0 30849994 TFE3 fusions escape from controlling of mTOR signaling pathway and accumulate in the nucleus promoting genes expression in Xp11.2 translocation renal cell carcinomas Xp11.2 translocation renal cell carcinoma (tRCC) is mainly caused by translocation of the TFE3 gene located on chromosome Xp11.2 and is characterized by overexpression of the TFE3 fusion gene. ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (187, 207)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (210, 213)) ('translocation renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (173, 207)) ('translocation renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (130, 165)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (198, 207)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (256, 260)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (40, 44)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('translocation renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', (130, 165)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('45', '62')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (256, 260)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (341, 345)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (210, 213)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (0, 4)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('85', '92')) ('translocation renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (173, 207)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (341, 345)) ('translocation renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (130, 164)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (40, 44)) ('Xp11.2', 'Var', (166, 172)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (144, 164)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (155, 164)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (155, 165)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (144, 165)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('277', '287')) 3 30849994 The purpose of this study was to investigate the pathogenic mechanism of TFE3 fusions in tRCC based on its subcellular localization, nuclear translocation and transcriptional activity. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (90, 93)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (73, 77)) ('fusions', 'Var', (78, 85)) ('localization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051179', ('119', '131')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (73, 77)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (90, 93)) 6 30849994 The transcriptional activity of TFE3 fusions was measured using a luciferase reporter assay and ChIP analysis. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (32, 36)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('transcriptional activity', 'MPA', (4, 28)) ('fusions', 'Var', (37, 44)) 7 30849994 In some experiments, TFE3 fusions were depleted by RNAi or gene knockdown. ('depleted', 'NegReg', (39, 47)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (21, 25)) ('gene knockdown', 'Var', (59, 73)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (21, 25)) ('RNAi', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016246', ('51', '55')) 9 30849994 Our results demonstrated that TFE3 fusions were overexpressed in tRCC with a strong nuclear retention irrespective of treatment with an mTORC1 inhibitor or not. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (66, 69)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (136, 142)) ('overexpressed', 'PosReg', (48, 61)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (136, 142)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (30, 34)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('92', '101')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (30, 34)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('136', '142')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (66, 69)) ('nuclear retention', 'CPA', (84, 101)) ('fusions', 'Var', (35, 42)) 10 30849994 TFE3 fusions lost its co-localization with lysosomal proteins and decreased its interaction with the chaperone 14-3-3 proteins in UOK109 and UOK120 cells. ('lysosomal proteins', 'Protein', (43, 61)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (0, 4)) ('lost', 'NegReg', (13, 17)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (66, 75)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (130, 136)) ('fusions', 'Var', (5, 12)) ('interaction', 'Interaction', (80, 91)) ('localization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051179', ('25', '37')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('co-localization', 'MPA', (22, 37)) 11 30849994 However, the fusion segments of TFE3 could not translocate to the nucleus and inhibition of Gsk3beta could increase the cytoplasmic retention of TFE3 fusions. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (145, 149)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('cytoplasmic', 'MPA', (120, 131)) ('inhibition of Gsk', 'biological_process', 'GO:1902948', ('78', '95')) ('increase', 'PosReg', (107, 115)) ('Gsk3beta', 'Gene', '2932', (92, 100)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('66', '73')) ('inhibition', 'Var', (78, 88)) ('Gsk3beta', 'Gene', (92, 100)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (145, 149)) ('Gsk', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050321', ('92', '95')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (32, 36)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('132', '141')) 12 30849994 Both the luciferase reporter assay and ChIP analysis demonstrated that TFE3 fusions could bind to the promoters of the target genes as a wild-type TFE3 protein. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (147, 151)) ('bind', 'Interaction', (90, 94)) ('fusions', 'Var', (76, 83)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (71, 75)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('152', '159')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (147, 151)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (71, 75)) 14 30849994 The ChIP-seq data further verified that, in addition to lysosomal genes, TFE3 fusions could regulate genes involved in cellular responses to hypoxic stress and transcription. ('hypoxic stress', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004194', (141, 155)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (73, 77)) ('hypoxic stress', 'Disease', (141, 155)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('160', '173')) ('regulate', 'Reg', (92, 100)) ('fusions', 'Var', (78, 85)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (73, 77)) 15 30849994 Our results indicated that the overexpressed TFE3 fusions were capable of escaping from the control by the mTOR signaling pathway and were accumulated in the nucleus in UOK109 and UOK120 cells. ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (169, 175)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (45, 49)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (107, 111)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('158', '165')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (107, 111)) ('overexpressed', 'PosReg', (31, 44)) ('fusions', 'Var', (50, 57)) ('accumulated', 'PosReg', (139, 150)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('112', '129')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (45, 49)) 16 30849994 The nuclear retention of TFE3 fusions promoted the expression of lysosomal genes and other target genes, facilitating cancer cell resistance against an extreme environment. ('cancer', 'Disease', (118, 124)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (25, 29)) ('facilitating', 'PosReg', (105, 117)) ('nuclear retention', 'CPA', (4, 21)) ('fusions', 'Var', (30, 37)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('12', '21')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (118, 124)) ('lysosomal genes', 'Gene', (65, 80)) ('expression', 'MPA', (51, 61)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (25, 29)) ('promoted', 'PosReg', (38, 46)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (118, 124)) 26 30849994 Conversely, when nutrients are scarce, inactivation of mTORC1, together with Ser321 dephosphorylation, prevents TFE3 proteins from binding to 14-3-3, resulting in the rapid accumulation of TFE3 in the nucleus. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (189, 193)) ('dephosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016311', ('84', '101')) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('201', '208')) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('55', '61')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (55, 61)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (112, 116)) ('Ser321', 'Chemical', '-', (77, 83)) ('binding', 'Interaction', (131, 138)) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('77', '80')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (189, 193)) ('binding', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('131', '138')) ('prevents', 'NegReg', (103, 111)) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (173, 185)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (39, 51)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (112, 116)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (55, 61)) 34 30849994 We found that highly overexpressed TFE3 fusions showed strong nuclear accumulation in Xp11.2 tRCCs and were capable of escaping from the control by the mTOR signaling pathway. ('nuclear accumulation', 'MPA', (62, 82)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (94, 97)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (94, 97)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (152, 156)) ('fusions', 'Var', (40, 47)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (152, 156)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (35, 39)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('157', '174')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (35, 39)) 35 30849994 Furthermore, the nuclear retention of TFE3 fusions could regulate the expression of lysosomal biogenesis genes, thus promoting cancer cells resistance against an extreme environment. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (38, 42)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (127, 133)) ('promoting', 'PosReg', (117, 126)) ('regulate', 'Reg', (57, 65)) ('lysosomal biogenesis genes', 'Gene', (84, 110)) ('resistance against an', 'CPA', (140, 161)) ('fusions', 'Var', (43, 50)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (127, 133)) ('expression', 'MPA', (70, 80)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (127, 133)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (38, 42)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('25', '34')) 58 30849994 Cells were plated in 6-well plates and transfected with short hairpin RNA (shRNA) for human TFE3 (Obio, Y3619 and Y3620) and a non-target shRNA control (Obio, Y007) at a final concentration of 1 mug/well using Lipofectamine 2000 Transfection Regent (Invitrogen) followed by incubation for 48 h. Next, cells were passaged and analyzed for knockdown efficiency 72 h post-transfection. ('Y3620', 'Var', (114, 119)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (92, 96)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (86, 91)) ('mug', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0043739', ('195', '198')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (92, 96)) ('Lipofectamine 2000', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C086724', (210, 228)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('70', '73')) 65 30849994 We found that TFE3 fusions accumulated in the nucleus in Xp11.2 RCC tumor samples (Fig. ('RCC tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (64, 73)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (14, 18)) ('fusions', 'Var', (19, 26)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('46', '53')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (14, 18)) ('RCC tumor', 'Disease', (64, 73)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (68, 73)) ('accumulated', 'PosReg', (27, 38)) 68 30849994 For UOK109 and UOK120 cells, we tested their fusion type, and found that UOK109 was NonO-TFE3 and UOK120 was PRCC-TFE3 (Additional file 2: Supplement S2), which was consistent with previous reports. ('UOK109', 'Var', (73, 79)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (89, 93)) ('tested', 'Reg', (32, 38)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (114, 118)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (73, 79)) ('UOK120', 'Var', (98, 104)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (114, 118)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (89, 93)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (109, 113)) ('NonO', 'Gene', (84, 88)) ('NonO', 'Gene', '4841', (84, 88)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (4, 10)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (109, 113)) 69 30849994 Compared with none TFE3 fusion cells (786-0 and HK-2), the expression of fusion TFE3 genes increased significantly in UOK109 and UOK120 at both mRNA and protein levels (Fig. ('UOK109', 'Var', (118, 124)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (118, 124)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', '3099', (48, 52)) ('UOK120', 'Var', (129, 135)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (19, 23)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', (48, 52)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('153', '160')) ('HK-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('48', '52')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (80, 84)) ('expression', 'MPA', (59, 69)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (19, 23)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (91, 100)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (80, 84)) 71 30849994 To study the subcellular localization of the fusion TFE3 protein and its response to the mTORC1 signaling pathway, we introduced the mTOR inhibitor (PP242) into UOK109 and UOK120. ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (89, 93)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (89, 95)) ('PP242', 'Var', (149, 154)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (52, 56)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (161, 167)) ('PP242', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C572919', (149, 154)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (133, 137)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('89', '95')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (89, 95)) ('localization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051179', ('25', '37')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (133, 137)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('57', '64')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('96', '113')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (89, 93)) 72 30849994 After incubation with PP242 for 24 h, TFE3 fusions showed no nuclear translocation whereas nuclear retention was observed in the control cells left untreated (Fig. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (38, 42)) ('PP242', 'Var', (22, 27)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('99', '108')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (38, 42)) ('PP242', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C572919', (22, 27)) ('nuclear translocation', 'MPA', (61, 82)) 73 30849994 In contrast, in 786-O and HK-2 cells, wild-type TFE3 proteins showed a rapid translocation from cytosol to the nucleus following by treatment with PP242 (Additional file 2: Supplement S2). ('PP242', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C572919', (147, 152)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (48, 52)) ('HK-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('26', '30')) ('translocation', 'MPA', (77, 90)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', '3099', (26, 30)) ('PP242', 'Var', (147, 152)) ('proteins', 'Protein', (53, 61)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('111', '118')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (48, 52)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('cytosol', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005829', ('96', '103')) 76 30849994 We found that wild-type TFE3 could co-localize with LAMP2, and incubation with a mTOR inhibitor (PP242 or Torin1) could separate LAMP2 from TFE3 in HK-2 (Fig. ('LAMP2', 'Gene', (52, 57)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (24, 28)) ('PP242', 'Var', (97, 102)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', '3099', (148, 152)) ('LAMP2', 'Gene', '3920', (52, 57)) ('LAMP2', 'Gene', (129, 134)) ('PP242', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C572919', (97, 102)) ('HK-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('148', '152')) ('HK-2', 'Gene', (148, 152)) ('LAMP2', 'Gene', '3920', (129, 134)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (140, 144)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (81, 85)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (24, 28)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (81, 85)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (140, 144)) 77 30849994 However, TFE3 fusions showed rare co-localization with LAMP2 in UOK109 and UOK120 cells, in which TFE3 fusions were mostly located in the nucleus and LAMP2 stayed at cytoplasm (Fig. ('LAMP2', 'Gene', (55, 60)) ('fusions', 'Var', (103, 110)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (9, 13)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('138', '145')) ('localization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051179', ('37', '49')) ('LAMP2', 'Gene', '3920', (55, 60)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('166', '175')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (98, 102)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (9, 13)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (64, 70)) ('LAMP2', 'Gene', (150, 155)) ('LAMP2', 'Gene', '3920', (150, 155)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (98, 102)) 78 30849994 And TFE3 fusions remained its nuclear retention after treatment with mTOR inhibitor. ('mTOR', 'Gene', (69, 73)) ('fusions', 'Var', (9, 16)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('38', '47')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (4, 8)) ('nuclear', 'MPA', (30, 37)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (69, 73)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (4, 8)) 79 30849994 These data indicated that the subcellular localization of TFE3 fusions was capable of escaping from the control of mTOR signaling pathway and could not be recruited to the lysosomal surface. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (58, 62)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (115, 119)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('120', '137')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (115, 119)) ('localization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051179', ('42', '54')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (58, 62)) ('fusions', 'Var', (63, 70)) 86 30849994 The Co-IP data suggested that the binding between TFE3 fusions and 14-3-3gamma was reduced in UOK109 and UOK120 cells compared with in HK-2 cells (Fig. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('UOK120', 'Var', (105, 111)) ('binding', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('34', '41')) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (94, 100)) ('binding', 'Interaction', (34, 41)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (83, 90)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', '3099', (135, 139)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (50, 54)) ('HK-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('135', '139')) ('HK-2', 'Gene', (135, 139)) ('14-3-3gamma', 'Gene', (67, 78)) ('14-3-3gamma', 'Gene', '7532', (67, 78)) ('fusions', 'Var', (55, 62)) 90 30849994 Based on these findings, we designed three types of expression plasmids containing TFE3 fused to EGFP including H8116 (TFE3 296-575aa), 40,770 (TFE3 179-575aa) or H11660 (full TFE3). ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (144, 148)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (176, 180)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (83, 87)) ('H11660', 'Var', (163, 169)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (176, 180)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (119, 123)) ('fused', 'Reg', (88, 93)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (144, 148)) ('EGFP', 'Gene', (97, 101)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (83, 87)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (119, 123)) 92 30849994 Western blot revealed that the TFE3 was dramatically increased in H11660 infected group and its target protein 4EBP3 was increased at the same time (Fig. ('H11660 infected', 'Var', (66, 81)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('103', '110')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (31, 35)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (53, 62)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (111, 116)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (31, 35)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (111, 116)) 93 30849994 However, in H8116 and 40,770 infected group, even TFE3 (296-575 aa) and TFE3 (179-575 aa) showed evidently increases. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (72, 76)) ('increases', 'PosReg', (107, 116)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (50, 54)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (72, 76)) ('H8116', 'Var', (12, 17)) 95 30849994 TFE3 (296-575 aa) and TFE3 (176-575 aa) were mainly increased in the nucleus. ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('69', '76')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (0, 4)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (22, 26)) ('176-575', 'Var', (28, 35)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (22, 26)) 97 30849994 TFE3 (296-575 aa) and TFE3 (176-575 aa) were mainly localized in the cytoplasm together with EGFP in 293 T cells confirmed by immunofluorescence assays. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (22, 26)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (0, 4)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('69', '78')) ('176-575 aa', 'Var', (28, 38)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (22, 26)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('293 T', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0063', (101, 106)) ('296-575 aa', 'Var', (6, 16)) 101 30849994 Two residues (Ser134 and Ser138) in TFE3 are highly conserved in MiTF family, which could be phosphorylated by GSK3beta leading to their cytoplasmic retention. ('GSK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050321', ('111', '114')) ('Ser138', 'Chemical', '-', (25, 31)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('149', '158')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('GSK3beta', 'Gene', '2932', (111, 119)) ('Ser134', 'Var', (14, 20)) ('Ser134', 'Chemical', '-', (14, 20)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (36, 40)) ('cytoplasmic retention', 'MPA', (137, 158)) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('14', '17')) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('25', '28')) ('MiTF', 'Gene', (65, 69)) ('MiTF', 'Gene', '4286', (65, 69)) ('Ser138', 'Var', (25, 31)) ('GSK3beta', 'Gene', (111, 119)) 102 30849994 In UOK109 and UOK120 cells, we found that only PRCC-TFE3 fusions retained the two residues by sequence alignment (Additional file 3: Supplement S3). ('PRCC', 'Gene', (47, 51)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (52, 56)) ('fusions', 'Var', (57, 64)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (47, 51)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (3, 9)) 103 30849994 Our data showed that TFE3 fusions failed to be subject to the regulation by mTORC1 and accumulated in the nucleus in Xp11.2 tRCCs. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (21, 25)) ('accumulated', 'PosReg', (87, 98)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (125, 128)) ('fusions', 'Var', (26, 33)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (125, 128)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('106', '113')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (21, 25)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (76, 82)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('76', '82')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (76, 82)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('62', '72')) 105 30849994 It was revealed that TFE3 fusions were evidently increased in the cytoplasm (Fig. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (21, 25)) ('fusions', 'Var', (26, 33)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (49, 58)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (21, 25)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('66', '75')) 107 30849994 Next, we inhibited the ubiquitination degradation pathway by MG132 in HK-2 cells. ('inhibited', 'NegReg', (9, 18)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', '3099', (70, 74)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', (70, 74)) ('ubiquitination', 'Pathway', (23, 37)) ('HK-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('70', '74')) ('MG132', 'Var', (61, 66)) ('MG132', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C072553', (61, 66)) ('degradation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009056', ('38', '49')) 108 30849994 The expression of TFE3 was increased and mTOR inhibition mediated reduction was recovered after treatment with MG132 (Fig. ('increased', 'PosReg', (27, 36)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (18, 22)) ('MG132', 'Var', (111, 116)) ('expression', 'MPA', (4, 14)) ('MG132', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C072553', (111, 116)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (41, 45)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (41, 45)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (18, 22)) 109 30849994 These data indicated that activating Gsk3beta could lead to retention of TFE3 fusions in the cytoplasm which was accompanied with a reduction in its nuclear retention. ('activating', 'PosReg', (26, 36)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('157', '166')) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('60', '69')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (73, 77)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('93', '102')) ('Gsk', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050321', ('37', '40')) ('nuclear retention', 'MPA', (149, 166)) ('reduction', 'NegReg', (132, 141)) ('Gsk3beta', 'Gene', '2932', (37, 45)) ('fusions', 'Var', (78, 85)) ('Gsk3beta', 'Gene', (37, 45)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (73, 77)) 114 30849994 Components associated with localization, organic substance transport, lytic vacuole organization, lysosome organization, and transport as shown in Table 1 significantly interacted with TFE3 fusions in UOK109 cells. ('lysosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005764', ('98', '106')) ('interacted', 'Reg', (169, 179)) ('organic substance transport', 'biological_process', 'GO:0071702', ('41', '68')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (185, 189)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (201, 207)) ('fusions', 'Var', (190, 197)) ('transport', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006810', ('125', '134')) ('lytic vacuole', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000323', ('70', '83')) ('lytic vacuole organization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0080171', ('70', '96')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (185, 189)) ('localization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051179', ('27', '39')) ('lysosome organization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007040', ('98', '119')) 115 30849994 The analysis of lysosomes demonstrated significant increases of the number of genes involved in the lysosome organization, endosome to lysosome transport and phagolysosome assembly, which suggested that TFE3 fusions could bind to the CLEAR element and regulate lysosomal biosynthesis. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (203, 207)) ('endosome to lysosome transport', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008333', ('123', '153')) ('regulate', 'Reg', (252, 260)) ('biosynthesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('271', '283')) ('lysosomal biosynthesis', 'MPA', (261, 283)) ('fusions', 'Var', (208, 215)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (203, 207)) ('bind', 'Interaction', (222, 226)) ('phagolysosome assembly', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001845', ('158', '180')) ('phagolysosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0032010', ('158', '171')) ('lysosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005764', ('100', '108')) ('endosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005768', ('123', '131')) ('lysosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005764', ('135', '143')) ('lysosome organization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007040', ('100', '121')) 116 30849994 The analysis of KEGG pathway revealed that lysosomes were correlated with TFE3 (Table 2) which further confirmed NonO-TFE3 fusions could still regulate lysosomal biogenesis genes as the wild-type TFE3. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (118, 122)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (74, 78)) ('regulate', 'Reg', (143, 151)) ('lysosomal biogenesis genes', 'Gene', (152, 178)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (196, 200)) ('NonO', 'Gene', (113, 117)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (118, 122)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (74, 78)) ('fusions', 'Var', (123, 130)) ('NonO', 'Gene', '4841', (113, 117)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (196, 200)) 120 30849994 Since TFE3 fusions were significantly overexpressed and accumulated in the nucleus in UOK109 and UOK120 cells, we found that TFE3 fusions might also influence the expression of lysosomal genes or other target genes. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (125, 129)) ('influence', 'Reg', (149, 158)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (6, 10)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (125, 129)) ('overexpressed', 'PosReg', (38, 51)) ('fusions', 'Var', (130, 137)) ('accumulated', 'PosReg', (56, 67)) ('expression', 'MPA', (163, 173)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (6, 10)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('75', '82')) ('lysosomal genes', 'Gene', (177, 192)) ('fusions', 'Var', (11, 18)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (86, 92)) 122 30849994 The expression of 4EBP3 at the protein level showed a significant decrease after TFE3 knockdown with plasmids or viral infection (Fig. ('viral infection', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016032', ('113', '128')) ('knockdown', 'Var', (86, 95)) ('viral infection', 'Disease', (113, 128)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (18, 23)) ('expression', 'MPA', (4, 14)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (81, 85)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (18, 23)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('31', '38')) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (66, 74)) ('viral infection', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001102', (113, 128)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (81, 85)) 123 30849994 In addition, the expression of S6 and p-S6 which are downstream of mTORC1 also showed an evident decrease. ('p-S6', 'Var', (38, 42)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (67, 73)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('67', '73')) ('expression', 'MPA', (17, 27)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (67, 73)) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (97, 105)) 124 30849994 In TFE3 knockdown cells, the expression of TFE3 fusions was reduced, while the subcellular localization of TFE3 fusions remained unchanged in UOK109 and UOK120 cells (Fig. ('fusions', 'Var', (48, 55)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (3, 7)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (142, 148)) ('localization', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051179', ('91', '103')) ('knockdown', 'Var', (8, 17)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (107, 111)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (60, 67)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (3, 7)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (43, 47)) ('expression', 'MPA', (29, 39)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (107, 111)) 125 30849994 These data suggested that TFE3 fusions could bind to the CLEAR element as the wild-type TFE3 and could regulate the expression of lysosomal biogenesis genes. ('expression', 'MPA', (116, 126)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (88, 92)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (88, 92)) ('regulate', 'Reg', (103, 111)) ('lysosomal biogenesis genes', 'Gene', (130, 156)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (26, 30)) ('fusions', 'Var', (31, 38)) ('bind', 'Interaction', (45, 49)) 126 30849994 Furthermore, we chose 4EBP3 as a target gene to test the transcriptional activity of TFE3 fusions. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (85, 89)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (22, 27)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (85, 89)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (22, 27)) ('fusions', 'Var', (90, 97)) 128 30849994 Luciferase assay data showed that TFE3 fusions could bind to the 4EBP3 promoter region and activate its transcription, which indicated that the TFE3 fusions remained its transcriptional activity (Fig. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (144, 148)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (34, 38)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (65, 70)) ('fusions', 'Var', (39, 46)) ('bind', 'Interaction', (53, 57)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('104', '117')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (144, 148)) ('transcription', 'MPA', (104, 117)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (65, 70)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('transcriptional activity', 'MPA', (170, 194)) ('activate', 'PosReg', (91, 99)) 129 30849994 In addition, we performed a chromatin immunoprecipitation assay to determine whether TFE3 fusions directly binds to the 4EBP3 promoter at the E-box. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (85, 89)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (120, 125)) ('binds', 'Interaction', (107, 112)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('28', '37')) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (120, 125)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (85, 89)) ('fusions', 'Var', (90, 97)) 130 30849994 The chromatin immunoprecipitation data showed that TFE3 fusions bind to the DNA segment containing the E-box (- 129 to + 27) of the 4EBP3 promoter, but not the sites from - 522 to - 352 or from + 449 to + 639 (Fig. ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (132, 137)) ('fusions', 'Var', (56, 63)) ('- 129 to + 27', 'Var', (110, 123)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (51, 55)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('4', '13')) ('bind', 'Interaction', (64, 68)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (51, 55)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('76', '79')) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (132, 137)) 131 30849994 Taken together, these results demonstrated that TFE3 fusions could mediate the transcriptional initiation of target genes just like the wild-type TFE3. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (48, 52)) ('fusions', 'Var', (53, 60)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (146, 150)) ('transcriptional initiation', 'MPA', (79, 105)) ('mediate', 'Reg', (67, 74)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (48, 52)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (146, 150)) 133 30849994 To study the function of 4EBP3, we examined the effect of mTOR inhibitors (PP242 and Torin1) on the expression of 4EBP3 in 786-0, HK-2, UOK109 and UOK120 cell lines. ('mTOR', 'Gene', (58, 62)) ('PP242', 'Var', (75, 80)) ('PP242', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C572919', (75, 80)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (25, 30)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (136, 142)) ('HK-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('130', '134')) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (114, 119)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (25, 30)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', '3099', (130, 134)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (114, 119)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (58, 62)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', (130, 134)) 135 30849994 Furthermore, we found that fold-change of 4EBP3 in UOK109 and UOK120 were significantly reduced compared with HK-2 and 786-O cells (Fig. ('UOK109', 'Var', (51, 57)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (51, 57)) ('fold-change', 'MPA', (27, 38)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (42, 47)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', (110, 114)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (42, 47)) ('UOK120', 'Var', (62, 68)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (88, 95)) ('HK-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('110', '114')) ('HK-2', 'Gene', '3099', (110, 114)) 136 30849994 These findings suggested that TFE3 fusions promote the expression of 4EBP3 after mTOR inhibition, while the effect of mTOR inhibitor on TFE3 fusions was diminished in UOK109 and UOK120. ('promote', 'PosReg', (43, 50)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (136, 140)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (118, 122)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (167, 173)) ('expression', 'MPA', (55, 65)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (118, 122)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', '8637', (69, 74)) ('inhibition', 'Var', (86, 96)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (30, 34)) ('4EBP3', 'Gene', (69, 74)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (81, 85)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (81, 85)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (30, 34)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (136, 140)) 137 30849994 Since the discovery of TFE3 gene fusions, the mechanism underlying the oncogenic effects of these mutations in kidney largely remains unknown. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (23, 27)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (23, 27)) ('fusions', 'Var', (33, 40)) 138 30849994 As with other fusion proteins involving transcription factors, promoter substitution appears to be the key molecular event with TFE3 fusions, causing abnormal TFE3 protein activity. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (159, 163)) ('activity', 'MPA', (172, 180)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (128, 132)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('164', '171')) ('causing', 'Reg', (142, 149)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (159, 163)) ('fusions', 'Var', (133, 140)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('40', '53')) ('promoter substitution', 'Var', (63, 84)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (128, 132)) 140 30849994 In this study, we found that the expression of NonO-TFE3 and PRCC-TFE3 fusions were definitely increased in UOK109 and UOK120 cells compared with the HK-2. ('HK-2', 'Gene', (150, 154)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (66, 70)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (61, 65)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (108, 114)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (52, 56)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (66, 70)) ('fusions', 'Var', (71, 78)) ('HK-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('150', '154')) ('NonO', 'Gene', (47, 51)) ('expression', 'MPA', (33, 43)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (61, 65)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (95, 104)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', '3099', (150, 154)) ('NonO', 'Gene', '4841', (47, 51)) 147 30849994 In contrast to previous studies, we found that TFE3 fusions were capable of escaping from the regulation of mTORC1. ('escaping', 'NegReg', (76, 84)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('94', '104')) ('regulation', 'MPA', (94, 104)) ('fusions', 'Var', (52, 59)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (47, 51)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('108', '114')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (47, 51)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (108, 114)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (108, 114)) 148 30849994 Our results revealed that TFE3 fusions had lost its cytosol retention and were mainly accumulated in the nucleus in UOK109 and UOK120 cells. ('cytosol retention', 'MPA', (52, 69)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('60', '69')) ('accumulated', 'PosReg', (86, 97)) ('cytosol', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005829', ('52', '59')) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('105', '112')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (116, 122)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (26, 30)) ('fusions', 'Var', (31, 38)) ('lost', 'NegReg', (43, 47)) 149 30849994 In the cytoplasm, the interaction between TFE3 fusions and 14-3-3 proteins rarely occurred in UOK109 and UOK120 cells. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (42, 46)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (94, 100)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('7', '16')) ('fusions', 'Var', (47, 54)) ('interaction', 'Interaction', (22, 33)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (42, 46)) 150 30849994 We further demonstrated that TFE3 fusions failed to be localized on the lysosomal surface and were mainly localized in the nucleus. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (29, 33)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('123', '130')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (29, 33)) ('localized', 'Reg', (106, 115)) ('fusions', 'Var', (34, 41)) 160 30849994 Although the TFE3 fusions in UOK109 and UOK120 retained the phosphorylation site at Ser321, they lost the first 30 residues making them unavailable for the lysosome recruitment under mTORC1 inhibition. ('phosphorylation site at Ser321', 'MPA', (60, 90)) ('UOK109', 'Var', (29, 35)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (29, 35)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (183, 189)) ('UOK120', 'Var', (40, 46)) ('first 30 residues', 'MPA', (106, 123)) ('Ser321', 'Chemical', '-', (84, 90)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('183', '189')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (13, 17)) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('60', '75')) ('lysosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005764', ('156', '164')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (183, 189)) ('lost', 'NegReg', (97, 101)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (13, 17)) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('84', '87')) 162 30849994 The nuclear retention of TFE3 fusions may be attributed to the retained NLS at the C-terminal of the fusion peptide. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (25, 29)) ('nuclear retention', 'CPA', (4, 21)) ('fusions', 'Var', (30, 37)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('12', '21')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (25, 29)) ('NLS', 'MPA', (72, 75)) 167 30849994 Previous studies indicated that TFEB can be phosphorylated by GSK3beta at residues Ser134 and Ser138, which are highly conversed between TFE3 and TFEB, leading to cytoplasmic retention. ('Ser138', 'Var', (94, 100)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('leading to', 'Reg', (152, 162)) ('cytoplasmic retention', 'MPA', (163, 184)) ('GSK3beta', 'Gene', '2932', (62, 70)) ('Ser138', 'Chemical', '-', (94, 100)) ('GSK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050321', ('62', '65')) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('94', '97')) ('Ser134', 'Var', (83, 89)) ('Ser134', 'Chemical', '-', (83, 89)) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('83', '86')) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('175', '184')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (137, 141)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (137, 141)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (146, 150)) ('GSK3beta', 'Gene', (62, 70)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (146, 150)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (32, 36)) 170 30849994 In the HK-2 cells, inhibition of ubiquitination degradation increased TFE3 expression in the cytoplasm. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (70, 74)) ('degradation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009056', ('48', '59')) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('93', '102')) ('inhibition', 'Var', (19, 29)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (70, 74)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', (7, 11)) ('HK-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('7', '11')) ('increased', 'PosReg', (60, 69)) ('ubiquitination degradation', 'MPA', (33, 59)) ('expression', 'MPA', (75, 85)) ('HK-2', 'Gene', '3099', (7, 11)) 171 30849994 Taken together, phosphorylation of TFE3 fusions by GSK3beta promotes its cytoplasmic retention and dissociated TFE3 fusions in the cytoplasm can be degraded through the ubiquitination pathway. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (111, 115)) ('promotes', 'PosReg', (60, 68)) ('GSK3beta', 'Gene', '2932', (51, 59)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (111, 115)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('85', '94')) ('phosphorylation', 'Var', (16, 31)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (35, 39)) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('16', '31')) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('131', '140')) ('cytoplasmic retention', 'CPA', (73, 94)) ('GSK3beta', 'Gene', (51, 59)) ('GSK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050321', ('51', '54')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (35, 39)) 174 30849994 In this study, we demonstrated that the overexpressed TFE3 fusions could promote the expression of lysosomal biogenesis genes. ('expression', 'MPA', (85, 95)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (54, 58)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (54, 58)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (73, 80)) ('fusions', 'Var', (59, 66)) ('lysosomal biogenesis genes', 'Gene', (99, 125)) 175 30849994 Furthermore, the ChIP-seq analysis indicated that TFE3 fusions still maintained their regulation of lysosomal biogenesis in the UOK109 cells. ('regulation', 'MPA', (86, 96)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('UOK109', 'Chemical', '-', (128, 134)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('86', '96')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (50, 54)) ('lysosomal biogenesis', 'MPA', (100, 120)) ('fusions', 'Var', (55, 62)) 176 30849994 In addition, the ChIP-seq also revealed that TFE3 fusions could regulate cellular responses to hypoxia stress, which could improve cancer cell resistance to hypoxia and thus promote cancer growth. ('cancer', 'Disease', (131, 137)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (182, 188)) ('regulate', 'Reg', (64, 72)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (45, 49)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (95, 102)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (174, 181)) ('improve', 'PosReg', (123, 130)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (95, 102)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (157, 164)) ('fusions', 'Var', (50, 57)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (131, 137)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (182, 188)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (157, 164)) ('hypoxia stress', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004194', (95, 109)) ('hypoxia stress', 'Disease', (95, 109)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (182, 188)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (45, 49)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (131, 137)) 177 30849994 Therefore, these pathogenic mechanisms of TFE3 fusions may be potentially be exploited for the development of therapeutic targets. ('fusions', 'Var', (47, 54)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (42, 46)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (42, 46)) 178 30849994 In summary, we observed that overexpressed TFE3 fusions in Xp11.2 tRCC were capable of escaping from the control of the mTOR signaling pathway and showed evident nuclear retention. ('fusions', 'Var', (48, 55)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('125', '142')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (67, 70)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (67, 70)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('170', '179')) ('nuclear retention', 'CPA', (162, 179)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (120, 124)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (43, 47)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (120, 124)) 179 30849994 Inhibition of Gsk3beta could increase cytoplasm retention of TFE3 fusions. ('cytoplasm retention', 'CPA', (38, 57)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('38', '47')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (61, 65)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (29, 37)) ('retention', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('48', '57')) ('Gsk3beta', 'Gene', '2932', (14, 22)) ('Inhibition', 'Var', (0, 10)) ('Inhibition of Gsk', 'biological_process', 'GO:1902948', ('0', '17')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (61, 65)) ('Gsk3beta', 'Gene', (14, 22)) ('Gsk', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050321', ('14', '17')) 180 30849994 In addition, TFE3 fusions could bind to target gene promoters as wild-type TFE3, promoting the expression of genes including lysosomal genes and hypoxia stress related genes, which could improve cell resistance against an extreme environment. ('fusions', 'Var', (18, 25)) ('hypoxia stress', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004194', (145, 159)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (13, 17)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (75, 79)) ('cell resistance', 'CPA', (195, 210)) ('lysosomal genes', 'Gene', (125, 140)) ('promoting', 'PosReg', (81, 90)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (13, 17)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (75, 79)) ('improve', 'PosReg', (187, 194)) ('expression', 'MPA', (95, 105)) ('hypoxia stress', 'Disease', (145, 159)) 181 30849994 Unveiling of these pathogenic mechanisms of TFE3 fusions may benefit the development of new cancer. ('benefit', 'PosReg', (61, 68)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (92, 98)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (44, 48)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (92, 98)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (44, 48)) ('development', 'CPA', (73, 84)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (92, 98)) ('fusions', 'Var', (49, 56)) 251 28757600 The 44 ccRCCs were categorized into three groups according to the RTC value, which included groups of RTC <=0.6, 0.6< RTC <1, and RTC >=1. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (9, 12)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (9, 12)) ('0.6<', 'Var', (113, 117)) ('RTC >=1', 'Gene', '8634', (130, 137)) ('RTC <1', 'Gene', (118, 124)) ('RTC <1', 'Gene', '8634', (118, 124)) ('RTC <=0.6', 'Var', (102, 111)) ('RTC >=1', 'Gene', (130, 137)) 253 28757600 Significant difference was noted in MVD1 in the group of RTC <=0.6 with the other groups (F=7.98, p<0.01), while MVD1 did not differ significantly from the groups of 0.6< RTC <1 and RTC >=1. ('RTC >=1', 'Gene', '8634', (182, 189)) ('RTC <1', 'Gene', (171, 177)) ('RTC <1', 'Gene', '8634', (171, 177)) ('RTC >=1', 'Gene', (182, 189)) ('MVD1', 'Gene', '4597', (36, 40)) ('MVD1', 'Gene', '4597', (113, 117)) ('MVD1', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('RTC <=0.6', 'Var', (57, 66)) ('MVD1', 'Gene', (113, 117)) 291 33067881 The panoramic picture of pepsinogen gene family with pan-cancer The panoramic picture of pepsinogen gene family with pan-cancer It is well known that pepsinogen (PGs), as an important precursor of pepsin performing digestive function, has a good correlation with the occurrence and development of gastric cancer and it is also known that ectopic PGs expression is related to the prognosis of some cancers. ('correlation', 'Reg', (246, 257)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (121, 127)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (57, 63)) ('related', 'Reg', (364, 371)) ('gastric cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012126', (297, 311)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (57, 63)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (397, 404)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (397, 404)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (397, 403)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (305, 311)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (346, 349)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (397, 403)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (121, 127)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (162, 165)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (57, 63)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (305, 311)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', (297, 311)) ('ectopic', 'Var', (338, 345)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (397, 403)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (397, 404)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (305, 311)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (297, 311)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (121, 127)) 293 33067881 This study focused on elucidating the expression profile, activated pathway, immune cells infiltration, mutation, and copy number variation of PGs and their potential role in human cancer. ('human', 'Species', '9606', (175, 180)) ('copy number variation', 'Var', (118, 139)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (181, 187)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (143, 146)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (181, 187)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (143, 146)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (181, 187)) 294 33067881 Based on the next generation sequence data from TCGA, Oncomine, and CCLE, the molecular changes and clinical correlation of PGs in 33 tumor types were analyzed systematically by R language, including the expression, mutation, and copy number variation of PGs and their correlation with cancer-related signal transduction pathway, immune cell infiltration, and prognostic potential in different cancers. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (394, 400)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (394, 401)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (124, 127)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (134, 139)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (286, 292)) ('copy number variation', 'Var', (230, 251)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (286, 292)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (255, 258)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (255, 258)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (394, 401)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (394, 401)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (394, 400)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (286, 292)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (68, 72)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (134, 139)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (394, 400)) ('Oncomine', 'Chemical', '-', (54, 62)) ('signal transduction', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('301', '320')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (134, 139)) 299 33067881 PGs expression was significantly related to the activation or inhibition of many signal transduction pathways, in which PGC and PGA5 are more likely to be associated with cancer-related pathways. ('signal transduction pathways', 'Pathway', (81, 109)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (120, 123)) ('signal transduction', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('81', '100')) ('PGA5', 'Gene', (128, 132)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (171, 177)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (0, 3)) ('associated', 'Reg', (155, 165)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (171, 177)) ('PGA5', 'Gene', '5222', (128, 132)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (48, 58)) ('inhibition', 'NegReg', (62, 72)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (120, 123)) ('PGs', 'Var', (0, 3)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (171, 177)) 305 33067881 Genetic variation analysis showed that PGC gene often mutated in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma and stomach adenocarcinoma had extensive copy number amplification in various tumor types. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (180, 185)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (180, 185)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (92, 101)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (180, 185)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (39, 42)) ('mutated', 'Var', (54, 61)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (119, 128)) ('endometrial carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (80, 101)) ('copy number amplification', 'MPA', (143, 168)) ('endometrial carcinoma and stomach adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (80, 128)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (39, 42)) 306 33067881 PGC expression was upregulated with the increase of copy number in cholangiocarcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, and kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, while in stomach adenocarcinoma, PGC was upregulated regardless of whether the copy number was increased or decreased. ('renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (120, 150)) ('cholangiocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030153', (67, 85)) ('expression', 'MPA', (4, 14)) ('esophageal carcinoma', 'Disease', (87, 107)) ('cholangiocarcinoma', 'Disease', (67, 85)) ('cholangiocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018281', (67, 85)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (185, 188)) ('kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (113, 150)) ('esophageal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011459', (87, 107)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (174, 183)) ('stomach adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000230', (161, 183)) ('upregulated', 'PosReg', (193, 204)) ('upregulated', 'PosReg', (19, 30)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (185, 188)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (141, 150)) ('stomach adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (161, 183)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (0, 3)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (76, 85)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (98, 107)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (40, 48)) ('esophageal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004938', (87, 107)) ('kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (113, 150)) ('copy number', 'Var', (52, 63)) 310 33067881 The variation of copy number of PGC gene could affect the PGC expression. ('PGC', 'Gene', (58, 61)) ('variation', 'Var', (4, 13)) ('copy number', 'Var', (17, 28)) ('expression', 'MPA', (62, 72)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (32, 35)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (32, 35)) ('affect', 'Reg', (47, 53)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (58, 61)) 312 33067881 Based on the next generation sequence data from TCGA and CCLE, the molecular changes and clinical correlation of PGs in 33 tumor types were analyzed systematically including the expression profiles, mutation and copy number variation of PGs and their correlation with cancer-related signal transduction pathway, immune cell infiltration and prognostic potential in different cancers. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (375, 381)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (268, 274)) ('signal transduction', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('283', '302')) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (57, 61)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (123, 128)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (123, 128)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (375, 382)) ('correlation', 'Reg', (251, 262)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (375, 381)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (113, 116)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (375, 382)) ('copy number variation', 'Var', (212, 233)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (237, 240)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (123, 128)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (268, 274)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (237, 240)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (268, 274)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (375, 382)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (375, 381)) 332 33067881 In this study, by using the multilevel data from TCGA based Pan-Cancer Atlas, Oncomine and Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE), we focused on the elucidating expression profile, activated pathway, immune cells infiltration, mutation, and copy number variation of PGs and their prediction/diagnosis/prognosis potential in pan-cancer. ('Cancer', 'Disease', (91, 97)) ('Cancer', 'Disease', (64, 70)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (122, 126)) ('Cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (91, 97)) ('Cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (64, 70)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 97)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (64, 70)) ('-cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (325, 332)) ('-cancer', 'Disease', (325, 332)) ('Oncomine', 'Chemical', '-', (78, 86)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (264, 267)) ('copy number variation', 'Var', (239, 260)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (264, 267)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (326, 332)) 333 33067881 We totally collected the information of 33 different kinds of tumors in TCGA database (http://cancergenome.nih.gov/), including the information of TPM (Transcripts Per Kilobase Million) expression, mutation, and copy number variation. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (62, 67)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (62, 68)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (62, 68)) ('copy number variation', 'Var', (212, 233)) ('TPM', 'Gene', (147, 150)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (62, 68)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (94, 100)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (94, 100)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (94, 100)) ('mutation', 'Var', (198, 206)) 338 33067881 CCLE database(https://portals.broadinstitute.org/ccle)was used to identify the PGs expression, mutation, and copy number variation in different cancer cell lines, including all 431 cell lines from six cancer types. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (201, 207)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (201, 207)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (0, 4)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (144, 150)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (144, 150)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (79, 82)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (201, 207)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (79, 82)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (144, 150)) ('mutation', 'Var', (95, 103)) 351 33067881 The frequency of CNV in each cancer type and cell lines was calculated as the proportion of CNV amplification and deletion. ('cancer', 'Disease', (29, 35)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (29, 35)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (29, 35)) ('deletion', 'Var', (114, 122)) 363 33067881 The results showed that in stomach adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma, high expression of PG is a protective factor, and high expression can reduce the risk of cancer. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (173, 179)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (173, 179)) ('reduce', 'NegReg', (154, 160)) ('high expression', 'Var', (134, 149)) ('stomach adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000230', (27, 49)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (73, 82)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (173, 179)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (40, 49)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030359', (54, 82)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002860', (59, 82)) ('stomach adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (27, 49)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (54, 82)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002294', (54, 82)) 374 33067881 The results show that PGs expression was significantly related to the activation or inhibition of many carcinogenic pathways (Figure 7A), in which PGC and PGA5 are more likely to be associated with carcinogenic processes. ('PGC', 'Gene', (147, 150)) ('carcinogenic', 'Disease', 'MESH:D063646', (198, 210)) ('associated', 'Reg', (182, 192)) ('inhibition', 'NegReg', (84, 94)) ('carcinogenic', 'Disease', (198, 210)) ('expression', 'Var', (26, 36)) ('PGA5', 'Gene', (155, 159)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (22, 25)) ('PGA5', 'Gene', '5222', (155, 159)) ('carcinogenic', 'Disease', 'MESH:D063646', (103, 115)) ('carcinogenic', 'Disease', (103, 115)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (70, 80)) ('related', 'Reg', (55, 62)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (22, 25)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (147, 150)) 398 33067881 The results showed that PGC gene mutations frequently occurred in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma and stomach adenocarcinoma (Figure 10A). ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (93, 102)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (24, 27)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (24, 27)) ('endometrial carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (81, 102)) ('endometrial carcinoma and stomach adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (81, 129)) ('mutations', 'Var', (33, 42)) ('occurred', 'Reg', (54, 62)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (120, 129)) 401 33067881 PGA3, PGA4, and PGA5 showed more copy number amplification in lung adenocarcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, kidney chromophobe, and copy number reduction in bladder urothelial carcinoma, lung squamous cell carcinoma, rectum adenocarcinoma, and cholangiocarcinoma. ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000077192', (62, 81)) ('copy number', 'Var', (129, 140)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030359', (184, 212)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030078', (62, 81)) ('PGA4', 'Gene', '643847', (6, 10)) ('cholangiocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030153', (241, 259)) ('PGA5', 'Gene', (16, 20)) ('rectum adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D012004', (214, 235)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (72, 81)) ('cholangiocarcinoma', 'Disease', (241, 259)) ('cholangiocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018281', (241, 259)) ('esophageal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004938', (83, 103)) ('copy', 'MPA', (33, 37)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002294', (184, 212)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (184, 212)) ('PGA5', 'Gene', '5222', (16, 20)) ('kidney chromophobe', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000238', (105, 123)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002860', (189, 212)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (94, 103)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (173, 182)) ('esophageal carcinoma', 'Disease', (83, 103)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (226, 235)) ('kidney chromophobe', 'Disease', (105, 123)) ('PGA3', 'Chemical', '-', (0, 4)) ('rectum adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (214, 235)) ('bladder urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', (154, 182)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (203, 212)) ('PGA4', 'Gene', (6, 10)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (62, 81)) ('PGA3', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('esophageal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011459', (83, 103)) ('bladder urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001749', (154, 182)) 402 33067881 In addition, CCLE database analysis revealed the mutation status of PGs in different human cancer cell lines, which showed that there were frequent mutations of PGs in colorectal cancer and gastric cancer cell lines (Figure 11). ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (179, 185)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (168, 185)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (190, 204)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (198, 204)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (68, 71)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (91, 97)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Disease', (168, 185)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (198, 204)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (179, 185)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (161, 164)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (13, 17)) ('mutations', 'Var', (148, 157)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (161, 164)) ('gastric cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012126', (190, 204)) ('rectal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100743', (172, 185)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (85, 90)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (198, 204)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003003', (168, 185)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (91, 97)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 97)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (179, 185)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', (190, 204)) 403 33067881 In order to explore whether PGC self-variation affects its expression, we analyzed the correlation between PGs mutation, CNV, and PGs expression. ('PGs', 'Gene', (107, 110)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (28, 31)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (28, 31)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (130, 133)) ('expression', 'MPA', (59, 69)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (107, 110)) ('mutation', 'Var', (111, 119)) 404 33067881 The results showed that PGs mutations did not affect the PGs expression in all cancers. ('cancers', 'Disease', (79, 86)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (57, 60)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (79, 85)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (24, 27)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (79, 86)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (79, 86)) ('mutations', 'Var', (28, 37)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (24, 27)) 407 33067881 In this study, we used the multilevel data of TCGA, Oncomine, and CCLE to reveal the expression and activated pathways, mutation, and copy number variation, prognostic potential of PGs in all 33 types of tumors and 431 cell lines, aiming to clarify the important role of PGs in tumorigenesis and development of cancers. ('Oncomine', 'Chemical', '-', (52, 60)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (204, 210)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (278, 283)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (204, 209)) ('copy number variation', 'Var', (134, 155)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (278, 283)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (204, 209)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (311, 318)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (271, 274)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (66, 70)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (311, 318)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (311, 318)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (204, 209)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (181, 184)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (204, 210)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (204, 210)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (278, 283)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (311, 317)) 408 33067881 The results suggest that there was differential expression of PGs between many kinds of cancer tissues and corresponding normal tissues, which is related to the prognosis of patients; PGs expression was closely associated with the activation of cancer-related pathways and immune cell infiltration; the copy number variation of PGC could affect the gene expression. ('cancer', 'Disease', (88, 94)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (88, 94)) ('gene expression', 'MPA', (349, 364)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (245, 251)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('349', '364')) ('associated', 'Reg', (211, 221)) ('affect', 'Reg', (338, 344)) ('immune cell infiltration', 'CPA', (273, 297)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (231, 241)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (245, 251)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (62, 65)) ('copy number variation', 'Var', (303, 324)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (174, 182)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (88, 94)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (328, 331)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (245, 251)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (328, 331)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (184, 187)) 427 33067881 The loss of pepsinogen in advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma indicates that pepsin is involved in the process of protein synthesis in the esophagus and causes esophageal carcinogenesis. ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('122', '129')) ('pepsin', 'Var', (85, 91)) ('esophageal carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D063646', (168, 193)) ('esophageal squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000077277', (35, 69)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002860', (46, 69)) ('causes', 'Reg', (161, 167)) ('esophageal carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (168, 193)) ('protein synthesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006412', ('122', '139')) ('esophageal squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (35, 69)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (60, 69)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (4, 8)) ('pepsinogen', 'Protein', (12, 22)) 429 33067881 Both lung tissue and gastric mucosa have the same function of producing pepsinogen molecules, 11 and the injury of normal lung tissue could increase the synthesis of pepsinogen C. 22 Some studies have also suggested that the existence of pepsin in respiratory biological samples was caused by gastroesophageal reflux associated lung inhalation. ('increase', 'PosReg', (141, 149)) ('gastroesophageal reflux', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002020', (295, 318)) ('pepsinogen C', 'Gene', '5225', (167, 179)) ('injury', 'Var', (106, 112)) ('synthesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('154', '163')) ('pepsinogen C', 'Gene', (167, 179)) ('gastroesophageal reflux', 'Disease', (295, 318)) ('pepsin', 'Gene', (240, 246)) ('synthesis', 'MPA', (154, 163)) ('caused by', 'Reg', (285, 294)) 450 33067881 The results showed that the overall average mutation rate of PGs was 0%-5.3%, and the mutation rate of PGC was higher in stomach adenocarcinoma and endometrial carcinoma. ('higher', 'Reg', (111, 117)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (103, 106)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (160, 169)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (61, 64)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (103, 106)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (134, 143)) ('endometrial carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (148, 169)) ('mutation', 'Var', (86, 94)) ('stomach adenocarcinoma and endometrial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (121, 169)) 451 33067881 It is worth noticed that all PGC, PGA3, and PGA5 genes had a certain degree of mutation in endometrial carcinoma, which is a tumor with high global mutation rate. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (125, 130)) ('PGA3', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('endometrial carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (91, 112)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (125, 130)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (125, 130)) ('PGA3', 'Chemical', '-', (34, 38)) ('PGA5', 'Gene', (44, 48)) ('mutation', 'Var', (79, 87)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (29, 32)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (29, 32)) ('endometrial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (91, 112)) ('endometrial carcinoma', 'Disease', (91, 112)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (103, 112)) ('PGA5', 'Gene', '5222', (44, 48)) 452 33067881 31 In addition, CCLE-based analysis of human cancer cell lines showed that most of the PGs mutations were found in colorectal adenocarcinoma and stomach adenocarcinoma cell lines, suggesting PGs mutation may be the key events in tumorigenesis and development of both gastric cancer and colorectal adenocarcinoma. ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (17, 21)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (46, 52)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (276, 282)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', (268, 282)) ('colorectal adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (287, 312)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (159, 168)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (268, 282)) ('colorectal adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (116, 141)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (40, 45)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (230, 235)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (276, 282)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (46, 52)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (192, 195)) ('mutations', 'Var', (92, 101)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (88, 91)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (276, 282)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (230, 235)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (46, 52)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (88, 91)) ('colorectal adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (116, 141)) ('gastric cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012126', (268, 282)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (132, 141)) ('colorectal adenocarcinoma and stomach adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000230', (116, 168)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (230, 235)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (303, 312)) ('found', 'Reg', (107, 112)) ('colorectal adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (287, 312)) 453 33067881 In this study, we also found that there was extensive copy number amplification in various tumor types, which may be related to its widespread expression in various tissues. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 96)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (91, 96)) ('copy number amplification', 'Var', (54, 79)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (91, 96)) 455 33067881 The results showed that there was no correlation between PGs mutation and PGs expression in cancer cells. ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (74, 77)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (92, 98)) ('PGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010715', (57, 60)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (92, 98)) ('mutation', 'Var', (61, 69)) ('PGs', 'Gene', (57, 60)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (92, 98)) 456 33067881 However, previous studies in our lab have found that PGC gene insertion-deletion fragment polymorphism and single nucleotide polymorphism from human germline cells can affect PGC expression. ('PGC', 'Gene', (175, 178)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (143, 148)) ('expression', 'MPA', (179, 189)) ('insertion-deletion fragment polymorphism', 'Var', (62, 102)) ('single nucleotide polymorphism', 'Var', (107, 137)) ('affect', 'Reg', (168, 174)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (53, 56)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (53, 56)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (175, 178)) 458 33067881 In cholangiocarcinoma, esophageal cancer, and kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, PGC expression was upregulated with the increase of copy number, but in stomach adenocarcinoma, both increase and deletion of PGC copy number could lead to the up-regulation of PGC expression. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (34, 40)) ('expression', 'MPA', (266, 276)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (211, 214)) ('stomach adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (157, 179)) ('deletion', 'Var', (199, 207)) ('cholangiocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030153', (3, 21)) ('cholangiocarcinoma', 'Disease', (3, 21)) ('copy number', 'Var', (215, 226)) ('up-regulation', 'PosReg', (245, 258)) ('cholangiocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018281', (3, 21)) ('kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (46, 83)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (34, 40)) ('renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (53, 83)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (262, 265)) ('upregulated', 'PosReg', (104, 115)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (85, 88)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (170, 179)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (262, 265)) ('kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (46, 83)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (12, 21)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (74, 83)) ('PGC', 'Gene', (211, 214)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (34, 40)) ('PGC', 'Gene', '5225', (85, 88)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('248', '258')) ('stomach adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000230', (157, 179)) 473 30466410 In metastatic pRCC with a MET amplification, crizotinib maybe a potential met-inhibitory therapeutic option. ('MET amplification', 'Var', (26, 43)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (14, 18)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (14, 18)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (15, 18)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (14, 18)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (45, 55)) 480 30466410 Here we present the case of a patient with a MET-amplified mpRCC successfully treated during 19 months with the MET-inhibitor crizotinib within the French AcSe- crizotinib program. ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (30, 37)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (60, 64)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (126, 136)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (60, 64)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (60, 64)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (161, 171)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (61, 64)) ('MET-amplified', 'Var', (45, 58)) 482 30466410 Histopathological examination revealed a tubulo-papillary renal cell carcinoma, type 1, grade 2 of Fuhrman, 20% of necrosis, without vascular embolus or peri-renal infiltration, R0, pT1bNx, vimentin +, CD 10+. ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('115', '123')) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045099', ('190', '198')) ('pT1bNx', 'Var', (182, 188)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (48, 78)) ('CD 10', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004245', ('202', '207')) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008220', ('115', '123')) ('man', 'Species', '9606', (103, 106)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (69, 78)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (58, 78)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0070265', ('115', '123')) ('vimentin', 'Gene', '7431', (190, 198)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0019835', ('115', '123')) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (48, 78)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001906', ('115', '123')) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045098', ('190', '198')) ('vimentin', 'Gene', (190, 198)) ('necrosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009336', (115, 123)) ('vascular embolus', 'Disease', (133, 149)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (48, 78)) ('necrosis', 'Disease', (115, 123)) ('vascular embolus', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004617', (133, 149)) 484 30466410 1) confirmed the morphology of papillary renal cell carcinoma, with papillary and foamy macrophages (A, B, C) and a positivity of CK7 (D), Racemase/P504S (E) with immunohistochemistry (IHC). ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (52, 61)) ('Racemase/P504S', 'Var', (139, 153)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (31, 61)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (31, 61)) ('foamy macrophages', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003651', (82, 99)) ('CK7', 'Gene', (130, 133)) ('P504S', 'Mutation', 'p.P504S', (148, 153)) ('CK7', 'Gene', '3855', (130, 133)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (31, 61)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (41, 61)) 514 30466410 described a pRCC patient with an activating MET gene mutation, pretreated by sunitinib and everolimus, with a long response to a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI: PF-04217903). ('mutation', 'Var', (53, 61)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', (129, 144)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (17, 24)) ('everolimus', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000068338', (91, 101)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (12, 16)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (12, 16)) ('MET gene', 'Gene', (44, 52)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (13, 16)) ('activating', 'PosReg', (33, 43)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (77, 86)) ('kinase inhibitor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0033673', ('138', '154')) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', '7294', (129, 144)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (12, 16)) 516 30466410 Biologically, the proof of MET implication in pRCC was made in 1997 with the discovery that hereditary pRCC patients had a germline missense mutation in the MET proto-oncogene (7q3 locus), leading to constitutive activation of the MET protein. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (104, 107)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (103, 107)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (103, 107)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('235', '242')) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (46, 50)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (46, 50)) ('missense mutation', 'Var', (132, 149)) ('constitutive activation', 'MPA', (200, 223)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (103, 107)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (47, 50)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (108, 116)) ('MET protein', 'Protein', (231, 242)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (46, 50)) 518 30466410 Another large series of pRCC (n = 164) described MET mutations in 17 tumors, mainly in type 1 pRCC and in the tyrosine kinase domain (14/17), and discovered an alternate MET RNA transcript leading to a constitutive activation of MET in a ligand-independent manner. ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', '7294', (110, 125)) ('MET', 'Gene', (49, 52)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (24, 28)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (69, 74)) ('MET', 'MPA', (229, 232)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (69, 75)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (25, 28)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (24, 28)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (94, 98)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (215, 225)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (95, 98)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (24, 28)) ('mutations', 'Var', (53, 62)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (69, 75)) ('ligand', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('238', '244')) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('174', '177')) ('man', 'Species', '9606', (257, 260)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (94, 98)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (69, 75)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (94, 98)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', (110, 125)) 520 30466410 First, foretinib (MET/VEGFR2 inhibitor) was examined in a phase II including 74 patients with mpRCC: the median PFS was 9.3 months and patients with a germline mutation were significantly more likely to respond. ('foretinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C544831', (7, 16)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (135, 143)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (80, 88)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (95, 99)) ('respond', 'MPA', (203, 210)) ('VEGFR2', 'Gene', '3791', (22, 28)) ('germline mutation', 'Var', (151, 168)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (95, 99)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (96, 99)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (95, 99)) ('VEGFR2', 'Gene', (22, 28)) 524 30466410 Interestingly, if the response rate was 0% in MET-independent pRCC, it was of 18% in patients with a MET-driven pRCC (chromosome 7 copy gain, focal MET or HGF gene amplification, or MET kinase domain mutations). ('copy gain', 'Var', (131, 140)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (62, 66)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (62, 66)) ('HGF', 'Gene', '3082', (155, 158)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (112, 116)) ('MET kinase domain mutations', 'Var', (182, 209)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('118', '128')) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (113, 116)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (85, 93)) ('HGF', 'Gene', (155, 158)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (112, 116)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (62, 66)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (112, 116)) ('MET', 'Gene', (148, 151)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (63, 66)) 529 30466410 Only a previous case report described a MET-mutated pRCC patient pre-treated with sunitinib and tivantinib; however this mutation (missense base substitution MET H1094L) is rare compared to MET amplification, and the patient only remained on crizotinib therapy for 5 months (versus 19 months in our patient). ('H1094L', 'Mutation', 'p.H1094L', (162, 168)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (52, 56)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (57, 64)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (242, 252)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (52, 56)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (217, 224)) ('MET H1094L', 'Var', (158, 168)) ('tivantinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C551661', (96, 106)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (53, 56)) ('pre', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003904', ('65', '68')) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (299, 306)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (82, 91)) 531 30466410 Interestingly, in November 2017 were published the results of pRCC1 patients included in the CREATE trial (EORTC 90101), a multicentric prospective phase II clinical trial including patients with tumors harboring specific alterations leading to ALK and/or MET activation and treated with crizotinib. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (62, 66)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (62, 66)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (196, 202)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (196, 202)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (288, 298)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (196, 202)) ('leading to', 'Reg', (234, 244)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (68, 76)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (245, 248)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (182, 190)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (62, 66)) ('alterations', 'Var', (222, 233)) ('MET activation', 'MPA', (256, 270)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (63, 66)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (196, 201)) ('ALK', 'Gene', (245, 248)) 533 30466410 This study demonstrated that crizotinib is active in pRCC, achieving long-lasting disease control in patients with MET mutations or amplification. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (53, 57)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (101, 109)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (29, 39)) ('amplification', 'Var', (132, 145)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (54, 57)) ('MET mutations', 'Var', (115, 128)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (53, 57)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (53, 57)) 535 30466410 This precision treatment (crizotinib) was possible thanks to an original biology-driven national French program (AcSe crizotinib NCT02034981), giving access to crizotinib for patients with identified activating genomic alterations in the crizotinib target genes, with a safe monitoring. ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (238, 248)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (118, 128)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (26, 36)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (160, 170)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (175, 183)) ('genomic alterations', 'Var', (211, 230)) ('activating', 'PosReg', (200, 210)) 551 32111252 Compared to molecular subtypes reported by TCGA or other similar approaches, the subtypes generated by DeClust had higher correlations with cancer-intrinsic genomic alterations (e.g., somatic mutations and copy number variations) and lower correlations with tumor purity. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (258, 263)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (140, 146)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (140, 146)) ('tumor purity', 'Disease', (258, 270)) ('correlations', 'Interaction', (122, 134)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (115, 121)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (140, 146)) ('copy number variations', 'Var', (206, 228)) ('tumor purity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (258, 270)) 552 32111252 While DeClust-identified subtypes were not more significantly associated with survival in general, DeClust identified a poor prognosis subtype of clear cell renal cancer, papillary renal cancer, and lung adenocarcinoma, all of which were characterized by CDKN2A deletions. ('renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (157, 169)) ('clear cell renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (146, 169)) ('renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (181, 193)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030078', (199, 218)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (163, 169)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538231', (199, 218)) ('deletions', 'Var', (262, 271)) ('papillary renal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (171, 193)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (255, 261)) ('clear cell renal cancer', 'Disease', (146, 169)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (187, 193)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (209, 218)) ('papillary renal cancer', 'Disease', (171, 193)) ('papillary renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (171, 193)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (199, 218)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (255, 261)) ('clear cell renal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (146, 169)) 594 32111252 In brief, cells were stained with fixable viability dye blue to ascertain viability (ThermoFisher) and BV510-labeled anti-CD45 (BioLegend). ('BV510-labeled', 'Var', (103, 116)) ('CD45', 'Gene', '5788', (122, 126)) ('CD45', 'Gene', (122, 126)) 619 32111252 As a result, the expression profiles of SW780, BFTC950, and KU1919 cell lines in CCLE were chosen as the reference cancer cell profile for luminal, basal, and neuronal subtype, respectively. ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (81, 85)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (115, 121)) ('SW780', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1728', (40, 45)) ('BFTC950', 'Var', (47, 54)) ('KU1919', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1344', (60, 66)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (115, 121)) ('SW780', 'Var', (40, 45)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (115, 121)) 637 32111252 For the pan-cancer dataset, we again focused on the accuracy of the primary outputs, but because ground truth in the pan-cancer dataset is not known, we examined how DeClust outputs compared to other approaches with regard to patient survival, known drive mutations, tumor purity, and cell compartment-specific gene expression (see Additional file 1: Figure S2 for an overview of our study workflow). ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (12, 18)) ('tumor purity', 'Disease', (267, 279)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (12, 18)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (121, 127)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (226, 233)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (267, 272)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('311', '326')) ('tumor purity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (267, 279)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (12, 18)) ('mutations', 'Var', (256, 265)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (121, 127)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (121, 127)) 649 32111252 We subsequently confirmed the associations between DeClust estimates of stromal proportion and survival in independent datasets: GSE3538 for KIRC and GSE32894 for BLCA, respectively (Additional file 1: Figure S6, see the "Methods" section for details). ('GSE3538', 'Var', (129, 136)) ('GSE3538', 'Chemical', '-', (129, 136)) ('GSE32894', 'Var', (150, 158)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (129, 132)) ('BLCA', 'Chemical', '-', (163, 167)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (150, 153)) 661 32111252 Cancer molecular subtypes driven by cancer cell-intrinsic properties as opposed to variations in non-cancer cell compartments are likely to be characterized by subtype-specific genomic alterations (somatic mutations or copy number alterations). ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (101, 107)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (36, 42)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (101, 107)) ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (219, 242)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (36, 42)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (0, 6)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (101, 107)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (36, 42)) 663 32111252 For example, FGFR3 mutations, one of the best characterized features of luminal-papillary bladder cancer, were present in 37% of the luminal-papillary subtype based on DeClust, versus 31% by TCGA (Fig. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (98, 104)) ('FGFR', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005007', ('13', '17')) ('mutations', 'Var', (19, 28)) ('luminal-papillary bladder cancer', 'Disease', (72, 104)) ('luminal-papillary', 'Disease', (133, 150)) ('FGFR3', 'Gene', (13, 18)) ('bladder cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009725', (90, 104)) ('luminal-papillary bladder cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001749', (72, 104)) ('FGFR3', 'Gene', '2261', (13, 18)) 664 32111252 Methylation is another common type of genomic alteration in cancer cells. ('Methylation', 'Var', (0, 11)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (60, 66)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (60, 66)) ('Methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('0', '11')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 66)) 666 32111252 A stronger subtype-specific association with genomic alterations is only an indirect indication that the subtypes are likely to be driven by cancer cell-intrinsic genomic alterations. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (141, 147)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (141, 147)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (141, 147)) ('alterations', 'Var', (53, 64)) 675 32111252 In summary, compared to TCGA subtypes, DeClust subtypes were more likely driven by cancer cell-intrinsic genetic alterations as opposed to non-cancer cell variations, in addition to having a stronger association with survival outcomes in certain tumor types. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (143, 149)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (83, 89)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (246, 251)) ('genetic alterations', 'Var', (105, 124)) ('driven by', 'Reg', (73, 82)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (246, 251)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (143, 149)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (143, 149)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (83, 89)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (246, 251)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (83, 89)) 683 32111252 Interestingly, all were enriched for CDKN2A deletions (Fig. ('deletions', 'Var', (44, 53)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (37, 43)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (37, 43)) 684 32111252 This is consistent with the previous discovery that samples with the same tumor suppressor gene inactivation in different cancer types tended to cluster together. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (74, 79)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (96, 108)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (122, 128)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (122, 128)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (74, 79)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('74', '90')) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('74', '90')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (74, 79)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (122, 128)) 685 32111252 The associations of the worse survival and the outlier DeClust subtypes of KIRP, KIRC, and LUAD were replicated in independent datasets GSE2748, GSE3538, and GSE31210, respectively (Additional file 1: Figure S11). ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (136, 139)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (145, 148)) ('worse', 'NegReg', (24, 29)) ('GSE3538', 'Var', (145, 152)) ('GSE31210', 'Var', (158, 166)) ('GSE2748', 'Var', (136, 143)) ('GSE2748', 'Chemical', '-', (136, 143)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (158, 161)) ('GSE3538', 'Chemical', '-', (145, 152)) 722 32111252 Since identifying subtype-specific genetic alterations is an important strategy for identification of potential driver genes and associated therapeutic targets, DeClust could be a useful tool for such purposes, and helping to uncover genetic associations that are otherwise obscured by the non-cancer cell compartments. ('genetic alterations', 'Var', (35, 54)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (294, 300)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (294, 300)) ('alterations', 'Var', (43, 54)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (294, 300)) 724 32111252 DeClust identified poor prognosis subtypes in KIRC, KIRP, and LUAD, which were enriched for CDKN2A deletions, highlighting that for these cancer types, cancer cell-intrinsic molecular programs are key drivers of prognosis. ('cancer', 'Disease', (138, 144)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (152, 158)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (92, 98)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (152, 158)) ('deletions', 'Var', (99, 108)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (92, 98)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (138, 144)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (152, 158)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (138, 144)) 751 32111252 The non-TCGA tumor expression datasets used in the study are available in GEO database: GSE2748, GSE3538, and GSE31210, GSE37614, GSE3538, GSE32894. ('tumor', 'Disease', (13, 18)) ('GSE2748', 'Chemical', '-', (88, 95)) ('GSE32894', 'Var', (139, 147)) ('GSE3538', 'Chemical', '-', (97, 104)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (110, 113)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (97, 100)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (139, 142)) ('GSE3538', 'Chemical', '-', (130, 137)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (13, 18)) ('GSE37614', 'Var', (120, 128)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (88, 91)) ('GSE31210', 'Var', (110, 118)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (120, 123)) ('GSE3538', 'Var', (97, 104)) ('GSE2748', 'Var', (88, 95)) ('GSE', 'Chemical', '-', (130, 133)) ('GSE3538', 'Var', (130, 137)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (13, 18)) 775 31905821 Thus, the most frequent genetic alteration in CCRCC involves chromosome 3p deletion, VHL mutation and/or VHL promoter methylation, leading to VHL inactivation, an early and crucial event in sporadic CCRCC and in the familial cancer syndrome von Hippel-Lindau disease. ('VHL', 'Gene', (85, 88)) ('inactivation', 'NegReg', (146, 158)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (225, 231)) ('familial cancer syndrome von Hippel-Lindau disease', 'Disease', (216, 266)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (142, 145)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('118', '129')) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (199, 204)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (85, 88)) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', (199, 204)) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (46, 51)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (105, 108)) ('familial cancer syndrome von Hippel-Lindau disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (216, 266)) ('mutation', 'Var', (89, 97)) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', (46, 51)) ('CCRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (199, 204)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (105, 108)) ('CCRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (46, 51)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('61', '71')) ('VHL', 'Gene', (142, 145)) 777 31905821 Application in routine practice: The presence of VHL mutation, chromosome 3p deletion or VHL promoter methylation is considered useful for the confirmation of CCRCC diagnosis in difficult cases (see following sections). ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('102', '113')) ('mutation', 'Var', (53, 61)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('63', '73')) ('VHL', 'Gene', (89, 92)) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', (159, 164)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (89, 92)) ('CCRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (159, 164)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (49, 52)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (49, 52)) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (159, 164)) 781 31905821 The most frequent genetic alterations in MCRCNLMP are identical to chromosome 3p deletion in 74% (14/19) of cases and VHL mutation in 25% (3/12) of cases. ('VHL', 'Gene', (118, 121)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('67', '77')) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (118, 121)) ('mutation', 'Var', (122, 130)) ('MCRCNLMP', 'Gene', (41, 49)) 784 31905821 Application in routine practice: Similar to CCRCC, chromosome 3p deletion and VHL mutation might be found in MCRCNLMP, but no specific genetic alterations have so far been identified. ('CCRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (44, 49)) ('mutation', 'Var', (82, 90)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (78, 81)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('51', '61')) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (44, 49)) ('chromosome 3p deletion', 'Var', (51, 73)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (78, 81)) ('found', 'Reg', (100, 105)) ('MCRCNLMP', 'Disease', (109, 117)) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', (44, 49)) 792 31905821 While mutations of MET are rarely referred for sporadic type 1 PRCC, it is commonly associated with hereditary papillary RCC syndrome. ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (63, 67)) ('papillary RCC', 'Gene', '5546', (111, 124)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (63, 67)) ('associated', 'Reg', (84, 94)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (63, 67)) ('papillary RCC', 'Gene', (111, 124)) ('mutations', 'Var', (6, 15)) ('MET', 'Gene', (19, 22)) 795 31905821 Although gains of chromosomes 7 and 17 were reported to be the most frequently listed CNV changes for this subtype, the recent literature show that trisomy/polysomy 7/17 is not commonly associated with type 2 PRCC. ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (209, 213)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (209, 213)) ('trisomy/polysomy 7/17', 'Var', (148, 169)) ('associated', 'Reg', (186, 196)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (209, 213)) 798 31905821 Such tumors showed CDKN2A silencing, SETD2 mutations, and increased expression of the NRF2 antioxidant response element pathway. ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (37, 42)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (5, 11)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (5, 11)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (86, 90)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (58, 67)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (37, 42)) ('expression', 'MPA', (68, 78)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (19, 25)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (5, 10)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (86, 90)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (19, 25)) ('silencing', 'NegReg', (26, 35)) ('mutations', 'Var', (43, 52)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (5, 11)) 802 31905821 Some these tumors have shown to have a copy number pattern identical to renal oncocytoma: disomic status of chromosomes 7 and 17, some with deletion of chromosome 14, deletion of 1p (locus 1p36). ('renal oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C537750', (72, 88)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 16)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('152', '162')) ('renal oncocytoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011798', (72, 88)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 17)) ('renal oncocytoma', 'Disease', (72, 88)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (11, 17)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (11, 17)) ('deletion of', 'Var', (167, 178)) 805 31905821 Interestingly, this tumor is characterized by frequent KRAS mutations. ('KRAS', 'Gene', (55, 59)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', '3845', (55, 59)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (20, 25)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (20, 25)) ('mutations', 'Var', (60, 69)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (20, 25)) 807 31905821 It should be noted that all of these variants are defined mostly using morphologic features and that their molecular-genetic features are widely varied, as generally observed in papillary RCCs. ('observed', 'Reg', (166, 174)) ('papillary RCC', 'Gene', '5546', (178, 191)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', (188, 192)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (188, 192)) ('papillary RCC', 'Gene', (178, 191)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (188, 192)) ('variants', 'Var', (37, 45)) 819 31905821 Testing germline mutations in the novel tumor suppressor gene FLCN (folliculin) can be used to support the diagnosis of Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, which predisposes to the so-called "hybrid" oncocytic/chromophobe tumors. ('germline mutations', 'Var', (8, 26)) ('folliculin', 'Gene', '201163', (68, 78)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('40', '56')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (211, 216)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', (62, 66)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (40, 45)) ('folliculin', 'Gene', (68, 78)) ('Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome', 'Disease', (120, 143)) ('Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:D058249', (120, 143)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', '201163', (62, 66)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (211, 216)) ('chromophobe tumors', 'Disease', (199, 217)) ('chromophobe tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000238', (199, 217)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 45)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (40, 45)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (211, 217)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (211, 216)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('40', '56')) 824 31905821 There are 3 basic genetic patterns in ROs: (1) loss of chromosome 1 (in whole or in part) and loss of chromosome Y, (2) rearrangements of 11q13 (mostly translocation t(5;11)(q35;q13)), chromosome 14 deletion, and (3) a normal karyotype. ('rearrangements', 'Var', (120, 134)) ('ROs', 'Chemical', '-', (38, 41)) ('ROs', 'Gene', (38, 41)) ('t(5;11)(q35;q13)', 'STRUCTURAL_ABNORMALITY', 'None', (166, 182)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('185', '195')) ('translocation t(5;11)(q35;q13', 'Var', (152, 181)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (94, 98)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (47, 51)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('102', '112')) ('11q13', 'Gene', (138, 143)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('55', '65')) ('RO', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011798', (38, 40)) 836 31905821 In fact, analysis of 3p25 loss and VHL gene alterations (mutations and methylation status) together with morphology and immunohistochemical profile would allow us to correctly diagnose almost all such cases. ('diagnose', 'Reg', (176, 184)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('71', '82')) ('alterations', 'Var', (44, 55)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (26, 30)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (35, 38)) ('3p25', 'Protein', (21, 25)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (35, 38)) 840 31905821 In challenging cases where the morphology and/or immunohistochemical profile are not typical of CCPRCC, genetic testing for VHL mutation/methylation and/or chromosome 3p loss are essential for rendering an accurate diagnosis of CCPRCC. ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('156', '166')) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('137', '148')) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (124, 127)) ('CCPRCC', 'Disease', (96, 102)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (170, 174)) ('mutation/methylation', 'Var', (128, 148)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (98, 102)) ('CCPRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (96, 102)) ('CCPRCC', 'Disease', (228, 234)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (230, 234)) ('CCPRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (228, 234)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (124, 127)) 841 31905821 Renal tumors with TFE3, TFEB, and MiTF rearrangements are "classic" translocation-associated RCCs, being diagnosed based on a combination of morphologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic analyses. ('RCCs', 'Disease', (93, 97)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (93, 97)) ('Renal tumors', 'Disease', (0, 12)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (18, 22)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (93, 97)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 12)) ('MiTF', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (24, 28)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (24, 28)) ('rearrangements', 'Var', (39, 53)) ('Renal tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (0, 12)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 11)) ('MiTF', 'Gene', '4286', (34, 38)) ('Renal tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (0, 12)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (18, 22)) 842 31905821 RCC with TFE3 rearrangements (Xp11.2) is the most common of all translocation-associated RCCs. ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (89, 93)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (9, 13)) ('translocation-associated', 'Disease', (64, 88)) ('rearrangements', 'Var', (14, 28)) ('common', 'Reg', (50, 56)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (89, 92)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (9, 13)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (89, 92)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', (89, 93)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (89, 93)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (0, 3)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (0, 3)) 847 31905821 Immunohistochemical analysis may not be sufficient to confirm the diagnosis of TFE3 translocation RCC, and that in some cases further molecular genetic testing maybe indicated. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (79, 83)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (98, 101)) ('translocation', 'Var', (84, 97)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (79, 83)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (98, 101)) 853 31905821 However, even in the group of TFEB or t(6;11) translocation RCC, there is morphologic variability and that not all cases follow a "classic" morphologic pattern with biphasic morphology (Figure 1). ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (30, 34)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (30, 34)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (60, 63)) ('translocation', 'Var', (46, 59)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (60, 63)) 854 31905821 Recent studies have shown that amplification of the TFEB gene in TFEB or t(6;11) translocation RCCs can uncommonly occur and is associated with more aggressive clinical behavior with distant metastases (see RCC with TFEB amplification). ('RCCs', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (95, 99)) ('associated with', 'Reg', (128, 143)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (191, 201)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (95, 99)) ('t(6;11', 'Gene', (73, 79)) ('metastases', 'Disease', (191, 201)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (207, 210)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (216, 220)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (95, 98)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (52, 56)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (65, 69)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (207, 210)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (216, 220)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (95, 98)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (65, 69)) ('aggressive clinical behavior', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (149, 177)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', (95, 99)) ('amplification', 'Var', (31, 44)) 859 31905821 In other words, when the morphology and/or immunohistochemical profile is suggestive of TFE3 translocation RCC, NGS analysis is recommended for confirmation. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (107, 110)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (107, 110)) ('translocation', 'Var', (93, 106)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (88, 92)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (88, 92)) 860 31905821 Amplification of TFEB gene seems to be a strong adverse prognostic indicator in TFEB translocation RCCs, however such cases are rare and less frequently encountered comparing with TFEB amplified RCCs (without TFEB break) its occurrence is rather rare. ('Amplification', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (209, 213)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (17, 21)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (209, 213)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (17, 21)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', (99, 103)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', (195, 199)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (99, 103)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (99, 103)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (195, 199)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (180, 184)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (80, 84)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (195, 199)) ('translocation', 'Var', (85, 98)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (180, 184)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (80, 84)) 872 31905821 In fact, loss of chromosome 9 has been suggested as a characteristic feature of TC-RCC. ('loss', 'Var', (9, 13)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('17', '27')) ('TC-RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (80, 86)) ('TC-RCC', 'Disease', (80, 86)) 878 31905821 RCCs with "Tubulocystic" features and high grade abrupt areas should raise the possibility of FH-deficient RCC and be further genetically tested for FH gene mutation/LOH. ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (0, 4)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (107, 110)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (107, 110)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (149, 151)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (94, 96)) ('mutation/LOH', 'Var', (157, 169)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', (0, 4)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (0, 4)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (0, 3)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (0, 3)) 884 31905821 In rare cases where alterations of SMARCB1 gene or abnormal negative staining for the protein is documented in the absence of sickle trait, the term "RCC unclassified with medullary phenotype" has been proposed. ('negative', 'NegReg', (60, 68)) ('alterations', 'Var', (20, 31)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (150, 153)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (150, 153)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('86', '93')) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', '6598', (35, 42)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (35, 42)) 900 31905821 SDH deficiency is almost always associated with germline SDH subunit mutation. ('SDH', 'Gene', (57, 60)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('deficiency', 'Var', (4, 14)) ('associated', 'Reg', (32, 42)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (57, 60)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (0, 3)) 903 31905821 The vast majority of SDH-deficient RCCs are associated with germline mutation of the SDHB subunit. ('associated', 'Reg', (44, 54)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', (35, 39)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (85, 88)) ('germline mutation', 'Var', (60, 77)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (35, 39)) ('RCCs', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (35, 39)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (21, 24)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', '6390', (85, 89)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', (85, 89)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (85, 88)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (21, 24)) 904 31905821 Genetic testing of SDH subunit mutation is not necessary, however in cases where the result of immunohistochemical examination is inconclusive, it is highly recommended. ('SDH', 'Gene', (19, 22)) ('mutation', 'Var', (31, 39)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (19, 22)) 912 31905821 For screening, immunohistochemical staining with FH is useful, however cases where staining interpretation is not convincing or in suspected clinical settings it would be better to test for FH mutation/LOH. ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (190, 192)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (49, 51)) ('test', 'Reg', (181, 185)) ('mutation/LOH', 'Var', (193, 205)) 916 31905821 It is questionable whether all these variants will be regarded as established entities within future classifications or whether they will be reclassified as variants of some "traditional" renal tumors. ('renal tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (188, 200)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (194, 199)) ('renal tumors', 'Disease', (188, 200)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (194, 200)) ('variants', 'Var', (37, 45)) ('renal tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (188, 200)) ('renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (188, 199)) 923 31905821 Both familiar and sporadic tumors have molecular alterations of TSC1 or TSC2. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (27, 32)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (64, 68)) ('molecular alterations', 'Var', (39, 60)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (72, 76)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (27, 33)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (72, 76)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (64, 68)) ('sporadic tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D020821', (18, 33)) ('sporadic tumors', 'Disease', (18, 33)) 924 31905821 The molecular genetic revolution in the field of oncopathology has resulted in identifying more entities including a recently described subset of tumors harboring mutations of TSC1, TSC2, or MTOR, being recognized in sporadic patients as well as patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. ('tumors', 'Disease', (146, 152)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (182, 186)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (191, 195)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (176, 180)) ('mutations', 'Var', (163, 172)) ('tuberous sclerosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D014402', (260, 278)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (146, 152)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (246, 254)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (146, 151)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (182, 186)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (146, 152)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (191, 195)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (226, 234)) ('tuberous sclerosis complex', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0033596', ('260', '286')) ('tuberous sclerosis', 'Disease', (260, 278)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (176, 180)) 927 31905821 They are distinct from both CCRCC and CCPRCC, harboring mutations of TCEB1 but with no VHL gene abnormalities. ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (87, 90)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (40, 44)) ('mutations', 'Var', (56, 65)) ('CCPRCC', 'Disease', (38, 44)) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', (28, 33)) ('CCPRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (38, 44)) ('CCRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (28, 33)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (69, 74)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (69, 74)) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (28, 33)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (87, 90)) 934 31905821 Molecular genetics usually disclose amplification of TFEB/6p21/VEGFA, while rearrangement of TFEB is usually not present. ('VEGFA', 'Gene', (63, 68)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (53, 57)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (53, 57)) ('amplification', 'Var', (36, 49)) ('VEGFA', 'Gene', '7422', (63, 68)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (93, 97)) ('disclose', 'Reg', (27, 35)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (93, 97)) 935 31905821 However, in one of the first cases authors pointed out that amplification of TFEB gene might be a marker of aggressive behavior showed both rearrangement and amplification (Figure 4). ('rearrangement', 'Var', (140, 153)) ('amplification', 'Var', (60, 73)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (77, 81)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (77, 81)) ('amplification', 'Var', (158, 171)) ('aggressive behavior', 'Disease', (108, 127)) ('aggressive behavior', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (108, 127)) ('aggressive behavior', 'biological_process', 'GO:0002118', ('108', '127')) ('aggressive behavior', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (108, 127)) 937 31905821 Rearrangement of ALK has been described in various tumors, mostly in lymphomas, lung carcinomas, and thyroid carcinomas. ('lymphomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008223', (69, 78)) ('lymphomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002665', (69, 78)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (51, 57)) ('lung carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (80, 95)) ('described', 'Reg', (30, 39)) ('lung carcinomas', 'Disease', (80, 95)) ('thyroid carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013964', (101, 119)) ('Rearrangement', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('lymphomas', 'Disease', (69, 78)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (17, 20)) ('thyroid carcinomas', 'Disease', (101, 119)) ('ALK', 'Gene', (17, 20)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 57)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (109, 118)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (85, 94)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (109, 119)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (85, 95)) ('thyroid carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002890', (101, 119)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 56)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (51, 57)) 964 30822312 The mutation of MET oncogene is a crucial step into the pathogenesis of hereditary pRCC forms, resulting in constitutive activation of the tyrosine kinase domain, which leads to increasing unregulated proliferation, invasion and metastases. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (83, 87)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (83, 87)) ('increasing', 'PosReg', (178, 188)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (84, 87)) ('unregulated', 'MPA', (189, 200)) ('mutation', 'Var', (4, 12)) ('metastases', 'Disease', (229, 239)) ('tyrosine kinase domain', 'MPA', (139, 161)) ('invasion', 'CPA', (216, 224)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (83, 87)) ('pathogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009405', ('56', '68')) ('metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (229, 239)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (121, 131)) 997 30822312 A risk score formula based on the expression level and coefficient of 5 mRNAs was created as follows: Risk score = (-0.560 * expression level of BUB1) + (0.337 * expression level of CCNB2) + (0.424 * expression level of IGF2BP3) + (0.516 * expression level of KIF18A) + (0.310 x expression level of PTTG1). ('KIF18A', 'Gene', '81930', (260, 266)) ('0.337 *', 'Var', (154, 161)) ('BUB1', 'Gene', '699', (145, 149)) ('CCNB2', 'Gene', (182, 187)) ('BUB1', 'Gene', (145, 149)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', (220, 227)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', '10643', (220, 227)) ('expression', 'MPA', (240, 250)) ('PTTG1', 'Gene', (299, 304)) ('KIF18A', 'Gene', (260, 266)) ('expression', 'MPA', (200, 210)) ('PTTG1', 'Gene', '9232', (299, 304)) ('CCNB2', 'Gene', '9133', (182, 187)) ('-0.560', 'Var', (116, 122)) 1011 30822312 The KEGG pathway enrichment analysis result showed that the DEGs were associated with calcium,cAMP,phosphollipase D, and hippo signaling pathway. ('hippo signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0035329', ('121', '144')) ('cAMP', 'Chemical', '-', (94, 98)) ('DEGs', 'Var', (60, 64)) ('cAMP', 'Pathway', (94, 98)) ('calcium', 'Disease', (86, 93)) ('phosphollipase D', 'Pathway', (99, 115)) ('associated', 'Reg', (70, 80)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (23, 26)) ('calcium', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002118', (86, 93)) ('hippo signaling pathway', 'Pathway', (121, 144)) 1016 30822312 There is increasing evidence that the Hippo pathway is dysregulated in many human cancers, and dysregulation of the Hippo pathway exerts a significant impact on cancer development, including liver, breast, lung, colon, ovary, and others. ('liver', 'Disease', (191, 196)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (82, 89)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (82, 89)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (82, 88)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (161, 167)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (82, 88)) ('lung', 'Disease', (206, 210)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (161, 167)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (175, 178)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (82, 88)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (82, 89)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (161, 167)) ('colon', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (212, 217)) ('impact', 'Reg', (151, 157)) ('Hippo', 'Gene', (116, 121)) ('ovary', 'Disease', (219, 224)) ('dysregulation', 'Var', (95, 108)) ('colon', 'Disease', (212, 217)) ('breast', 'Disease', (198, 204)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (76, 81)) ('Hippo pathway', 'Pathway', (38, 51)) 1017 30822312 Aberrant phospholipase D (PLD) expression has been identified in multiple facets of complex pathological states, including cancer and inflammatory diseases. ('PLD', 'Gene', (26, 29)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (123, 129)) ('inflammatory diseases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007249', (134, 155)) ('Aberrant', 'Var', (0, 8)) ('identified', 'Reg', (51, 61)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (123, 129)) ('inflammatory diseases', 'Disease', (134, 155)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (123, 129)) ('phospholipase D', 'Gene', '2822', (9, 24)) ('PLD', 'Gene', '2822', (26, 29)) ('phospholipase D', 'Gene', (9, 24)) 1034 30822312 In ovarian cancer, high expression of IGF2BP3 was associated with poor survival, and women diagnosed at advanced stages with elevated IGF2BP3 was at higher risk of developing chemoresistance. ('elevated', 'PosReg', (125, 133)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', '10643', (134, 141)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', (134, 141)) ('high', 'Var', (19, 23)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 17)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (3, 17)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', '10643', (38, 45)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (3, 17)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', (38, 45)) ('women', 'Species', '9606', (85, 90)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', (3, 17)) ('chemoresistance', 'CPA', (175, 190)) ('survival', 'MPA', (71, 79)) ('poor', 'NegReg', (66, 70)) 1035 30822312 revealed that normal colorectal epithelium was negative for IGF2BP3 in patients of normal mucosa adjacent to carcinoma, and IGF2BP3 was associated with poor differentiation, stage III-IV disease, BRAF mutation, and LINE-1 hypomethylation. ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (109, 118)) ('negative', 'NegReg', (47, 55)) ('poor differentiation', 'CPA', (152, 172)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (71, 79)) ('BRAF', 'Gene', '673', (196, 200)) ('associated with', 'Reg', (136, 151)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', '10643', (124, 131)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', (124, 131)) ('stage III-IV disease', 'Disease', (174, 194)) ('BRAF', 'Gene', (196, 200)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (109, 118)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (109, 118)) ('LINE-1 hypomethylation', 'Var', (215, 237)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', '10643', (60, 67)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', (60, 67)) 1037 30822312 In the present study, it was demonstrated that the pRCC patients with IGF2BP3 alterations exhibited a poorer survival rate compared with those without the genetic alterations. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (56, 64)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (52, 55)) ('poorer', 'NegReg', (102, 108)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', '10643', (70, 77)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', (70, 77)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (51, 55)) ('alterations', 'Var', (78, 89)) ('survival rate', 'CPA', (109, 122)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (51, 55)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (51, 55)) 1038 30822312 This result suggested that the mutation in IGF2BP3 reduces the survival rate of patients with pRCC. ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', '10643', (43, 50)) ('IGF2BP3', 'Gene', (43, 50)) ('survival rate', 'CPA', (63, 76)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (80, 88)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (94, 98)) ('reduces', 'NegReg', (51, 58)) ('mutation', 'Var', (31, 39)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (95, 98)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (94, 98)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (94, 98)) 1044 30822312 The high level of PTTG1 is commonly associated with an enhanced proliferative capacity, increased tumour grade and high invasive potential. ('invasive potential', 'CPA', (120, 138)) ('high level', 'Var', (4, 14)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (98, 104)) ('enhanced', 'PosReg', (55, 63)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (98, 104)) ('proliferative capacity', 'CPA', (64, 86)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (98, 104)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (88, 97)) ('PTTG1', 'Gene', '9232', (18, 23)) ('PTTG1', 'Gene', (18, 23)) 1046 30822312 Mutations in BUB1, some of which are functional, occur in some cancers, including those that originate in the lung, colon, and are reported to be associated with chromosomal instability and lymph node metastasis, suggesting that silencing of this kinase may mediate aggressive clinical behavior. ('colon', 'Disease', (116, 121)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (63, 69)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (63, 70)) ('occur', 'Reg', (49, 54)) ('mediate', 'Reg', (258, 265)) ('colon', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (116, 121)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('BUB1', 'Gene', '699', (13, 17)) ('aggressive clinical behavior', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (266, 294)) ('chromosomal instability', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0040012', (162, 185)) ('BUB1', 'Gene', (13, 17)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (63, 70)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (63, 70)) ('associated', 'Reg', (146, 156)) 1112 28972818 The following antibodies were used in this study: CgA (M0869, Dako, Glostrup, Denmark, 1:200), synaptophysin (M7315, Dako, 1:200), NSE (BBS/NC/VI-H14, Dako, 1:200), CD56 (123C3, Dako, 1:50), and secretagogin (MAb 4878, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, 1:200). ('M0869', 'Var', (55, 60)) ('M7315', 'Var', (110, 115)) ('MN', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:U508', (245, 247)) 1227 28972818 Interestingly, the carcinomas of the stomach with focal NSE expression also expressed one or more other NE markers in the same areas, thus supporting the finding of NE differentiation in these tumors. ('NSE', 'Gene', (56, 59)) ('carcinomas of the stomach', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (19, 44)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (19, 28)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (193, 199)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (193, 199)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (193, 198)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (193, 199)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (19, 29)) ('focal', 'Var', (50, 55)) ('carcinomas of the stomach', 'Disease', (19, 44)) ('carcinomas of the stomach', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006753', (19, 44)) 1262 28662726 A two-gene methylation panel comprising OXR1 and MST1R identified malignancy with 98% sensitivity and 100% specificity, and clear cell renal cell carcinoma with 90% sensitivity and 98% specificity. ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (146, 155)) ('malignancy', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (66, 76)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (124, 155)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (135, 155)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('11', '22')) ('MST1R', 'Gene', (49, 54)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (124, 155)) ('malignancy', 'Disease', (66, 76)) ('methylation', 'Var', (11, 22)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', (40, 44)) ('MST1R', 'Gene', '4486', (49, 54)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (124, 155)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', '55074', (40, 44)) 1264 28662726 Significantly higher OXR1 promoter methylation levels (p = 0.005) were associated with high nuclear grade in ccRCC. ('OXR1', 'Gene', (21, 25)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (111, 114)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (109, 114)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (111, 114)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', '55074', (21, 25)) ('high nuclear', 'Var', (87, 99)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('35', '46')) ('higher', 'PosReg', (14, 20)) 1267 28662726 Epigenetic deregulation is a frequent finding in renal cell tumors (RCT). ('Epigenetic deregulation', 'Var', (0, 23)) ('renal cell tumors', 'Disease', (49, 66)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 65)) ('renal cell tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (49, 66)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 66)) 1274 28662726 Among epigenetic alterations, aberrant promoter methylation, which generally entails gene silencing, has emerged as a promising class of biomarkers in urologic neoplasms, including RCTs. ('RCTs', 'Disease', (181, 185)) ('neoplasms', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (160, 169)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('48', '59')) ('gene silencing', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016458', ('85', '99')) ('urologic neoplasms', 'Disease', (151, 169)) ('urologic neoplasms', 'Disease', 'MESH:D014571', (151, 169)) ('neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (160, 168)) ('aberrant promoter methylation', 'Var', (30, 59)) 1277 28662726 Recently, we showed that MST1R was also frequently methylated in RCC, and promoter methylation levels discriminated ccRCC from the remaining RCT subtypes with high specificity. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (118, 121)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (116, 121)) ('MST1R', 'Gene', (25, 30)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (118, 121)) ('methylated', 'Var', (51, 61)) ('MST1R', 'Gene', '4486', (25, 30)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('83', '94')) ('promoter methylation levels', 'MPA', (74, 101)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (65, 68)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (65, 68)) 1278 28662726 Nevertheless, over the last years, several high-throughput studies on RCC promoter methylation using an array-based approach, identified several other hypermethylated genes in RCC, which might be useful as diagnostic biomarkers. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (70, 73)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (176, 179)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (70, 73)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (176, 179)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('83', '94')) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (151, 166)) 1289 28662726 MST1R, the gene with the highest percent of hypermethylated DNA (representing the fraction of input DNA containing at least two methylated CpG sites in the targeted region) was selected for further analysis, and proved to be a specific ccRCC biomarker. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (238, 241)) ('MST1R', 'Gene', '4486', (0, 5)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (238, 241)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (44, 59)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (236, 241)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('100', '103')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('60', '63')) ('MST1R', 'Gene', (0, 5)) 1301 28662726 Tumor samples were categorized as HOXA9 or OXR1 methylated using the respective highest methylation ratio value observed in normal/control samples as cutoff (14.11 for HOXA9 and 1577.45 for OXR1). ('HOXA9', 'Gene', '3205', (34, 39)) ('HOXA9', 'Gene', '3205', (168, 173)) ('Tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (0, 5)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', '55074', (43, 47)) ('1577.45', 'Var', (178, 185)) ('HOXA9', 'Gene', (34, 39)) ('HOXA9', 'Gene', (168, 173)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', (190, 194)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('88', '99')) ('OXR1', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', '55074', (190, 194)) 1330 28662726 Using robust methylation-specific primers for each gene promoter and performing quantitative methylation-specific PCR, we found that OXR1 and MST1R promoter methylation discriminated between normal renal tissue and renal cell tumours with high specificity. ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('13', '24')) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (226, 232)) ('MST1R', 'Gene', (142, 147)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('157', '168')) ('OXR1', 'Gene', '55074', (133, 137)) ('renal cell tumours', 'Disease', (215, 233)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (226, 233)) ('discriminated', 'Reg', (169, 182)) ('methylation', 'Var', (157, 168)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('93', '104')) ('MST1R', 'Gene', '4486', (142, 147)) ('renal cell tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (215, 233)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', (133, 137)) 1335 28662726 PCDH17 and TCF21 promoter methylation identified renal cell tumours with 67% sensitivity and 100% specificity, but OXR1 and MST1R were equally specific (100%) but more sensitive (98%) in the distinction between RCT and normal renal tissue. ('methylation', 'Var', (26, 37)) ('PCDH17', 'Gene', '27253', (0, 6)) ('MST1R', 'Gene', (124, 129)) ('TCF21', 'Gene', (11, 16)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('26', '37')) ('PCDH17', 'Gene', (0, 6)) ('renal cell tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (49, 67)) ('MST1R', 'Gene', '4486', (124, 129)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', (115, 119)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 67)) ('renal cell tumours', 'Disease', (49, 67)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 66)) ('RCT', 'Disease', (211, 214)) ('TCF21', 'Gene', '6943', (11, 16)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', '55074', (115, 119)) 1337 28662726 Moreover, RASSF1A hypermethylation was shown to discriminate pRCC from normal renal tissue with 87.5% sensitivity and 73.3% specificity, although comparison with other RCT subtypes was not undertaken. ('discriminate', 'Reg', (48, 60)) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (18, 34)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (61, 65)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (10, 17)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (61, 65)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (10, 17)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (61, 65)) 1354 27092491 Current Insights into Long Non-Coding RNAs in Renal Cell Carcinoma Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) represents a deadly disease with rising mortality despite intensive therapeutic efforts. ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', (46, 66)) ('Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (57, 66)) ('Renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (67, 87)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (78, 87)) ('Renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (67, 87)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (89, 92)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (46, 66)) ('Renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (67, 87)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (89, 92)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (89, 92)) ('Long Non-Coding RNAs', 'Var', (22, 42)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (46, 66)) 1365 27092491 It is frequently associated with loss of chromosome 3p and modifications of the von-Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene complex, which stabilises the hypoxic-inducible factor (HIF) and thus controls oxygen sensing. ('modifications', 'Var', (59, 72)) ('von-Hippel-Lindau', 'Gene', (80, 97)) ('controls', 'Reg', (179, 187)) ('associated', 'Reg', (17, 27)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (99, 102)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (33, 37)) ('oxygen', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010100', (188, 194)) ('von-Hippel-Lindau', 'Gene', '7428', (80, 97)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (99, 102)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('41', '51')) ('oxygen sensing', 'MPA', (188, 202)) 1372 27092491 Type I is associated with MET alterations, whereas Type II tumours are characterized by cyclin-dependent kinase Inhibitor 2A (CDKN2A) silencing, SETD2 mutations, transcription factor E3 (TFE3) fusions and increased expression of the nuclear factor-like 2 (NRF2)-antioxidant response element pathway. ('cyclin-dependent kinase Inhibitor 2A', 'Gene', '1029', (88, 124)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (205, 214)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (59, 66)) ('kinase Inhibitor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0033673', ('105', '121')) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (145, 150)) ('cyclin-dependent kinase Inhibitor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004861', ('88', '121')) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (59, 65)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('162', '175')) ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (256, 260)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (145, 150)) ('transcription factor E3', 'Gene', '7030', (162, 185)) ('mutations', 'Var', (151, 160)) ('expression', 'MPA', (215, 225)) ('fusions', 'Var', (193, 200)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (126, 132)) ('nuclear factor-like 2', 'Gene', '4780', (233, 254)) ('Type II tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (51, 66)) ('transcription factor E3', 'Gene', (162, 185)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (256, 260)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (187, 191)) ('cyclin-dependent kinase Inhibitor 2A', 'Gene', (88, 124)) ('nuclear factor-like 2', 'Gene', (233, 254)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (187, 191)) ('silencing', 'NegReg', (134, 143)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (126, 132)) ('transcription factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0000981', ('162', '182')) ('Type II tumours', 'Disease', (51, 66)) 1375 27092491 This subtype is linked to the Birt-Hogg-Dube-Syndrome, which is caused by mutations in the folliculin gene, whereas sporadic forms exhibit multiple copy number alterations in chromosomes 1, 2, 6, 10, 13 and 17. ('folliculin', 'Gene', (91, 101)) ('mutations', 'Var', (74, 83)) ('caused by', 'Reg', (64, 73)) ('Birt-Hogg-Dube-Syndrome', 'Disease', (30, 53)) ('linked', 'Reg', (16, 22)) ('folliculin', 'Gene', '201163', (91, 101)) 1377 27092491 Nowadays, systemic therapeutic options mainly in ccRCC include targeted therapies, monclonal antibodies against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and inhibitors for mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (51, 54)) ('mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', '2475', (173, 202)) ('mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', (173, 202)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (148, 152)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', '7422', (112, 146)) ('inhibitors', 'Var', (158, 168)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (204, 208)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (204, 208)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (148, 152)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005172', ('112', '146')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (51, 54)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', (112, 146)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (51, 54)) 1384 27092491 Amongst other reasons, a large portion of the human genome is considered to be potentially non-coding due to missing sequence homologies to known proteins, the absence of open reading frames, and frequent codon substitutions. ('absence', 'NegReg', (160, 167)) ('sequence', 'MPA', (117, 125)) ('open reading frames', 'MPA', (171, 190)) ('codon substitutions', 'Var', (205, 224)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (46, 51)) ('missing', 'NegReg', (109, 116)) 1411 27092491 A knock-down of MALAT1 in RCC cell lines inhibits cell proliferation, migration and invasion; moreover, it increases apoptosis rates. ('inhibits', 'NegReg', (41, 49)) ('apoptosis rates', 'CPA', (117, 132)) ('increases', 'PosReg', (107, 116)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (26, 29)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (26, 29)) ('cell proliferation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008283', ('50', '68')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (26, 29)) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0097194', ('117', '126')) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006915', ('117', '126')) ('cell proliferation', 'CPA', (50, 68)) ('MALAT1', 'Gene', (16, 22)) ('knock-down', 'Var', (2, 12)) 1412 27092491 2015 were able to show a direct activation of MALAT1 by c-fos, a transcription factor activated in conjunction with c-jun in the downstream pathway of VHL tumour suppressor gene inactivation in ccRCC. ('inactivation', 'Var', (178, 190)) ('c-fos', 'Gene', '2353', (56, 61)) ('c-jun', 'Gene', '3725', (116, 121)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (196, 199)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (32, 42)) ('VHL tumour', 'Disease', (151, 161)) ('c-jun', 'Gene', (116, 121)) ('VHL tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (151, 161)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (155, 161)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('65', '78')) ('transcription factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0000981', ('65', '85')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (196, 199)) ('c-fos', 'Gene', (56, 61)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (196, 199)) ('MALAT1', 'Gene', (46, 52)) 1413 27092491 Other lncRNAs, such as H19 and HOTAIR, are known to bind to PRC2 to induce gene silencing via H3K27 trimethylation. ('bind', 'Interaction', (52, 56)) ('trimethylation', 'Var', (100, 114)) ('H3K27', 'Protein', (94, 99)) ('gene silencing', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016458', ('75', '89')) ('PRC2', 'Gene', (60, 64)) ('H19', 'Gene', (23, 26)) ('H19', 'Gene', '283120', (23, 26)) ('gene silencing', 'MPA', (75, 89)) 1416 27092491 After inactivation of MALAT1, decreased expression of EZH2, beta-catenin, H3K27me3 and c-myc in contrast to increased levels of E-cadherin could be demonstrated. ('EZH2', 'Gene', (54, 58)) ('E-cadherin', 'Gene', (128, 138)) ('expression', 'MPA', (40, 50)) ('E-cadherin', 'Gene', '999', (128, 138)) ('cadherin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008014', ('130', '138')) ('inactivation', 'Var', (6, 18)) ('c-myc', 'Gene', '4609', (87, 92)) ('c-myc', 'Gene', (87, 92)) ('beta-catenin', 'Gene', (60, 72)) ('beta-catenin', 'Gene', '1499', (60, 72)) ('MALAT1', 'Gene', (22, 28)) ('EZH2', 'Gene', '2146', (54, 58)) ('H3K27me3', 'Protein', (74, 82)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (30, 39)) 1423 27092491 Interestingly, a fusion of the Alpha Gene/MALAT1 with the basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper (bHLH-LZ) transcription factor EB (TFEB) based on chromosomal translocation of t(6; 11)(p21; q13) was observed in pRCC as well as in paediatric RCC. ('TFEB', 'Gene', (131, 135)) ('Gene/MALAT1', 'Gene', (37, 48)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (240, 243)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (211, 214)) ('p21', 'Gene', '644914', (184, 187)) ('observed', 'Reg', (198, 206)) ('fusion', 'Var', (17, 23)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (211, 214)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (211, 214)) ('transcription factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0000981', ('106', '126')) ('p21', 'Gene', (184, 187)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (210, 214)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (240, 243)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('106', '119')) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (131, 135)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (240, 243)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (210, 214)) 1424 27092491 In addition to the mentioned molecular insights, high levels of MALAT1 are significantly correlated with tumour size, pathologic T-stage, as well as lymph node metastases. ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (105, 111)) ('high levels', 'Var', (49, 60)) ('MALAT1', 'Protein', (64, 70)) ('metastases', 'Disease', (160, 170)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (105, 111)) ('correlated', 'Reg', (89, 99)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (105, 111)) ('metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (160, 170)) 1425 27092491 In a multivariate analysis, high MALAT1 expression represented an independent prognostic factor for shorter OS. ('expression', 'MPA', (40, 50)) ('MALAT1', 'Protein', (33, 39)) ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (108, 110)) ('high', 'Var', (28, 32)) ('shorter OS', 'Disease', (100, 110)) 1427 27092491 This has already been demonstrated in lung cancer, where antisense oligonucleotide blocking of MALAT1 prevented the spread of metastasis after tumour implantation in a mouse xenograft. ('MALAT1', 'Gene', (95, 101)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', (38, 49)) ('antisense oligonucleotide blocking', 'Var', (57, 91)) ('prevented', 'NegReg', (102, 111)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (168, 173)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (38, 49)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (143, 149)) ('tumour implantation', 'Disease', (143, 162)) ('tumour implantation', 'Disease', 'MESH:D057873', (143, 162)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (43, 49)) ('oligonucleotide', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D009841', (67, 82)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (38, 49)) ('spread of metastasis', 'CPA', (116, 136)) 1431 27092491 When combined with mutation of p53, HIF1A promotes angiogenesis, tumourigenesis, multidrug resistance and the ability of cells to metastasise and survive. ('ability of cells to metastasise', 'CPA', (110, 141)) ('p53', 'Gene', (31, 34)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (31, 34)) ('mutation', 'Var', (19, 27)) ('HIF1A', 'Gene', (36, 41)) ('HIF1A', 'Gene', '3091', (36, 41)) ('multidrug resistance', 'CPA', (81, 101)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('51', '63')) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (65, 71)) ('promotes', 'PosReg', (42, 50)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (65, 71)) ('angiogenesis', 'CPA', (51, 63)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (65, 71)) 1438 27092491 Knock-down of H19 results in decreased growth, migration, invasion, and in reduced wound healing capacity. ('H19', 'Gene', '283120', (14, 17)) ('wound healing capacity', 'CPA', (83, 105)) ('wound healing', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042060', ('83', '96')) ('H19', 'Gene', (14, 17)) ('Knock-down', 'Var', (0, 10)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (75, 82)) ('decreased growth', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001510', (29, 45)) ('invasion', 'CPA', (58, 66)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (29, 38)) ('growth', 'CPA', (39, 45)) ('reduced wound healing', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001058', (75, 96)) 1466 27092491 It is up-regulated in several types of cancer and knock-down of its expression leads to cell growth arrest, inhibition of invasion and elevated rates of apoptosis. ('knock-down', 'Var', (50, 60)) ('growth arrest', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001510', (93, 106)) ('inhibition', 'NegReg', (108, 118)) ('elevated', 'PosReg', (135, 143)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (39, 45)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (39, 45)) ('cell growth', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016049', ('88', '99')) ('invasion', 'CPA', (122, 130)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (39, 45)) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0097194', ('153', '162')) ('growth arrest', 'Disease', (93, 106)) ('growth arrest', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006323', (93, 106)) ('up-regulated', 'PosReg', (6, 18)) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006915', ('153', '162')) 1468 27092491 In RCC, SPRY4-IT1 is found in higher levels in ccRCC tissue and in RCC cell lines. ('RCC', 'Disease', (49, 52)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (67, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (67, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (67, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (3, 6)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (3, 6)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (49, 52)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (3, 6)) ('SPRY4-IT1', 'Var', (8, 17)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (49, 52)) 1470 27092491 Given that there is only one single publication regarding SPRY4-IT1 in RCC, the potential role of this non-coding RNA remains difficult to define. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (71, 74)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (71, 74)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (71, 74)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('114', '117')) ('SPRY4-IT1', 'Var', (58, 67)) 1486 27092491 Knock-down of NBAT by siRNAs results in increased cell proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro. ('migration', 'CPA', (70, 79)) ('Knock-down', 'Var', (0, 10)) ('cell proliferation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008283', ('50', '68')) ('increased', 'PosReg', (40, 49)) ('invasion in vitro', 'CPA', (84, 101)) ('NBAT', 'Gene', '6519', (14, 18)) ('NBAT', 'Gene', (14, 18)) ('cell proliferation', 'CPA', (50, 68)) 1492 27092491 On the other hand, knockout of MALAT1 does not result in obvious alterations of pre- and post-natal development in mice. ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (115, 119)) ('pre', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003904', ('80', '83')) ('MALAT1', 'Gene', (31, 37)) ('knockout', 'Var', (19, 27)) 1493 27092491 Knockout of HOTAIR results in viable mice but with transformation of the spinal vertebrae and metacarpal bones, while knockout of Fendrr (Foxf1 adjacent non-coding developmental regulatory RNA) results in embryonic lethality. ('Fendrr', 'Gene', '68790', (130, 136)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('189', '192')) ('Fendrr', 'Gene', (130, 136)) ('embryonic lethality', 'Disease', 'MESH:D020964', (205, 224)) ('embryonic lethality', 'Disease', (205, 224)) ('knockout', 'Var', (118, 126)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (37, 41)) 1497 27092491 These approaches include e.g., small interfering RNAs, ribozymes, aptamers, antisense oligonucleotides, natural antisense transcripts and small molecules. ('oligonucleotides', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D009841', (86, 102)) ('ribozymes', 'Var', (55, 64)) ('antisense', 'Var', (76, 85)) 1612 28759013 Tissue samples were cut into smaller pieces with surgical blades and digested overnight in full DMEM medium containing Collagenase Type I (300 U/ml, Thermo Fischer Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) and DNase I, Type II (200 U/ml, Sigma Aldrich, St Louis, MO, USA). ('DNase I', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004530', ('198', '205')) ('300 U/ml', 'Var', (139, 147)) ('DMEM medium', 'Chemical', '-', (96, 107)) ('200 U/ml', 'Var', (216, 224)) 1634 28759013 Antibodies used were: CD14-FITC (555397, 1:10), CD206-APC (550889, 1:20), and CD1a-PE (555807, 1:10), all from BD Biosciences. ('CD14', 'Gene', (22, 26)) ('CD14', 'Gene', '929', (22, 26)) ('CD1a', 'Gene', (78, 82)) ('CD206-APC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011125', (48, 57)) ('CD1a', 'Gene', '909', (78, 82)) ('APC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005680', ('54', '57')) ('CD206-APC', 'Disease', (48, 57)) ('550889', 'Var', (59, 65)) 1687 28759013 On the contrary, in another study the presence of TAMs was reported to be associated with lower tumor grade and absence of vascular invasion in pRCC. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (144, 148)) ('presence', 'Var', (38, 46)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (96, 101)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (96, 101)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (144, 148)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (90, 95)) ('TAMs', 'Chemical', '-', (50, 54)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (96, 101)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (144, 148)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (145, 148)) 1779 31361072 Four CpGs (cg00489401, cg27649239, cg20555674, and cg07196505) in particular are identified as markers for differentiating between localized and advanced-stage type 2 PRCC. ('PRCC', 'Gene', (167, 171)) ('cg00489401', 'Var', (11, 21)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (167, 171)) ('cg27649239', 'Chemical', '-', (23, 33)) ('cg20555674', 'Chemical', '-', (35, 45)) ('cg07196505', 'Var', (51, 61)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (168, 171)) ('cg27649239', 'Var', (23, 33)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (167, 171)) ('cg20555674', 'Var', (35, 45)) ('localized', 'Disease', (131, 140)) 1780 31361072 Copy number analysis reveals that copy gain of PTK7 mostly occurs in advanced-stage type 2 PRCC. ('PTK7', 'Gene', (47, 51)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', '5754', (47, 51)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (91, 95)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (91, 95)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (92, 95)) ('occurs', 'Reg', (59, 65)) ('copy gain', 'Var', (34, 43)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (91, 95)) 1781 31361072 Both the four CpG methylation changes and PTK7 copy number gain are associated with patient survival. ('associated', 'Reg', (68, 78)) ('copy number', 'Var', (47, 58)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', (42, 46)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', '5754', (42, 46)) ('methylation changes', 'Var', (18, 37)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('18', '29')) ('patient survival', 'CPA', (84, 100)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (84, 91)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (59, 63)) 1782 31361072 RNA-seq analysis demonstrates that PTK7 copy gain leads to higher PTK7 expression relative to tumors without copy number gain. ('copy', 'Var', (40, 44)) ('expression', 'MPA', (71, 81)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (94, 99)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', (66, 70)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', '5754', (66, 70)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', (35, 39)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (94, 100)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (94, 100)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', '5754', (35, 39)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (94, 100)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (59, 65)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('0', '3')) 1784 31361072 In conclusion, DNA methylation markers that differentiate between localized and advanced-stage type 2 PRCC may serve as useful markers for disease staging or outcome, while PTK7 copy gain represents a potential treatment target for advanced-stage type 2 PRCC. ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (254, 258)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (255, 258)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (103, 106)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (102, 106)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (254, 258)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('15', '18')) ('copy', 'Var', (178, 182)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (102, 106)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (254, 258)) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('15', '30')) ('PTK7', 'Gene', (173, 177)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (102, 106)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', '5754', (173, 177)) 1785 31361072 Stepwise methylation changes and copy number gain also associate with disease stage in PRCC patients. ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (87, 91)) ('copy number gain', 'Var', (33, 49)) ('associate', 'Reg', (55, 64)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (92, 100)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (88, 91)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (87, 91)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('9', '20')) ('methylation changes', 'Var', (9, 28)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (87, 91)) ('disease', 'Disease', (70, 77)) 1794 31361072 To address this issue, we examine 450k data from TCGA's KIRP dataset with a specific focus on identifying DNA methylation alterations and copy number variations (CNVs) that can be linked specifically to advanced-stage PRCC. ('PRCC', 'Gene', (218, 222)) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('106', '121')) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (218, 222)) ('linked', 'Reg', (180, 186)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('106', '109')) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (218, 222)) ('copy number variations', 'Var', (138, 160)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (219, 222)) ('methylation alterations', 'Var', (110, 133)) 1797 31361072 To that end, we identify a subset of CpGs (cg00489401, cg27649239, cg20555674, and cg07196505) and a CNV (PTK7 amplification) that differentiate localized from advanced-stage type 2 PRCC, demonstrating that both genetic and epigenetic features likely contribute to disease progression. ('PTK7', 'Gene', (106, 110)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (182, 186)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (183, 186)) ('cg20555674', 'Var', (67, 77)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', '5754', (106, 110)) ('cg27649239', 'Chemical', '-', (55, 65)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (182, 186)) ('cg07196505', 'Var', (83, 93)) ('cg00489401', 'Var', (43, 53)) ('cg20555674', 'Chemical', '-', (67, 77)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (182, 186)) ('localized', 'Disease', (145, 154)) ('cg27649239', 'Var', (55, 65)) 1798 31361072 Ten patients were reclassified based on review by a group of expert pathologists, as described in the TCGA-KIRP publication.1 We utilize the reclassified type 1 and type 2 data in this analysis: eight patients (TCGA-AL-7173, TCGA-B1-A47M, TCGA-B9-7268, TCGA-BQ-7060, TCGA-BQ-7062, TCGA-EV-5901, TCGA-HE-A5NI, and TCGA-PJ-A5Z8) are reclassified as type 1 while two patients (TCGA-A4-8098 and TCGA-J7-8537) are reclassified as type 2. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (201, 209)) ('TCGA-BQ-7060', 'Var', (253, 265)) ('TCGA-BQ-7062', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6383', (267, 279)) ('A47M', 'Mutation', 'p.A47M', (233, 237)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (4, 12)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (364, 372)) ('TCGA-AL-7173', 'Var', (211, 223)) 1801 31361072 RNA-seq raw gene counts for TCGA-KIRP are downloaded from GEO accession number GSM1536837 (tumor) and GSM1697009 (adjacent-normal). ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (91, 96)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 96)) ('GSM1697009', 'Var', (102, 112)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (91, 96)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('0', '3')) 1807 31361072 Diseases and disorders analysis shows that the majority of genes with progressive promoter hyper- or hypomethylation are related to cancer. ('related', 'Reg', (121, 128)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (132, 138)) ('progressive', 'PosReg', (70, 81)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 138)) ('hypomethylation', 'Var', (101, 116)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (132, 138)) 1808 31361072 Altogether, this analysis suggests that DNA methylation alterations have a functional impact on key pathways related to initiation and progression of PRCC. ('alterations', 'Var', (56, 67)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (150, 154)) ('methylation alterations', 'Var', (44, 67)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (150, 154)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('40', '43')) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('40', '55')) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (151, 154)) ('key pathways', 'Pathway', (96, 108)) ('impact', 'Reg', (86, 92)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (150, 154)) 1811 31361072 Finally, three hypermethylated CpGs (cg00489401, cg27649239, cg20555674) and one hypomethylated CpG (cg07196505) were selected for further analysis. ('cg20555674', 'Var', (61, 71)) ('cg00489401', 'Var', (37, 47)) ('cg27649239', 'Chemical', '-', (49, 59)) ('cg20555674', 'Chemical', '-', (61, 71)) ('cg27649239', 'Var', (49, 59)) 1812 31361072 Hierarchical clustering demonstrated that 29 of 35 advanced-stage type 2 PRCC clustered together and 48 of 51 localized-stage type 2 PRCC clustered together (P < 0.0001) based on methylation at these four sites (Figure 3A). ('PRCC', 'Gene', (133, 137)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (73, 77)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (133, 137)) ('methylation', 'Var', (179, 190)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (74, 77)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (134, 137)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (73, 77)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (133, 137)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (73, 77)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('179', '190')) 1821 31361072 Genes associated with the four previously identified differentially methylated CpGs (cg00489401, cg27649239, cg20555674, and cg07196505) are FLT4, LBXCOR1, ARL5C, and A2BP1, respectively. ('cg00489401', 'Var', (85, 95)) ('LBXCOR1', 'Gene', '390598', (147, 154)) ('ARL5C', 'Gene', '390790', (156, 161)) ('LBXCOR1', 'Gene', (147, 154)) ('cg20555674', 'Var', (109, 119)) ('cg07196505', 'Var', (125, 135)) ('ARL5C', 'Gene', (156, 161)) ('cg27649239', 'Var', (97, 107)) ('cg27649239', 'Chemical', '-', (97, 107)) ('FLT4', 'Gene', (141, 145)) ('FLT4', 'Gene', '2324', (141, 145)) ('cg20555674', 'Chemical', '-', (109, 119)) ('A2BP1', 'Gene', '54715', (167, 172)) ('A2BP1', 'Gene', (167, 172)) 1829 31361072 Four CpGs (cg00489401, cg27649239, cg20555674, and cg07196505) differentiate between stages. ('cg00489401', 'Var', (11, 21)) ('cg27649239', 'Chemical', '-', (23, 33)) ('cg20555674', 'Chemical', '-', (35, 45)) ('cg07196505', 'Var', (51, 61)) ('cg27649239', 'Var', (23, 33)) ('cg20555674', 'Var', (35, 45)) 1835 31361072 Our present study also demonstrates that genes targeted for progressive hypermethylation in the transition to advanced-stage from localized PRCC are associated with adrenergic signaling, G protein signaling, and GABA receptor signaling. ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('189', '196')) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (140, 144)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (141, 144)) ('adrenergic signaling', 'MPA', (165, 185)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('226', '235')) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (140, 144)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('176', '185')) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('197', '206')) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (72, 88)) ('associated', 'Reg', (149, 159)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (140, 144)) ('G protein signaling', 'MPA', (187, 206)) ('GABA receptor', 'Gene', (212, 225)) ('GABA receptor', 'Gene', '11337', (212, 225)) 1837 31361072 In the RCC cell line Caki-2, GABA stimulation promotes cancer cell invasion via ERK1/2-dependent upregulation of MMPs; an effect mediated mainly through the GABA-B receptor.19 Thus, while DNA methylation changes may serve as prognostic markers in pRCC, they may also functionally influence the underlying biology of the disease. ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (97, 109)) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('188', '203')) ('MMPs', 'CPA', (113, 117)) ('ERK1', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004707', ('80', '84')) ('Caki-2', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0235', (21, 27)) ('changes', 'Var', (204, 211)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (247, 251)) ('ERK1/2', 'Gene', (80, 86)) ('ERK1/2', 'Gene', '5595;5594', (80, 86)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (55, 61)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (248, 251)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (248, 251)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('188', '191')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (55, 61)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (7, 10)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (7, 10)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (7, 10)) ('influence', 'Reg', (280, 289)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (248, 251)) ('GABA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005680', (157, 161)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (55, 61)) ('promotes', 'PosReg', (46, 54)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (247, 251)) ('GABA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005680', (29, 33)) 1845 31361072 PF-06647020, an antibody-drug conjugate targeting PTK7, induces sustained tumor regression in patients with triple-negative breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and nonsmall cell lung cancer.33 Whether PF-06647020 has a similar effect in advanced-stage type 2 PRCC remains to be investigated. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (147, 153)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (178, 184)) ('nonsmall cell lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002289', (159, 184)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (124, 137)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (74, 79)) ('PF-06647020', 'Var', (196, 207)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (254, 258)) ('antibody', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003823', ('16', '24')) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (94, 102)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (74, 79)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', (139, 153)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (124, 137)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0042571', ('16', '24')) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (139, 153)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (124, 137)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (255, 258)) ('nonsmall cell lung cancer', 'Disease', (159, 184)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (74, 79)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019814', ('16', '24')) ('PTK7', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019815', ('16', '24')) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (173, 184)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (254, 258)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (131, 137)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (254, 258)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', '5754', (50, 54)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (139, 153)) 1847 31361072 CNV analysis reveals that copy number gain in PTK7 is associated with poor survival and higher expression from localized-stage to advanced-stage type 2 PRCC, suggesting that PTK7 represents a promising treatment target for advanced-stage type 2 PRCC. ('higher', 'PosReg', (88, 94)) ('poor', 'NegReg', (70, 74)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', (174, 178)) ('survival', 'CPA', (75, 83)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (245, 249)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (246, 249)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', '5754', (174, 178)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (152, 156)) ('copy number gain', 'Var', (26, 42)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (153, 156)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (152, 156)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (245, 249)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', (46, 50)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (152, 156)) ('PTK7', 'Gene', '5754', (46, 50)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (245, 249)) ('expression', 'MPA', (95, 105)) 1864 30987368 These tumours are driven by inactivation of the von Hippel Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor gene. ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (72, 78)) ('von Hippel Lindau (VHL) tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (48, 78)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 12)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (28, 40)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 13)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (6, 13)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (6, 13)) 1872 30987368 Recently, other common molecular drivers have been identified with mutations commonly involving chromatin-remodelling genes (PBRM1, KDM5C, SETD2, and BAP1). ('chromatin-remodelling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('96', '117')) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (150, 154)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (139, 144)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', (132, 137)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', '8242', (132, 137)) ('mutations', 'Var', (67, 76)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('96', '105')) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (125, 130)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (150, 154)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (125, 130)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (139, 144)) 1875 30987368 Type 1 papillary renal cell carcinomas are enriched in MET alterations, mainly mutations and gains in chromosome 7 involving the MET locus. ('gains', 'PosReg', (93, 98)) ('papillary renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (7, 38)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (28, 38)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (17, 37)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (17, 38)) ('papillary renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (7, 38)) ('Type 1 papillary renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011797', (0, 38)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('102', '112')) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (28, 37)) ('papillary renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', (7, 38)) ('mutations', 'Var', (79, 88)) 1876 30987368 However, MET copy number gain is also found in up to 50% of type 2 pRCC. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (67, 71)) ('copy number gain', 'Var', (13, 29)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (68, 71)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (67, 71)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (67, 71)) 1877 30987368 Recurrent alterations of SETD2, EGFR, CDKN2A, NF2, TERT, and FH were also described and occurred more frequently in type 2 pRCC, suggesting deregulation of chromatin remodelling and activation of the cell cycle and MAP kinases pathway. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (124, 127)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (123, 127)) ('chromatin remodelling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('156', '177')) ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (46, 49)) ('TERT', 'Gene', (51, 55)) ('occurred', 'Reg', (88, 96)) ('MAP', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004239', ('215', '218')) ('NF2', 'Gene', (46, 49)) ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (51, 55)) ('EGFR', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('EGFR', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005006', ('32', '36')) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (25, 30)) ('alterations', 'Var', (10, 21)) ('deregulation', 'Reg', (140, 152)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('156', '165')) ('cell cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007049', ('200', '210')) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (38, 44)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (123, 127)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (25, 30)) ('EGFR', 'Gene', '1956', (32, 36)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (123, 127)) ('FH', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (61, 63)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (38, 44)) 1878 30987368 Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (cRCC) is an eosinophilic tumour (Figure 1C) derived from the distal nephron, characterized by mitochondrial alterations with increased mitochondria count, expression of genes involved the in citric acid cycle, and mutations in mitochondrial DNA copies. ('mutations', 'Var', (248, 257)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (12, 32)) ('Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 32)) ('mitochondrial DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('261', '278')) ('eosinophilic tumour', 'Disease', (46, 65)) ('citric acid cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('225', '242')) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (35, 38)) ('mitochondrial alterations', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012103', (128, 153)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (35, 38)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (23, 32)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (59, 65)) ('mitochondria', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005739', ('169', '181')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (35, 38)) ('Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (0, 32)) ('mitochondrial', 'Gene', (261, 274)) ('citric acid', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019343', (225, 236)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (159, 168)) ('eosinophilic tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004802', (46, 65)) ('increased mitochondria', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0041045', (159, 181)) ('mitochondria count', 'MPA', (169, 187)) 1889 30987368 Mutations of NF2, SETD2, and SMARCB1 were also reported. ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (13, 16)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', '6598', (29, 36)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (18, 23)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (29, 36)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (18, 23)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (13, 16)) 1892 30987368 Sarcomatoid features can occur in each histologic subtype (Figure 1F) and in the sarcomatoid component, demonstrate an increased mutational burden along with a higher frequency of TP53, CDKN2A, and NF2 mutations and chromatin remodelling genes, BAP1 and ARID1A. ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('216', '225')) ('Sarcomatoid', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (0, 11)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (245, 249)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (180, 184)) ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (198, 201)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (186, 192)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', (254, 260)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (198, 201)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (245, 249)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', '8289', (254, 260)) ('Sarcomatoid', 'Disease', (0, 11)) ('mutational burden', 'MPA', (129, 146)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (180, 184)) ('sarcomatoid component', 'Disease', (81, 102)) ('chromatin remodelling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('216', '237')) ('sarcomatoid component', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (81, 102)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (186, 192)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (119, 128)) ('mutations', 'Var', (202, 211)) 1905 30987368 Biological rationale encouraged the synergy of CTLA-4 inhibition, which favours the development of an active immune response at the level of T-cell proliferation, with PD-1 inhibition, which modulates the immune response at the level of the tumour micro-environment. ('inhibition', 'Var', (54, 64)) ('CTLA-4', 'Gene', '1493', (47, 53)) ('CTLA-4', 'Gene', (47, 53)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (241, 247)) ('T-cell proliferation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042098', ('141', '161')) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (241, 247)) ('favours', 'PosReg', (72, 79)) ('immune response', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006955', ('205', '220')) ('immune response', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006955', ('109', '124')) ('tumour', 'Disease', (241, 247)) ('active immune', 'MPA', (102, 115)) 1906 30987368 In ccRCC, the inactivation of VHL results in an increase of growth factors, such as VEGF, that favour the proliferation and migration of endothelial cells. ('VHL', 'Gene', (30, 33)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (5, 8)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (14, 26)) ('favour', 'PosReg', (95, 101)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (5, 8)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (84, 88)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (30, 33)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (5, 8)) ('migration of endothelial cells', 'CPA', (124, 154)) ('growth factors', 'MPA', (60, 74)) ('proliferation', 'CPA', (106, 119)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (84, 88)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (48, 56)) 1911 30987368 Interestingly, VEGF inhibitors are able to reverse these effects by improving dendritic cell function and antigen presentation, vasculature normalization with greater trafficking of immune cells, increased cytotoxic T cell infiltration, and decreased MDSC and T-regulatory cells that could potentially reduce the immunosuppressive effect in the tumour micro-environment. ('tumour', 'Disease', (345, 351)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (196, 205)) ('trafficking', 'CPA', (167, 178)) ('cytotoxic T cell infiltration', 'CPA', (206, 235)) ('antigen presentation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0019882', ('106', '126')) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (241, 250)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (15, 19)) ('antigen presentation', 'MPA', (106, 126)) ('vasculature', 'CPA', (128, 139)) ('inhibitors', 'Var', (20, 30)) ('greater', 'PosReg', (159, 166)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (345, 351)) ('improving', 'PosReg', (68, 77)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (345, 351)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (15, 19)) ('dendritic cell function', 'CPA', (78, 101)) 1936 30987368 Pembrolizumab and atezolizumab are currently being evaluated in the phase III trials, IMmotion010 (NCT03024996) and Keynote 564 (NCT03142334), respectively. ('NCT03024996', 'Var', (99, 110)) ('Pembrolizumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C582435', (0, 13)) ('atezolizumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000594389', (18, 30)) ('NCT03142334', 'Var', (129, 140)) 1942 30987368 The coprimary endpoints were PFS in PD-L1+ patients and OS in intention-to-treat (ITT) patients. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (43, 51)) ('PD-L1+', 'Var', (36, 42)) ('PFS', 'Disease', (29, 32)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (87, 95)) 1974 30987368 In concordance with the results on ccRCC, the expression of PD-L1 on tumour cells was associated with worse outcomes in nccRCC. ('tumour', 'Disease', (69, 75)) ('expression', 'Var', (46, 56)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (37, 40)) ('PD-L1', 'Gene', (60, 65)) ('associated', 'Reg', (86, 96)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (37, 40)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (123, 126)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (37, 40)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (123, 126)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (69, 75)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (69, 75)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (123, 126)) 1982 30987368 Among mutations, insertions/deletions, a rich source of immunogenic neoantigens, are more frequently observed in RCC. ('insertions/deletions', 'Var', (17, 37)) ('observed', 'Reg', (101, 109)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (113, 116)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (113, 116)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (113, 116)) 1983 30987368 One hypothesis is that RCC with the worst clinical prognosis better responds to ICI due to a higher mutational load. ('better', 'PosReg', (61, 67)) ('clinical', 'Species', '191496', (42, 50)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (23, 26)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (23, 26)) ('ICI', 'Chemical', '-', (80, 83)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (23, 26)) ('responds to ICI', 'MPA', (68, 83)) ('mutational', 'Var', (100, 110)) 1998 30987368 The clinical utility of mutational burden has not yet been demonstrated in RCC studies and is still under evaluation and the proportion of insertions and deletions could be more relevant in RCC. ('clinical', 'Species', '191496', (4, 12)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (190, 193)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (75, 78)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (190, 193)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (190, 193)) ('deletions', 'Var', (154, 163)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (75, 78)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (75, 78)) 2001 25676555 TCEB1-mutated Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Distinct Genomic and Morphologic Subtype Integrated sequencing analysis identified a group of tumors among clear cell renal cell carcinomas characterized by hotspot mutations in TCEB1 (a gene that contributes to the VHL complex to ubiquitinate hypoxia inducible factor). ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (145, 176)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (156, 176)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', (156, 177)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (145, 177)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (167, 176)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (167, 177)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (282, 289)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (156, 177)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (254, 257)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (145, 176)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (216, 221)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 138)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', (14, 34)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (216, 221)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (14, 34)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 137)) ('VHL complex', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0030891', ('254', '265')) ('tumors', 'Disease', (132, 138)) ('mutations', 'Var', (203, 212)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (145, 176)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (0, 5)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (14, 34)) ('hotspot', 'PosReg', (195, 202)) ('Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (25, 34)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (132, 138)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (254, 257)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (282, 289)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (156, 177)) 2002 25676555 We analyzed 11 tumors from two distinct cohorts with TCEB1 mutations along with an expanded cohort to assess whether these should be considered an entity distinct from clear cell renal cell carcinoma and clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma. ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (215, 245)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (15, 21)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (190, 199)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (204, 245)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (225, 245)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (168, 199)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (15, 20)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (15, 21)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (236, 245)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (179, 199)) ('mutations', 'Var', (59, 68)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (168, 199)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (168, 199)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (53, 58)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (204, 245)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (204, 245)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (53, 58)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (15, 21)) 2003 25676555 All tumors were characterized by hotspot mutations in TCEB1 Y79C/S/F/N or A100P. ('A100P', 'Var', (74, 79)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (54, 59)) ('Y79C', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (60, 64)) ('Y79C', 'Var', (60, 64)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (4, 10)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (4, 10)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (4, 10)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (4, 9)) ('A100P', 'Mutation', 'p.A100P', (74, 79)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (54, 59)) 2006 25676555 All TCEB1 mutated tumors were VHL and PBRM1 wild type and contained distinct copy number profiles including loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 8, the location of TCEB1 (8q21.11). ('mutated', 'Var', (10, 17)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (4, 9)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (4, 9)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (164, 169)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (30, 33)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (164, 169)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (38, 43)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (30, 33)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (18, 24)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (38, 43)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (18, 24)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (18, 24)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('134', '144')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (18, 23)) 2008 25676555 None of the clear cell papillary tumor harbored TCEB1 mutations. ('papillary tumor', 'Disease', (23, 38)) ('mutations', 'Var', (54, 63)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (48, 53)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (48, 53)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (33, 38)) ('papillary tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (23, 38)) 2012 25676555 In sum, TCEB1-mutated renal cell carcinoma is a distinct entity with recurrent hotspot mutations, specific copy number alterations, pathway activation and characteristic morphologic features. ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (22, 42)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (33, 42)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (22, 42)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (140, 150)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (22, 42)) ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (107, 130)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (8, 13)) ('mutations', 'Var', (87, 96)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (8, 13)) 2020 25676555 Exome and copy number analysis has shown loss of 3p and VHL mutations to be fundamental events in carcinogenesis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. ('VHL', 'Gene', (56, 59)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (138, 147)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (56, 59)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (116, 147)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (127, 147)) ('mutations', 'Var', (60, 69)) ('carcinogenesis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (98, 147)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (41, 45)) ('carcinogenesis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (98, 147)) 2023 25676555 Sato and colleagues recently identified a group of tumors within clear cell renal cell carcinoma that lacked the characteristic 3p loss and VHL mutations. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 56)) ('3p loss', 'Protein', (128, 135)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (76, 96)) ('tumors within clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001929', (51, 96)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (65, 96)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 57)) ('tumors within clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (51, 96)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (140, 143)) ('mutations', 'Var', (144, 153)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (140, 143)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (87, 96)) 2024 25676555 These tumors were defined by loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 8q along with characteristic transcription elongation factor B (TCEB1) hotspot mutations, affecting the binding site of VHL and thus the ability to ubiquitinate the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) complex. ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (231, 238)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (130, 135)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (130, 135)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (186, 189)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (231, 238)) ('mutations', 'Var', (145, 154)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (186, 189)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 12)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('95', '108')) ('binding', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('170', '177')) ('tumors', 'Disease', (6, 12)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (6, 12)) ('ability', 'MPA', (203, 210)) ('affecting', 'Reg', (156, 165)) ('binding', 'Interaction', (170, 177)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('55', '65')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 11)) ('ubiquitinate', 'MPA', (214, 226)) 2027 25676555 The Sato et al cohort consisted of 8, mostly low-grade tumors with TCEB1 mutation. ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (67, 72)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (55, 60)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (55, 61)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (55, 61)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (55, 61)) ('mutation', 'Var', (73, 81)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (67, 72)) 2034 25676555 To compare TCEB1 mutant and wild-type tumor genomic profiles, we combined TCEB1 mutant tumor samples from Sato et al and TCGA (n=11) and compared these to low grade TCGA tumors with complete genomic data (n=193). ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (38, 43)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (38, 43)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (170, 175)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (87, 92)) ('mutant', 'Var', (80, 86)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (11, 16)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (170, 175)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (11, 16)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (87, 92)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (170, 175)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (170, 176)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (38, 43)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (170, 176)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (87, 92)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (74, 79)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (170, 176)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (74, 79)) 2035 25676555 We computed genome-wide estimates of DNA copy number gain or loss frequencies in the two tumor sets using the Integrated Genomics Viewer (gain: log2(CN/2) > 0.1; loss: log2(CN/2) <-0.1). ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('37', '40')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (89, 94)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (89, 94)) ('copy number', 'Var', (41, 52)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (61, 65)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (53, 57)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (89, 94)) 2037 25676555 Gene expression profiles of TCEB1 mutant tumors from the Sato et al (Agilent 4x44k microarrays) and TCGA (RNA-seq) cohorts, was performed by computing gene expression changes between TCEB1-mutated (Sato: n=5, TCGA: n=3) and wild-type (Sato: n=67, TCGA: n=180) tumors separately for each of the two distinct cohorts. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (41, 46)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('151', '166')) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (260, 266)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (41, 47)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (28, 33)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (260, 266)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (28, 33)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (41, 47)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (41, 47)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (183, 188)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('106', '109')) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (183, 188)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (260, 265)) ('Gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('0', '15')) ('mutant', 'Var', (34, 40)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (260, 266)) 2040 25676555 We analyzed gene expression profiles of n=5 mutated vs 67 low-grade clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumors from the Sato et al cohort. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (100, 105)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (68, 106)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('12', '27')) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (90, 99)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (100, 106)) ('mutated', 'Var', (44, 51)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumors', 'Disease', (68, 106)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (68, 99)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (79, 99)) 2041 25676555 Genes were sorted by mRNA expression change in TCEB1 mutant versus wild-type tumors, and GSEA was used to evaluate the null hypothesis that genes in particular gene sets or pathways were not differentially expressed in mutant versus wild-type samples. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (77, 83)) ('type tumors', 'Disease', (72, 83)) ('type tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (72, 83)) ('GSEA', 'Chemical', '-', (89, 93)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (77, 82)) ('mRNA expression', 'MPA', (21, 36)) ('mutant', 'Var', (53, 59)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (47, 52)) ('change', 'Reg', (37, 43)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (47, 52)) 2051 25676555 All TCGA TCEB1 mutations exclusively involved VHL-binding site residues Tyr79. ('VHL', 'Gene', (46, 49)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (46, 49)) ('mutations', 'Var', (15, 24)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (9, 14)) ('Tyr79', 'Var', (72, 77)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (9, 14)) ('binding', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('50', '57')) ('Tyr79', 'Chemical', '-', (72, 77)) ('involved', 'Reg', (37, 45)) 2052 25676555 The TCEB1 mutant tumors, as assessed from either Sato et al or TCGA cohorts, had completely different mutation patterns compared to clear cell renal cell carcinoma which show frequently mutated 3p genes including VHL, PBRM1 or SETD2 (Supplemental Fig 2). ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (17, 22)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (218, 223)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (17, 23)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (218, 223)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (132, 163)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (143, 163)) ('mutant', 'Var', (10, 16)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (4, 9)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (4, 9)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (17, 23)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (132, 163)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (17, 23)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (213, 216)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (132, 163)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (227, 232)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (213, 216)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (154, 163)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (227, 232)) 2053 25676555 One tumor in the Sato et al cohort contained a mutation in BAP1, however this was a missense mutation predicted to have low functional impact, and was not accompanied by 3p loss. ('tumor', 'Disease', (4, 9)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (59, 63)) ('mutation', 'Var', (47, 55)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (4, 9)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (4, 9)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (59, 63)) 2055 25676555 Further interrogation of both cohorts identified only two recurrent clear cell renal cell carcinoma-associated mutations in the TCEB1-mutated samples, a PIK3CA mutation (ccrcc-48) and a MUC4 mutation (ccrcc-35) (Figure 1B). ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (153, 159)) ('mutations', 'Var', (111, 120)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (90, 99)) ('MUC4', 'Gene', '4585', (186, 190)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (68, 99)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (68, 99)) ('MUC4', 'Gene', (186, 190)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (128, 133)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (68, 99)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (128, 133)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (153, 159)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (79, 99)) 2058 25676555 First, we compared the whole transcriptome expression profiles of TCEB1 mutant tumors from the Sato et al and TCGA cohorts (n=5 and 3, respectively). ('mutant', 'Var', (72, 78)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (66, 71)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (66, 71)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (79, 85)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (79, 85)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (79, 85)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (79, 84)) 2059 25676555 This result was concordant with our hypothesis that TCEB1 mutant tumors had unique expression signatures. ('mutant', 'Var', (58, 64)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (52, 57)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (52, 57)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (65, 71)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (65, 71)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (65, 71)) ('expression', 'MPA', (83, 93)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (65, 70)) 2060 25676555 Combined dataset pathway-based analysis revealed statistically significant gene expression changes associated with TCEB1 mutations. ('mutations', 'Var', (121, 130)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (115, 120)) ('gene expression changes', 'MPA', (75, 98)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (115, 120)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('75', '90')) 2064 25676555 On the other hand, while 25 low-grade clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumors showed 8-loss of heterozygosity, none had a TCEB1 mutation. ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (38, 69)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (49, 69)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (70, 75)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (38, 76)) ('mutation', 'Var', (127, 135)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (70, 76)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (121, 126)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (60, 69)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (121, 126)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumors', 'Disease', (38, 76)) 2067 25676555 However, other Pol II elongation pathway genes such as POLR2C, CDK7, POLR2E and TCEB2 were only significantly down-regulated in the presence of TCEB1 mutations (Figure 3B). ('CDK7', 'Gene', '1022', (63, 67)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (144, 149)) ('POLR2C', 'Gene', (55, 61)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (144, 149)) ('POLR2C', 'Gene', '5432', (55, 61)) ('TCEB2', 'Gene', '6923', (80, 85)) ('POLR2E', 'Gene', (69, 75)) ('down-regulated', 'NegReg', (110, 124)) ('mutations', 'Var', (150, 159)) ('POLR2E', 'Gene', '5434', (69, 75)) ('TCEB2', 'Gene', (80, 85)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('63', '66')) ('CDK7', 'Gene', (63, 67)) ('Pol II elongation pathway genes', 'Gene', (15, 46)) 2068 25676555 In summary, these data suggest that TCEB1 mutations may affect RNA Pol II elongation efficiency by causing a concomitant reduction in expression of other elongation pathway members through mechanisms unknown at present. ('affect', 'Reg', (56, 62)) ('elongation efficiency', 'CPA', (74, 95)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (36, 41)) ('expression', 'MPA', (134, 144)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('63', '66')) ('RNA Pol II', 'Gene', (63, 73)) ('mutations', 'Var', (42, 51)) ('reduction', 'NegReg', (121, 130)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (36, 41)) 2070 25676555 This signal was also evident in the TCGA cohort, although without statistical significance likely related to the smaller cohort (3 mutated tumors vs 180 low grade clear cell renal cell carcinomas). ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', (174, 195)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (163, 194)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (163, 194)) ('mutated', 'Var', (131, 138)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (174, 195)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (163, 194)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (139, 144)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (163, 195)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (174, 195)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (174, 194)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (139, 145)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (139, 145)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (139, 145)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (185, 194)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (185, 195)) 2079 25676555 Except for the 3 tumors with TCEB1 mutations, none of the other 300 consecutive tumors with digital slides in the TCGA portal that were reviewed, showed morphological features similar to the TCEB1-mutated tumors. ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (205, 211)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (17, 22)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (17, 23)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (80, 85)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (17, 23)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (17, 23)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (80, 86)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (29, 34)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (205, 211)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (205, 210)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (80, 86)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (80, 86)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (205, 211)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (191, 196)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (29, 34)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (191, 196)) ('mutations', 'Var', (35, 44)) 2091 25676555 Further distinguishing these tumors from clear cell renal cell carcinoma, they lack secondary alterations in tumors suppressors such as PBRM1, and mutations in genes such as SETD2, KDM5C and BAP1, which predict for aggressive forms of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (one tumor with a BAP1 missense mutation had no loss of 3p and had retained BAP1 protein expression on immunohistochemistry). ('BAP1', 'Gene', (343, 347)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (285, 289)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (29, 34)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (136, 141)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (109, 114)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', (181, 186)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (29, 35)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (191, 195)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (235, 266)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (63, 72)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (109, 115)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (41, 72)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (52, 72)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (136, 141)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (272, 277)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (29, 34)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (285, 289)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (272, 277)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (109, 114)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (29, 35)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('348', '355')) ('tumors', 'Disease', (109, 115)) ('expression', 'MPA', (356, 366)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (41, 72)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (246, 266)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (235, 266)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (174, 179)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (343, 347)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', '8242', (181, 186)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (29, 35)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (272, 277)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (109, 115)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (191, 195)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (257, 266)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (174, 179)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (235, 266)) ('missense mutation', 'Var', (290, 307)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (29, 34)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (109, 114)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (41, 72)) 2092 25676555 TCEB1-mutated tumors also did not possess any additional recurrent copy number events such as 5q amplifications or 14q or 9p losses that are common in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. ('5q amplifications', 'Var', (94, 111)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (0, 5)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (162, 182)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (151, 182)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (173, 182)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (14, 19)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (14, 20)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (14, 20)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (14, 20)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (151, 182)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (151, 182)) 2094 25676555 Intriguingly, TCEB1 mutational patterns do not follow the classic tumor suppressor profile; the mutations almost always occur at a single hotspot amino acid residue (Tyr 79), which would follow more of an oncogene paradigm - although data from Sato et al suggests that the region interferes with VHL binding. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (66, 71)) ('binding', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('300', '307')) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('66', '82')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (66, 71)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (14, 19)) ('binding', 'Interaction', (300, 307)) ('Tyr', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014443', (166, 169)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (14, 19)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('66', '82')) ('VHL', 'Gene', (296, 299)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (66, 71)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (296, 299)) ('mutations', 'Var', (96, 105)) 2101 25676555 In our analysis, tumors with TCEB1 mutations have down regulation of multiple genes within this complex including POLR2E, POLR2C, CDK7, TCEA1 and TCEB2, in addition to TCEB1 (Figure 3). ('CDK7', 'Gene', '1022', (130, 134)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (17, 23)) ('TCEA1', 'Gene', '6917', (136, 141)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('55', '65')) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (29, 34)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('130', '133')) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (17, 23)) ('down regulation', 'NegReg', (50, 65)) ('POLR2E', 'Gene', (114, 120)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (17, 22)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (168, 173)) ('TCEA1', 'Gene', (136, 141)) ('POLR2C', 'Gene', '5432', (122, 128)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (17, 23)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (168, 173)) ('TCEB2', 'Gene', '6923', (146, 151)) ('TCEB2', 'Gene', (146, 151)) ('CDK7', 'Gene', (130, 134)) ('POLR2C', 'Gene', (122, 128)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (29, 34)) ('POLR2E', 'Gene', '5434', (114, 120)) ('mutations', 'Var', (35, 44)) 2102 25676555 This polygenic phenomenon suggests that mutated TCEB1, which is also associated with lower TCEB1 mRNA expression levels, may also impact a regulatory feedback loop for other genes in the POL II elongation complex. ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (91, 96)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (91, 96)) ('impact', 'NegReg', (130, 136)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (85, 90)) ('regulatory feedback loop', 'MPA', (139, 163)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (48, 53)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (48, 53)) ('mutated', 'Var', (40, 47)) ('mRNA expression levels', 'MPA', (97, 119)) 2110 25676555 Because of some morphological and immunohistochemical overlap, and an understanding of the molecular profile [2, 16] of clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma, we also performed targeted sequencing of 10 clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma tumors for TCEB1 and VHL mutations. ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (152, 161)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (260, 265)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (207, 255)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (207, 248)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (141, 161)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (239, 248)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (228, 248)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (270, 273)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (120, 161)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (131, 161)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (260, 265)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (218, 248)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (207, 255)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (207, 248)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (120, 161)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (249, 254)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (249, 255)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (270, 273)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (120, 161)) ('clear cell papillary renal cell carcinoma tumors', 'Disease', (207, 255)) ('mutations', 'Var', (274, 283)) 2118 25676555 The lack of 3p loss and associated mutations potentially explains the indolent nature of these tumors and offers insights into the metastatic underpinnings of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (159, 190)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (159, 190)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (95, 101)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (159, 190)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (170, 190)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 101)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (15, 19)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 100)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (181, 190)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (95, 101)) ('mutations', 'Var', (35, 44)) 2188 33505430 High TICRR expression in PRCC was associated with female sex, younger age, and worse clinical stages. ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (25, 29)) ('associated', 'Reg', (34, 44)) ('High', 'Var', (0, 4)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (25, 29)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', (5, 10)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', '90381', (5, 10)) 2198 33505430 Several mutated genes were proved to be associated with PRCC diagnosis and treatment, including MET, NF2, SETD2, and Nrf2 pathway genes. ('MET', 'Gene', '79811', (96, 99)) ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (101, 104)) ('mutated genes', 'Var', (8, 21)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (106, 111)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (56, 60)) ('Nrf2', 'Gene', (117, 121)) ('MET', 'Gene', (96, 99)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (80, 83)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (101, 104)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (106, 111)) ('Nrf2', 'Gene', '4780', (117, 121)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (56, 60)) ('associated', 'Reg', (40, 50)) 2231 33505430 As presented in Figures 2A-C and Supplementary Table 1, we found that several PRCC-related pathways were enriched, including epithelial cell differentiation (GO: 0030855, P < 0.001, enrichment factor = 2.654, FDR = 0.037), urogenital system development (GO: 0001655, P < 0.001, enrichment factor = 3.448, FDR = 0.141), and negative regulation of cell division (GO: 0051782, P = 0.001, enrichment factor = 15.802, FDR = 0.266). ('PRCC', 'Gene', (78, 82)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (248, 251)) ('epithelial cell differentiation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0030855', ('125', '156')) ('GO: 0001655', 'Var', (254, 265)) ('negative regulation of cell division', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051782', ('323', '359')) ('urogenital system development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001655', ('223', '252')) ('epithelial cell differentiation', 'CPA', (125, 156)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (284, 287)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (78, 82)) ('urogenital system development', 'CPA', (223, 252)) ('negative', 'NegReg', (323, 331)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (39, 42)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (391, 394)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (188, 191)) 2233 33505430 TICRR-associated DEGs were also enriched in cancer pathways (Figure 2L), especially the cell cycle-related Hedgehog signaling pathway (Figure 2M). ('Hedgehog signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007224', ('107', '133')) ('cell cycle-related Hedgehog signaling pathway', 'Pathway', (88, 133)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (44, 50)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (44, 50)) ('DEGs', 'Var', (17, 21)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('cell cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007049', ('88', '98')) ('TICRR', 'Gene', '90381', (0, 5)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (44, 50)) 2244 33505430 TICRR expression was significantly elevated in patients of female sex (Figure 4A), age below 60 years (Figure 4B), abnormal hemoglobin level (Figure 4C), clinical stages III and IV (Figure 4D), T stages T3 and T4 (Figure 4E), and N stages N1 and N2 (Figure 4F). ('abnormal hemoglobin', 'Gene', (115, 134)) ('abnormal hemoglobin', 'Gene', '3048', (115, 134)) ('expression', 'MPA', (6, 16)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (47, 55)) ('abnormal hemoglobin', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011902', (115, 134)) ('T stages T3', 'Var', (194, 205)) ('abnormal hemoglobin level', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0020061', (115, 140)) ('elevated', 'PosReg', (35, 43)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', '90381', (0, 5)) 2253 33505430 As shown in Table 3, TICRR expression was an independent risk factor for overall survival (HR: 3.862, P = 0.036) and disease-specific survival (HR: 4.705, P = 0.039) in multivariate Cox regression, although it did not provide any significant predictive ability for progression-free interval. ('TICRR', 'Gene', '90381', (21, 26)) ('overall survival', 'CPA', (73, 89)) ('disease-specific survival', 'CPA', (117, 142)) ('expression', 'Var', (27, 37)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', (21, 26)) 2278 33505430 In a different study focusing on breast cancer, TICRR showed a similar effect on tumorigenesis, as silencing of TICRR significantly inhibited DNA replication, arrested cell cycle progression, and activated DNA damage. ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('142', '145')) ('cell cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007049', ('168', '178')) ('arrested cell cycle progression', 'CPA', (159, 190)) ('DNA replication', 'CPA', (142, 157)) ('activated', 'PosReg', (196, 205)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', '90381', (112, 117)) ('DNA replication', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006260', ('142', '157')) ('inhibited', 'NegReg', (132, 141)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', '90381', (48, 53)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (40, 46)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 46)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (81, 86)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (81, 86)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', (112, 117)) ('silencing', 'Var', (99, 108)) ('DNA damage', 'MPA', (206, 216)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (33, 46)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', (48, 53)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (40, 46)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('206', '209')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (81, 86)) 2286 33505430 Moreover, neutrophils proved to be associated with better prognosis in different cancers. ('neutrophils', 'Var', (10, 21)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (81, 88)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (81, 88)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (81, 88)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (81, 87)) 2287 33505430 Therefore, overexpressed TICRR seemed to dampen tumor immunity, help cancer cells escape from elimination, and finally accelerate tumorigenesis. ('accelerate', 'PosReg', (119, 129)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', (25, 30)) ('escape', 'CPA', (82, 88)) ('overexpressed', 'Var', (11, 24)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (48, 53)) ('TICRR', 'Gene', '90381', (25, 30)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (69, 75)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (130, 135)) ('help', 'PosReg', (64, 68)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (130, 135)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (48, 53)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (69, 75)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (130, 135)) ('dampen', 'NegReg', (41, 47)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 53)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (69, 75)) 2325 31357507 Moderate ROS levels are widely recognized to trigger cancer initiation and progression by inducing mutations and promoting genome instability, eventually activating oncogenic signaling pathways that promote cell survival, proliferation, and stress resistance. ('cancer', 'Disease', (53, 59)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (53, 59)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('175', '184')) ('promote', 'PosReg', (199, 206)) ('cell survival', 'CPA', (207, 220)) ('inducing', 'Reg', (90, 98)) ('mutations', 'Var', (99, 108)) ('ROS', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D017382', (9, 12)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 59)) ('proliferation', 'CPA', (222, 235)) ('stress resistance', 'CPA', (241, 258)) ('activating', 'Reg', (154, 164)) ('promoting', 'PosReg', (113, 122)) ('genome instability', 'MPA', (123, 141)) ('oncogenic signaling pathways', 'Pathway', (165, 193)) 2326 31357507 On the contrary, massive ROS accumulations can also limit cancer growth by causing severe oxidative damage of biomolecules, which finally can lead to cell death. ('cell death', 'CPA', (150, 160)) ('oxidative damage of biomolecules', 'MPA', (90, 122)) ('ROS', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D017382', (25, 28)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (58, 64)) ('ROS', 'Protein', (25, 28)) ('limit', 'NegReg', (52, 57)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (58, 64)) ('accumulations', 'Var', (29, 42)) ('causing', 'Reg', (75, 82)) ('cell death', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('150', '160')) ('cancer', 'Disease', (58, 64)) ('lead to', 'Reg', (142, 149)) 2341 31357507 About 90% of all ccRCCs carry mutations in the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene, which was originally identified in a hereditary disease called VHL syndrome. ('VHL syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (157, 169)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('71', '87')) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('71', '87')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (19, 22)) ('hereditary disease', 'Disease', (131, 149)) ('VHL syndrome', 'Disease', (157, 169)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (19, 22)) ('hereditary disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D030342', (131, 149)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (19, 22)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (71, 76)) ('mutations', 'Var', (30, 39)) ('von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (47, 76)) 2361 31357507 The frequently activating mutations and amplification of MET in type I pRCC enable the activation of MET/HGF signaling and its above-mentioned downstream pathways to promote cancer cell proliferation, angiogenesis, and malignant transformation. ('angiogenesis', 'CPA', (201, 213)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('109', '118')) ('HGF', 'Gene', '3082', (105, 108)) ('mutations', 'Var', (26, 35)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('201', '213')) ('activating', 'PosReg', (15, 25)) ('HGF', 'Gene', (105, 108)) ('MET', 'Gene', (57, 60)) ('MET', 'Gene', '4233', (57, 60)) ('malignant transformation', 'CPA', (219, 243)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (174, 180)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (71, 75)) ('cell proliferation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008283', ('181', '199')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (174, 180)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (166, 173)) ('MET', 'Gene', '4233', (101, 104)) ('MET', 'Gene', (101, 104)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (87, 97)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (72, 75)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (71, 75)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (174, 180)) ('amplification', 'Var', (40, 53)) 2362 31357507 Frequent mutations in type II pRCC include CDKN2A silencing, SETD2 mutations, and TFE3 fusions. ('fusions', 'Var', (87, 94)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (43, 49)) ('silencing', 'NegReg', (50, 59)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (82, 86)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (61, 66)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (30, 34)) ('mutations', 'Var', (67, 76)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (43, 49)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (82, 86)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (30, 34)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (31, 34)) 2365 31357507 Furthermore, fumarate hydratase (FH) mutations are also frequently found in type II pRCC. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (84, 88)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (13, 31)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (33, 35)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (85, 88)) ('found', 'Reg', (67, 72)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (13, 31)) ('mutations', 'Var', (37, 46)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (84, 88)) 2366 31357507 The FH gene encodes a TCA cycle enzyme that catalyzes the hydration of fumarate to malate, and its deficiency causes fumarate and succinate accumulation. ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (4, 6)) ('deficiency', 'Var', (99, 109)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (71, 79)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('22', '31')) ('succinate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019802', (130, 139)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (117, 125)) ('causes', 'Reg', (110, 116)) ('malate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C030298', (83, 89)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (22, 25)) 2367 31357507 Accumulated fumarate and succinate are believed to be able to suppress the hydroxylation of the proline residues in the ODD domain of HIFalpha, and thus FH mutations in type II pRCC also cause the stabilization of HIFalpha, similarly to ccRCC. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (177, 181)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (178, 181)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (178, 181)) ('HIF', 'Gene', (214, 217)) ('succinate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019802', (25, 34)) ('HIF', 'Gene', (134, 137)) ('hydroxylation of', 'MPA', (75, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (178, 181)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (12, 20)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (177, 181)) ('HIF', 'Gene', '405', (214, 217)) ('HIF', 'Gene', '405', (134, 137)) ('mutations', 'Var', (156, 165)) ('stabilization', 'MPA', (197, 210)) ('proline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D011392', (96, 103)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (153, 155)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (239, 242)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (239, 242)) ('cause', 'Reg', (187, 192)) ('suppress', 'NegReg', (62, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (239, 242)) 2369 31357507 Mutations of the above-mentioned genes and activation of the oncopathways are the main driver mutations in the progression of pRCC. ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (126, 130)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (127, 130)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (126, 130)) 2370 31357507 How do these genetic alterations in pRCC translate to the protein and metabolite level? ('pRCC', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (37, 40)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (36, 40)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('58', '65')) ('genetic alterations', 'Var', (13, 32)) 2380 31357507 One of the most characteristic genetic features of chRCC is the monosomy of chromosomes 1, 2, 6, 10, 13, 17, and often 21. ('RCC', 'Disease', (53, 56)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (53, 56)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (53, 56)) ('monosomy', 'Var', (64, 72)) 2381 31357507 The most commonly mutated genes in chRCC are TP53 (32%), PTEN (20%), and gene fusions involving the TERT promoter. ('TP53', 'Gene', (45, 49)) ('gene fusions', 'Var', (73, 85)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (37, 40)) ('TERT', 'Gene', (100, 104)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (57, 61)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (37, 40)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (37, 40)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (57, 61)) ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (100, 104)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (45, 49)) 2382 31357507 Mutations in these tumor suppressors combined with the deletion of one of their chromosomes leads to a complete loss of function. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (19, 24)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (19, 24)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (112, 116)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (19, 24)) ('deletion', 'Var', (55, 63)) 2398 31357507 Validation by siRNA-mediated silencing of GCLC led to a strong cell number reduction of ccRCC cell lines, which was accompanied by significantly decreased GSH levels. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (90, 93)) ('GSH levels', 'MPA', (155, 165)) ('GSH', 'Chemical', '-', (155, 158)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (90, 93)) ('silencing', 'Var', (29, 38)) ('cell number', 'CPA', (63, 74)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (145, 154)) ('reduction', 'NegReg', (75, 84)) ('GCLC', 'Gene', (42, 46)) ('GCLC', 'Gene', '2729', (42, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (90, 93)) 2436 31357507 However, in response to a diverse array of stimuli, such as oxidative stress, the cysteine residues within KEAP1, Cys151, Cys273, and Cys288 can be modified, which results in a conformational change along with the dissociation of NRF2 to avoid KEAP1-mediated degradation. ('Cys273', 'Chemical', '-', (122, 128)) ('Cys288', 'Var', (134, 140)) ('Cys288', 'Chemical', '-', (134, 140)) ('degradation', 'MPA', (259, 270)) ('Cys273', 'Var', (122, 128)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (230, 234)) ('Cys151', 'Chemical', '-', (114, 120)) ('KEAP1', 'Gene', '9817', (244, 249)) ('oxidative stress', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0025464', (60, 76)) ('Cys151', 'Var', (114, 120)) ('KEAP1', 'Gene', (244, 249)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (230, 234)) ('KEAP1', 'Gene', '9817', (107, 112)) ('dissociation', 'MPA', (214, 226)) ('KEAP1', 'Gene', (107, 112)) ('degradation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009056', ('259', '270')) ('cysteine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003545', (82, 90)) ('results in', 'Reg', (164, 174)) ('conformational change', 'MPA', (177, 198)) 2441 31357507 Apart from mutations in FH, NRF2, CUL3, or KEAP1 in type II pRCC, several other mechanisms can also lead to increased NRF2 activity in other cancers, including epigenetic silencing, modifications of cysteine residues, metabolic alterations, and oncogene-dependent signaling. ('mutations', 'Var', (11, 20)) ('KEAP1', 'Gene', (43, 48)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (24, 26)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (60, 64)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (118, 122)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (61, 64)) ('metabolic alterations', 'CPA', (218, 239)) ('cysteine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003545', (199, 207)) ('epigenetic silencing', 'Var', (160, 180)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (28, 32)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (108, 117)) ('CUL3', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('264', '273')) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (141, 148)) ('oncogene-dependent', 'CPA', (245, 263)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (141, 148)) ('modifications', 'Var', (182, 195)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (141, 147)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (60, 64)) ('activity', 'MPA', (123, 131)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (118, 122)) ('CUL3', 'Gene', '8452', (34, 38)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (141, 148)) ('KEAP1', 'Gene', '9817', (43, 48)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (28, 32)) 2458 31357507 Pharmacological inhibition of xCT decreases cystine uptake and induces ferroptosis in cancer cells, which makes xCT inhibitors potential treatment agents for cancer. ('xCT', 'Gene', '23657', (30, 33)) ('induces', 'Reg', (63, 70)) ('xCT', 'Gene', (112, 115)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (158, 164)) ('ferroptosis in cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (71, 92)) ('cystine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003553', (44, 51)) ('xCT', 'Gene', (30, 33)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (158, 164)) ('inhibition', 'Var', (16, 26)) ('ferroptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0097707', ('71', '82')) ('cancer', 'Disease', (86, 92)) ('decreases', 'NegReg', (34, 43)) ('ferroptosis in cancer', 'Disease', (71, 92)) ('cystine uptake', 'MPA', (44, 58)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 92)) ('uptake', 'biological_process', 'GO:0098657', ('52', '58')) ('decreases cystine', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0500152', (34, 51)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (158, 164)) ('xCT', 'Gene', '23657', (112, 115)) ('uptake', 'biological_process', 'GO:0098739', ('52', '58')) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (86, 92)) 2459 31357507 Sorafenib, an FDA-approved kinase inhibitor drug used for almost 15 years for the treatment of RCC, has multiple kinase inhibition activities, including cell surface tyrosine kinases (e.g., vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, VEGFR; platelet-derived growth factor receptor, PDGFR; tyrosine-protein kinase kit, KIT; Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3, FLT3; RET proto-oncogene, RET) and downstream intracellular serine/threonine kinases (e.g., both wild-type and mutant BRAF and CRAF). ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', '7422', (190, 224)) ('intracellular', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005622', ('398', '411')) ('Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3', 'Gene', '2322', (324, 350)) ('KIT', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005020', ('319', '322')) ('platelet-derived growth factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005161', ('242', '272')) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', '3791', (235, 240)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', (190, 224)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', (235, 240)) ('CRAF', 'Gene', (479, 483)) ('cell surface', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0009986', ('153', '165')) ('Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3', 'Gene', (324, 350)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005172', ('190', '224')) ('PDGFR', 'Gene', (283, 288)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (95, 98)) ('PDGFR', 'Gene', '5159', (283, 288)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (95, 98)) ('FLT3', 'Gene', (352, 356)) ('CRAF', 'Gene', '5894', (479, 483)) ('Sorafenib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077157', (0, 9)) ('Fms', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005011', ('324', '327')) ('CRAF', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004709', ('479', '483')) ('FLT3', 'Gene', '2322', (352, 356)) ('kinase inhibitor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0033673', ('27', '43')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (95, 98)) ('BRAF', 'Gene', '673', (470, 474)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('299', '306')) ('BRAF', 'Gene', (470, 474)) ('mutant', 'Var', (463, 469)) 2463 31357507 Erastin is a small molecule that inhibits xCT activity through the mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel 2 and 3 (VDAC2 and VDAC3), causing abolition of the antioxidant defenses of the cell, and it furthermore has selectively lethal activity toward oncogenic RAS mutant cell lines. ('VDAC3', 'Gene', (132, 137)) ('mutant', 'Var', (271, 277)) ('antioxidant defenses', 'MPA', (165, 185)) ('xCT', 'Gene', (42, 45)) ('lethal activity', 'CPA', (234, 249)) ('Erastin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C477224', (0, 7)) ('inhibits', 'NegReg', (33, 41)) ('xCT', 'Gene', '23657', (42, 45)) ('abolition', 'NegReg', (148, 157)) ('VDAC3', 'Gene', '7419', (132, 137)) 2464 31357507 A cystine addiction of VHL-deficient RCC cells was identified, and the deprivation thereof or treatment with erastin or sulfasalazine in RCC cells induced cell death. ('VHL-deficient RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (23, 40)) ('VHL-deficient RCC', 'Disease', (23, 40)) ('cell death', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('155', '165')) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (37, 40)) ('cystine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003553', (2, 9)) ('erastin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C477224', (109, 116)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (37, 40)) ('sulfasalazine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012460', (120, 133)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (37, 40)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (137, 140)) ('cell death', 'CPA', (155, 165)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (137, 140)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (137, 140)) ('deprivation thereof', 'Var', (71, 90)) 2475 31357507 found that the abundance of pyruvate carboxylase (PC), which catalyzes the conversion of pyruvate to oxaloacetate to fuel the TCA cycle, strongly correlated with resistance, and knockdown of PC reduced TCA cycle activity and sensitized cells to CB-839 treatment, suggesting that PC expression may be a biomarker of resistance to CB-839. ('CB-839', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000593334', (329, 335)) ('correlated', 'Reg', (146, 156)) ('pyruvate carboxylase', 'Gene', '397630', (28, 48)) ('CB-839', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000593334', (245, 251)) ('oxaloacetate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D062907', (101, 113)) ('TCA', 'Enzyme', (202, 205)) ('pyruvate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019289', (89, 97)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (126, 129)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (202, 205)) ('pyruvate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019289', (28, 36)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('126', '135')) ('pyruvate carboxylase', 'Gene', (28, 48)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (194, 201)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (178, 187)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('202', '211')) ('sensitized', 'Reg', (225, 235)) ('resistance', 'MPA', (162, 172)) 2477 31357507 In addition, decreases in mTOR signaling were also observed in RCC cell lines that were sensitive to CB-839, indicating that CB-839-induced glutamate deprivation has a direct influence on the mTOR pathway. ('decreases', 'NegReg', (13, 22)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (63, 66)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('31', '40')) ('deprivation', 'NegReg', (150, 161)) ('glutamate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D018698', (140, 149)) ('CB-839', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000593334', (125, 131)) ('influence', 'Reg', (175, 184)) ('CB-839-induced', 'Var', (125, 139)) ('CB-839', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000593334', (101, 107)) ('glutamate', 'MPA', (140, 149)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (26, 30)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (192, 196)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (192, 196)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (63, 66)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (63, 66)) 2478 31357507 These observations suggest that receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling or mTOR inhibitors would have synergistic effects with CB-839 to increase cytotoxicity in RCC cell lines. ('increase', 'PosReg', (138, 146)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (163, 166)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('63', '72')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (163, 166)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (76, 80)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (163, 166)) ('inhibitors', 'Var', (81, 91)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (76, 80)) ('RTK', 'Gene', '5979', (58, 61)) ('cytotoxicity', 'Disease', (147, 159)) ('receptor tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', (32, 56)) ('receptor tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', '5979', (32, 56)) ('CB-839', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000593334', (128, 134)) ('cytotoxicity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D064420', (147, 159)) ('RTK', 'Gene', (58, 61)) 2494 31357507 In a pilot study and a phase I clinical trial, BSO in combination with melphalan was well tolerated and had therapeutic activity toward recurrent and refractory high-risk neuroblastoma (NCT00002730, NCT00005835). ('melphalan', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D008558', (71, 80)) ('neuroblastoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009447', (171, 184)) ('BSO', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019328', (47, 50)) ('neuroblastoma', 'Disease', (171, 184)) ('NCT00002730', 'Var', (186, 197)) ('neuroblastoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003006', (171, 184)) 2501 31357507 Individual DUB inhibitors, such as MI-2, PR-619, and EERI, were not effective in inducing cell death alone but led to an induction of proteotoxic stress and cell death in combination with BSO in many different cancer cell lines. ('PR-619', 'Var', (41, 47)) ('MI-2', 'Var', (35, 39)) ('led to', 'Reg', (111, 117)) ('cell death', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('90', '100')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (210, 216)) ('induction', 'Reg', (121, 130)) ('BSO', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019328', (188, 191)) ('cell death', 'CPA', (157, 167)) ('proteotoxic stress', 'MPA', (134, 152)) ('cell death', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('157', '167')) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (210, 216)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (210, 216)) 2502 31357507 The significant decrease in the global ubiquitination pattern in rho0 cells can be explained by the lack of main ROS generators localized within the oxidative phosphorylation system, namely complex I and III, which reduce the oxidative damage of proteins to a minimal level. ('oxidative damage of proteins', 'MPA', (226, 254)) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (16, 24)) ('global ubiquitination pattern', 'MPA', (32, 61)) ('complex I', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0030964', ('190', '199')) ('oxidative phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006119', ('149', '174')) ('rho0', 'Var', (65, 69)) ('ROS', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D017382', (113, 116)) 2515 31357507 As glutamine addiction is one of the main features of RCC, glutamine may be a limiting nutrient factor in the tumor microenvironment, and thus a lack of glutamine can induce immunosuppression. ('glutamine', 'Disease', (3, 12)) ('glutamine', 'Protein', (153, 162)) ('glutamine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005973', (153, 162)) ('iron', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D007501', (124, 128)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (54, 57)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (110, 115)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (54, 57)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (110, 115)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (54, 57)) ('glutamine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005973', (59, 68)) ('induce', 'Reg', (167, 173)) ('glutamine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005973', (3, 12)) ('lack', 'Var', (145, 149)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (110, 115)) 2517 31357507 Reduced GSH levels in antigen-presenting cells have been shown to influence antigen processing and presentation as well as T-cell differentiation into T-helper 1 or 2 phenotypes. ('GSH levels', 'MPA', (8, 18)) ('GSH', 'Chemical', '-', (8, 11)) ('T-cell differentiation', 'CPA', (123, 145)) ('T-cell differentiation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0030217', ('123', '145')) ('influence', 'Reg', (66, 75)) ('Reduced', 'Var', (0, 7)) ('antigen processing', 'MPA', (76, 94)) ('antigen processing and presentation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0019882', ('76', '111')) ('presentation', 'MPA', (99, 111)) 2522 31357507 The dysregulated respiratory chain is the main source of electron leakage, resulting in excessive ROS. ('ROS', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D017382', (98, 101)) ('dysregulated', 'Var', (4, 16)) ('ROS', 'MPA', (98, 101)) ('respiratory chain', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0070469', ('17', '34')) 2536 29468160 As currently no effective therapies exist to restore kidney function after CKD- as well as cancer-induced renal damage, it is important to elucidate new regulators of kidney development and disease as new therapeutic targets. ('cancer', 'Disease', (91, 97)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (91, 97)) ('renal damage', 'Disease', (106, 118)) ('renal damage', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (106, 118)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 97)) ('kidney development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001822', ('167', '185')) ('CKD-', 'Var', (75, 79)) ('CKD', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012622', (75, 78)) 2542 29468160 Our data indicate that most aGPCRs are expressed in different spatio-temporal patterns during kidney development and that altered aGPCR expression is associated with a variety of kidney diseases including CKD, diabetic nephropathy, lupus nephritis as well as renal cell carcinoma. ('nephropathy', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (219, 230)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (259, 279)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (259, 279)) ('diabetic nephropathy', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003928', (210, 230)) ('diabetic nephropathy', 'Disease', (210, 230)) ('associated', 'Reg', (150, 160)) ('expression', 'MPA', (136, 146)) ('kidney disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (179, 193)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (270, 279)) ('kidney diseases', 'Disease', (179, 194)) ('lupus nephritis', 'Disease', (232, 247)) ('kidney diseases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (179, 194)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (259, 279)) ('CKD', 'Disease', (205, 208)) ('CKD', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012622', (205, 208)) ('altered', 'Var', (122, 129)) ('nephritis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000123', (238, 247)) ('aGPCR', 'Gene', (130, 135)) ('lupus nephritis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008181', (232, 247)) ('kidney development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001822', ('94', '112')) ('kidney diseases', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (179, 194)) 2571 29468160 These are all processes that also play important roles in kidney development and disturbance of these processes are known to contribute to kidney disease (Sariola,; Schordan et al.,; Cabral and Garvin,; Xia et al.,; Gao et al.,; Kunimoto et al.,). ('kidney disease', 'Disease', (139, 153)) ('kidney development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001822', ('58', '76')) ('kidney disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (139, 153)) ('contribute', 'Reg', (125, 135)) ('kidney disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (139, 153)) ('disturbance', 'Var', (81, 92)) 2576 29468160 Mutations in the corresponding genes, Pkd1 and Pkd2, have been associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) (Ferreira et al.,). ('Pkd2', 'Gene', '18764', (47, 51)) ('polycystic kidney', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000113', (98, 115)) ('autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease', 'Disease', (79, 123)) ('kidney disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (109, 123)) ('associated', 'Reg', (63, 73)) ('ADPKD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007690', (125, 130)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('Pkd1', 'Gene', '18763', (38, 42)) ('Pkd1', 'Gene', (38, 42)) ('ADPKD', 'Disease', (125, 130)) ('Pkd2', 'Gene', (47, 51)) ('autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007690', (79, 123)) 2601 29468160 Mice carrying mutations in Adgrc1 (Celsr1Crsh/Crsh and Celsr1Crsh/+) or Vangl2 (Vangl2Lp/+) exhibited branching defects in the ureteric tree at E13.5, which were more severe in Celsr1Crsh/+:Vangl2Lp/+ mice. ('Adgrc1', 'Gene', '12614', (27, 33)) ('Mice', 'Species', '10090', (0, 4)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (46, 50)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (46, 50)) ('Vangl2Lp/+', 'Gene', '93840', (80, 90)) ('Vangl2Lp/+', 'Gene', '93840', (190, 200)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (201, 205)) ('Adgrc1', 'Gene', (27, 33)) ('Vangl2Lp/+', 'Gene', (80, 90)) ('Vangl2Lp/+', 'Gene', (190, 200)) ('mutations', 'Var', (14, 23)) ('Vangl2', 'Gene', (72, 78)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (61, 65)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (61, 65)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (41, 45)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (183, 187)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (41, 45)) ('branching defects', 'CPA', (102, 119)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (183, 187)) 2602 29468160 At E17.5 kidneys exhibited overall growth retardation (Celsr1Crsh/+:Vangl2Lp/+ > Celsr1Crsh/Crsh > Celsr1Crsh/+) and histological analysis revealed mitotic spindle misorientation (along the longitudinal axis of the kidney tubules), dilation of cortical tubules in Celsr1Crsh/Crsh mutants and an up-regulation of Gdnf and Ret mRNA levels in the Celsr1Crsh/+:Vangl2Lp/+ mutants. ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (270, 274)) ('Vangl2Lp/+', 'Gene', (68, 78)) ('growth retardation', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001510', (35, 53)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (350, 354)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (87, 91)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (350, 354)) ('up-regulation', 'PosReg', (295, 308)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (87, 91)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (275, 279)) ('mutants', 'Var', (280, 287)) ('dilation', 'CPA', (232, 240)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (275, 279)) ('growth retardation', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006130', (35, 53)) ('growth retardation', 'Disease', (35, 53)) ('Vangl2Lp/+', 'Gene', '93840', (357, 367)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (92, 96)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (61, 65)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (92, 96)) ('Vangl2Lp/+', 'Gene', (357, 367)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (61, 65)) ('mitotic spindle misorientation', 'CPA', (148, 178)) ('Ret', 'Gene', (321, 324)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (105, 109)) ('Ret', 'Gene', '19713', (321, 324)) ('Gdnf', 'Gene', (312, 316)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', '12614', (105, 109)) ('mitotic spindle', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0072686', ('148', '163')) ('Gdnf', 'Gene', '14573', (312, 316)) ('Vangl2Lp/+', 'Gene', '93840', (68, 78)) ('Crsh', 'Gene', (270, 274)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('298', '308')) 2616 29468160 Moreover, no kidney phenotype has so far been described in Adgrg6 knockout mice, neither in the lines that are embryonic lethal at E11.5 (Patra et al.,) nor in Taconic knockouts of which some are born alive (Monk et al.,). ('Adgrg6', 'Gene', (59, 65)) ('E11.5', 'Var', (131, 136)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (75, 79)) 2625 29468160 Previously, it has been demonstrated that it has a well-established role in lung surfactant homeostasis and that its deletion results in glucose intolerance and insulin resistance as well as a subtle vascular phenotype (Nie et al.,; Bridges et al.,; Fukuzawa et al.,; Yang et al.,; Niaudet et al.,). ('insulin resistance', 'CPA', (161, 179)) ('lung surfactant homeostasis', 'MPA', (76, 103)) ('glucose intolerance', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001952', (137, 156)) ('surfactant homeostasis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0043129', ('81', '103')) ('glucose intolerance', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018149', (137, 156)) ('glucose intolerance', 'Disease', (137, 156)) ('insulin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016088', ('161', '168')) ('results in', 'Reg', (126, 136)) ('insulin resistance', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000855', (161, 179)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (31, 34)) ('deletion', 'Var', (117, 125)) 2635 29468160 Moreover, endothelial-specific deletion of Adgrf5/Adgrl4 utilizing VE-Cad-Cre mice, which are known to induce recombination in the endothelium of arteries and capillaries of the glomerulus of adult kidneys (Alva et al.,), resulted in no renal phenotype. ('induce', 'Reg', (103, 109)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (78, 82)) ('Adgrl4', 'Gene', '170757', (50, 56)) ('deletion', 'Var', (31, 39)) ('Adgrl4', 'Gene', (50, 56)) ('renal', 'MPA', (237, 242)) ('VE-Cad', 'Gene', '12562', (67, 73)) ('VE-Cad', 'Gene', (67, 73)) 2668 29468160 CKDs represent an important risk factor for cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases and progress toward end-stage renal disease (ESRD) (Eckardt et al.,; Balogun et al.,), which can only be treated by renal replacement therapies (RRT) like hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or transplantation (Eckardt et al.,). ('cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases', 'Disease', (44, 86)) ('end-stage renal disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003774', (107, 130)) ('cardiovascular or cerebrovascular diseases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002318', (44, 86)) ('CKD', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012622', (0, 3)) ('ESRD', 'Disease', (132, 136)) ('ESRD', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003774', (132, 136)) ('end-stage renal disease', 'Disease', (107, 130)) ('CKDs', 'Var', (0, 4)) ('end-stage renal disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007676', (107, 130)) ('renal disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (117, 130)) ('ESRD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007676', (132, 136)) 2683 29468160 Possible causes of ccRCC are mutations in the VHL gene (90%) as well as genetic aberrations of mTOR pathway proteins (Low et al.,; Inamura,; Shingarev and Jaimes,). ('VHL', 'Gene', (46, 49)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '22346', (46, 49)) ('Inamura', 'Disease', (131, 138)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (21, 24)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (84, 87)) ('mutations', 'Var', (29, 38)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (21, 24)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (95, 99)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (21, 24)) ('causes', 'Reg', (9, 15)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '56717', (95, 99)) 2684 29468160 Type 1 pRCC is characterized by MET proto-oncogene-activating mutations and type 2 with activation of the NRF2/antioxidant response element pathway due to the increased oxidative stress. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (8, 11)) ('oxidative stress', 'MPA', (169, 185)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (88, 98)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '94315', (7, 11)) ('mutations', 'Var', (62, 71)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (159, 168)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (7, 11)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', '18024', (106, 110)) ('increased oxidative stress', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0025464', (159, 185)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (106, 110)) 2701 29468160 ADGRG1 knockdown resulted in melanoma growth inhibition and regression (Ke et al.,), while knockdown of the other 2 aGPCRs reduced lung (ADGRF5) (Tang et al.,) and/or bone metastasis (ADGRE5, ADGRF5) (Ward et al.,; Tang et al.,). ('melanoma growth inhibition', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008545', (29, 55)) ('lung', 'CPA', (131, 135)) ('melanoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002861', (29, 37)) ('melanoma growth inhibition', 'Disease', (29, 55)) ('ADGRG1', 'Gene', (0, 6)) ('bone metastasis', 'CPA', (167, 182)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (91, 100)) ('regression', 'CPA', (60, 70)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (7, 16)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (123, 130)) 2721 29468160 Richter and coworkers demonstrated that inhibition of Adgrg2 expression impaired colony formation in vitro (A673, SB-KMS-KS1 and TC-71) and suppressed local tumor growth and metastasis in an immunodeficient mouse xenograft model of human cancer [SB-KMS-KS1/Rag2(-/-)gammaC(-/-)]. ('immunodeficient', 'Disease', (191, 206)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('88', '97')) ('TC-71', 'Chemical', '-', (129, 134)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (232, 237)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (157, 162)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (207, 212)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (238, 244)) ('Adgrg2', 'Gene', '237175', (54, 60)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (238, 244)) ('inhibition', 'Var', (40, 50)) ('suppressed', 'NegReg', (140, 150)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (29, 32)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (157, 162)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (238, 244)) ('impaired', 'NegReg', (72, 80)) ('Rag2', 'Gene', (257, 261)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (157, 162)) ('colony formation', 'CPA', (81, 97)) ('Adgrg2', 'Gene', (54, 60)) ('Rag2', 'Gene', '5897', (257, 261)) ('immunodeficient', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007153', (191, 206)) 2726 29468160 In addition, it has been demonstrated that, despite the large number of MMPs known to be expressed in the healthy kidney (Catania et al.,), changes in a single MMP can cause kidney disease (Cheng et al.,). ('MMP', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004235', ('160', '163')) ('kidney disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (174, 188)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (32, 35)) ('kidney disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (174, 188)) ('cause', 'Reg', (168, 173)) ('changes', 'Var', (140, 147)) ('MMP', 'Gene', (72, 75)) ('MMP', 'Gene', '4312;17386;4313;17390;4314;4318;17386', (72, 75)) ('MMP', 'Gene', '4312;17386;4313;17390;4314;4318;17386', (160, 163)) ('MMPs', 'Gene', '4312;17386;4313;17390;4314;4318;17386', (72, 76)) ('kidney disease', 'Disease', (174, 188)) ('MMP', 'Gene', (160, 163)) ('MMPs', 'Gene', (72, 76)) 2730 29468160 Around half of the double-deficient mice died perinatally, while the other half showed growth impairment and all died within 3 weeks to 3 months postnatally. ('growth impairment', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006130', (87, 104)) ('growth impairment', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001510', (87, 104)) ('growth impairment', 'Disease', (87, 104)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (36, 40)) ('double-deficient', 'Var', (19, 35)) 2733 29468160 Notably, even though Adgrl4 and Adgrf5 are highly expressed in endothelial cells, endothelial-specific deletion of Adgrf5/Adgrl4 utilizing VE-Cad-Cre mice resulted in no renal phenotype. ('renal phenotype', 'CPA', (170, 185)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (150, 154)) ('Adgrl4', 'Gene', '170757', (21, 27)) ('Adgrl4', 'Gene', (21, 27)) ('VE-Cad', 'Gene', '12562', (139, 145)) ('VE-Cad', 'Gene', (139, 145)) ('Adgrl4', 'Gene', '170757', (122, 128)) ('Adgrl4', 'Gene', (122, 128)) ('deletion', 'Var', (103, 111)) 2739 29468160 It should be noted that ADGRL4 is downregulated (0.179-fold) and mutated (11%) in chRCC (Table 2), which might be explained, similarly as for ADGRB1, by the different types of vessels (fragile vs. thick-walled; Low et al.,; Inamura,; Shingarev and Jaimes,). ('downregulated', 'NegReg', (34, 47)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (84, 87)) ('ADGRL4', 'Gene', (24, 30)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (84, 87)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (84, 87)) ('ADGRB1', 'Gene', '107831', (142, 148)) ('ADGRB1', 'Gene', (142, 148)) ('mutated', 'Var', (65, 72)) 2750 29468160 Notably, Shi and coworkers reported recently that more (2-fold) macrophages invaded the kidney of Adgrg3 knockout mice on high-fat diet (HFD) compared to HFD wildtype mice (Shi et al.,). ('knockout', 'Var', (105, 113)) ('Adgrg3', 'Gene', (98, 104)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (114, 118)) ('Adgrg3', 'Gene', '54672', (98, 104)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (167, 171)) ('more', 'PosReg', (50, 54)) 2752 29468160 Yet, major metabolic phenotyping showed no difference between Adgrg3 knockout and wildtype mice on HFD. ('Adgrg3', 'Gene', '54672', (62, 68)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (91, 95)) ('knockout', 'Var', (69, 77)) ('Adgrg3', 'Gene', (62, 68)) 2844 33475752 Most patients received VEGF targeted therapy in the first line (88%; 8895 patients). ('targeted therapy', 'Var', (28, 44)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (5, 13)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (74, 82)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (23, 27)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (23, 27)) 2898 33475752 This finding may in part be explained by the previously demonstrated tendency of localized nonclear cell histologic variants to have a lower risk of recurrence and/or death following surgical resection, resulting in skewed proportions in our cohort consisting exclusively of patients with metastatic disease. ('variants', 'Var', (116, 124)) ('death', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003643', (167, 172)) ('death', 'Disease', (167, 172)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (135, 140)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (275, 283)) 2929 27490806 Clear cell RCC is characteristically associated with the loss of function of the VHL (von Hippel-Landau) gene, in the majority of tumours, whether by somatic mutation, chromosomal loss or epigenetic silencing. ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (130, 137)) ('von Hippel-Landau', 'Gene', (86, 103)) ('loss of function', 'NegReg', (57, 73)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (81, 84)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (130, 137)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (81, 84)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (130, 137)) ('chromosomal loss', 'Var', (168, 184)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (11, 14)) ('von Hippel-Landau', 'Gene', '7428', (86, 103)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (11, 14)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (130, 136)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (11, 14)) ('epigenetic silencing', 'Var', (188, 208)) 2930 27490806 The VHL gene is on chromosome 3p25 and is an established two-hit tumour suppressor gene; one allele typically inactivated by mutation or promoter methylation, and the other lost due to a large deletion. ('deletion', 'Var', (193, 201)) ('lost', 'NegReg', (173, 177)) ('inactivated', 'NegReg', (110, 121)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (65, 71)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('19', '29')) ('VHL', 'Gene', (4, 7)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (65, 71)) ('promoter methylation', 'Var', (137, 157)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (4, 7)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (65, 71)) ('mutation', 'Var', (125, 133)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('146', '157')) 2967 27490806 With a high frequency of VHL gene mutation in ccRCC, this gene has made an attractive candidate for a possible biomarker for patient outcome. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (48, 51)) ('mutation', 'Var', (34, 42)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (25, 28)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (125, 132)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (25, 28)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (48, 51)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (48, 51)) 2968 27490806 Despite extensive evaluation there is currently no evidence that the absence or presence of a VHL mutation or the type of mutation has any predictive or prognostic value in sporadic ccRCC. ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (94, 97)) ('mutation', 'Var', (98, 106)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (184, 187)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (184, 187)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (184, 187)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (94, 97)) 2969 27490806 VHL inactivation alone is insufficient for the formation of RCC. ('inactivation', 'Var', (4, 16)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('47', '56')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (60, 63)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (60, 63)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (60, 63)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (0, 3)) 2970 27490806 The genetics of RCC is distinctive in that in addition to mutations in VHL, these tumours have infrequent somatic mutations in known common cancer genes, such as p53 and RAS. ('mutations', 'Var', (58, 67)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (82, 88)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (82, 89)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (16, 19)) ('p53', 'Gene', (162, 165)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (16, 19)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (71, 74)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (16, 19)) ('RAS', 'Disease', (170, 173)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (140, 146)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (162, 165)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (82, 89)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (140, 146)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (82, 89)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (71, 74)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (140, 146)) 2972 27490806 The loss of 3p, which is present in >90% of ccRCC would knock out one allele of all the three of these tumour suppressor genes. ('RCC', 'Disease', (46, 49)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (103, 109)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (46, 49)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (46, 49)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (103, 109)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (103, 109)) ('knock out', 'NegReg', (56, 65)) ('loss of 3p', 'Var', (4, 14)) 2975 27490806 SETD2 knockout is embryonically lethal in mice due to the disruption of embryonic vascular development. ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (42, 46)) ('embryonic vascular', 'Disease', (72, 90)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('embryonic vascular', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000783', (72, 90)) ('knockout', 'Var', (6, 14)) ('disruption', 'NegReg', (58, 68)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (98, 101)) 2977 27490806 Case series have unanimously found that tumours with BAP1 mutations are associated with more aggressive pathological features and a worse cancer-specific survival. ('aggressive pathological features', 'CPA', (93, 125)) ('mutations', 'Var', (58, 67)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (138, 144)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (40, 47)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (40, 47)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (138, 144)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (53, 57)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 46)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (138, 144)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 47)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (53, 57)) 2978 27490806 In another retrospective case series, BAP1 mutations were associated with the presence of metastatic disease at presentation and advanced clinical stage, when compared with tumours with PBRM1 mutations. ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (186, 191)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (173, 180)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (173, 180)) ('associated', 'Reg', (58, 68)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (38, 42)) ('metastatic', 'CPA', (90, 100)) ('mutations', 'Var', (43, 52)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (173, 179)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (173, 180)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (186, 191)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (38, 42)) 2979 27490806 In one cohort of 145 patients with ccRCC between 1998 and 2011, median OS was 4.6 years for patients whose tumours harboured BAP1 mutations vs 10.6 years for patients whose tumours harboured PBRM1 mutations. ('tumours', 'Disease', (107, 114)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (37, 40)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (107, 113)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (21, 29)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (37, 40)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (107, 114)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (158, 166)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (107, 114)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (191, 196)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (125, 129)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (92, 100)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (37, 40)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (191, 196)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (173, 180)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (125, 129)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (173, 180)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (173, 180)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (173, 179)) ('mutations', 'Var', (130, 139)) 2980 27490806 Data regarding the impact of PBRM1 mutations have been inconsistent, with another case series showing that small tumours (<4 cm) with PBRM1 mutations were six times more likely to attain pathological stage pT3a than pT1a. ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (113, 119)) ('small tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D055752', (107, 120)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (29, 34)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (134, 139)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (113, 120)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (134, 139)) ('small tumours', 'Disease', (107, 120)) ('mutations', 'Var', (140, 149)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (29, 34)) 2982 27490806 BAP1 and PBRM1 mutations are almost always mutually exclusive, occurring together at much lower frequencies than would be expected statistically, but in case series, results for the minority of patients with both mutations have been inconsistent. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (194, 202)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('mutations', 'Var', (15, 24)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (0, 4)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (9, 14)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (9, 14)) 2984 27490806 In a large retrospective cohort of 1400 patients could be divided into four distinct groups clinically based on their BAP1 and PBRM1 mutational status. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (40, 48)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (127, 132)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (118, 122)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (127, 132)) ('mutational status', 'Var', (133, 150)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (118, 122)) 2987 27490806 The mechanism by which these genes responsible for chromatin remodelling may affect the biology of tumours is not understood, but it is interesting to note that in an assessment of tumour heterogeneity in ccRCC by found three different mutations in SETD2 in different metastatic loci, suggesting a role for these mutations as secondary events in the development of an invasive and metastatic phenotype. ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (181, 187)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('51', '60')) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (99, 105)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (207, 210)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (249, 254)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (99, 106)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (99, 106)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (99, 105)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (207, 210)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (173, 176)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (207, 210)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (181, 187)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (99, 106)) ('mutations', 'Var', (236, 245)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (181, 187)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (357, 360)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (99, 105)) ('chromatin remodelling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('51', '72')) 3010 27490806 Pazopanib is associated with higher rates of grade 3 or 4 LFT derangement (17% vs 4%) and is therefore inadvisable in patients with pre-existing bulky liver disease or baseline LFT derangement. ('liver disease', 'Disease', (151, 164)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (69, 72)) ('pre', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003904', ('132', '135')) ('grade 3', 'Disease', (45, 52)) ('LFT', 'Gene', '167410', (58, 61)) ('liver disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008107', (151, 164)) ('Pazopanib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C516667', (0, 9)) ('LFT', 'Gene', (177, 180)) ('bulky liver', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002240', (145, 156)) ('liver disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001392', (151, 164)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (188, 191)) ('LFT', 'Gene', '167410', (177, 180)) ('LFT', 'Gene', (58, 61)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (118, 126)) ('Pazopanib', 'Var', (0, 9)) 3041 27490806 Targeting mTOR is of particular relevance in RCC, because in the majority of cases, the loss of pVHL leads to constitutive activation of the HIFs, resulting in the upregulation of many HIF targets associated with angiogenesis, metabolic adaption and metastasis, including VEGF. ('VEGF', 'Gene', (272, 276)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (10, 14)) ('pVHL', 'Gene', '7428', (96, 100)) ('pVHL', 'Gene', (96, 100)) ('constitutive', 'MPA', (110, 122)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('213', '225')) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (272, 276)) ('loss', 'Var', (88, 92)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (10, 14)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (123, 133)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (45, 48)) ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (164, 176)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (45, 48)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (45, 48)) 3042 27490806 Mammalian target of rapamycin has been found to increase HIF at the translational level, therefore inhibition of mTOR can be seen to be particularly useful in RCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (159, 162)) ('inhibition', 'Var', (99, 109)) ('Mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', '2475', (0, 29)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (113, 117)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (113, 117)) ('HIF at the translational', 'MPA', (57, 81)) ('Mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', (0, 29)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (159, 162)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (159, 162)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (48, 56)) 3057 27490806 The anti-FGFR and anti-VEGF TKI dovitinib showed no advantage in the third line over sorafenib in patients previously treated with both a TKI and mTOR inhibitor. ('anti-FGFR', 'Var', (4, 13)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (146, 150)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (146, 150)) ('dovitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C500007', (32, 41)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (98, 106)) ('FGFR', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005007', ('9', '13')) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (23, 27)) ('TKI', 'Var', (28, 31)) ('sorafenib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077157', (85, 94)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (23, 27)) 3080 27490806 Hereditary type 1 pRCC is caused by a germline mutation in the c-MET proto-oncogene, and MET mutation or overexpression is commonly found in sporadic pRCC also. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (18, 22)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', '4233', (63, 68)) ('caused by', 'Reg', (26, 35)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (150, 154)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (19, 22)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (18, 22)) ('germline mutation', 'Var', (38, 55)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (151, 154)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (150, 154)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', (63, 68)) 3082 27490806 Ongoing phase 2 trials are assessing the role of the MET inhibitors savolitinib, cabozantinib and crizotinib in pRCC (NCT02761057 and NCT02127710). ('NCT02761057', 'Var', (118, 129)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (112, 116)) ('crizotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077547', (98, 108)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (113, 116)) ('savolitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000593259', (68, 79)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (112, 116)) ('cabozantinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C558660', (81, 93)) ('NCT02127710', 'Var', (134, 145)) 3092 27490806 Rates of grade 3 or 4 toxicity were similar in the lenvatinib-containing arms and higher than in the everolimus arms (45% for the combination, 44% for lenvatinib and 38% in the everolimus group). ('toxicity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D064420', (22, 30)) ('toxicity', 'Disease', (22, 30)) ('everolimus', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000068338', (101, 111)) ('everolimus', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000068338', (177, 187)) ('lenvatinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C531958', (151, 161)) ('lenvatinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C531958', (51, 61)) ('lenvatinib-containing', 'Var', (51, 72)) 3143 27490806 Other early phase studies combining TKIs with TCCI are ongoing including pembrolizumab-pazopanib (NCT02014636), pembrolizumab-axitinib (NCT02133742) and pembrolizumab-lenvatinib (NCT02501096). ('pembrolizumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C582435', (73, 86)) ('lenvatinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C531958', (167, 177)) ('pembrolizumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C582435', (153, 166)) ('NCT02133742', 'Var', (136, 147)) ('pazopanib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C516667', (87, 96)) ('NCT02014636', 'Var', (98, 109)) ('pembrolizumab-axitinib', 'Disease', 'None', (112, 134)) ('pembrolizumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C582435', (112, 125)) ('pembrolizumab-axitinib', 'Disease', (112, 134)) ('TCCI', 'Chemical', '-', (46, 50)) 3150 27490806 It has been postulated that high expression levels of programmed cell death 1 ligand (PD-L1) on tumour cell surfaces may be correlated with an enhanced response to nivolumab, as blockade of this pathway restores anti-tumour immunity. ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (217, 223)) ('response to nivolumab', 'MPA', (152, 173)) ('PD-L1', 'Gene', '29126', (86, 91)) ('enhanced', 'PosReg', (143, 151)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (217, 223)) ('blockade', 'Var', (178, 186)) ('tumour immunity', 'Disease', (217, 232)) ('ligand', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('78', '84')) ('programmed cell death', 'biological_process', 'GO:0012501', ('54', '75')) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (96, 102)) ('nivolumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077594', (164, 173)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (96, 102)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (217, 223)) ('expression levels', 'MPA', (33, 50)) ('restores', 'PosReg', (203, 211)) ('tumour immunity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (217, 232)) ('PD-L1', 'Gene', (86, 91)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (96, 102)) 3201 24129247 Expression levels of the five selected miRNAs (hsa-miR-21: Tm000397; hsa-miR-141: Tm000483; hsa-miR-155: Tm002626; hsa-miR-183: Tm002269; and hsa-miR-200b: Tm002251) were assessed in triplicate for each sample and two water blanks were added to each plate as negative controls. ('miR', 'Gene', (39, 42)) ('miR-155', 'Gene', '406947', (96, 103)) ('water', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014867', (218, 223)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (51, 54)) ('miR-200b', 'Gene', '406984', (146, 154)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (146, 149)) ('miR-141', 'Gene', '406933', (73, 80)) ('miR-183', 'Gene', '406959', (119, 126)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (96, 99)) ('miR', 'Gene', (51, 54)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (73, 76)) ('miR', 'Gene', (146, 149)) ('miR-141', 'Gene', (73, 80)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (119, 122)) ('miR-183', 'Gene', (119, 126)) ('miR', 'Gene', (96, 99)) ('Tm000483', 'Var', (82, 90)) ('miR', 'Gene', (73, 76)) ('miR-200b', 'Gene', (146, 154)) ('Tm000397', 'Var', (59, 67)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (39, 42)) ('hsa-miR-21', 'Gene', (47, 57)) ('miR', 'Gene', (119, 122)) ('miR-155', 'Gene', (96, 103)) ('hsa-miR-21', 'Gene', '406991', (47, 57)) 3273 24129247 Renal cell tumour subtypes display characteristic chromosomal aberrations, including whole or partial deletions and duplications. ('Renal cell tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (0, 17)) ('tumour subtype', 'Disease', (11, 25)) ('duplications', 'Var', (116, 128)) ('whole', 'Var', (85, 90)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 17)) ('tumour subtype', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535673', (11, 25)) ('Renal cell tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (0, 17)) ('Renal cell tumour', 'Disease', (0, 17)) ('partial deletions', 'Var', (94, 111)) ('chromosomal aberrations', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0040012', (50, 73)) 3303 30082842 Moreover, coexpression of OCT4 and NANOG is a strong independent predictor of unfavorable outcome and tumor recurrence in HCC patients and is associated with enhanced lung cancer malignancy and pancreatic carcinogenesis. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (172, 178)) ('pancreatic carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (194, 219)) ('lung cancer malignancy', 'Disease', (167, 189)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (167, 178)) ('enhanced', 'PosReg', (158, 166)) ('HCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001402', (122, 125)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (102, 107)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', '5460', (26, 30)) ('coexpression', 'Var', (10, 22)) ('NANOG', 'Gene', '79923', (35, 40)) ('lung cancer malignancy', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (167, 189)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (126, 134)) ('NANOG', 'Gene', (35, 40)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (102, 107)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (102, 107)) ('pancreatic carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D063646', (194, 219)) 3361 30082842 The 5-year DSS and PFS survival rates were 82.0% and 49.0% in low nuclear OCT4 expression, and 84.0% and 30.0% in high nuclear OCT4 expression. ('DSS', 'Chemical', '-', (11, 14)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', '5460', (127, 131)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', '5460', (74, 78)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', (74, 78)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', (127, 131)) ('PFS survival', 'CPA', (19, 31)) ('high nuclear', 'Var', (114, 126)) ('DSS', 'CPA', (11, 14)) ('low nuclear', 'Var', (62, 73)) 3390 30082842 Most ccRCCs cases have deletions in the short arm of Chromosome 3, which are highly specific for ccRCC, and are not observed in any other RCC subtypes. ('RCC', 'Disease', (138, 141)) ('deletions', 'Var', (23, 32)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (138, 141)) ('Chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('53', '63')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (138, 141)) ('short arm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009824', (40, 49)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (7, 10)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (97, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (7, 10)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (7, 10)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (5, 10)) 3401 30082842 Interestingly, cytoplasmic NANOG expression was an independent prognostic factor for poor PFS in RCC patients, which was a novel finding of our study, raising the possibility of its utility as a prognostic biomarker for RCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (97, 100)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (101, 109)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (97, 100)) ('PFS', 'Disease', (90, 93)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (97, 100)) ('cytoplasmic', 'Var', (15, 26)) ('NANOG', 'Gene', '79923', (27, 32)) ('NANOG', 'Gene', (27, 32)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (220, 223)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (220, 223)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (220, 223)) 3407 30082842 Similar to our observations, coexpression of OCT4 and NANOG was found to be significantly associated with tumor aggressiveness and poor prognosis of several malignances including breast and lung cancers and glioma. ('tumor aggressiveness', 'Disease', (106, 126)) ('lung cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (190, 202)) ('coexpression', 'Var', (29, 41)) ('breast and lung cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (179, 202)) ('aggressiveness', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (112, 126)) ('NANOG', 'Gene', (54, 59)) ('glioma', 'Disease', (207, 213)) ('associated with', 'Reg', (90, 105)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (195, 202)) ('tumor aggressiveness', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (106, 126)) ('glioma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009733', (207, 213)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (195, 201)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (106, 111)) ('glioma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005910', (207, 213)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', '5460', (45, 49)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (190, 201)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', (45, 49)) ('NANOG', 'Gene', '79923', (54, 59)) 3412 30082842 demonstrated that knockdown of both OCT4 and NANOG expressions inhibit spontaneous changes in the expression of EMT-related genes and the migration of breast CSC in vitro. ('knockdown', 'Var', (18, 27)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', '5460', (36, 40)) ('migration of breast CSC', 'CPA', (138, 161)) ('OCT4', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('NANOG', 'Gene', '79923', (45, 50)) ('NANOG', 'Gene', (45, 50)) ('EMT-related genes', 'Gene', (112, 129)) ('inhibit', 'NegReg', (63, 70)) ('EMT', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001837', ('112', '115')) ('expression', 'MPA', (98, 108)) 3430 28593993 MYC activation results in highly penetrant pRCC tumours (MYC), while MYC activation, when combined with Vhl and Cdkn2a (Ink4a/Arf) deletion (VIM), produce kidney tumours that approximate human ccRCC. ('kidney tumours', 'Disease', (155, 169)) ('pRCC tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (43, 55)) ('pRCC tumours', 'Disease', (43, 55)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 54)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (44, 47)) ('kidney tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (155, 169)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (44, 47)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (162, 168)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (187, 192)) ('produce', 'Reg', (147, 154)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 55)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (162, 169)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (195, 198)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (195, 198)) ('deletion', 'Var', (131, 139)) 3435 28593993 Here, the authors generate two mouse models of the most common RCC subtypes: the human papillary RCC through MYC activation and clear cell RCC through MYC activation combined with Vhl and Cdkn2a deletion. ('RCC', 'Disease', (63, 66)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (97, 100)) ('MYC', 'Gene', (151, 154)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (97, 100)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (31, 36)) ('MYC', 'MPA', (109, 112)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (139, 142)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (139, 142)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (113, 123)) ('deletion', 'Var', (195, 203)) ('Cdkn2a', 'Gene', (188, 194)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (81, 86)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (63, 66)) 3438 28593993 Inherited RCC can be caused by germline mutations in multiple genes that are linked to specific histologic subtypes. ('RCC', 'Disease', (10, 13)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (10, 13)) ('caused by', 'Reg', (21, 30)) ('germline mutations', 'Var', (31, 49)) 3442 28593993 The von Hippel-Lindau tumour suppressor protein (pVHL) is broadly inactivated (~80%) in sporadic ccRCC by either mutation or promoter hypermethylation and its tumour suppressor activity is dependent on its downregulation of the alpha subunits of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIFalpha) family of transcription factors and in particular HIF2alpha (refs). ('HIF2alpha', 'Gene', '13819', (336, 345)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (22, 28)) ('inactivated', 'NegReg', (66, 77)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (22, 28)) ('downregulation', 'NegReg', (206, 220)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (99, 102)) ('mutation', 'Var', (113, 121)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('40', '47')) ('HIF2alpha', 'Gene', (336, 345)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (99, 102)) ('von Hippel-Lindau tumour', 'Disease', (4, 28)) ('promoter hypermethylation', 'Var', (125, 150)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (159, 165)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (159, 165)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('296', '309')) ('HIFalpha', 'Gene', (276, 284)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (159, 165)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (250, 257)) ('pVHL', 'Gene', (49, 53)) ('HIFalpha', 'Gene', '15251;13819', (276, 284)) ('pVHL', 'Gene', '22346', (49, 53)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (22, 28)) ('von Hippel-Lindau tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (4, 28)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (250, 257)) 3444 28593993 ccRCC has a relatively low mutation burden relative to other solid tumours but does have characteristic large deletions and gains of chromosomes 3p, 14q and 5q, respectively, as well as more focal gains and losses of 8q24 (harbouring MYC) and 9p21 (harbouring CDKN2A), respectively. ('8q24', 'Gene', (217, 221)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (124, 129)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (2, 5)) ('losses', 'NegReg', (207, 213)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (2, 5)) ('solid tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (61, 74)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (197, 202)) ('9p21', 'Gene', (243, 247)) ('solid tumours', 'Disease', (61, 74)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (67, 73)) ('deletions', 'Var', (110, 119)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (67, 74)) 3446 28593993 Gain of 8q, as assessed by classic cytogenetics, is associated with a high risk of lymph node and distant metastases and is an independent prognostic factor. ('metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (106, 116)) ('metastases', 'Disease', (106, 116)) ('Gain', 'Var', (0, 4)) 3458 28593993 MYC mice had a significantly shortened survival relative to controls (Fig. ('MYC', 'Var', (0, 3)) ('survival', 'CPA', (39, 47)) ('shortened', 'NegReg', (29, 38)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (4, 8)) 3482 28593993 To model the interplay of genomic events observed in human RCC, we next examined the phenotypes of kidney specific Vhl inactivation in combination with MYC overexpression or combined MYC overexpression and Ink/Arf deletion. ('deletion', 'Var', (214, 222)) ('kidney specific', 'MPA', (99, 114)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (53, 58)) ('inactivation', 'NegReg', (119, 131)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (59, 62)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (59, 62)) 3494 28593993 Therefore, while Vhl loss combined with MYC activation is sufficient to induce modest clear cell changes, Vhl loss combined with MYC activation and Ink/Arf deletion induces bona fide clear cell RCC (Table 1). ('Ink/Arf', 'Gene', (148, 155)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (110, 114)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (194, 197)) ('induces', 'Reg', (165, 172)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (194, 197)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', (106, 109)) ('deletion', 'Var', (156, 164)) 3495 28593993 We next examined whether human ccRCC tumours with similar genomic characteristics (VHL inactivation; VHL inactivation and MYC activation; and VHL inactivation, CDKN2A loss and MYC activation) have similar outcomes as those seen in our mouse models. ('VHL', 'Gene', (101, 104)) ('ccRCC tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (31, 44)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (37, 44)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (160, 166)) ('MYC', 'CPA', (122, 125)) ('inactivation', 'NegReg', (87, 99)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (25, 30)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (146, 158)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (167, 171)) ('inactivation', 'NegReg', (105, 117)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (235, 240)) ('ccRCC tumours', 'Disease', (31, 44)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (37, 43)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (142, 145)) 3496 28593993 Of TCGA KIRC tumours (n=525), 87, 13 and 31% had VHL inactivation, MYC activation and CDKN2A deletion, respectively (Fig. ('VHL', 'MPA', (49, 52)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (13, 19)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (13, 20)) ('MYC', 'MPA', (67, 70)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (71, 81)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (13, 20)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (13, 20)) ('inactivation', 'NegReg', (53, 65)) ('deletion', 'Var', (93, 101)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (86, 92)) 3497 28593993 We further classified these patients as V (n=286, 54%), VM (n=26, 5%) and VIM (n=32, 6.1%) and noted that VM and VIM patients had a significantly decreased survival relative to V patients (P=0.005 and P=5.086 x 10-9, respectively (Fig. ('survival', 'MPA', (156, 164)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (146, 155)) ('VIM', 'Var', (113, 116)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (179, 187)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (117, 125)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (28, 36)) 3512 28593993 There were a large number of genes that were differentially regulated (increased or decreased greater than two-fold; t-test FDR<0.05) by MYC activation (Dox) in both VM-3055 (799 up and 2491 down) and VIM-3039 (1017 up and 2159 down) cells (Fig. ('1017', 'Var', (211, 215)) ('MYC', 'Protein', (137, 140)) ('VIM-3039', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:X276', (201, 209)) ('799', 'Var', (175, 178)) ('Dox', 'Chemical', '-', (153, 156)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (84, 93)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (141, 151)) 3534 28593993 As predicted, VIM-3039 cells had significantly increased matrigel invasion (Fig. ('matrigel invasion', 'CPA', (57, 74)) ('VIM-3039', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:X276', (14, 22)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (47, 56)) ('VIM-3039', 'Var', (14, 22)) 3535 28593993 Therefore, Ink4a/Arf inactivation appears to facilitate EMT, invasion and metastases and the metastatic phenotype seen in vivo is recapitulated in vitro. ('inactivation', 'Var', (21, 33)) ('EMT', 'CPA', (56, 59)) ('facilitate', 'PosReg', (45, 55)) ('EMT', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001837', ('56', '59')) ('metastases', 'Disease', (74, 84)) ('Ink4a/Arf', 'Gene', (11, 20)) ('metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (74, 84)) 3543 28593993 Our own studies highlight the role of MYC in renal tumorigenesis and demonstrate that MYC activation is sufficient to generate papillary RCC and that when combined with Vhl and Ink4a/Arf inactivation results in bona fide clear cell renal cell carcinoma. ('results in', 'Reg', (200, 210)) ('MYC', 'Gene', (86, 89)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (221, 252)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (221, 252)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (243, 252)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (187, 199)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (221, 252)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (232, 252)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (137, 140)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (137, 140)) 3546 28593993 Combined inactivation of Vhl with Trp53 does appear to induce renal tumours, which have clear cell changes but not bona fide clear cell RCC histology. ('Trp53', 'Gene', (34, 39)) ('renal tumours', 'Disease', (62, 75)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (68, 74)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (68, 75)) ('renal tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (62, 74)) ('induce', 'Reg', (55, 61)) ('Trp53', 'Gene', '7157', (34, 39)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (9, 21)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', (25, 28)) ('renal tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (62, 75)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (136, 139)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (136, 139)) 3547 28593993 A recent report demonstrated that combined inactivation of Vhl with Bap1 results in renal tumours with clear cell histology. ('Bap1', 'Gene', (68, 72)) ('renal tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (84, 97)) ('combined', 'Interaction', (34, 42)) ('results in', 'Reg', (73, 83)) ('renal tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (84, 96)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (90, 96)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (90, 97)) ('renal tumours', 'Disease', (84, 97)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', (59, 62)) ('Bap1', 'Gene', '104416', (68, 72)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (43, 55)) 3548 28593993 However, while inactivation of other tumour suppressor genes such as Flcn, Tsc1 or Fh results in renal carcinomas, they are rarely of the clear cell histologic subtype and they exhibit long latency, impacting their utility for routine investigation. ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (103, 113)) ('renal carcinomas', 'Disease', (97, 113)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (37, 43)) ('Tsc1', 'Gene', (75, 79)) ('Flcn', 'Gene', (69, 73)) ('renal carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (97, 113)) ('Flcn', 'Gene', '216805', (69, 73)) ('Tsc1', 'Gene', '64930', (75, 79)) ('renal carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (97, 113)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (103, 112)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (37, 43)) ('results in', 'Reg', (86, 96)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (15, 27)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (37, 43)) 3559 28593993 VHL inactivation results in the stabilization of the alpha subunits of the hypoxia-inducible factor alpha (HIF) family of transcription factors of which HIF2alpha is thought to be a key oncogenic driver of ccRCC tumorigenesis, while emerging evidence suggests that HIF1alpha may be a tumour suppressor gene. ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (75, 82)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (75, 82)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (284, 290)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (4, 16)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('122', '135')) ('HIF2alpha', 'Gene', (153, 162)) ('stabilization', 'MPA', (32, 45)) ('HIF1alpha', 'Gene', '15251', (265, 274)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (208, 211)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (284, 290)) ('HIF1alpha', 'Gene', (265, 274)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (208, 211)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('HIF2alpha', 'Gene', '13819', (153, 162)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (284, 290)) 3562 28593993 Our studies demonstrate that Ink4a/Arf inactivation promotes liver metastases in an autochthonous ccRCC GEM model and that Ink4a/Arf loss is associated with gene expression patterns of EMT. ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('157', '172')) ('EMT', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001837', ('185', '188')) ('metastases', 'Disease', (67, 77)) ('Ink4a/Arf', 'Gene', (123, 132)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (100, 103)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (133, 137)) ('promotes', 'PosReg', (52, 60)) ('metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (67, 77)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (39, 51)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (100, 103)) ('Ink4a/Arf', 'Gene', (29, 38)) 3607 25970683 The aim of our project was to investigate specific renal immunohistochemical biomarkers involved in the hypoxia-inducible factor pathway and mutations in the VHL gene to clarify the relationship between ccpRCC and RAT. ('mutations', 'Var', (141, 150)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (205, 209)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (158, 161)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (203, 209)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (104, 111)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (104, 111)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (203, 209)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (214, 217)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (158, 161)) 3615 25970683 Genetic analysis revealed VHL mutations in 2/27 (7%) and 1/7 (14%) ccpRCC and RAT samples, respectively. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (69, 73)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (26, 29)) ('revealed', 'Reg', (17, 25)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (67, 73)) ('mutations', 'Var', (30, 39)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (26, 29)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (78, 81)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (67, 73)) 3624 25970683 Despite significant morphologic, immunohistochemical and genetic similarities to clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC), characteristic genetic differences include VHL gene mutations and 3p losses, found in ccRCC. ('3p losses', 'Var', (230, 239)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (250, 255)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (252, 255)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (125, 155)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (81, 112)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (92, 112)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (114, 119)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (116, 119)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (103, 112)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (207, 210)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (81, 112)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (125, 155)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (116, 119)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (158, 161)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (157, 161)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (146, 155)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (207, 210)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (135, 155)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '310687', (157, 161)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (157, 161)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (252, 255)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (81, 112)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (125, 155)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (158, 161)) ('mutations', 'Var', (216, 225)) 3637 25970683 A total of 25 antibodies were selected as (i) they are involved in the VHL signaling pathway, (ii) they are known to be prognostic biomarkers of ccRCC and (iii) they have been reported as markers of ccpRCCs and RATs in a small group of ccpRCCs described in recent USCAP meetings (2011-2014). ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (201, 205)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (236, 242)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (147, 150)) ('RATs', 'Species', '10116', (211, 215)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (145, 150)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (202, 205)) ('involved', 'Reg', (55, 63)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (199, 205)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (71, 74)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (202, 205)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (147, 150)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (239, 242)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (238, 242)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('75', '92')) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (199, 205)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (236, 242)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (71, 74)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (239, 242)) ('antibodies', 'Var', (14, 24)) 3648 25970683 All VHL point mutations obtained were validated by a second separate PCR and sequencing analysis. ('mutations', 'Var', (14, 23)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (4, 7)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (4, 7)) 3670 25970683 In contrast, the RAT tumors and the ccpRCC-like tumor with the VHL mutation showed a circumferential membranous staining pattern. ('RAT tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (17, 27)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (36, 42)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (48, 53)) ('mutation', 'Var', (67, 75)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (21, 26)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (63, 66)) ('RAT tumors', 'Disease', (17, 27)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (21, 27)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (21, 26)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (36, 42)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (63, 66)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (48, 53)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (21, 26)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 53)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (38, 42)) 3674 25970683 In 9 of the cases FISH was not performed as there was not sufficient tissue after VHL mutation analysis and immunohistochemistry. ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (82, 85)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (82, 85)) ('mutation', 'Var', (86, 94)) 3677 25970683 Three VHL mutations were detected in the ccpRCC group (3/27, 11%) in exon 2 (c.351G>C/p.Trp117Cys, c.461C>T/p.Pro154Leu, c.388G>C/p.Val130Leu) and one in the RAT group (1/7, 14%) in exon 1 (c.174_177delGCCG /p.Pro59GlyfsX7). ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (41, 47)) ('c.461C>T', 'Mutation', 'c.461C>T', (99, 107)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (6, 9)) ('p.Trp117Cys', 'Var', (86, 97)) ('c.461C>T/p.Pro154Leu', 'Var', (99, 119)) ('c.351G>C', 'Mutation', 'c.351G>C', (77, 85)) ('p.Trp117Cys', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (86, 97)) ('c.388G>C', 'Mutation', 'rs104893830', (121, 129)) ('p.Pro154Leu', 'Mutation', 'p.P154L', (108, 119)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (6, 9)) ('c.174_177delGCCG', 'Mutation', 'c.174_177delGCCG', (190, 206)) ('p.Pro59GlyfsX7', 'Mutation', 'p.P59GfsX7', (208, 222)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (41, 47)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (158, 161)) ('p.Val130Leu', 'Mutation', 'rs104893830', (130, 141)) ('c.388G>', 'Var', (121, 128)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (43, 47)) 3678 25970683 We identified two cases, harboring both a VHL mutation and 3p loss. ('VHL', 'Gene', (42, 45)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (42, 45)) ('mutation', 'Var', (46, 54)) 3681 25970683 We found a VHL mutation rate of 11% in ccpRCC and 14% in RAT. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (41, 45)) ('mutation', 'Var', (15, 23)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (11, 14)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (39, 45)) ('ccpRCC', 'Disease', (39, 45)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (39, 45)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (11, 14)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (57, 60)) 3689 25970683 The most relevant differential diagnoses include ccRCC that exhibit papillary features, pRCC exhibiting clear cell characteristics and Xp11 translocation carcinoma. ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (154, 163)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (49, 54)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (51, 54)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (89, 92)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (154, 163)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (88, 92)) ('papillary features', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0007482', (68, 86)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (89, 92)) ('Xp11 translocation', 'Var', (135, 153)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (154, 163)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '310687', (88, 92)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (51, 54)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (88, 92)) 3692 25970683 It is controversial whether TFE3 positivity is sufficient to diagnose TFE3 translocation carcinoma, but, from these 2 cases, we concluded that TFE3 translocation cancer falls within the differential diagnostic spectrum of ccpRCC/RAT. ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (222, 228)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (229, 232)) ('TFE3 translocation', 'Var', (143, 161)) ('cancer falls', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (162, 174)) ('cancer falls', 'Disease', (162, 174)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (162, 168)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (222, 228)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (89, 98)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (89, 98)) ('falls', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002527', (169, 174)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (224, 228)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (89, 98)) 3697 25970683 This case also revealed a mutation in the VHL gene and a 3p loss in the FISH analysis. ('revealed', 'Reg', (15, 23)) ('mutation', 'Var', (26, 34)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (42, 45)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (60, 64)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (42, 45)) 3699 25970683 VHL gene mutations are the genetic hallmark of ccRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (49, 52)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (0, 3)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (47, 52)) ('mutations', 'Var', (9, 18)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (49, 52)) 3701 25970683 However, three groups have recently identified VHL mutations in ccpRCC at frequencies varying from 15% to 27%. ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (64, 70)) ('mutations', 'Var', (51, 60)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (66, 70)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (64, 70)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (47, 50)) ('ccpRCC', 'Disease', (64, 70)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (47, 50)) 3702 25970683 In concordance with these studies, we also identified VHL gene alterations in ccpRCC, but the prevalence of VHL gene mutations is significantly lower than in ccRCC. ('alterations', 'Var', (63, 74)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (54, 57)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (108, 111)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (78, 84)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (160, 163)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (160, 163)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (80, 84)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (81, 84)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (158, 163)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (81, 84)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (54, 57)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (78, 84)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (108, 111)) 3703 25970683 The discrepancy between the number of mutations found in our ccpRCC cases and that reported may be explained by the different detection methods employed, including single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) genotyping array, Sanger sequencing, and by the limited number of cases in previous studies. ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (61, 67)) ('ccpRCC', 'Disease', (61, 67)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (61, 67)) ('mutations', 'Var', (38, 47)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (63, 67)) 3704 25970683 Alternatively, cases with VHL mutations could represent ccRCCs with morphology and immunoprofile which closely mimics that of clear ccpRCC and RAT tumor. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (147, 152)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (26, 29)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (135, 138)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (132, 138)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (135, 138)) ('RAT tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (143, 152)) ('mutations', 'Var', (30, 39)) ('RAT tumor', 'Disease', (143, 152)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (58, 61)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (56, 61)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (26, 29)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (58, 61)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (134, 138)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (132, 138)) 3709 25970683 VHL inactivation leads to a HIF-dependent CA-IX and GLUT-1 up-regulation. ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('62', '72')) ('inactivation', 'Var', (4, 16)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (0, 3)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('GLUT-1', 'Gene', '24778', (52, 58)) ('CA-IX', 'MPA', (42, 47)) ('up-regulation', 'PosReg', (59, 72)) ('GLUT-1', 'Gene', (52, 58)) 3710 25970683 We only found few VHL mutations, but in combination with CA-IX and GLUT-1 immunoreactivity in both ccpRCC and RAT. ('GLUT-1', 'Gene', '24778', (67, 73)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (18, 21)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (99, 105)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (110, 113)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (101, 105)) ('GLUT-1', 'Gene', (67, 73)) ('mutations', 'Var', (22, 31)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (99, 105)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (18, 21)) 3711 25970683 This clearly sets the ccpRCC and RAT apart from ccRCC, which shows VHL mutations in up to 80% of the cases. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (24, 28)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (22, 28)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (50, 53)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (48, 53)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (50, 53)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (67, 70)) ('mutations', 'Var', (71, 80)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (33, 36)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (22, 28)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (25, 28)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (25, 28)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (67, 70)) 3713 25970683 found various mutations in ccpRCC by using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), including a non-synonymous T992I mutation in the MET proto-oncogene. ('ccpRCC', 'Gene', (27, 33)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (27, 33)) ('T992I', 'Var', (104, 109)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (29, 33)) ('T992I', 'Mutation', 'rs56391007', (104, 109)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (27, 33)) ('mutations', 'Var', (14, 23)) 3714 25970683 This gene was originally described as causing hereditary pRCC. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '310687', (57, 61)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (57, 61)) ('causing', 'Reg', (38, 45)) ('gene', 'Var', (5, 9)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (57, 61)) 3715 25970683 detected no VHL mutation, but found overexpression in all five members of the miR-200 family. ('VHL', 'Gene', (12, 15)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (12, 15)) ('mutation', 'Var', (16, 24)) ('overexpression', 'PosReg', (36, 50)) 3722 25970683 In our FISH analysis, we identified three chromosome 3p deletions in 20 ccpRCC and in 7 RAT samples. ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (72, 78)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('42', '52')) ('deletions', 'Var', (56, 65)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (74, 78)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (72, 78)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (88, 91)) ('ccpRCC', 'Disease', (72, 78)) 3723 25970683 All 3p deletions occurred in ccpRCC with a frequency of 14.3 %, but none was detected in RAT. ('ccpRCC', 'Disease', (29, 35)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (31, 35)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (29, 35)) ('deletions', 'Var', (7, 16)) ('occurred', 'Reg', (17, 25)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (29, 35)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (89, 92)) 3725 25970683 concurrently harbored a VHL mutation like two of our three cases with a 3p loss. ('harbored', 'Reg', (13, 21)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (24, 27)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (24, 27)) ('mutation', 'Var', (28, 36)) 3726 25970683 also used FISH and observed monosomy of chromosome 3 in three cases in a series of 11 ccpRCC all lacking mutations in the VHL gene. ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (122, 125)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (86, 92)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('40', '50')) ('VHL', 'Gene', (122, 125)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (88, 92)) ('monosomy', 'Var', (28, 36)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (86, 92)) 3730 25970683 However, some of the cases of ccRCC with smooth muscle stroma, particularly those that showed 3p loss, might represent ccRCCs with exuberant, infiltrative smooth muscle, whereas the others might in fact be RAT tumors, particularly the ones that do not show 3p loss. ('3p loss', 'Var', (94, 101)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (121, 124)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (121, 124)) ('RAT tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (206, 216)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (210, 215)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (30, 35)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (32, 35)) ('muscle stroma', 'Disease', (48, 61)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (32, 35)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (210, 216)) ('RAT tumors', 'Disease', (206, 216)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (119, 124)) ('muscle stroma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009133', (48, 61)) 3731 25970683 Additionally, recent data shows that some tumors with RAT morphology and immunophenotype share a common mutation in the TCEB1 gene which inactivated the VHL pathway and upregulated proteins along the hypoxia-inducible pathway. ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (200, 207)) ('inactivated', 'NegReg', (137, 148)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (153, 156)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (120, 125)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (42, 48)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (42, 48)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (42, 48)) ('mutation', 'Var', (104, 112)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '64525', (120, 125)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (153, 156)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (54, 57)) ('upregulated', 'PosReg', (169, 180)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (42, 47)) ('proteins', 'Protein', (181, 189)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (200, 207)) 3756 25970683 Our group has reported that the expression of p27, CA-IX, CK7 and CK19 is associated with a better prognosis in sporadic RCC. ('p27', 'Gene', '83571', (46, 49)) ('CK19', 'Gene', (66, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (121, 124)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (121, 124)) ('CK19', 'Gene', '360626', (66, 70)) ('CK7', 'Gene', (58, 61)) ('CK7', 'Gene', '300242', (58, 61)) ('p27', 'Gene', (46, 49)) ('CA-IX', 'Var', (51, 56)) 3762 25970683 Taking into account the controversial relevance of the VHL mutation analysis in this differential diagnosis, direct VHL sequencing is not helpful in separation of ccRCC with prominent smooth muscle stroma from RAT. ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (116, 119)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (210, 213)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (55, 58)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (163, 168)) ('muscle stroma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009133', (191, 204)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (116, 119)) ('mutation', 'Var', (59, 67)) ('muscle stroma', 'Disease', (191, 204)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (55, 58)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (165, 168)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (165, 168)) 3764 25970683 In some difficult cases VHL mutation testing and TFE3 FISH analysis are helpful tools to distinguish ccRCC and TFE3 translocation carcinoma from ccpRCC/RAT (Figure 5). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (103, 106)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (103, 106)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (148, 151)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '24874', (24, 27)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (148, 151)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (152, 155)) ('ccpRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (145, 151)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (130, 139)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (130, 139)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (24, 27)) ('ccpRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (145, 151)) ('TFE3 translocation', 'Var', (111, 129)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (101, 106)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (130, 139)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (147, 151)) 3798 32716909 Based on COX Regression model, we then identified 5 IR-lncRs which were associated with prognosis (sIRlncRs), such as AP001267.3, SNHG16, AC021054.1, AC026471.3 and ADAMTS9-AS1. ('AS1', 'Gene', (173, 176)) ('AC021054.1', 'Var', (138, 148)) ('AS1', 'Gene', '5729', (173, 176)) ('prognosis', 'Disease', (88, 97)) ('ADAMTS9', 'Gene', '56999', (165, 172)) ('IR', 'Gene', '3643', (52, 54)) ('IR', 'Gene', '3643', (100, 102)) ('ADAMTS9', 'Gene', (165, 172)) ('SNHG16', 'Gene', (130, 136)) ('SNHG16', 'Gene', '100507246', (130, 136)) 3801 32716909 And with the increase of risk score, the expression levels of AC026471.3 and SNHG16 were elevated, while AP001267.3 and ADAMTS9-AS1 expressed decreasingly (Figure 2C). ('AS1', 'Gene', (128, 131)) ('expression levels', 'MPA', (41, 58)) ('AC026471.3', 'Var', (62, 72)) ('ADAMTS9', 'Gene', '56999', (120, 127)) ('elevated', 'PosReg', (89, 97)) ('ADAMTS9', 'Gene', (120, 127)) ('SNHG16', 'Gene', (77, 83)) ('SNHG16', 'Gene', '100507246', (77, 83)) ('AS1', 'Gene', '5729', (128, 131)) 3806 32716909 The expression levels of SNHG16 and AC026471.3 were higher in female patients (Figure 5A-5B). ('expression levels', 'MPA', (4, 21)) ('SNHG16', 'Gene', (25, 31)) ('SNHG16', 'Gene', '100507246', (25, 31)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (52, 58)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (69, 77)) ('AC026471.3', 'Var', (36, 46)) 3808 32716909 We further found the expression levels of AP001267.3 and ADAMTS9-AS1 were gradually decreased in the more advanced stage, T-stage, M-stage and N-stage, while the expression levels of AC026471.3 and SNHG16 were enhanced (Figure 6A-6D). ('expression levels', 'MPA', (21, 38)) ('enhanced', 'PosReg', (210, 218)) ('expression levels', 'MPA', (162, 179)) ('ADAMTS9', 'Gene', '56999', (57, 64)) ('ADAMTS9', 'Gene', (57, 64)) ('AP001267.3', 'Var', (42, 52)) ('SNHG16', 'Gene', '100507246', (198, 204)) ('SNHG16', 'Gene', (198, 204)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (84, 93)) ('AS1', 'Gene', '5729', (65, 68)) ('AS1', 'Gene', (65, 68)) 3825 32716909 In the present study, 322 pRCC patients were enrolled in a genome-wide analysis for lncRNAs, combining with 311 IRGs screened in Molecular Signatures Database v4.0 (Immune system process M13664, Immune response M19817), and 17 IR-lncRs were identified eventually. ('IR', 'Gene', '3643', (112, 114)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('Immune system process', 'biological_process', 'GO:0002376', ('165', '186')) ('Immune response', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006955', ('195', '210')) ('IR', 'Gene', '3643', (227, 229)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (31, 39)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (26, 30)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (26, 30)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (27, 30)) ('M13664', 'Var', (187, 193)) 3861 32716909 The formula was as followed, [Expression level of AP001267.3 * (-1.213353)] + [Expression level of SNHG16 * (0.581303)] + [Expression level of AC026471.3* (0.779272)] + [Expression level of ADAMTS9-AS1* (-0.233562)]. ('SNHG16', 'Gene', (99, 105)) ('ADAMTS9', 'Gene', '56999', (190, 197)) ('ADAMTS9', 'Gene', (190, 197)) ('AS1', 'Gene', '5729', (198, 201)) ('AS1', 'Gene', (198, 201)) ('SNHG16', 'Gene', '100507246', (99, 105)) ('AP001267.3 *', 'Var', (50, 62)) 3879 30816681 We found a significant difference in overall survival (OS) between groups, with high syntaxin 6 expression correlating with decreased survival. ('expression', 'MPA', (96, 106)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (124, 133)) ('overall survival', 'MPA', (37, 53)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (85, 95)) ('survival', 'MPA', (134, 142)) ('high', 'Var', (80, 84)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (85, 95)) 3885 30816681 Silencing of syntaxin 6 in ACHN cells significantly decreased the cell viability (p < 0.001). ('cell viability', 'CPA', (66, 80)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (52, 61)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', '55323', (27, 31)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (13, 23)) ('Silencing', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', (27, 31)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (13, 23)) 3886 30816681 Overall, syntaxin 6 could be a prognostic biomarker for patients with papillary RCC and syntaxin 6 inhibitors hold promise as a novel therapy against RCC. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (56, 64)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (88, 98)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (80, 83)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (80, 83)) ('inhibitors', 'Var', (99, 109)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (80, 83)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (150, 153)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (150, 153)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (9, 19)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (88, 98)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (150, 153)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (9, 19)) 3892 30816681 Classically, mutations in the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene prevents ubiquitination and degradation of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF) such as HIF-1alpha. ('ubiquitination', 'MPA', (68, 82)) ('degradation', 'MPA', (87, 98)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (102, 109)) ('HIF-1alpha', 'Gene', (142, 152)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (49, 52)) ('von Hippel-Lindau', 'Gene', '7428', (30, 47)) ('degradation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009056', ('87', '98')) ('VHL', 'Disease', (49, 52)) ('prevents', 'NegReg', (59, 67)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (102, 109)) ('mutations', 'Var', (13, 22)) ('HIF-1alpha', 'Gene', '3091', (142, 152)) ('von Hippel-Lindau', 'Gene', (30, 47)) 3914 30816681 Those patients with high syntaxin 6 expression had a median overall survival of 5.844 years. ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (25, 35)) ('high', 'Var', (20, 24)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (6, 14)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (25, 35)) ('expression', 'MPA', (36, 46)) 3917 30816681 Median overall survival for ccRCC tumors with high syntaxin 6 expression was 6.140 years. ('high', 'Var', (46, 50)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (34, 40)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (34, 40)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (34, 40)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (51, 61)) ('expression', 'MPA', (62, 72)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (30, 33)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (30, 33)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (30, 33)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (34, 39)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (51, 61)) 3919 30816681 Similarly, median overall survival for pRCC tumors with high syntaxin 6 expression (5.844 years) was significantly lower than survival for those tumors with low/medium syntaxin 6 expression (p < 0.0001) (Fig. ('tumors', 'Disease', (44, 50)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (39, 43)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (44, 50)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (168, 178)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (44, 50)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (61, 71)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (145, 150)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (40, 43)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (145, 151)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (145, 151)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (115, 120)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (168, 178)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (44, 49)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (145, 151)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (39, 43)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (61, 71)) ('high', 'Var', (56, 60)) 3949 30816681 Interestingly, high co-expression of syntaxin 6 with VEGFR2, PDGF-beta, TP53 and VEGF all predicted significantly worse survival in those patients with pRCC (Fig. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (152, 156)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (53, 57)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (37, 47)) ('high', 'Var', (15, 19)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (37, 47)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (72, 76)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (152, 156)) ('survival', 'MPA', (120, 128)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (138, 146)) ('PDGF-beta', 'Gene', '5155', (61, 70)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (81, 85)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (153, 156)) ('worse', 'NegReg', (114, 119)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (81, 85)) ('VEGFR2', 'Gene', (53, 59)) ('PDGF-beta', 'Gene', (61, 70)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (72, 76)) ('VEGFR2', 'Gene', '3791', (53, 59)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (53, 57)) ('PDGF', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005161', ('61', '65')) 3954 30816681 Syntaxin 6 knock-down was confirmed by real time-PCR (Fig. ('Syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (0, 10)) ('Syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (0, 10)) ('knock-down', 'Var', (11, 21)) 3961 30816681 With c-met mutations known to be common in pRCC, MET inhibitors such as capozantanib and foretinib have been developed and are in clinical trials. ('mutations', 'Var', (11, 20)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (44, 47)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (43, 47)) ('c-met', 'Gene', (5, 10)) ('foretinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C544831', (89, 98)) ('capozantanib', 'Chemical', '-', (72, 84)) ('c-met', 'Gene', '4233', (5, 10)) 3962 30816681 Nevertheless, c-met mutations are specific to Type 1 pRCC, not the more aggressive Type 2 tumors. ('c-met', 'Gene', (14, 19)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (53, 57)) ('c-met', 'Gene', '4233', (14, 19)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (90, 95)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (54, 57)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (90, 96)) ('aggressive Type 2 tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (72, 96)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (53, 57)) ('mutations', 'Var', (20, 29)) ('aggressive Type 2 tumors', 'Disease', (72, 96)) 3968 30816681 The relationship between high syntaxin 6 expression and aggressive disease appears to be more strongly associated with type 2 pRCC tumors. ('aggressive disease', 'Disease', (56, 74)) ('associated', 'Reg', (103, 113)) ('expression', 'MPA', (41, 51)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (131, 136)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (126, 130)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (30, 40)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (131, 137)) ('high', 'Var', (25, 29)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (127, 130)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (131, 137)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (131, 137)) ('aggressive disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (56, 74)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (30, 40)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (126, 130)) 3975 30816681 The exact mechanism through which high syntaxin 6 is promoting survival in pRCC cell lines is unclear. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (76, 79)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (75, 79)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (39, 49)) ('survival', 'CPA', (63, 71)) ('high', 'Var', (34, 38)) ('promoting', 'PosReg', (53, 62)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (39, 49)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (75, 79)) 3978 30816681 They found that inhibition of syntaxin 6 function led to targeting of Golgi-localized VEGFR2 for degradation in lysosomes. ('Golgi', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005794', ('70', '75')) ('VEGFR2', 'Gene', '3791', (86, 92)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (30, 40)) ('VEGFR2', 'Gene', (86, 92)) ('degradation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009056', ('97', '108')) ('degradation in lysosomes', 'MPA', (97, 121)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (30, 40)) ('targeting', 'MPA', (57, 66)) ('inhibition', 'Var', (16, 26)) 3984 30816681 Although these proangiogenic growth factors are known to play critical roles in the development of vascular ccRCC through VHL mutations, it is surprising to note their relatively high expression in pRCC, where VHL mutations rarely occur. ('RCC', 'Disease', (110, 113)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (110, 113)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (198, 202)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (110, 113)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (122, 125)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (210, 213)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (122, 125)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (210, 213)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (198, 202)) ('mutations', 'Var', (126, 135)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (199, 202)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (199, 202)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (199, 202)) 4016 30816681 ACHN cells (2 x 103 cells/well) were plated in 96 well plates and transfected with syntaxin 6 siRNA as described above. ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', (83, 93)) ('transfected', 'Var', (66, 77)) ('syntaxin 6', 'Gene', '10228', (83, 93)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', '55323', (0, 4)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', (0, 4)) 4034 23361235 For example, ccRCC often has 3p deletion, the majority of pRCC tumors harbor trisomy 7 and 17, chRCC contains multiple monosomies, and the majority of oncocytomas show a normal chromosomal profile. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (58, 62)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (58, 62)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (63, 69)) ('oncocytomas', 'Disease', (151, 162)) ('oncocytomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (151, 162)) ('ccRCC', 'Disease', (13, 18)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (63, 69)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (58, 62)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (63, 69)) ('trisomy', 'Var', (77, 84)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (63, 68)) 4036 23361235 Studies of this syndrome identified a link to HRPT2, and a germ line mutation in this gene was shown to be responsible for HPT-JT syndrome. ('responsible', 'Reg', (107, 118)) ('mutation', 'Var', (69, 77)) ('HRPT2', 'Gene', (46, 51)) ('HPT-JT syndrome', 'Disease', (123, 138)) ('link', 'Reg', (38, 42)) ('HRPT2', 'Gene', '79577', (46, 51)) ('HPT-JT syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:C563273', (123, 138)) 4096 23361235 It has been shown that there are frequent allelic imbalances and novel mutations of the HRPT2 gene in sporadic human renal tumors. ('HRPT2', 'Gene', (88, 93)) ('renal tumors', 'Disease', (117, 129)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (123, 129)) ('renal tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (117, 129)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (111, 116)) ('mutations', 'Var', (71, 80)) ('renal tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (117, 129)) ('HRPT2', 'Gene', '79577', (88, 93)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (123, 128)) ('imbalances', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002172', (50, 60)) ('allelic imbalances', 'Var', (42, 60)) 4176 33632314 The SUVmax of high-grade (G3 and G4) papillary RCCs were significantly higher than that of low-grade (G1 and G2) tumors (9.44 +- 6.18 vs 4.83 +- 3.19, P = 0.008). ('higher', 'PosReg', (71, 77)) ('papillary RCC', 'Disease', (37, 50)) ('SUVmax', 'MPA', (4, 10)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (113, 119)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (113, 119)) ('G4', 'Var', (33, 35)) ('papillary RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (37, 50)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (113, 118)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (113, 119)) 4214 33632314 As several studies characterizing the FDG uptake of RCC reported, low-grade clear cell RCC had significantly lower FDG activity than high-grade clear cell RCC, which was mainly responsible for the low sensitivity for RCC detection. ('FDG', 'Gene', '23583', (115, 118)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (155, 158)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (217, 220)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (217, 220)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (109, 114)) ('FDG', 'Gene', (115, 118)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (87, 90)) ('low-grade', 'Var', (66, 75)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (52, 55)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (87, 90)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (52, 55)) ('uptake', 'biological_process', 'GO:0098657', ('42', '48')) ('uptake', 'biological_process', 'GO:0098739', ('42', '48')) ('FDG', 'Gene', '23583', (38, 41)) ('FDG', 'Gene', (38, 41)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (155, 158)) 4254 32359397 We found that RMC was characterized by high replication stress and an abundance of focal copy number alterations associated with activation of the stimulator of the cyclic GMP-AMP synthase interferon genes (cGAS-STING) innate immune pathway. ('RMC', 'Disease', (14, 17)) ('alterations', 'Var', (101, 112)) ('cGAS-STING', 'Gene', (207, 217)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (14, 17)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (129, 139)) 4257 32359397 These tumors harbor SMARCB1 mutations leading to high MYC expression and replicative stress that sensitize RMC cells to PARP inhibitors. ('high MYC expression', 'MPA', (49, 68)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 12)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (107, 110)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (6, 12)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (6, 12)) ('leading to', 'Reg', (38, 48)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (20, 27)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 11)) ('mutations', 'Var', (28, 37)) 4266 32359397 Inactivation of SMARCB1 deregulates the activity of SWI/SNF, resulting in aggressive tumors. ('resulting in', 'Reg', (61, 73)) ('aggressive tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (74, 91)) ('deregulates', 'Reg', (24, 35)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (16, 23)) ('aggressive tumors', 'Disease', (74, 91)) ('activity', 'MPA', (40, 48)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (85, 90)) ('Inactivation', 'Var', (0, 12)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (85, 91)) 4267 32359397 In addition to RMC, inactivation of SMARCB1 occurs in the majority of malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRT), atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (ATRT), and epithelioid sarcomas (ES). ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (89, 95)) ('sarcoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100242', (161, 168)) ('occurs', 'Reg', (44, 50)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (20, 32)) ('sarcomas', 'Disease', (161, 169)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (89, 94)) ('malignant rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', (70, 95)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (36, 43)) ('rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', (121, 136)) ('rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018335', (121, 136)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (130, 135)) ('sarcomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D012509', (161, 169)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (130, 136)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (15, 18)) ('rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018335', (80, 95)) ('sarcomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100242', (161, 169)) ('malignant rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018335', (70, 95)) 4272 32359397 Overall, rates of single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and insertion and deletion mutations (inDels) were very low for RMC. ('deletion mutations', 'Var', (70, 88)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (116, 119)) ('insertion', 'Var', (56, 65)) ('RMC', 'Disease', (116, 119)) ('single nucleotide variants', 'Var', (18, 44)) 4274 32359397 A total of 1332 SNVs and inDels in 1165 genes were identified by WES, with a median of 24 per patient (Figure 1 and Supplementary Table 1). ('inDels', 'Var', (25, 31)) ('SNVs', 'Var', (16, 20)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (122, 125)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (94, 101)) 4275 32359397 Clinical targeted next-generation sequencing of 5/31 untreated primary tumor samples (Figure 1) did not detect additional SNVs and inDels. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (71, 76)) ('inDels', 'Var', (131, 137)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (71, 76)) ('SNVs', 'Var', (122, 126)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (71, 76)) 4278 32359397 Of the 1165 genes mutated in untreated primary RMC tumors from a total of 31 patients, only 22 were known tumor suppressors or oncogenes listed in the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) database (Figure S1B and Supplementary Table 1). ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 56)) ('mutated', 'Var', (18, 25)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (51, 56)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (232, 235)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (47, 57)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (106, 111)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (77, 85)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 57)) ('Cancer', 'Disease', (185, 191)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (185, 191)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (106, 111)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (51, 56)) ('Cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (185, 191)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (106, 111)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', (47, 57)) 4282 32359397 SETD2 was mutated in 2/31 (6.5%) of RMC tumors and was the only established gene driver of other renal cell carcinomas to be altered in RMC (Figure 1 and Supplementary Table 1). ('mutated', 'Var', (10, 17)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (108, 117)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (97, 117)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (136, 139)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 45)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', (97, 118)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (0, 5)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (36, 46)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (108, 118)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (160, 163)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (36, 39)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (97, 118)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (97, 118)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 46)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', (36, 46)) 4284 32359397 Whereas other SMARCB1-deficient malignancies, such as the rhabdoid tumors MRT and ATRT, harbor a simple genome with very few CNAs other than 22q11.23 loss (Figure S1E), RMC had recurrent focal chromosomal amplifications and deletions in addition to 22q11.23 loss (Figures 2C, 2D, and S2). ('loss', 'NegReg', (258, 262)) ('rhabdoid tumors MRT', 'Disease', (58, 77)) ('deletions', 'Var', (224, 233)) ('deficient malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (22, 44)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (169, 172)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (67, 72)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (67, 73)) ('rhabdoid tumors MRT', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018335', (58, 77)) ('deficient malignancies', 'Disease', (22, 44)) 4292 32359397 The most common focal deletion in both RMC and rhabdoid tumors was in the SMARCB1 locus 22q11.23 found in 9/15 (60%) RMC tumors and in 28/35 (80%) rhabdoid tumors. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (56, 61)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (121, 126)) ('deletion', 'Var', (22, 30)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', (117, 127)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (121, 127)) ('rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', (147, 162)) ('rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', (47, 62)) ('rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018335', (47, 62)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (56, 62)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (74, 81)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (117, 120)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (156, 161)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (156, 162)) ('rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018335', (147, 162)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (117, 127)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (39, 42)) 4295 32359397 Furthermore, we found amplification of NOTCH2 in 6/15 (40%) RMC tumors, with 4/15 (26.7%) demonstrating concurrent deletion of NOTCH1 and NOTCH3 and amplification of NOTCH2, a distinct pattern also found in the basal subtype of bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA) and associated with increased cell-cycle progression and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (64, 70)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', (60, 70)) ('amplification', 'Var', (149, 162)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (166, 172)) ('amplification', 'Var', (22, 35)) ('NOTCH1', 'Gene', (127, 133)) ('EMT', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001837', ('356', '359')) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (247, 256)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (64, 69)) ('cell-cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007049', ('294', '304')) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (60, 70)) ('bladder urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', (228, 256)) ('NOTCH1', 'Gene', '4851', (127, 133)) ('NOTCH3', 'Gene', '4854', (138, 144)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', '4853', (39, 45)) ('bladder urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001749', (228, 256)) ('NOTCH3', 'Gene', (138, 144)) ('epithelial-mesenchymal transition', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001837', ('321', '354')) ('deletion', 'Var', (115, 123)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', '4853', (166, 172)) ('cell-cycle progression', 'CPA', (294, 316)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (39, 45)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (284, 293)) ('epithelial-mesenchymal transition', 'CPA', (321, 354)) 4297 32359397 By integrating our genomic and RNA-seq data we identified 341 genes (Supplementary Table 2) in areas of recurrent focal copy number gain or loss that were significantly (FDR < 0.1) upregulated or downregulated, respectively, in RMC tumors compared with adjacent normal kidney. ('focal copy number', 'Var', (114, 131)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (228, 238)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('31', '34')) ('downregulated', 'NegReg', (196, 209)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (132, 136)) ('upregulated', 'PosReg', (181, 192)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (75, 78)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (232, 237)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (232, 238)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', (228, 238)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (140, 144)) 4298 32359397 The reliability of our CNA analyses of WES data was confirmed in sample MED1T by array CGH (Figure 3A), which detected the presence of the focal amplification on chromosome 2p, large amplification of chromosome 8, monosomy of chromosomes 4 and 22, large deletions of chromosomes 15 and 16, and a focal deletion of chromosome 17p13.1 (TP53 gene region), which were also found by WES (Figure S2). ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('314', '324')) ('MED1', 'Gene', (72, 76)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('162', '172')) ('monosomy', 'Var', (214, 222)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('200', '210')) ('MED1', 'Gene', '5469', (72, 76)) 4301 32359397 Less frequent were deletion of both SMARCB1 alleles (6/38 patients; 15.8%), deletion of one SMARCB1 allele and inDel of the second SMARCB1 allele (5/38 patients; 13.2%), and deletion of one SMARCB1 allele and truncating nonsense mutation of the second SMARCB1 allele (1/38 patients; 2.6%). ('deletion', 'Var', (76, 84)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (273, 281)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (190, 197)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (252, 259)) ('deletion', 'Var', (19, 27)) ('truncating nonsense mutation', 'Var', (209, 237)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (36, 43)) ('deletion', 'Var', (174, 182)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (92, 99)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (58, 66)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (152, 160)) 4303 32359397 In addition, we determined that this pattern for SMARCB1 inactivation (inactivating translocation combined with hemizygous deletion) occurred not only in primary tumors but also in lymph node and liver mestastases of patients RMC38 and RMC32, respectively. ('inactivation', 'NegReg', (57, 69)) ('liver mestastases', 'Disease', (196, 213)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (162, 167)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (226, 229)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (217, 225)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (236, 239)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (162, 168)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (162, 168)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (162, 168)) ('RMC38', 'Var', (226, 231)) ('liver mestastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D017093', (196, 213)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (49, 56)) 4304 32359397 Sanger sequencing confirmed that both the primary kidney tumor and the liver metastasis of patient RMC32 harbored the same translocation between the SMARCB1 and MYOM1 genes (Figures 3E and 3F). ('translocation', 'Var', (123, 136)) ('kidney tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (50, 62)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (149, 156)) ('kidney tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (50, 62)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (57, 62)) ('kidney tumor', 'Disease', (50, 62)) ('MYOM1', 'Gene', (161, 166)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (91, 98)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (99, 102)) ('MYOM1', 'Gene', '8736', (161, 166)) 4307 32359397 RNA-seq (see below) of 5 samples (RMC32T, RMC36T1, MED1T, MED2T, MED5T) that harbored inactivating translocations identified SMARCB1 fusion transcripts in 2/5 cases (RMC32T and MED1T) as shown in Figure 3E. ('RMC36T1', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:5354', (42, 49)) ('MED1', 'Gene', '5469', (177, 181)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (125, 132)) ('MED1', 'Gene', (177, 181)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (34, 37)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (42, 45)) ('MED1', 'Gene', '5469', (51, 55)) ('RMC32T', 'Var', (166, 172)) ('MED5T', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:M137', (65, 70)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (166, 169)) ('MED1', 'Gene', (51, 55)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('0', '3')) ('inactivating translocations', 'Var', (86, 113)) 4311 32359397 The RMC36T1 sample that clustered within the CDC samples in our unsupervised analysis of protein-coding gene expression (Figure 4A) was confirmed to be RMC as the patient had sickle cell trait by hemoglobin electrophoresis (Figure 1) and the tumor was negative for SMARCB1 by immunohistochemistry (Figure S1A). ('sickle cell trait', 'Disease', (175, 192)) ('RMC36T1', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:5354', (4, 11)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (242, 247)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (4, 7)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (242, 247)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('104', '119')) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (163, 170)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (242, 247)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (152, 155)) ('RMC36T1', 'Var', (4, 11)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('89', '96')) 4314 32359397 The distinct gene expression profiles of RMC compared with kidney MRT, despite their common renal origin and shared etiology of SMARCB1 inactivation, led us to explore the nephron site of origin of these malignancies. ('malignancies', 'Disease', (204, 216)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (136, 148)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (128, 135)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('13', '28')) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (41, 44)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (204, 216)) ('RMC', 'Disease', (41, 44)) 4348 32359397 In the mutational landscape of RMC we noted that the most common substitutions in most RMC tumors were C > T transitions (Figure 1), which are linked to the process of cytosine deamination often associated with age or DNA replication stress. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 97)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (87, 97)) ('DNA replication', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006260', ('218', '233')) ('C > T transitions', 'Var', (103, 120)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('218', '221')) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (31, 34)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 96)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', (87, 97)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (87, 90)) ('cytosine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003596', (168, 176)) 4349 32359397 However, patient age did not strongly correlate with the number of C > T mutations (Spearman rank correlation = 0.395, p = 0.145), suggesting that they are instead caused by replication stress in the setting of high cell turnover. ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (9, 16)) ('caused by', 'Reg', (164, 173)) ('C > T mutations', 'Var', (67, 82)) 4350 32359397 Furthermore, the predominant mutational signature pattern in RMC tumors was Signature 1 (Figure S1C), which consists mainly of C > T transitions at CpG dinucleotide motifs and is known to be associated with age and/or high number of mitoses. ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (61, 71)) ('C > T transitions', 'Var', (127, 144)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (65, 71)) ('dinucleotide', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D015226', (152, 164)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (65, 70)) ('RMC tumors', 'Disease', (61, 71)) 4357 32359397 We additionally used a previously established established RMC cell line (RMC219), which is also negative for inactivating SMARCB1 translocations and harbors centromeric deletions of both SMARCB1 alleles (Supplementary Table 3 and Figure S6H). ('men', 'Species', '9606', (210, 213)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (58, 61)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (187, 194)) ('RMC219', 'Chemical', '-', (73, 79)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (73, 76)) ('translocations', 'Var', (130, 144)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (122, 129)) 4361 32359397 As shown using our two RMC cell lines and two other SMARCB1-negative cell lines (MRT line G401 and epitheliod sarcoma line VA-ES-BJ) in Figure 6D, high c-MYC levels correlated with expression of the DNA damage marker gammaH2AX, expression of DNA damage repair enzymes Poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR), ATR activation via phosphorylation at serine 428, upregulation and phosphorylation at serines 4 and 8 of the RPA32 subunit of human replication protein A (a marker of DNA damage response), upregulation of FANCD2 (which protects cells from replication stress), phosphorylation of CDK1 at tyrosine 15 (which regulates the G2-M checkpoint), as well as phosphorylation of TP53 at serine 15, a marker specific to DNA damage response and not to other stimuli such as hyper-proliferation. ('sarcoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D012509', (110, 117)) ('ataxia', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001251', (308, 314)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', (633, 637)) ('sarcoma', 'Disease', (110, 117)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('199', '202')) ('phosphorylation', 'Var', (614, 629)) ('DNA damage response', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006974', ('521', '540')) ('DNA damage response', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006974', ('762', '781')) ('ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3-related', 'Gene', '685055', (308, 346)) ('FANCD2', 'Gene', (559, 565)) ('Poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase', 'Gene', '25591', (268, 296)) ('replication protein A', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005662', ('486', '507')) ('sarcoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100242', (110, 117)) ('serine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012694', (440, 446)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('633', '636')) ('serine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012694', (392, 398)) ('G2-M checkpoint', 'biological_process', 'GO:0000075', ('674', '689')) ('RPA32', 'Gene', '108689', (463, 468)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (23, 26)) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('373', '388')) ('gammaH2AX', 'Gene', (217, 226)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('762', '765')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('242', '245')) ('Rad', 'biological_process', 'GO:1990116', ('334', '337')) ('RPA32', 'Gene', (463, 468)) ('BJ', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6573', (129, 131)) ('Poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase', 'Gene', (268, 296)) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('703', '718')) ('telangiectasia', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001009', (315, 329)) ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (543, 555)) ('serine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012694', (730, 736)) ('RPA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005662', ('463', '466')) ('phosphorylation', 'MPA', (703, 718)) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('614', '629')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('521', '524')) ('TP53', 'Gene', (722, 726)) ('gammaH2AX', 'Gene', '15270', (217, 226)) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('421', '436')) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (480, 485)) 4362 32359397 Conversely, SMARCB1 knockout by CRISPR/Cas9 in human embryonic kidney (HEK-293FT) cells increased c-MYC and the resulting replication stress (Figures S7B and S7C). ('S7C', 'Mutation', 'p.S7C', (158, 161)) ('embryonic kidney', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (53, 69)) ('Cas', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005650', ('39', '42')) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (12, 19)) ('replication', 'MPA', (122, 133)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (88, 97)) ('HEK-293FT', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6911', (71, 80)) ('knockout', 'Var', (20, 28)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (47, 52)) ('embryonic kidney', 'Disease', (53, 69)) ('c-MYC', 'MPA', (98, 103)) 4371 32359397 We also found that SMARCB1-negative cell lines are sensitive to the ATR inhibitors VX970 and AZD6738 and to the WEE1 inhibitor adavosertib (Figure 7B). ('AZD6738', 'Var', (93, 100)) ('ATR', 'Gene', (68, 71)) ('sensitive', 'Reg', (51, 60)) ('AZD6738', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000611951', (93, 100)) ('VX970', 'Var', (83, 88)) ('WEE1', 'Gene', (112, 116)) ('WEE1', 'Gene', '7465', (112, 116)) ('adavosertib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C549567', (127, 138)) 4377 32359397 Mice harboring RMC2X tumors (n = 5 per group; average tumor volume of 158 mm3 at treatment initiation) were randomly assigned to receive niraparib, AZD6738, the combination of niraparib with AZD6738, or vehicle control for a total of 25 days. ('men', 'Species', '9606', (86, 89)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (21, 26)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (21, 26)) ('AZD6738', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000611951', (148, 155)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (54, 59)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (21, 27)) ('AZD6738', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000611951', (191, 198)) ('AZD6738', 'Var', (148, 155)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (21, 27)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (21, 27)) ('niraparib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C545685', (137, 146)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (54, 59)) ('Mice', 'Species', '10090', (0, 4)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (54, 59)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (15, 18)) ('niraparib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C545685', (176, 185)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (21, 26)) 4380 32359397 Conversely, treatment with AZD6738 did not significantly reduce tumor volume compared with vehicle control (p = 0.54), and its combination with niraparib did not produce a stronger antitumor effect compared with niraparib alone (p = 0.868). ('tumor', 'Disease', (185, 190)) ('AZD6738', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000611951', (27, 34)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (64, 69)) ('AZD6738', 'Var', (27, 34)) ('combination', 'Interaction', (127, 138)) ('niraparib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C545685', (212, 221)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (185, 190)) ('niraparib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C545685', (144, 153)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (64, 69)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (185, 190)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (64, 69)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (17, 20)) 4390 32359397 CNAs in chromosomal fragile sites such as those noted in RMC can be both a source and a consequence of DNA replication stress in cancer cells. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (129, 135)) ('RMC', 'Chemical', '-', (57, 60)) ('DNA replication', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006260', ('103', '118')) ('cancer', 'Disease', (129, 135)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (129, 135)) ('chromosomal fragile sites', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0040012', (8, 33)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('103', '106')) ('CNAs', 'Var', (0, 4)) 4441 32359397 Thus, although our WES had high sensitivity to detect dominant clonal or subclonal RMC tumor mutations, it would be less likely to detect more rare subclonal alterations. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (87, 92)) ('RMC tumor', 'Disease', (83, 92)) ('RMC tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (83, 92)) ('mutations', 'Var', (93, 102)) 4448 32359397 The somatic status of a specific SNV/inDel was reported once the matched germline had wild allele-based homozygous genotype and the tumor had heterozygous or mutant allele-based homozygous genotype with a certain cutoff of genotype likelihood/p value of 0.99. ('mutant', 'Var', (158, 164)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (132, 137)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (132, 137)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 137)) 4463 32359397 DNA was labeled by random priming with CY5-dCTPs (tumor DNA) and CY3-dCTPs (control DNA), and was hybridized to 4x180K whole-genome Agilent arrays (G4448A). ('CY3-dCTPs', 'Var', (65, 74)) ('CY3-dCTPs', 'Chemical', '-', (65, 74)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('84', '87')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('0', '3')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('56', '59')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (50, 55)) ('CY5-dCTPs', 'Var', (39, 48)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (50, 55)) ('G4448A', 'Mutation', 'rs1249266779', (148, 154)) ('CY5-dCTPs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C544355', (39, 48)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (50, 55)) 4489 32359397 Samples with break-apart in >= 15% of tumor nuclei were considered positive for SMARCB1 translocation. ('positive', 'Reg', (67, 75)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (38, 43)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (38, 43)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (80, 87)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (38, 43)) ('translocation', 'Var', (88, 101)) 4490 32359397 Partial SMARCB1 deletion was defined as loss of either green or orange probes in >= 15% of tumor nuclei. ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (8, 15)) ('orange probes', 'MPA', (64, 77)) ('deletion', 'Var', (16, 24)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (91, 96)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (40, 44)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 96)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (91, 96)) ('green', 'MPA', (55, 60)) ('Partial', 'Var', (0, 7)) 4626 31737127 Numerous immunochemical markers have been reported, including CK7, CD117 (KIT), parvalbumin, DOG1 cyclin D1, vimentin, EMA, S1001A, kidney-specific cadherin (Ksp-cad), Claudin-7, and Claudin-8. ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045098', ('109', '117')) ('KIT', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005020', ('74', '77')) ('S1001A', 'Var', (124, 130)) ('cadherin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008014', ('148', '156')) ('EMA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C519317', (119, 122)) ('CD117', 'Protein', (67, 72)) ('S1001A', 'Mutation', 'p.S1001A', (124, 130)) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045099', ('109', '117')) ('CK7', 'Var', (62, 65)) ('cyclin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016538', ('98', '104')) 4628 31737127 Panels of immunostaining markers have been proposed to make a differential diagnosis: DOG1/cyclin D1/CK7/CD117/vimentin, CK7/CD117/PAX2, CK7/parvalbumin, CK7/vimentin/S100A1/CD117, S1001A/CD117, HNF1beta/S100A1, etc.. We have 10 years of experience with the combined immunohistochemistry for the "three 7" markers, that is, CK7, CD117, and Claudin-7, to diagnose chromophobe renal cell carcinoma and exclude the mimics. ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045098', ('111', '119')) ('S1001A', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (181, 187)) ('cyclin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016538', ('91', '97')) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (375, 395)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (386, 395)) ('chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (363, 395)) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045099', ('158', '166')) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045099', ('111', '119')) ('S1001A', 'Var', (181, 187)) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045098', ('158', '166')) 4630 31737127 Four-micrometer thick sections were obtained from 10% formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue blocks, followed by immunohistochemical staining using the following commercially available antibodies: anti-CK7 (EP16, 1 : 200; ZSGB-BIO, Beijing, China), anti-CD117 (YR145, prediluted; MXB Biotech, Fuzhou, Fujian, China), and anti-Claudin-7 (polyclonal, 1 : 500; Cambridge, MA, US). ('formalin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005557', (54, 62)) ('ZSGB-BIO', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C483321', (227, 235)) ('anti-CD117', 'Var', (254, 264)) ('paraffin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010232', (73, 81)) ('anti-CK7', 'Var', (202, 210)) 4651 24877109 One of the most frequent nonrandom chromosomal CNAs confirmed in ccRCC is 9p deletion. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (67, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (67, 70)) ('9p deletion', 'Var', (74, 85)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (67, 70)) 4653 24877109 Two overlapping studies, from the same institution, suggested that integration of 9p status into prognostic models could improve the predictive accuracy of ccRCC specific survival to 89%. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (158, 161)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (158, 161)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (158, 161)) ('improve', 'PosReg', (121, 128)) ('9p status', 'Var', (82, 91)) 4656 24877109 Evaluate the impact of chromosome 9p deletion on disease free survival (DFS) and cancer specific survival (CSS) in RCC. ('CSS', 'Chemical', '-', (107, 110)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (115, 118)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (81, 87)) ('deletion', 'Var', (37, 45)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (115, 118)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('23', '33')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (115, 118)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (81, 87)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (81, 87)) 4691 24877109 assessed CDKN2A sequence alterations in 113 ccRCC as an adjunct technique to microsatellite analysis. ('alterations', 'Var', (25, 36)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (9, 15)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (46, 49)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (46, 49)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (46, 49)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (9, 15)) 4692 24877109 They detected 24 bp deletion within exon 1 of CDKN2A in 12% of the tumours which did not correlate with pathological parameters or cancer specific survival. ('cancer', 'Disease', (131, 137)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (46, 52)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (67, 74)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (67, 74)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (131, 137)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (46, 52)) ('deletion', 'Var', (20, 28)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (67, 73)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (131, 137)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (67, 74)) 4693 24877109 They reported a homozygous G to C trans-version in Exon 3 of CDKN2A in 78.7% of cases, which correlated with higher tumour grade. ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (116, 122)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (61, 67)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (116, 122)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (61, 67)) ('G to C trans-version', 'Var', (27, 47)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (116, 122)) 4696 24877109 Six studies assessed the relationship between chromosome 9p loss, grade, and stage of tumour specimens (Table 4). ('chromosome', 'Var', (46, 56)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 92)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('46', '56')) ('loss', 'NegReg', (60, 64)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (86, 92)) ('assessed', 'Reg', (12, 20)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (86, 92)) 4699 24877109 Sanjmyatav and colleagues also showed that loss of the region 9p21.3p24.1 on array CGH and I-FISH was significantly associated with the presence of metastasis. ('loss', 'Var', (43, 47)) ('I-FISH', 'Species', '215395', (91, 97)) ('metastasis', 'CPA', (148, 158)) ('associated', 'Reg', (116, 126)) 4702 24877109 In 7 ccRCC studies, 9p deletion was associated with worse outcomes, including being an independent prognostic factor in 3 studies on multivariate analysis. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (7, 10)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (7, 10)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (7, 10)) ('9p deletion', 'Var', (20, 31)) 4704 24877109 Two studies showed that localized ccRCC with 9p deletion carried a significantly higher risk of recurrence and cancer related deaths compared to nondeleted tumours. ('9p deletion', 'Var', (45, 56)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (36, 39)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (156, 163)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (156, 163)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (36, 39)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (111, 117)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (36, 39)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (156, 162)) ('recurrence', 'CPA', (96, 106)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (111, 117)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (111, 117)) ('deaths', 'Disease', (126, 132)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (156, 163)) ('deaths', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003643', (126, 132)) 4705 24877109 The 5-year DFS for 9p deleted tumours ranged between 26% and 50% compared to 71% and 98% in tumours without 9p deletion. ('9p deleted', 'Var', (19, 29)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (30, 37)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (92, 99)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (30, 37)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (92, 99)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (30, 37)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (92, 99)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (92, 98)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (30, 36)) 4706 24877109 Also, 5-year CSS ranged between 28% and 67% for 9p deleted compared to 87%-98% for nondeleted 9p tumours (Table 2). ('CSS', 'CPA', (13, 16)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (97, 104)) ('9p deleted', 'Var', (48, 58)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (97, 103)) ('CSS', 'Chemical', '-', (13, 16)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (97, 104)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (97, 104)) 4707 24877109 On multivariate analysis models, 9p loss was an independent prognostic factor for both DFS and CSS in localized ccRCC in one study (P = 0.15) and D9SS168 alterations (LOH or instability) on 9p was an independent prognostic factor for CSS in another study (P = 0.009). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (114, 117)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (114, 117)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (114, 117)) ('CSS', 'Disease', (95, 98)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (36, 40)) ('CSS', 'Chemical', '-', (95, 98)) ('D9SS168 alterations', 'Var', (146, 165)) ('DFS', 'Disease', (87, 90)) ('CSS', 'Chemical', '-', (234, 237)) 4708 24877109 Two studies concluded that 9p loss in pT3N0 M0 ccRCC tumours was associated with worse DFS and CSS only on univariate analysis. ('RCC', 'Disease', (49, 52)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (49, 52)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (53, 60)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (53, 60)) ('CSS', 'Chemical', '-', (95, 98)) ('CSS', 'CPA', (95, 98)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 59)) ('pT3N0 M0', 'Var', (38, 46)) ('DFS', 'MPA', (87, 90)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 60)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (49, 52)) 4709 24877109 Controversially, Presti et al., in a larger cohort of patients with pT3N0 M0 ccRCC tumours, noticed a trend towards worse DFS in patients with 9p deleted tumours but this did not reach statistical significance. ('worse', 'NegReg', (116, 121)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (83, 90)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (79, 82)) ('9p deleted', 'Var', (143, 153)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (154, 161)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (154, 160)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (129, 137)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (54, 62)) ('DFS', 'MPA', (122, 125)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (154, 161)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (83, 89)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (154, 161)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (83, 90)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (83, 90)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (79, 82)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (79, 82)) 4711 24877109 9p deleted tumours were associated significantly with lymph node and distant metastasis (P = 0.03). ('9p deleted', 'Var', (0, 10)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 17)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 18)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (11, 18)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (11, 18)) 4712 24877109 The 5-year CSS and DFS were 56% and 68%, respectively, for 9p deleted tumours compared to 90% and 97% for the nondeleted ones (P = 0.01). ('9p deleted', 'Var', (59, 69)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (70, 76)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (70, 77)) ('CSS', 'MPA', (11, 14)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (70, 77)) ('CSS', 'Chemical', '-', (11, 14)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (70, 77)) 4714 24877109 Loss of 9p21.3p24.1 was the most prominent of these aberrations with the highest odds ratio for metastatic risk and was linked to shorter CSS only on univariate analysis. ('shorter', 'NegReg', (130, 137)) ('Loss', 'Var', (0, 4)) ('CSS', 'Chemical', '-', (138, 141)) ('metastatic', 'Disease', (96, 106)) 4716 24877109 In pRCC, 5-year overall survival was 40% for patients with LOH of D9S171 on 9p compared to 81% for patients without deletion (P = 0.008). ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (3, 7)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (3, 7)) ('LOH', 'Var', (59, 62)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (99, 107)) ('D9S171', 'Var', (66, 72)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (45, 53)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (4, 7)) 4721 24877109 Our systematic appraisal of the literature summarizes the evidence for 9p status and its clinical applicability in RCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (115, 118)) ('9p status', 'Var', (71, 80)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (115, 118)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (115, 118)) 4736 24877109 reported that D9S168 microsatellite alterations, located at 9p23-24 gene region, which encodes for protein tyrosine phosphate receptor delta (PTPRD), could contribute to worse prognosis. ('protein tyrosine phosphate receptor delta', 'Gene', '5789', (99, 140)) ('contribute', 'Reg', (156, 166)) ('protein tyrosine phosphate receptor delta', 'Gene', (99, 140)) ('PTPRD', 'Gene', '5789', (142, 147)) ('PTPRD', 'Gene', (142, 147)) ('D9S168', 'Var', (14, 20)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('99', '106')) 4738 24877109 Results from genome sequence analysis helped to closely study and identify new mutations within genes implicated in RCC progression such as PBRM1, SETD2, and BAP1. ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (140, 145)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (158, 162)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (147, 152)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (140, 145)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (116, 119)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (147, 152)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (158, 162)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (116, 119)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (116, 119)) ('mutations', 'Var', (79, 88)) 4742 24877109 The evidence for chromosome 9p status in RCC is emerging mainly focusing on its value in predicting clinical outcomes; however, a number of concerns regarding methodology of research, quality of reporting, and its applicability in clinical practice exist. ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('17', '27')) ('chromosome 9p status', 'Var', (17, 37)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (41, 44)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (41, 44)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (41, 44)) 4762 33634028 RING1 overexpression leads to cellular transformation via enhancing the expression of the proto-oncogenes, c-jun, and c-fos. ('c-fos', 'Gene', (118, 123)) ('overexpression', 'Var', (6, 20)) ('RING1', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('cellular transformation', 'CPA', (30, 53)) ('expression', 'MPA', (72, 82)) ('enhancing', 'PosReg', (58, 67)) ('c-jun', 'Gene', '3725', (107, 112)) ('c-jun', 'Gene', (107, 112)) ('c-fos', 'Gene', '2353', (118, 123)) ('RING1', 'Gene', '6015', (0, 5)) 4767 33634028 In this study, the dysregulation of RING1 was observed in multiple types of cancers and was associated with poor outcomes. ('dysregulation', 'Var', (19, 32)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (76, 83)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (76, 83)) ('observed', 'Reg', (46, 54)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (76, 83)) ('RING1', 'Gene', (36, 41)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (76, 82)) ('RING1', 'Gene', '6015', (36, 41)) ('associated', 'Reg', (92, 102)) 4775 33634028 In this study, Kaplan-Meier plotter in breast cancer or Pan-cancer was used to detect the OS, RFS, and DMFS of RING1 to explore its prognostic value in human cancers. ('RFS', 'Gene', '65211', (94, 97)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (39, 52)) ('RING1', 'Gene', '6015', (111, 116)) ('DMFS', 'Var', (103, 107)) ('Pan-cancer', 'Disease', (56, 66)) ('RFS', 'Gene', (94, 97)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (158, 165)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (158, 165)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (152, 157)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (158, 165)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (39, 52)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (46, 52)) ('Pan-cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (56, 66)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 66)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (158, 164)) ('RING1', 'Gene', (111, 116)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (39, 52)) 4793 33634028 The Kaplan-Meier curve and log-rank test results revealed that patients with high RING1 mRNA expression level have higher OS (overall survival) compared to the low expression group ( Figure 1C ). ('high', 'Var', (77, 81)) ('RING1', 'Gene', (82, 87)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (63, 71)) ('RING1', 'Gene', '6015', (82, 87)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (115, 121)) 4812 33634028 The univariate analysis showed that ER (P = 0.008), P53 (P = 0.013), and RING1 (P = 0.015) were protective factors in breast cancer prognosis, while Her-2 was a risk factor. ('RING1', 'Gene', (73, 78)) ('Her-2', 'Gene', '2064', (149, 154)) ('ER', 'Gene', '2069', (36, 38)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (125, 131)) ('Her-2', 'Gene', (149, 154)) ('P53', 'Var', (52, 55)) ('RING1', 'Gene', '6015', (73, 78)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (118, 131)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (118, 131)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (118, 131)) 4834 33634028 Cancer is considered a genetic disease, in which abnormal gene expression causes tumor cells to lose normal characteristics. ('genetic disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D030342', (23, 38)) ('genetic disease', 'Disease', (23, 38)) ('abnormal gene expression', 'Var', (49, 73)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (0, 6)) ('Cancer', 'Disease', (0, 6)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (81, 86)) ('Cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (0, 6)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (81, 86)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('58', '73')) ('lose', 'NegReg', (96, 100)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (81, 86)) 4845 33634028 For cancer, recent studies have shown that the abnormal gene expression of RING1 leads to the development of a variety of cancers. ('leads to', 'Reg', (81, 89)) ('RING1', 'Gene', (75, 80)) ('abnormal gene expression', 'Var', (47, 71)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (4, 10)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (122, 128)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (122, 128)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (122, 129)) ('RING1', 'Gene', '6015', (75, 80)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (122, 129)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (4, 10)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (122, 128)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (122, 129)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (4, 10)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('56', '71')) 4862 33634028 found that RING1 overexpression promotes colony formation, cell multiplication and invasion of hepatic progenitor cells (HPCs), and that it also drives their malignant transformation by activating the Wnt/beta-catenin signal pathway. ('RING1', 'Gene', '6015', (11, 16)) ('overexpression', 'Var', (17, 31)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('48', '57')) ('cell multiplication', 'CPA', (59, 78)) ('beta-catenin', 'Gene', (205, 217)) ('malignant transformation', 'CPA', (158, 182)) ('beta-catenin', 'Gene', '1499', (205, 217)) ('invasion', 'CPA', (83, 91)) ('drives', 'PosReg', (145, 151)) ('activating', 'PosReg', (186, 196)) ('colony formation', 'CPA', (41, 57)) ('RING1', 'Gene', (11, 16)) ('promotes', 'PosReg', (32, 40)) 4871 28358873 Whole-genome analysis of papillary kidney cancer finds significant noncoding alterations To date, studies on papillary renal-cell carcinoma (pRCC) have largely focused on coding alterations in traditional drivers, particularly the tyrosine-kinase, Met. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (142, 145)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (141, 145)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (141, 145)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (42, 48)) ('renal-cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (119, 139)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (141, 145)) ('papillary kidney cancer', 'Disease', (25, 48)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (35, 48)) ('papillary renal-cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (109, 139)) ('papillary kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (25, 48)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (130, 139)) ('papillary kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (25, 48)) ('alterations', 'Var', (178, 189)) ('papillary renal-cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (109, 139)) ('papillary renal-cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (109, 139)) 4874 28358873 Elaborating on previous results on MET, we find a germline SNP (rs11762213) in this gene predicting prognosis. ('predicting', 'Reg', (89, 99)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (64, 74)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (64, 74)) 4875 28358873 We also notice an elevation of mutations in the long noncoding RNA NEAT1, and these mutations are associated with increased expression and unfavorable outcome. ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (67, 72)) ('mutations', 'Var', (31, 40)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('63', '66')) ('increased', 'PosReg', (114, 123)) ('expression', 'MPA', (124, 134)) ('elevation', 'PosReg', (18, 27)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (67, 72)) 4877 28358873 First, we investigate genome-wide mutational patterns, finding they are governed mostly by methylation-associated C-to-T transitions. ('methylation-associated', 'Var', (91, 113)) ('C-to-T transitions', 'Disease', (114, 132)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (114, 115)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('91', '102')) 4878 28358873 We also observe significantly more mutations in open chromatin and early-replicating regions in tumors with chromatin-modifier alterations. ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('108', '117')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (96, 101)) ('more', 'PosReg', (30, 34)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (96, 102)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (96, 102)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (96, 102)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('53', '62')) ('alterations', 'Var', (127, 138)) ('open', 'Protein', (48, 52)) ('early-replicating regions', 'CPA', (67, 92)) ('mutations', 'Var', (35, 44)) 4893 28358873 An amino acid substitution that leads to constitutive activation and/or overexpression are two mechanisms of dysfunction of MET in tumorigenesis. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (131, 136)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (131, 136)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (54, 64)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (131, 136)) ('amino acid substitution', 'Var', (3, 26)) ('overexpression', 'MPA', (72, 86)) 4906 28358873 We found rs11762213, a germline exonic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) inside MET, predicted cancer-specific survival (CSS) in type II pRCC. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (98, 104)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (140, 144)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (143, 144)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (141, 144)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (124, 125)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (140, 144)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (98, 104)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (98, 104)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (9, 19)) ('predicted', 'Reg', (88, 97)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (9, 19)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (140, 144)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (142, 143)) 4909 28358873 Methylation status drove the inter-sample mutation variation by promoting more C-to-T mutations in the CpG context. ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (103, 104)) ('Methylation', 'Var', (0, 11)) ('Methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('0', '11')) ('C-to-T', 'MPA', (79, 85)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (79, 80)) ('promoting', 'PosReg', (64, 73)) 4913 28358873 V1110I and M1268T were two recurrent mutations in this extra set. ('V1110I', 'Var', (0, 6)) ('M1268T', 'Var', (11, 17)) ('V1110I', 'Mutation', 'p.V1110I', (0, 6)) ('M1268T', 'Mutation', 'p.M1268T', (11, 17)) 4915 28358873 Additionally, we found two samples carrying H112Y and Y1248C respectively. ('H112Y', 'Mutation', 'p.H112Y', (44, 49)) ('Y1248C', 'Var', (54, 60)) ('H112Y', 'Var', (44, 49)) ('Y1248C', 'Mutation', 'rs771116500', (54, 60)) 4916 28358873 H1112Y has been observed in two patients in the original TCGA study cohort and H1118R is a long-known germline mutation associated with hereditary papillary renal carcinoma (HPRC). ('associated', 'Reg', (120, 130)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (32, 40)) ('H1118R', 'Mutation', 'p.H1118R', (79, 85)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (163, 172)) ('H1112Y', 'Mutation', 'p.H1112Y', (0, 6)) ('papillary renal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (147, 172)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (177, 178)) ('renal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (157, 172)) ('H1112Y', 'Var', (0, 6)) ('H1118R', 'Var', (79, 85)) ('hereditary papillary renal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (136, 172)) ('hereditary papillary renal carcinoma', 'Disease', (136, 172)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (58, 59)) 4917 28358873 Y1248C has been observed in type I pRCC before and the TCGA cohort has a case carrying Y1248H. ('Y1248C', 'Mutation', 'rs771116500', (0, 6)) ('Y1248H', 'Var', (87, 93)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (56, 57)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (36, 39)) ('Y1248H', 'Mutation', 'p.Y1248H', (87, 93)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (35, 39)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (35, 39)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (37, 38)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (5, 6)) ('Y1248C', 'Var', (0, 6)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (35, 39)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (38, 39)) 4919 28358873 Although many MET somatic mutations are believed to play a central role in pRCC, some germline MET mutations have also been associated with the disease. ('MET', 'Gene', (95, 98)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (76, 79)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (75, 79)) ('associated', 'Reg', (124, 134)) ('mutations', 'Var', (99, 108)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (75, 79)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (75, 79)) 4920 28358873 In particular, a germline SNP, rs11762213 (Fig 1A), has been discovered to predict recurrence and survival in a mixed RCC cohort. ('survival', 'CPA', (98, 106)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (118, 121)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (31, 41)) ('predict', 'Reg', (75, 82)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (31, 41)) ('recurrence', 'CPA', (83, 93)) 4926 28358873 Cancer-speccific survival was significantly worse in type II patients carrying the risk allele of rs11762213 (p = 0.034, Fig 1B). ('worse', 'NegReg', (44, 49)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (98, 108)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (61, 69)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (0, 6)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (0, 1)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (98, 108)) ('Cancer-speccific survival', 'CPA', (0, 25)) 4928 28358873 We did not observe statistically significant correlation of rs11762213 with MET RNA expression in either tumor samples or normal controls (p > 0.1, two-sided rank-sum test). ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (60, 70)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (60, 70)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (105, 110)) ('MET', 'Protein', (76, 79)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (105, 110)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (105, 110)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('80', '83')) 4935 28358873 We further expanded our scope and ran FunSeq to identify potentially high-impact, noncoding variants in pRCC. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (104, 108)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (105, 108)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (104, 108)) ('variants', 'Var', (92, 100)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (104, 108)) 4942 28358873 Mutations we found all fell into a putative promoter and its flanking region of NEAT1. ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (80, 85)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (80, 85)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('fell', 'Reg', (23, 27)) 4943 28358873 We noticed NEAT1 mutations were associated with higher NEAT1 expression (Fig 2C, S2A Fig, p < 0.032, two-sided rank sum test). ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (11, 16)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (48, 54)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (55, 60)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (11, 16)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (78, 79)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (55, 60)) ('mutations', 'Var', (17, 26)) ('expression', 'MPA', (61, 71)) 4944 28358873 We also found NEAT1 mutations were associated with worse prognosis (Fig 2D, p < 0.041, log-rank test). ('mutations', 'Var', (20, 29)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (14, 19)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (14, 19)) 4948 28358873 The Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) annotates MALAT1 as a cancer consensus gene, associating it with pediatric RCC and lung cancer. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (142, 148)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (131, 132)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (130, 131)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (137, 148)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (76, 82)) ('MALAT1', 'Gene', (64, 70)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (51, 52)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (137, 148)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (129, 132)) ('MALAT1', 'Gene', '378938', (64, 70)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (25, 34)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (142, 148)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (142, 148)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (38, 44)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (76, 82)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (38, 39)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', (137, 148)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (76, 82)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (46, 47)) ('pediatric RCC', 'Disease', (119, 132)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (4, 5)) 4957 28358873 We found two cases with deletions in SDHB. ('SDHB', 'Gene', '6390', (37, 41)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', (37, 41)) ('deletions', 'Var', (24, 33)) 4959 28358873 We validated the deletions affecting SDHB with another SV caller, Lumpy-SV. ('Lumpy-SV', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008166', (66, 74)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', '6390', (37, 41)) ('deletions', 'Var', (17, 26)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', (37, 41)) ('Lumpy-SV', 'Disease', (66, 74)) 4960 28358873 Besides, we confirmed three cases carrying deletions affecting CDKN2A called by the TCGA array-based method but not the other two cases. ('deletions', 'Var', (43, 52)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (63, 69)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (85, 86)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (63, 69)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (63, 64)) 4963 28358873 Lastly, we observed several high-impact sporadic events, including duplications in EGFR and HIF1A, and deletions in DNMT3A and STAG2 (S2C Fig). ('EGFR', 'Gene', '1956', (83, 87)) ('STAG2', 'Gene', '10735', (127, 132)) ('DNMT3A', 'Gene', (116, 122)) ('duplications', 'Var', (67, 79)) ('DNMT3A', 'Gene', '1788', (116, 122)) ('EGFR', 'Gene', (83, 87)) ('deletions', 'Var', (103, 112)) ('HIF1A', 'Gene', '3091', (92, 97)) ('EGFR', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005006', ('83', '87')) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (136, 137)) ('HIF1A', 'Gene', (92, 97)) ('STAG2', 'Gene', (127, 132)) 4965 28358873 C-to-T in CpGs showed the highest mutation rates, which were roughly three to six-fold higher than mutation rates of other nucleotide contexts. ('CpGs', 'Gene', (10, 14)) ('mutation', 'MPA', (34, 42)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (0, 1)) ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (10, 14)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (10, 11)) ('C-to-T', 'Var', (0, 6)) 4968 28358873 C-to-T in CpGs is highly associated with methylation. ('methylation', 'MPA', (41, 52)) ('associated', 'Reg', (25, 35)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('41', '52')) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (0, 1)) ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (10, 14)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (10, 11)) ('C-to-T', 'Var', (0, 6)) 4972 28358873 We confirmed this association by showing samples from methylation cluster 1 had higher PC1 scores as well as higher C-to-T mutation counts and mutation percentages in CpGs (Fig 3C). ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('54', '65')) ('PC1', 'Gene', (87, 90)) ('methylation', 'Var', (54, 65)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (109, 115)) ('mutation', 'Var', (143, 151)) ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (167, 171)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (88, 89)) ('C-to-T mutation counts', 'CPA', (116, 138)) ('CpGs', 'Disease', (167, 171)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (116, 117)) ('PC1', 'Gene', '3868', (87, 90)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (167, 168)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (80, 86)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (178, 179)) 4975 28358873 C-to-T mutations in CpGs we observed in pRCCs were more likely to be in the coding region (OR = 1.54, 95%CI: 1.27-1.85, p<0.0001) and nonsynonymous (OR = 1.47, 95%CI: 1.17-1.84, p<0.001), which indicated they tended to be high-impact mutations. ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (42, 43)) ('CpGs', 'Gene', (20, 24)) ('nonsynonymous', 'Var', (134, 147)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (163, 164)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (40, 44)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (43, 44)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (40, 44)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (41, 44)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (105, 106)) ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (20, 24)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (0, 1)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (20, 21)) ('C-to-T mutations', 'Var', (0, 16)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (40, 44)) ('mutations', 'Var', (7, 16)) 4976 28358873 However, C-to-T mutations in CpGs did not show functional bias between the two methylation clusters in noncoding regions (based on FunSeq score distribution). ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (29, 33)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (9, 10)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (29, 30)) ('C-to-T mutations', 'Var', (9, 25)) ('CpGs', 'Gene', (29, 33)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('79', '90')) 4978 28358873 Interestingly, we found one type II pRCC case out of 155 somatic WXS sequenced samples exhibited APOBEC-associated mutation signatures 2 and 13. ('APOBEC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0030895', ('97', '103')) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (37, 40)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (36, 40)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (36, 40)) ('mutation signatures', 'Var', (115, 134)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (39, 40)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (102, 103)) ('APOBEC-associated', 'Gene', (97, 114)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (38, 39)) 4980 28358873 This sample was statistically enriched of APOBEC-induced mutations (adjusted p-value < 0.0003). ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (47, 48)) ('mutations', 'Var', (57, 66)) ('APOBEC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0030895', ('42', '48')) ('APOBEC-induced', 'Gene', (42, 56)) 4982 28358873 UC often carries APOBEC associated mutation signatures and our result is consistent with the TCGA bladder urothelial cancer study. ('bladder urothelial cancer', 'Disease', (98, 123)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (117, 123)) ('APOBEC associated', 'Gene', (17, 34)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (94, 95)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (1, 2)) ('bladder urothelial cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001749', (98, 123)) ('APOBEC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0030895', ('17', '23')) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (22, 23)) ('mutation', 'Var', (35, 43)) 4991 28358873 Chromatin remodeling genes are frequently mutated in pRCC and many other cancers, including ccRCC. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (53, 57)) ('Chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('0', '9')) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 80)) ('Chromatin remodeling genes', 'Gene', (0, 26)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (73, 80)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 79)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (0, 1)) ('Chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('0', '20')) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (96, 97)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (56, 57)) ('ccRCC', 'Disease', (92, 97)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (95, 96)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (53, 57)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (73, 80)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (94, 97)) ('mutated', 'Var', (42, 49)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (55, 56)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (54, 57)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (53, 57)) 4992 28358873 To test this, we tallied the number of mutations inside DNase I hypersensitive sites (DHS) inferred from 11 normal fetal kidney cortex samples (The NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium), which represent normal tissues under physiological conditions. ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (180, 181)) ('DNase I', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004530', ('56', '63')) ('mutations', 'Var', (39, 48)) ('hypersensitive', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004342', (64, 78)) ('DNase', 'Gene', (56, 61)) ('hypersensitive', 'Disease', (64, 78)) ('DHS', 'Chemical', '-', (86, 89)) 4993 28358873 9/35 samples with disruptive mutations in ten chromatin remodeling genes, cancer-associated genes showed higher genome-wide mutation counts (p < 0.021, one-sided rank-sum test;), partially driven by higher mutation counts in the DHS regions (p < 0.0023, one-sided rank-sum test). ('genome-wide mutation counts', 'MPA', (112, 139)) ('DHS', 'Chemical', '-', (229, 232)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (105, 111)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (74, 80)) ('mutations', 'Var', (29, 38)) ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('46', '66')) ('higher', 'PosReg', (199, 205)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (74, 80)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('46', '55')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (74, 80)) 4994 28358873 The median number of mutations in DHS regions considerably increased by 60% (67.5 versus 108) in samples carrying chromatin remodeling defects. ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('114', '123')) ('DHS', 'Chemical', '-', (34, 37)) ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('114', '134')) ('increased', 'PosReg', (59, 68)) ('DHS regions', 'Gene', (34, 45)) ('mutations', 'Var', (21, 30)) 5004 28358873 Beyond traditionally driver events, we suggested several novel noncoding alterations potentially drive tumorigenesis. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (103, 108)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (103, 108)) ('noncoding alterations', 'Var', (63, 84)) ('drive', 'Reg', (97, 102)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (103, 108)) 5007 28358873 Then we found an exonic SNP in MET, rs11762213, to be a prognostic germline variance in type II pRCC. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (97, 100)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (96, 100)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (36, 46)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (96, 100)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (96, 100)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (36, 46)) 5008 28358873 Previously, rs11762213 was found to predict outcome in a mixed RCC samples, predominated by ccRCC. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (63, 66)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (94, 97)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (12, 22)) ('ccRCC', 'Disease', (92, 97)) ('predict', 'Reg', (36, 43)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (12, 22)) 5010 28358873 However, it was never clear whether rs11762213 only predicts the outcome in ccRCC or other histological types as well. ('rs11762213', 'Var', (36, 46)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (78, 81)) ('ccRCC', 'Disease', (76, 81)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (36, 46)) 5011 28358873 In this study, we concluded that the minor alternative allele of rs11762213 also forecasts unfavorable outcome in type II pRCC patients. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (122, 126)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (65, 75)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (127, 135)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (123, 126)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (65, 75)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (122, 126)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (122, 126)) 5013 28358873 Given the significant role of MET in pRCC, we think rs11762213 is affecting survival through MET, although the mechanism unknown. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (37, 41)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (52, 62)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (37, 41)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (52, 62)) ('MET', 'Disease', (93, 96)) ('affecting', 'Reg', (66, 75)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (37, 41)) ('survival', 'CPA', (76, 84)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (38, 41)) 5016 28358873 Our finding on rs11762213 is potentially meaningful in the clinical management of patients with the more aggressive type II pRCC. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (124, 128)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (124, 128)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (82, 90)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (125, 128)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (124, 128)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (15, 25)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (15, 25)) 5021 28358873 This implies a possible effect of rs11762213 on pRCC incidence among African Americans that is worth further investigation. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (48, 52)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (48, 52)) ('rs11762213', 'Mutation', 'rs11762213', (34, 44)) ('rs11762213', 'Var', (34, 44)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (48, 52)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (49, 52)) 5023 28358873 Methylation is a major source of silencing retrotransposon activities in the human genome. ('Methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('0', '11')) ('Methylation', 'Var', (0, 11)) ('silencing', 'MPA', (33, 42)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (77, 82)) 5028 28358873 These mutations potentially disrupt regulatory elements of ERRFI1 and thus play a role in tumorigenesis. ('regulatory elements', 'MPA', (36, 55)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (90, 95)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (90, 95)) ('play', 'Reg', (75, 79)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (90, 95)) ('ERRFI1', 'Gene', '54206', (59, 65)) ('role', 'Reg', (82, 86)) ('ERRFI1', 'Gene', (59, 65)) ('mutations', 'Var', (6, 15)) ('disrupt', 'Reg', (28, 35)) 5031 28358873 Patients carrying mutations in NEAT1 had significantly higher NEAT1 expression and worse prognosis. ('expression', 'MPA', (68, 78)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (31, 36)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (62, 67)) ('Patients', 'Species', '9606', (0, 8)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (31, 36)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (62, 67)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (55, 61)) ('mutations', 'Var', (18, 27)) 5032 28358873 High expression of NEAT1 predicted significantly worse survival in ccRCC as well. ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (19, 24)) ('High expression', 'Var', (0, 15)) ('ccRCC', 'Disease', (67, 72)) ('worse', 'NegReg', (49, 54)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (19, 24)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (69, 72)) 5033 28358873 NEAT1 has been shown to be hypermutated in other cancers and some studies also linked high NEAT1 association with unfavorable prognosis. ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (91, 96)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (0, 5)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (49, 55)) ('high', 'Var', (86, 90)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (49, 56)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (49, 56)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (49, 56)) ('NEAT1', 'Gene', '283131', (91, 96)) 5037 28358873 In fact, we confirmed the well-known deletion of CDKN2A and found that we predicted its down-regulate expression better than the copy number variation analysis in TCGA study. ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (49, 55)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (49, 50)) ('deletion', 'Var', (37, 45)) ('down-regulate expression', 'MPA', (88, 112)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (49, 55)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (164, 165)) 5040 28358873 Our SV study also discovered recurrent cases of SDHB deletion and expression data supported our finding. ('SDHB', 'Gene', '6390', (48, 52)) ('deletion', 'Var', (53, 61)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', (48, 52)) 5047 28358873 We identified mutation rate dispersion of C-to-T transitions in CpGs motifs contributed the most to the inter-sample mutation spectra variation. ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (42, 43)) ('C-to-T transitions', 'Var', (42, 60)) ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (64, 68)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (64, 65)) ('CpGs', 'Gene', (64, 68)) 5048 28358873 We further pinned down the cause of dispersion by showing the hypermethylated cluster, identified in the previous TCGA study, had a higher C-to-T rate in CpGs. ('higher', 'PosReg', (132, 138)) ('C-to-T rate', 'CPA', (139, 150)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (62, 77)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (115, 116)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (139, 140)) ('CpGs', 'Disease', (154, 158)) ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (154, 158)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (154, 155)) 5049 28358873 Although increased C-to-T in CpGs is likely the result of hypermethylation, we cannot rule out the possibility the change of mutation landscape plays a role in cancer development. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (160, 166)) ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (29, 33)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (29, 30)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (160, 166)) ('C-to-T', 'Var', (19, 25)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (19, 20)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (160, 166)) 5050 28358873 For example, C-to-T in methylated CpGs causes loss of methylation, which could have effects on local chromatin environment, trans-elements recruitment and gene expression regulation. ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('54', '65')) ('loss', 'NegReg', (46, 50)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('155', '170')) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('101', '110')) ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (34, 38)) ('effects', 'Reg', (84, 91)) ('methylation', 'MPA', (54, 65)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (34, 35)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (13, 14)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('171', '181')) ('C-to-T', 'Var', (13, 19)) 5051 28358873 In our study, we observed C-to-Ts in CpGs were enriched in coding regions, which suggested they might have a higher functional impact in the cancer genome. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (141, 147)) ('CpGs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (37, 41)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (37, 38)) ('CpGs', 'Gene', (37, 41)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (26, 27)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (141, 147)) ('C-to-Ts', 'Var', (26, 33)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (141, 147)) 5056 28358873 APOBEC mutation signature was also found in a small percentage of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, although they are believed to have a different cellular origin. ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (78, 98)) ('APOBEC', 'Gene', (0, 6)) ('C', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (5, 6)) ('chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (66, 98)) ('mutation', 'Var', (7, 15)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (89, 98)) ('APOBEC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0030895', ('0', '6')) ('chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (66, 98)) ('found', 'Reg', (35, 40)) 5062 28358873 We demonstrated pRCCs with defects in chromatin remodeling genes showed higher mutation rate in general, driven by an even stronger mutation rate increase in putative open chromatin regions in normal kidney tissues. ('defects', 'Var', (27, 34)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (146, 154)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (16, 20)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (17, 20)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('38', '47')) ('chromatin remodeling genes', 'Gene', (38, 64)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (16, 20)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (16, 20)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('172', '181')) ('higher', 'PosReg', (72, 78)) ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('38', '58')) ('mutation rate', 'MPA', (79, 92)) 5064 28358873 Yet, high mutation burden in functional important open chromatin regions also raises the chance that tumor antigens activate the host immune system. ('activate', 'PosReg', (116, 124)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('55', '64')) ('mutation burden', 'Var', (10, 25)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (101, 106)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (101, 106)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (101, 106)) 5066 28358873 These tumors also accumulate more mutations in early replicating regions. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 12)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (6, 12)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (6, 12)) ('accumulate', 'Reg', (18, 28)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 11)) ('mutations', 'Var', (34, 43)) 5071 28358873 In this first whole genome study of pRCC, we found several novel noncoding alterations that might drive tumor development and we explored the mutational landscape and evolutionary trees to better understand tumor heterogeneity. ('drive', 'Reg', (98, 103)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (104, 109)) ('noncoding alterations', 'Var', (65, 86)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (104, 109)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (207, 212)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (37, 40)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (36, 40)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (36, 40)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (207, 212)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (207, 212)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (104, 109)) 5105 28358873 However, adding BAP1 into the list did not change the significance of our key tests (p<0.0115 for mutation counts in DHS and p<0.020 for mutation percentage in DHS). ('mutation', 'Var', (98, 106)) ('DHS', 'Chemical', '-', (160, 163)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (16, 20)) ('DHS', 'Disease', (117, 120)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (16, 20)) ('DHS', 'Chemical', '-', (117, 120)) 5118 23063455 Collectively, these changes promote a glycolytic metabolic phenotype in renal cancer. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (78, 84)) ('renal cancer', 'Disease', (72, 84)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (28, 35)) ('renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (72, 84)) ('changes', 'Var', (20, 27)) ('glycolytic metabolic phenotype', 'MPA', (38, 68)) ('renal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (72, 84)) 5130 23063455 This review will focus on the metabolic alterations in the more common variants of RCC and the clinical relevance of these alterations. ('variants', 'Var', (71, 79)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (83, 86)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (83, 86)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (83, 86)) ('metabolic', 'MPA', (30, 39)) 5145 23063455 The finding that the loss of several tumor suppressor genes may promote the Warburg effect suggests the latter. ('loss', 'Var', (21, 25)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (37, 42)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (64, 71)) ('Warburg effect', 'CPA', (76, 90)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (37, 42)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (37, 42)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('37', '53')) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('37', '53')) 5151 23063455 Subsequent studies led to the finding that VHL alterations are common genetic events in sporadic ccRCC, indicating that, from the standpoint of tumor-initiating events, ccRCCs are a relatively homogenous population relative to other tumor types. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (233, 238)) ('alterations', 'Var', (47, 58)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (144, 149)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (233, 238)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (43, 46)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (144, 149)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (43, 46)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (171, 174)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (99, 102)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (144, 149)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (171, 174)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (171, 174)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (233, 238)) 5152 23063455 It is estimated that 70% to 90% of ccRCCs demonstrate alterations of the VHL gene either via mutation or gene silencing (ie, hypermethylation). ('VHL', 'Gene', (73, 76)) ('gene silencing', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016458', ('105', '119')) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (73, 76)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (37, 40)) ('mutation', 'Var', (93, 101)) ('alterations', 'Reg', (54, 65)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (37, 40)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (37, 40)) ('gene', 'Var', (105, 109)) 5175 23063455 Phosphorylation of PDH by PDK1 inactivates PDH, thereby blocking the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl CoA. ('pyruvate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019289', (83, 91)) ('Phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('0', '15')) ('PDH', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004246', ('19', '22')) ('PDH', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0033718', ('19', '22')) ('PDK1', 'Gene', '5163', (26, 30)) ('Phosphorylation', 'Var', (0, 15)) ('PDH', 'Gene', '54704', (19, 22)) ('PDH', 'Gene', '54704', (43, 46)) ('PDH', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004739', ('19', '22')) ('blocking', 'NegReg', (56, 64)) ('PDH', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004246', ('43', '46')) ('acetyl CoA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000105', (95, 105)) ('PDH', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0033718', ('43', '46')) ('PDH', 'Gene', (43, 46)) ('conversion of pyruvate to acetyl CoA', 'MPA', (69, 105)) ('PDH', 'Gene', (19, 22)) ('PDK1', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('PDK1', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004740', ('26', '30')) ('PDH', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004739', ('43', '46')) ('inactivates', 'NegReg', (31, 42)) 5184 23063455 In agreement with these findings, ICSU1/ISCU2 expression is decreased in ccRCC as well as in animal models with genetic disruption of VHL. ('decreased', 'NegReg', (60, 69)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (8, 11)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (75, 78)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (75, 78)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (75, 78)) ('genetic disruption', 'Var', (112, 130)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (134, 137)) ('ICSU1/ISCU2', 'Gene', (34, 45)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (134, 137)) ('expression', 'MPA', (46, 56)) 5189 23063455 Interestingly, gene-expression profiling of ccRCCs with PBRM1 mutations falls into a hypoxic gene profiling. ('RCC', 'Disease', (46, 49)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (46, 49)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (46, 49)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (56, 61)) ('falls', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002527', (72, 77)) ('gene-expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('15', '30')) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (56, 61)) ('hypoxic', 'Disease', (85, 92)) ('hypoxic', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (85, 92)) ('mutations', 'Var', (62, 71)) 5191 23063455 In addition, several other genes, such as SET domain containing 2 (SETD2), that regulate histone modifications are mutated in a subset of ccRCC. ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (67, 72)) ('mutated', 'Var', (115, 122)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (67, 72)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (140, 143)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (140, 143)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (140, 143)) 5196 23063455 Additionally, PI3K regulates signaling by mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR). ('regulates', 'Reg', (19, 28)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('29', '38')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (75, 79)) ('PI3K', 'Var', (14, 18)) ('mechanistic target of rapamycin', 'Gene', (42, 73)) ('mechanistic target of rapamycin', 'Gene', '2475', (42, 73)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (75, 79)) ('signaling', 'MPA', (29, 38)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('14', '18')) 5197 23063455 MTOR's relevance to RCC has received much attention lately due to the emergence of mTOR inhibitors as US Food and Drug Administration-approved agents for the treatment of advanced renal cancer. ('mTOR', 'Gene', (83, 87)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (163, 166)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (186, 192)) ('advanced renal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (171, 192)) ('advanced renal cancer', 'Disease', (171, 192)) ('renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (180, 192)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (83, 87)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (20, 23)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (20, 23)) ('inhibitors', 'Var', (88, 98)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (20, 23)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (0, 4)) 5201 23063455 Hence, loss or mutation of these genes may lead to aberrant mTOR activation. ('mutation', 'Var', (15, 23)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (7, 11)) ('lead to', 'Reg', (43, 50)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (60, 64)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (60, 64)) 5206 23063455 As such, loss of either TSC1 or TSC2 leads to mTOR activation. ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (46, 50)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (46, 50)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (32, 36)) ('loss', 'Var', (9, 13)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (24, 28)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (24, 28)) 5208 23063455 Of note are recent reports demonstrating mTOR and TSC1 mutations in ccRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (70, 73)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (70, 73)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (70, 73)) ('mutations', 'Var', (55, 64)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (50, 54)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (41, 45)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (41, 45)) 5216 23063455 Patients with HPRC harbor activating mutations of the met proto-oncogene (hepatocyte growth factor receptor) (c-MET) in the germline. ('activating', 'PosReg', (26, 36)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', (110, 115)) ('met proto-oncogene (hepatocyte growth factor receptor', 'Gene', (54, 107)) ('met proto-oncogene (hepatocyte growth factor receptor)', 'Gene', '4233', (54, 108)) ('mutations', 'Var', (37, 46)) ('Patients', 'Species', '9606', (0, 8)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', '4233', (110, 115)) ('hepatocyte growth factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005171', ('74', '98')) 5220 23063455 c-MET appears to have a role in sporadic cancer as well as mutations, and amplifications of this gene have been identified in a subset of tumors from patients with sporadic type 1 pRCC. ('amplifications', 'Var', (74, 88)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (41, 47)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', '4233', (0, 5)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (180, 184)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (138, 144)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (150, 158)) ('identified', 'Reg', (112, 122)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (138, 144)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (138, 144)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (41, 47)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (41, 47)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (180, 184)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (181, 184)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (138, 143)) 5223 23063455 However, the report of genetic predisposition to type 2 pRCC of patients with germline mutations of the fumarate hydratase (FH) gene led to further understanding of the metabolic aspect of this disease. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (64, 72)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (56, 60)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (124, 126)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (104, 122)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (57, 60)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (56, 60)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (104, 122)) ('mutations', 'Var', (87, 96)) 5249 23063455 With an improved understanding of genetic alterations in RCC, particularly ccRCC, investigators are now in a position to exploit the ensuing metabolic alterations for clinical applications. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (77, 80)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (77, 80)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (77, 80)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (57, 60)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (57, 60)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (57, 60)) ('genetic alterations', 'Var', (34, 53)) 5250 23063455 Underlying gene defects such as VHL loss have profound impacts on the gene expression of many enzymes involved in key metabolic processes. ('defects', 'Var', (16, 23)) ('gene expression', 'MPA', (70, 85)) ('VHL loss', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (32, 40)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('70', '85')) ('VHL loss', 'Disease', (32, 40)) ('impacts', 'Reg', (55, 62)) 5309 33004995 In conclusion, the present study demonstrates the effectiveness and reliability of the NONO-TFE3 dual-fusion FISH probe for diagnosing NONO-TFE3 RCC. ('NONO-TFE3', 'Var', (135, 144)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (145, 148)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (145, 148)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (145, 148)) 5319 33004995 Xp11.2 translocation RCC is typically characterized by strong nuclear immunoreactivity with TFE3 antibody and a larger split signal in the TFE3 break-apart FISH assay, respectively. ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019814', ('97', '105')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (21, 24)) ('Xp11.2', 'Var', (0, 6)) ('antibody', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003823', ('97', '105')) ('split signal', 'MPA', (119, 131)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0042571', ('97', '105')) ('nuclear immunoreactivity', 'MPA', (62, 86)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (21, 24)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (21, 24)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019815', ('97', '105')) 5321 33004995 However, the adjacent location of NONO and TFE3 genes result in an equivocal split signal distance of TFE3, which leads to the misdiagnosis of NONO-TFE3 RCC as non-Xp11.2 translocation RCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (185, 188)) ('split signal distance', 'MPA', (77, 98)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (102, 106)) ('NONO-TFE3', 'Var', (143, 152)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (153, 156)) ('leads to', 'Reg', (114, 122)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (153, 156)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (153, 156)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (185, 188)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (185, 188)) 5326 33004995 Moreover, 1G1R2F and 2G2R signal patterns were observed in 3% and 4.71-67.3% of female tumor cells. ('1G1R2F', 'Var', (10, 16)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (87, 92)) ('2G2R', 'Var', (21, 25)) ('observed', 'Reg', (47, 55)) ('male tumor', 'Disease', (82, 92)) ('male tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018567', (82, 92)) 5338 33004995 7f), RCC, CD10, P504S, and Ki-67; but negative for Vim, CA-IX (7 g), and CK7 (Fig. ('CD10', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004245', ('10', '14')) ('P504S', 'Var', (16, 21)) ('CK7', 'Gene', '3855', (73, 76)) ('CA-IX', 'Gene', '768', (56, 61)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (5, 8)) ('Vim', 'Gene', '7431', (51, 54)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (5, 8)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (5, 8)) ('P504S', 'Mutation', 'p.P504S', (16, 21)) ('CA-IX', 'Gene', (56, 61)) ('CK7', 'Gene', (73, 76)) ('Vim', 'Gene', (51, 54)) 5340 33004995 Xp11.2 translocation RCC is a rare tumor which mainly occurs in children and young adults. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (35, 40)) ('Xp11.2 translocation', 'Var', (0, 20)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (35, 40)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (35, 40)) ('children', 'Species', '9606', (64, 72)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (21, 24)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (21, 24)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (21, 24)) 5341 33004995 Xp11.2 translocation RCC has been reported to have an incidence of 30, 15, and 1.5% in pediatrics, young adults (younger than 45 years), and adults, respectively. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (21, 24)) ('translocation', 'Var', (7, 20)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (21, 24)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (21, 24)) 5353 33004995 For example, the fusion of the ASPSCR1 and TFE3 genes could occur not only in ASPSCR1-TFE3 RCC, but also in alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS), a stromal tumor involving an unbalanced der (17) t(X; 17) (p11; q25) translocation. ('soft part sarcoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030448', (117, 134)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (91, 94)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (91, 94)) ('ASPS', 'Gene', (78, 82)) ('alveolar soft part sarcoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012218', (108, 134)) ('ASPSCR1', 'Gene', '79058', (78, 85)) ('sarcoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100242', (127, 134)) ('ASPS', 'Gene', '79058', (136, 140)) ('ASPS', 'Gene', (31, 35)) ('der (17) t(', 'Var', (183, 194)) ('ASPSCR1', 'Gene', (31, 38)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (91, 94)) ('ASPS', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012218', (136, 140)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (153, 158)) ('ASPS', 'Gene', '79058', (78, 82)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (153, 158)) ('ASPSCR1', 'Gene', (78, 85)) ('ASPS', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012218', (78, 82)) ('fusion', 'Var', (17, 23)) ('ASPS', 'Gene', '79058', (31, 35)) ('ASPS', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012218', (31, 35)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (153, 158)) ('sarcoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D012509', (127, 134)) ('ASPS', 'Gene', (136, 140)) ('sarcoma', 'Disease', (127, 134)) ('ASPSCR1', 'Gene', '79058', (31, 38)) ('occur', 'Reg', (60, 65)) 5363 33004995 In general, Xp11.2 translocation RCC tends to occur in patients aged between 20 to 50 years, and Xp11.2 translocation RCC is believed to be 2 to 3 times more prevalent in females compared to males. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (118, 121)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (118, 121)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (118, 121)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (33, 36)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (33, 36)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (33, 36)) ('Xp11.2', 'Var', (97, 103)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (55, 63)) 5365 33004995 Compared with ASPSCR1-TFE3 RCC and PRCC-TFE3 RCC (Supplementary Table 2), patients of NONO-TFE3 RCC were younger and had smaller tumor sizes. ('RCC', 'Disease', (36, 39)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (35, 39)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (36, 39)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (129, 134)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (27, 30)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (27, 30)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (45, 48)) ('ASPSCR1', 'Gene', '79058', (14, 21)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (36, 39)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (129, 134)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (27, 30)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (96, 99)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (96, 99)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (74, 82)) ('ASPSCR1', 'Gene', (14, 21)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (129, 134)) ('ASPS', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012218', (14, 18)) ('NONO-TFE3', 'Var', (86, 95)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (35, 39)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (96, 99)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (45, 48)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (45, 48)) 5370 33004995 The physiological characteristics of NONO-TFE3 RCC need further investigation with a larger population and long-term follow-up. ('RCC', 'Disease', (47, 50)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (47, 50)) ('NONO-TFE3', 'Var', (37, 46)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (47, 50)) 5371 33004995 In summary, we reported a newly designed NONO-TFE3 dual-fusion FISH assay and confirmed the accuracy of this novel probe for detecting NONO-TFE3 RCC. ('NONO-TFE3', 'Var', (135, 144)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (145, 148)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (145, 148)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (145, 148)) 5402 23907150 Intracystic papillary carcinoma showed the highest proportions of genome copy number aberration, followed by ductal carcinoma in situ then by invasive ductal carcinoma (p=0.06). ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (109, 133)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (109, 125)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', (142, 167)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (109, 133)) ('Intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (0, 31)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (22, 31)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (109, 133)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (151, 167)) ('Intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 31)) ('genome copy number aberration', 'Var', (66, 95)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (158, 167)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (116, 125)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018270', (142, 167)) 5404 23907150 Comparing intracystic papillary carcinoma with ductal carcinoma in situ vs. without ductal carcinoma in situ, the former had gain in 5q35.3 (p=0.041), 8q24.3 (p=0.041), and 21q13.2 to 21q13.31 (p=0.011). ('5q35.3', 'Var', (133, 139)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (84, 108)) ('8q24.3', 'Var', (151, 157)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (84, 108)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (84, 100)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (47, 71)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (47, 71)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (54, 63)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (47, 63)) ('21q13.2', 'Var', (173, 180)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (125, 129)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (84, 108)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (32, 41)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (10, 41)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (10, 41)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (47, 71)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (91, 100)) 5415 23907150 Genetic alterations in the form of interstitial deletions, loss of heterozygosity, at 16q and 1p numerical and structural alterations at chromosomes 16q and 1p with fusion of chromosome 16 and 1 [der(1;16)] have been described in intracystic papillary carcinoma. ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (230, 261)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('175', '185')) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (252, 261)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (230, 261)) ('loss of heterozygosity', 'Var', (59, 81)) 5436 23907150 Instead of using a fixed cut-off value, copy number gain/loss was called by CGHcall with 75% assumed tumor purity. ('gain/loss', 'PosReg', (52, 61)) ('copy number', 'Var', (40, 51)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (101, 106)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (101, 106)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (101, 106)) 5461 23907150 Intracystic papillary carcinoma showed 16p gain, 16q loss and 1q gain. ('gain', 'PosReg', (65, 69)) ('Intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (0, 31)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (22, 31)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (53, 57)) ('Intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 31)) ('16q', 'Var', (49, 52)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (43, 47)) 5462 23907150 The genomic variation between intracystic papillary carcinoma with ductal carcinoma in situ (n=6) vs. without ductal carcinoma in situ (n=8) showed that intracystic papillary carcinoma without ductal carcinoma in situ had 5q35.3, 176474585 to 180175485 gain in 3 of 4 cases vs. 1 of 10 intracystic papillary carcinoma with ductal carcinoma in situ (p=0.041). ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (30, 61)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (200, 209)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (175, 184)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (110, 126)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (30, 61)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (193, 217)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (323, 347)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (67, 91)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (110, 134)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (153, 184)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (323, 347)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (323, 339)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (193, 217)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (67, 83)) ('176474585 to 180175485', 'Var', (230, 252)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (117, 126)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (286, 317)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (153, 184)) ('5q35.3', 'Var', (222, 228)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (253, 257)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (110, 134)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (323, 347)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (67, 91)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (193, 209)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (52, 61)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (286, 317)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (74, 83)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (67, 91)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (193, 217)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (110, 134)) 5463 23907150 Intracystic papillary carcinoma without ductal carcinoma in situ had 8q24.3, 142015488 to 145957473 gain in 3 of 4 cases vs. 1 of 10 intracystic papillary carcinoma with ductal carcinoma in situ (p=0.041). ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (170, 194)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (133, 164)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (40, 56)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (177, 186)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (170, 194)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (133, 164)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (40, 64)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (47, 56)) ('Intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 31)) ('142015488 to 145957473', 'Var', (77, 99)) ('8q24.3', 'Gene', (69, 75)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (40, 64)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (170, 194)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (22, 31)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (155, 164)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (100, 104)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (170, 186)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (40, 64)) ('Intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (0, 31)) 5464 23907150 Finally, intracystic papillary carcinoma without ductal carcinoma in situ had 21q13.2 to 21q13.31, 42127232 to 44695209 gain in 3 of 4 cases vs. 0 of 10 intracystic papillary carcinoma with ductal carcinoma in situ (p=0.011) (figure 3). ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (190, 214)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (190, 214)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (31, 40)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (49, 73)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (190, 214)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (56, 65)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (197, 206)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (153, 184)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (49, 73)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (9, 40)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (9, 40)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (49, 73)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (49, 65)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (153, 184)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (175, 184)) ('42127232 to 44695209', 'Var', (99, 119)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (190, 206)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (120, 124)) 5465 23907150 The genomic variation between intracystic papillary carcinoma with invasive ductal carcinoma (n=6) vs. without invasive ductal carcinoma (n=8) showed that the latter had 11q22.1 to 11q23.3 loss in 6 of 8 cases vs. 0 of 6 in the former (p=0.031). ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018270', (111, 136)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (30, 61)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (52, 61)) ('11q22.1 to 11q23.3', 'Var', (170, