E., Poplawski, N. K., Porfirio, B., Quante, A. S., Ramser, J., Reis, R. M., Revillion, F., Rhiem, K., Riboli, B., Ritter, J., Rivera, D., Rofes, P., Rump, A., Salinas, M., Sanchez de Abajo, A. M., Schmidt, G., Schoenwiese, U., Seggewiss, J., Solanes, A., Steinemann, D., Stiller, M., Stoppa-Lyonnet, D., Sullivan, K. J., Susman, R., Sutter, C., Tavtigian, S. V., Teo, S. H., Teule, A., Thomassen, M., Tibiletti, M. G., Tischkowitz, M., Tognazzo, S., Toland, A. E., Tornero, E., Torngren, T., Torres-Esquius, S., Toss, A., Trainer, A. H., Tucker, K. M., van Asperen, C. J., van Mackelenbergh, M. T., Varesco, L., Vargas-Parra, G., Varon, R., Vega, A., Velasco, A., Vesper, A. -S., Viel, A., Vreeswijk, M. P. G., Wagner, S. A., Waha, A., Walker, L. C., Walters, R. J., Wang-Gohrke, S., Weber, B. H. F., Weichert, W., Wieland, K., Wiesmuller, L., Witzel, I., Wockel, A., Woodward, E. R., Zachariae, S., Zampiga, V., Zeder-Goss, C., Investigators, K., Lazaro, C., De Nicolo, A., Radice, P., Engel, C., Schmutzler, R. K., Goldgar, D. E., Spurdle, A. B., Concolino P., and Lucci Cordisco E. (ORCID:0000-0002-6279-7604)

Abstract

The multifactorial likelihood analysis method has demonstrated utility for quantitative assessment of variant pathogenicity for multiple cancer syndrome genes. Independent data types currently incorporated in the model for assessing BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants include clinically calibrated prior probability of pathogenicity based on variant location and bioinformatic prediction of variant effect, co-segregation, family cancer history profile, co-occurrence with a pathogenic variant in the same gene, breast tumor pathology, and case-control information. Research and clinical data for multifactorial likelihood analysis were collated for 1,395 BRCA1/2 predominantly intronic and missense variants, enabling classification based on posterior probability of pathogenicity for 734 variants: 447 variants were classified as (likely) benign, and 94 as (likely) pathogenic; and 248 classifications were new or considerably altered relative to ClinVar submissions. Classifications were compared with information not yet included in the likelihood model, and evidence strengths aligned to those recommended for ACMG/AMP classification codes. Altered mRNA splicing or function relative to known nonpathogenic variant controls were moderately to strongly predictive of variant pathogenicity. Variant absence in population datasets provided supporting evidence for variant pathogenicity. These findings have direct relevance for BRCA1 and BRCA2 variant evaluation, and justify the need for gene-specific calibration of evidence types used for variant classification.

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2019

29. MUTYH c.933+3A > C, associated with a severely impaired gene expression, is the first Italian founder mutation in MUTYH-Associated Polyposis

Author

Pin, E, Pastrello, C, Tricarico, R, Papi, L, Quaia, M, Fornasarig, M, Carnevali, I, Oliani, C, Fornasin, A, Agostini, M, Maestro, R, Barana, D, Aretz, S, Genuardi, Maurizio, Viel, A., Genuardi, Maurizio (ORCID:0000-0002-7410-8351), Pin, E, Pastrello, C, Tricarico, R, Papi, L, Quaia, M, Fornasarig, M, Carnevali, I, Oliani, C, Fornasin, A, Agostini, M, Maestro, R, Barana, D, Aretz, S, Genuardi, Maurizio, Viel, A., and Genuardi, Maurizio (ORCID:0000-0002-7410-8351)

Abstract

MUTYH variants are differently distributed in geographical areas of the world. In MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP) patients from North-Eastern Italy, c.933+3A>C (IVS10+3A>C), a transversion causing an aberrant splicing process, accounts for nearly 1/5 of all mutations. The aim of this study was to verify whether its high frequency in North-Eastern Italy is due to a founder effect and to clarify its impact on MUTYH transcripts and protein. Haplotype analysis and age estimate performed on members of eleven Italian MAP families and cancer-free controls provided evidence that c.933+3A>C is a founder mutation originated about 83 generations ago. In addition, the Italian haplotype associated with the c.933+3A>C was also found in German families segregating the same mutation, indicating it had a common origin in Western Europe. Altogether c.933+3A>C and the two common Caucasian mutations p. Tyr179Cys and p.Gly396Asp represent about 60% of MUTYH alterations in MAP patients from North-Eastern Italy, suggesting the opportunity to perform targeted molecular screening for these variants in the diagnostic setting. Expression analyses performed on lymphoblastoid cell lines supported the notion that MUTYH c.933+3A>C alters splicing causing the synthesis of a non functional protein. However, some primary transcripts escape aberrant splicing, producing traces of full-length transcript and wild-type protein in a homozygote; this is in agreement with clinical findings that suggest a relatively mild phenotypic effect for this mutation. Overall, these data, that demonstrate a founder effect and further elucidate the splicing alterations caused by the MUTYH c.933+3A>C mutation, have important implications for genetic counseling and molecular diagnosis of MAP.

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2013

33. Definition and management of colorectal polyposis not associated with APC/MUTYH germline pathogenic variants: AIFEG consensus statement

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Emanuele Damiano Luca Urso, Maurizio Ponz de Leon, Marco Vitellaro, Guglielmo Niccolò Piozzi, Quoc Riccardo Bao, Aline Martayan, Andrea Remo, Vittoria Stigliano, Cristina Oliani, Emanuela Lucci Cordisco, Salvatore Pucciarelli, Guglielmina Nadia Ranzani, Alessandra Viel, Francesca Adami, Elisa Alducci, Lucia Amadori, Valentina Arcangeli, Luisa Balestrino, Daniela Barana, Lucio Bertario, Bernardo Bonanni, Stefania Boni, Pierluigi Bullian, Fiorella Carbonardi, Ileana Carnevali, Paola Castelli, Francesco Celotto, Giulia Cini, Gino Crivellari, Duilio Della Libera, Anastasia Dell'elice, Maria Digennaro, Alessandra D'urso, Antonella Fabretto, Daniele Fanale, Irene Feroce, Daniela Furlan, Paola Ghiorzo, Mara Giacché, Milena Gusella, Barbara Liserre, Isabella Mammi, Stefania Massuras, Daniela Mazzà, Eleonora Mollica, Alberto Morabito, Giorgia Nardo, Flavia Palermo, Elena Panizza, Margherita Patruno, Monica Pedroni, Valeria Grazia Maria Pensotti, Guglielmo Niccolo Piozzi, Simonetta Pozzi, Silvia Presi, Marta Puzzono, Mila Ravegnani, Maria Teresa Ricci, Luca Roncucci, Giovanni Battsita Rossi, Elena Maria Sala, Lupe Sanchez Mete, Daniele Sandonà, Stefania Sciallero, Davide Serrano, Stefano Signoroni, Francesca Spina, Monica Taborelli, Gianluca Tedaldi, Maria Grazia Tibiletti, Silvia Tognazzo, Gianluca Tolva, Cristina Maria Concetta Trovato, Daniela Turchetti, Dora Varvara, Caterina Vivanet, Stefania Zovato, Raffaella Alessia Zuppardo, Urso E.D.L., Ponz de Leon M., Vitellaro M., Piozzi G.N., Bao Q.R., Martayan A., Remo A., Stigliano V., Oliani C., Lucci Cordisco E., Pucciarelli S., Ranzani G.N., Viel A., Adami F., Alducci E., Amadori L., Arcangeli V., Balestrino L., Barana D., Bertario L., Bonanni B., Boni S., Bullian P., Carbonardi F., Carnevali I., Castelli P., Celotto F., Cini G., Crivellari G., Libera D.D., Dell'elice A., Digennaro M., D'urso A., Fabretto A., Fanale D., Feroce I., Furlan D., Ghiorzo P., Giacche M., Gusella M., Liserre B., Mammi I., Massuras S., Mazza D., Mollica E., Morabito A., Nardo G., Palermo F., Panizza E., Patruno M., Pedroni M., Pensotti V.G.M., Pozzi S., Presi S., Puzzono M., Ravegnani M., Ricci M.T., Roncucci L., Rossi G.B., Sala E.M., Mete L.S., Sandona D., Sciallero S., Serrano D., Signoroni S., Spina F., Taborelli M., Tedaldi G., Tibiletti M.G., Tognazzo S., Tolva G., Trovato C.M.C., Turchetti D., Varvara D., Vivanet C., Zovato S., and Zuppardo R.A.

Subjects
Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, Gastrointestinal tumors, Colorectal cancer, Surgical Management, Colorectal polyposis, Germline, 03 medical and health sciences, Cancer Genetic, 0302 clinical medicine, MUTYH, Internal medicine, medicine, Cancer Genetics, Polyposis coli, Hepatology, Pathogenic mutation, business.industry, Colorectal polyposis not associated with APC/MUTYH mutation, Polyposis management guideline, Gastroenterology, Expert consensus, Endoscopic surveillance, medicine.disease, Consensus development conference, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, business
Abstract

An expert consensus panel convened by the Italian Association for Inherited and Familial Gastrointestinal Tumors (Associazione Italiana per lo Studio della Familiarita ed Ereditarieta dei Tumori Gastrointestinali, AIFEG) reviewed the literature and agreed on a number of position statements regarding the definition and management of polyposis coli without an identified pathogenic mutation on the APC or MUTYH genes, defined in the document as NAMP (non-APC/MUTYH polyposis).

Published
2021

35. PALB2 analysis in the diagnostic process of breast cancer: An Italian monocentric experience.

Author

Tibiletti MG, Carnevali I, Facchi S, Libera L, Chiappa C, Sessa F, Rosa S, and Rovera F

Abstract

Background: The clinical utility of germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing is well established in patients with family history suggestive for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome. Recently, germline PALB2 pathogenic variants were also associated with an increased risk of breast and other cancers and, in the Italian population, it has been described in few studies without a systematic germline analysis of BRCA1 , BRCA2 and PALB2 ., Objectives and Methods: In this study, we described ASST Sette Laghi cancer genetic counselling services' experience in the analysis of 402 patients with suspected breast and ovarian cancer syndrome, by using BRCA1 , BRCA2 and PALB2 germline genetic test., Results: The frequency of PALB2 pathogenic variants was 1.2% compared to 3.5% and 3.2% for BRCA1 and BRCA2 , respectively, whereas class 3 variants were detected in 0.3% and 0.5% of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 investigated patients, respectively. PALB2 pathogenic variants were identified in patients with a strong family history for breast cancer. Moreover, PALB2 variants were significantly associated with a younger age of breast cancer onset (mean age, 40.25 years) compared to wild-type patients (mean age 51.2 years, p-value = 0.0331). Similar to BRCA -associated breast cancer, the majority of PALB2 breast cancers were identified at an advanced clinical stage. Pedigree analysis revealed a family history of breast and ovarian cancer syndrome in all PALB2 pathogenic variants carriers (early breast cancer onset, bilateral breast cancer and ovarian cancer)., Conclusion: In conclusion, the germline analysis of BRCA1, BRCA2 and PALB2 should be included in breast cancer clinical practice as a not negligible number of PALB2 carriers could be identified and referred to specific surveillance protocols., Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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2024
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36. Similarities and differences in gene expression profiles of BRCA1 methylated and mutated epithelial ovarian cancers.

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Sahnane N, Libera L, Facchi S, Carnevali I, Ronchi S, Albeni C, Cromi A, Casarin J, Sessa F, and Tibiletti MG

Abstract

Introduction: BRCA1 methylated ( BRCA1 met ) epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a recently defined and not well-investigated subset of neoplasms. To date, no studies have focused on the transcriptional profiles of BRCA1 met cases, and, as a matter of fact, we still do not know if this subset of EOCs is similar, and to what extent, to BRCA1 mutated ( BRCA1 mut ) cases., Methods: We compared a group of 17 BRCA1 met cases against 10 BRCA1 mut cases using a subset of carefully selected 17 BRCA wt EOCs as a control group., Results: First, BRCA1 met cases showed a downregulation of the relative transcript, while this association was not observed for BRCA1 mut EOCs. The BRCA1 met group exhibited a general upregulation of homologous recombination (HR)-related genes, as well as BRCA1 mut . Overall, BRCA1 met had a different gene expression profile, characterized by diffuse downregulation, whereas BRCA1 mut showed a general upregulation (p < 0.0001). Both BRCA1 -defective groups showed a slightly activated immune response mediated by interferon (IFN) gamma pathways., Discussion: In conclusion, even if the expression profile of many genes related to DNA damage and repair system is shared between BRCA1 mut and BRCA1 met EOCs supporting that BRCA1 met EOCs may benefit from PARPi therapies, our data demonstrate that BRCA1 mut and BRCA1 met EOCs show different expression profiles, suggesting a different mechanism of carcinogenesis that can be reflected in different responses to therapies and disease recovery., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2023 Sahnane, Libera, Facchi, Carnevali, Ronchi, Albeni, Cromi, Casarin, Sessa and Tibiletti.)

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2023
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37. Maintenance of intestinal epithelial barrier integrity by a combination of probiotics, herbal extract, and vitamins.

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Cocetta V, Giacomini I, Tinazzi M, Berretta M, Quagliariello V, Maurea N, Ragazzi E, Carnevali I, and Montopoli M

Abstract

Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are pathological conditions that severely hamper the quality of life of patients. Especially in pediatric and adolescent patients, the use of Complementary and alternative medicine is an appealing approach as an adjuvant for the management of symptoms, limiting the detrimental effect of the conventional therapy. In this work, we tested the effect of Enterokind Junior (EntJ), a mix of two probiotic strains Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 25175 and Lactobacillus acidophilus DSM 24936, Matricaria Chamomilla, and vitamins, in in vitro model of intestinal inflammation. Caco-2 cells were subjected to LPS treatment or THP-1 cells stimulated with LPS treatment, as paradigms of inflammatory conditions., Methods: The effect of the probiotic formulation was evaluated by measuring Caco-2 monolayer's Transepithelial Electrical resistance (TEER) and paracellular permeability alterations, tight junction proteins expression and localization by confocal microscopy, and release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-8) by ELISA assay., Results: Results demonstrated that upon impairment of intestinal parameters induced by inflammatory stimuli, the combination of probiotic was able to prevent TEER decrease and paracellular permeability alterations and to maintain the tight junction expression and localization. Moreover, the release of proinflammatory cytokines induced by inflammation was reduced by EntJ treatment., Conclusions: This work, in line with previous observations, supports a protective role of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 25175, Lactobacillus acidophilus DSM 24936 and the other components in the maintenance of a healthy gut, holding up the use of this combination as an adjuvant for irritable bowel syndrome-related symptoms management.

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2023
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38. Pyrosequencing Assay for BRCA1 Methylation Analysis: Results from a Cross-Validation Study.

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Sahnane N, Rivera D, Libera L, Carnevali I, Banelli B, Facchi S, Gismondi V, Paudice M, Cirmena G, Vellone VG, Sessa F, Varesco L, and Tibiletti MG

Subjects
Female, Humans, Germ-Line Mutation, BRCA1 Protein genetics, Mutation, DNA Methylation genetics, Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors pharmacology, Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors therapeutic use, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, BRCA2 Protein genetics, Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use, Ovarian Neoplasms diagnosis, Ovarian Neoplasms genetics, Ovarian Neoplasms drug therapy
Abstract

Epithelial ovarian cancers (EOCs) harboring germline or somatic pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes show sensitivity to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition. It has been suggested that BRCA1 promoter methylation is perhaps a better determinant of therapy response, because of its intrinsic dynamic feature, with respect to genomic scars or gene mutation. Conflicting evidence was reported so far, and the lack of a validated assay to measure promoter methylation was considered a main confounding factor in data interpretation. To contribute to the validation process of a pyrosequencing assay for BRCA1 promoter methylation, 109 EOCs from two Italian centers were reciprocally blindly investigated. By comparing two different pyrosequencing assays, addressing a partially overlapping region of BRCA1 promoter, an almost complete concordance of results was obtained. Moreover, the clinical relevance of this approach was also supported by the finding of BRCA1 transcript down-regulation in BRCA1-methylated EOCs. These findings could lead to the development of a simple and cheap pyrosequencing assay for diagnostics, easily applicable to formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. This technique may be implemented in routine clinical practice in the near future to identify EOCs sensitive to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor therapy, thus increasing the subset of women affected by EOCs who could benefit from such treatment., (Copyright © 2023 Association for Molecular Pathology and American Society for Investigative Pathology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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2023
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39. Targeted molecular profiling of epithelial ovarian cancer from Italian BRCA wild-type patients with a BRCA and PARP pathways gene panel.

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Salvati A, Carnevali I, Alexandrova E, Facchi S, Ronchi S, Libera L, Sahnane N, Memoli D, Lamberti J, Amabile S, Pepe S, Tarallo R, Sessa F, Weisz A, Tibiletti MG, and Rizzo F

Subjects
Humans, Female, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial genetics, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial pathology, BRCA2 Protein genetics, Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors pharmacology, Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors therapeutic use, BRCA1 Protein genetics, Formaldehyde, Germ-Line Mutation genetics, Ovarian Neoplasms pathology
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Ovarian cancer (OC) is the fifth most common type of cancer in women and the fourth most common cause of cancer death in women. Identification of pathogenic variants in OC tissues has an important clinical significance for therapeutic and prevention purposes. This study aims to evaluate the mutational profile of a patient cohort, negative for BRCA1/2 germinal variants and Mismatch Repair defects, using next-generation sequencing (NGS) approach on DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples. We used a custom NGS panel, targeting 34 cancer-related genes, mainly of the BRCA and PARP pathways, and analyzed NGS data to identify somatic and germline variants in Italian patients affected by primary epithelial ovarian cancer. We analyzed 75 epithelial ovarian cancer tissues and identified 54 pathogenic variants and 56 variants of unknown significance. TP53 was characterized by the highest mutational rate, occurring in 55% of tested epithelial ovarian cancers (EOCs). Interestingly, a subset of 8 EOCs showed pathogenic variants of homologous recombination pathway, which could be sensitive to PARP-inhibitor therapies. Germline analysis of actionable genes revealed 4 patients carrier of pathogenic germline variants respectively of RAD51C (2 patients), RAD51D, and PALB2. Molecular profiling of EOCs using our custom NGS panel has enabled the detection of both somatic and germline variants, allowing the selection of patients suitable for targeted therapies, and the identification of high-risk OC families that can benefit from genetic counseling and testing., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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2022
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40. Anti-inflammatory activity of a fixed combination of probiotics and herbal extract in an in-vitro model of intestinal inflammation by stimulating Caco-2 cells with LPS-conditioned THP-1 cells medium.

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Borgonetti V, Cocetta V, Biagi M, Carnevali I, Governa P, and Montopoli M

Subjects
Humans, Anti-Inflammatory Agents pharmacology, Caco-2 Cells, Culture Media, Conditioned pharmacology, Inflammation, Interleukin-8 pharmacology, Intestinal Mucosa, Lipopolysaccharides pharmacology, THP-1 Cells, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Probiotics pharmacology
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Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract, characterized by chronic and relapsing immune system activation, often diagnosed in adolescence, with a rising incidence in pediatric populations. IBD results from altered interactions between gut microbes and the intestinal immune system which induce an aberrant immune response, thus anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressive therapies are generally used. Recent interest has been given to the identification of integrative and complementary approaches that could be able to restore and preserve the intestinal barrier function., Methods: In this work, we tested the effect of a fixed combination of probiotics and herbal extract (Colikind Gocce ® [CKG], Schwabe Pharma, Egna-Neumarkt, Bolzano, Italy) in an in-vitro model of intestinal inflammation. Caco-2 cells stimulated with LPS-conditioned monocytes culture medium was used as a paradigm of intestinal inflammation. The possible effect of CKG in maintaining the homeostasis of the intestinal epithelial barrier was investigated by measurement of the trans-epithelial electrical resistance, the paracellular permeability, and the release of inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-8, and IL-10)., Results: Results obtained in this work demonstrated that CKG is able to prevent the impairment of intestinal barrier function induced by inflammation, ameliorating the transepithelial electrical resistance and the paracellular permeability of the Caco-2 monolayer; moreover, CKG is able to counteract the increased release of TNF-a and IL-8 induced by inflammatory stimulus, thus reducing the intestinal inflammation., Conclusions: This work underlines the protective effect of CKG on intestinal barrier, reducing the damages induced by inflammatory stimulus. This suggests CKG as an interesting product in the management of intestinal inflammatory conditions.

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2022
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41. Mixed Neuroendocrine/Non-neuroendocrine Neoplasm (MiNEN) of the Ovary Arising from Endometriosis: Molecular Pathology Analysis in Support of a Pathogenetic Paradigm.

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Maragliano R, Libera L, Carnevali I, Pensotti V, De Vecchi G, Testa M, Amaglio C, Leoni E, Formenti G, Sessa F, Furlan D, and Uccella S

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Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Mutation, Pathology, Molecular, Carcinoma, Endometrioid, Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine, Endometriosis, Neuroendocrine Tumors, Ovarian Neoplasms
Abstract

Primary ovarian neuroendocrine neoplasms (Ov-NENs) are infrequent and mainly represented by well-differentiated forms (neuroendocrine tumors - NETs - or carcinoids). Poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas (Ov-NECs) are exceedingly rare and only few cases have been reported in the literature. A subset of Ov-NECs are admixed with non-neuroendocrine carcinomas, as it occurs in other female genital organs, as well (mostly endometrium and uterine cervix), and may be assimilated to mixed neuroendocrine/non-neuroendocrine neoplasms (MiNENs) described in digestive and extra-digestive sites. Here, we present a case of large cell Ov-NEC admixed with an endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary, arising in the context of ovarian endometriosis, associated with a uterine endometrial atypical hyperplasia (EAH). We performed targeted next-generation sequencing analysis, along with a comprehensive immunohistochemical study and FISH analysis for TP53 locus, separately on the four morphologically distinct lesions (Ov-NEC, endometrioid carcinoma, endometriosis, and EAH). The results of our study identified molecular alterations of cancer-related genes (PIK3CA, CTNNB1, TP53, RB1, ARID1A, and p16), which were present with an increasing gradient from preneoplastic lesions to malignant proliferations, both neuroendocrine and non-neuroendocrine components. In conclusion, our findings underscored that the two neoplastic components of this Ov-MiNEN share a substantially identical molecular profile and they progress from a preexisting ovarian endometriotic lesion, in a patient with a coexisting preneoplastic proliferation of the endometrium, genotypically and phenotypically related to the ovarian neoplasm. Moreover, this study supports the inclusion of MiNEN in the spectrum ovarian and, possibly, of all gynecological NENs, among which they are currently not classified., (© 2021. The Author(s).)

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2022
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42. Strategies for Lynch syndrome identification in selected and unselected gynecological cancers.

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Carnevali I, Sahnane N, Chiaravalli AM, Di Lauro E, Facco C, Facchi S, Casarin J, Ghezzi F, Sessa F, and Tibiletti MG

Subjects
DNA Mismatch Repair genetics, DNA Repair Enzymes genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins metabolism, Female, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Microsatellite Instability, Mismatch Repair Endonuclease PMS2 genetics, Mismatch Repair Endonuclease PMS2 metabolism, MutL Protein Homolog 1 genetics, MutL Protein Homolog 1 metabolism, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis diagnosis, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis epidemiology, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis genetics, Endometrial Neoplasms diagnosis, Endometrial Neoplasms epidemiology, Endometrial Neoplasms genetics, Ovarian Neoplasms diagnosis, Ovarian Neoplasms epidemiology, Ovarian Neoplasms genetics
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Background: Endometrial carcinoma represents a sentinel cancer for Lynch syndrome (LS) identification. It is crucial to highlight how other types of tumors can arise in the gynecological tract acting as sentinel tumors in LS patients.Up to now, no established LS patient management strategy has incorporated the presence of these additional candidate sentinel tumors to improve the prevention and management of LS tumors., Methods: In order to investigate the involvement of the most frequent gynecological cancers in gynecological cancers, we studied different subsets of gynecological cancers using both somatic approaches, including mismatch repair (MMR) gene immunohistochemical expression, microsatellite instability, and germline analyses ofMSH2, MSH6, MLH1, PMS2 and EPCAM genes.A total of 261 patients referring to the Cancer Genetic Counselling Service of our institution were included in the study. In detail, our series was composed of 131 patients affected by uterus cancers including endometrial, isthmus and non-HPV endocervical carcinomas, 113 patients affected by ovarian cancers and 17 patients affected by synchronous endometrial/ovarian carcinomas (SEOC).In addition, we studied 115 cases of endometrial cancers identified by 2 years of universal testing (endometrial cancers/UTs) using IHC analysis of four MMR proteins., Results and Conclusions: The incidence of MMR defective gynecological cancers ranged from 7.1 to 47.1% depending on cancer site and selection. LS patients carriers of pathogenetic MMR variants were identified in 19.8% of uterus cancers, 35.3% of SEOC, 4.4% of ovarian cancers. In addition, pathogenetic MMR variants were identified in 4.3% of endometrial cancers/universal testing investigated with universal screening.In conclusion, gynecological cancers are heavily involved in LS and our study shows that MMR screening using immunohistochemical pattern and MSI analysis of endometrial and ovarian cancers as well as of rare entities such as non-HPV related endocervical cancers and synchronous endometrial and ovarian cancers are sentinels for LS.Tumor testing approach improves early identification of MMR defective gynecological cancers and this is an effective strategy to detect high-risk patients and to offer them and their relatives personalized cancer prevention., (Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)

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2022
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43. Case Report: Male Lobular Breast Cancer in Hereditary Cancer Syndromes.

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Carnevali I, Tedaldi G, Pensotti V, Sahnane N, Micello D, Rovera F, Sessa F, and Tibiletti MG

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Background: Lobular breast carcinoma (LBC) is considered an exceptionally rare disease in men, including only 1% of all male breast malignancies. The majority of LBCs have negative immunohistochemical staining for E-cadherin ( CDH1 ) expression, and the loss of CDH1 function was traditionally implicated in the tumorigenesis of diffuse gastric cancer as well as LBC. It is well recognized that LBC in women could be involved in both hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) and hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) syndromes; however, there are no data present in literature about the involvement of male LBC in these inherited conditions., Methods: BRCA1 , BRCA2 , and CDH1 genes were performed on DNA from peripheral blood using next-generation sequencing (NGS), Sanger sequencing, and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification analyses. BRCA2 and CDH1 somatic gene analyses were performed on breast tumoral DNA using the NGS sequencing approach., Results and Conclusions: Here, we describe two men affected by LBC, the carriers of a pathogenic variant of BRCA2 and CDH1 genes, respectively. Our data, including somatic and germline results, demonstrate a strong relationship between male LBC and HBOC/HDGC syndromes, excluding a sporadic origin of LBC in these two patients. Male LBC could represent a sentinel cancer for inherited syndrome identification, and early identification of cancer susceptibility could improve cancer prevention both for men and women in these families. The history of the LBC patient carrier of the CDH1 variant suggests to include male LBC genetic testing criteria and male breast surveillance in HDGC guidelines., Competing Interests: Author VP was employed by Cogentech s.r.l. Società Benefit a Socio Unico. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Carnevali, Tedaldi, Pensotti, Sahnane, Micello, Rovera, Sessa and Tibiletti.)

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2022
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44. OncoPan ® : An NGS-Based Screening Methodology to Identify Molecular Markers for Therapy and Risk Assessment in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

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Tibiletti MG, Carnevali I, Pensotti V, Chiaravalli AM, Facchi S, Volorio S, Mariette F, Mariani P, Fortuzzi S, Pierotti MA, and Sessa F

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Pancreatic cancer has a high morbidity and mortality with the majority being PC ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC). Whole genome sequencing provides a wide description of genomic events involved in pancreatic carcinogenesis and identifies putative biomarkers for new therapeutic approaches. However, currently, there are no approved treatments targeting driver mutations in PDAC that could produce clinical benefit for PDAC patients. A proportion of 5-10% of PDAC have a hereditary origin involving germline variants of homologous recombination genes, such as Mismatch Repair (MMR), STK11 and CDKN2A genes. Very recently, BRCA genes have been demonstrated as a useful biomarker for PARP-inhibitor (PARPi) treatments. In this study, a series of 21 FFPE PDACs were analyzed using OncoPan ® , a strategic next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel of 37 genes, useful for identification of therapeutic targets and inherited cancer syndromes. Interestingly, this approach, successful also on minute pancreatic specimens, identified biomarkers for personalized therapy in five PDAC patients, including two cases with HER2 amplification and three cases with mutations in HR genes ( BRCA1 , BRCA2 and FANCM ) and potentially eligible to PARPi therapy. Molecular analysis on normal tissue identified one PDAC patient as a carrier of a germline BRCA1 pathogenetic variant and, noteworthy, this patient was a member of a family affected by inherited breast and ovarian cancer conditions. This study demonstrates that the OncoPan ® NGS-based panel constitutes an efficient methodology for the molecular profiling of PDAC, suitable for identifying molecular markers both for therapy and risk assessment. Our data demonstrate the feasibility and utility of these NGS analysis in the routine setting of PDAC molecular characterization.

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2022
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45. Universal testing for MSI/MMR status in colorectal and endometrial cancers to identify Lynch syndrome cases: state of the art in Italy and consensus recommendations from the Italian Association for the Study of Familial Gastrointestinal Tumors (A.I.F.E.G.).

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Tibiletti MG, Carnevali I, Calò V, Cini G, Lucci Cordisco E, Remo A, Urso E, Oliani C, and Ranzani GN

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Consensus, DNA Mismatch Repair, Female, Humans, Italy epidemiology, Microsatellite Instability, MutL Protein Homolog 1 genetics, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis diagnosis, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis epidemiology, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis genetics, Endometrial Neoplasms diagnosis, Endometrial Neoplasms epidemiology, Endometrial Neoplasms genetics
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2022
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46. Detection of Germline Variants in 450 Breast/Ovarian Cancer Families with a Multi-Gene Panel Including Coding and Regulatory Regions.

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Guglielmi C, Scarpitta R, Gambino G, Conti E, Bellè F, Tancredi M, Cervelli T, Falaschi E, Cosini C, Aretini P, Congregati C, Marino M, Patruno M, Pilato B, Spina F, Balestrino L, Tenedini E, Carnevali I, Cortesi L, Tagliafico E, Tibiletti MG, Tommasi S, Ghilli M, Vivanet C, Galli A, and Caligo MA

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Adult, Age of Onset, Cohort Studies, Female, Genes, BRCA1, Genes, BRCA2, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Germ-Line Mutation, Humans, Italy, Middle Aged, PTEN Phosphohydrolase genetics, Penetrance, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome genetics
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With the progress of sequencing technologies, an ever-increasing number of variants of unknown functional and clinical significance (VUS) have been identified in both coding and non-coding regions of the main Breast Cancer (BC) predisposition genes. The aim of this study is to identify a mutational profile of coding and intron-exon junction regions of 12 moderate penetrance genes ( ATM , BRIP1 , CDH1 , CHEK2 , NBN , PALB2 , PTEN , RAD50 , RAD51C , RAD51D , STK11 , TP53 ) in a cohort of 450 Italian patients with Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer Syndrome, wild type for germline mutation in BRCA1/2 genes. The analysis was extended to 5'UTR and 3'UTR of all the genes listed above and to the BRCA1 and BRCA2 known regulatory regions in a subset of 120 patients. The screening was performed through NGS target resequencing on the Illumina platform MiSeq. 8.7% of the patients analyzed is carriers of class 5/4 coding variants in the ATM (3.6%), BRIP1 (1.6%), CHEK2 (1.8%), PALB2 (0.7%), RAD51C (0.4%), RAD51D (0.4%), and TP53 (0.2%) genes, while variants of uncertain pathological significance (VUSs)/class 3 were identified in 9.1% of the samples. In intron-exon junctions and in regulatory regions, variants were detected respectively in 5.1% and in 32.5% of the cases analyzed. The average age of disease onset of 44.4 in non-coding variant carriers is absolutely similar to the average age of disease onset in coding variant carriers for each proband's group with the same cancer type. Furthermore, there is not a statistically significant difference in the proportion of cases with a tumor onset under age of 40 between the two groups, but the presence of multiple non-coding variants in the same patient may affect the aggressiveness of the tumor and it is worth underlining that 25% of patients with an aggressive tumor are carriers of a PTEN 3'UTR-variant. This data provides initial information on how important it might be to extend mutational screening to the regulatory regions in clinical practice.

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2021
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47. Lynch syndrome and Muir-Torre phenotype associated with a recurrent variant in the 3'UTR of the MSH6 gene.

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Cini G, Carnevali I, Sahnane N, Chiaravalli AM, Dell'Elice A, Maestro R, Pin E, Bestetti I, Radovic S, Armelao F, Viel A, and Tibiletti MG

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Base Sequence, Case-Control Studies, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Germ-Line Mutation genetics, Heterozygote, Humans, Male, MutS Homolog 2 Protein genetics, Pedigree, Phenotype, Probability, RNA, Messenger genetics, RNA, Messenger metabolism, 3' Untranslated Regions genetics, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis genetics, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis pathology, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Muir-Torre Syndrome genetics, Muir-Torre Syndrome pathology
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A MSH6 3'UTR variant (c.*23&#95;26dup) was found in 13 unrelated families consulted for Lynch/Muir-Torre Syndrome. This variant, which is very rare in the genomic databases, was absent in healthy controls and strongly segregated with the disease in the studied pedigrees. All tumors were defective for MSH2/MSH6/MSH3 proteins expression, but only MSH2 somatic pathogenic mutations were found in 5 of the 12 sequenced tumors. Moreover, we had no evidence of MSH6 transcript decrease in carriers, whereas MSH2 transcript was downregulated. Additional evaluations performed in representative carriers, including karyotype, arrayCGH and Linked-Reads whole genome sequencing, failed to evidence any MSH2 germline pathogenic variant. Posterior probability of pathogenicity for MSH6 c.*23&#95;26dup was obtained from a multifactorial analysis incorporating segregation and phenotypic data and resulted >0.999, allowing to classify the variant as pathogenic (InSiGHT Class 5). Carriers shared a common haplotype involving MSH2/MSH6 loci, then a cryptic disease-associated variant, linked with MSH6 c.*23&#95;26dup, cannot be completely excluded. Even if it is not clear whether the MSH6 variant is pathogenic per se or simply a marker of a disease-associated MSH2/MSH6 haplotype, all data collected on patients and pedigrees prompted us to manage the variant as pathogenic and to offer predictive testing within these families., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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2021
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48. Efficacy and safety of the syrup "KalobaTUSS®" as a treatment for cough in children: a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

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Carnevali I, La Paglia R, Pauletto L, Raso F, Testa M, Mannucci C, Sorbara EE, and Calapai G

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Administration, Oral, Child, Double-Blind Method, Humans, Cough drug therapy, Quality of Life
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Background: Acute cough in children often causes discomfort to children and parents, reducing their quality of life. Despite the extensive utilization of over-the-counter remedies for cough, the efficacy of most of these treatments in children has not been confirmed., Methods: We conducted a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of 106 children with acute cough to evaluate the efficacy and safety of KalobaTUSS®, a paediatric cough syrup based on acacia honey and on Malva sylvestris extract, Inula helenium extract, Plantago major extract, and Helichrysum stoechas extract by using a validated 6 points Likert scale., Results: Children were orally treated with KalobaTUSS® or placebo for 8 days. Children receiving KalobaTUSS® showed an early and significant reduction in night-time and day-time cough scores measured using a specific scale and a shorter duration of cough than children treated with the placebo., Conclusions: KalobaTUSS® is well tolerated and produces positive effects by reducing the severity and shortening the duration of cough in children., Trial Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov no. NCT04073251 . Retrospectively registered.

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2021
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49. BRCA Methylation Testing Identifies a Subset of Ovarian Carcinomas without Germline Variants That Can Benefit from PARP Inhibitor.

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Sahnane N, Carnevali I, Formenti G, Casarin J, Facchi S, Bombelli R, Di Lauro E, Memoli D, Salvati A, Rizzo F, Sessa F, and Tibiletti MG

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Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell drug therapy, Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell genetics, Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell pathology, Adult, Aged, Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous drug therapy, Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous genetics, Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous pathology, Endometrial Neoplasms drug therapy, Endometrial Neoplasms genetics, Endometrial Neoplasms pathology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Middle Aged, Ovarian Neoplasms drug therapy, Ovarian Neoplasms genetics, Prognosis, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Retrospective Studies, Survival Rate, BRCA1 Protein genetics, BRCA2 Protein genetics, Biomarkers, Tumor genetics, DNA Methylation, Mutation, Ovarian Neoplasms pathology, Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors therapeutic use
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Homologous Recombination Deficiency (HRD) is a frequent feature of high-grade epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC), associated with sensitivity to PARP-inhibitors (PARPi). The best characterized causes of HRD in EOCs are germline or somatic mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Although promoter methylation is a well-known mechanism of gene transcriptional repression, few data have been published about BRCA gene methylation in EOCs. In this retrospective study, we quantitatively analyzed by pyrosequencing a selected series of 90 formalin-fixed (FFPE) primary EOCs without BRCA germline mutations. We identified 20/88 (22.7%) EOCs showing BRCA promoter methylation, including 17/88 (19.3%) in BRCA1 and 4/86 (4.6%) in BRCA2 promoters, one of which showing concomitant BRCA1 methylation. Mean methylation levels were 49.6% and 45.8% for BRCA1 and BRCA2, respectively, with methylation levels ≥50% in 10/20 methylated EOCs. Constitutive BRCA methylation was excluded by testing blood-derived DNA. In conclusion, pyrosequencing methylation analysis of BRCA genes is a robust, quantitative and sensitive assay applicable to FFPE samples. Remarkably, a considerable subset of germline BRCA -negative EOCs showed somatic methylation and, likely, HRD. A subpopulation of women with BRCA methylation, even without BRCA mutations, could potentially benefit from PARP-inhibitors; further clinical studies are needed to clarify the predictive role of somatic BRCA methylation of PARP-therapy response.

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2020
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50. Serenoa repens and Urtica dioica Fixed Combination: In-Vitro Validation of a Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).

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Saponaro M, Giacomini I, Morandin G, Cocetta V, Ragazzi E, Orso G, Carnevali I, Berretta M, Mancini M, Pagano F, and Montopoli M

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Anti-Inflammatory Agents chemistry, Anti-Inflammatory Agents pharmacology, Anti-Inflammatory Agents therapeutic use, Cell Line, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Humans, Male, Plant Extracts chemistry, Plant Extracts therapeutic use, Prostatic Hyperplasia drug therapy, Plant Extracts pharmacology, Serenoa chemistry, Urtica dioica chemistry
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an age-related chronic disorder, characterized by the hyperproliferation of prostatic epithelial and stromal cells, which drives prostate enlargement. Since BPH aetiology and progression have been associated with the persistence of an inflammatory stimulus, induced both by Nuclear Factor-kappa B (NF-κB) activation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, the inhibition of these pathways could result in a good tool for its clinical treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of a combined formulation of Serenoa repens and Urtica dioica (SR/UD) in an in vitro human model of BPH. The results confirmed both the antioxidant and the anti-inflammatory effects of SR/UD. In fact, SR/UD simultaneously reduced ROS production, NF-κB translocation inside the nucleus, and, consequently, interleukin 6 (IL-6) and interleukin 8 (IL-8) production. Furthermore, the effect of SR/UD was also tested in a human androgen-independent prostate cell model, PC3. SR/UD did not show any significant antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect, but was able to reduce NF-κB translocation. Taken together, these results suggested a promising role of SR/UD in BPH and BPH-linked disorder prevention.

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2020
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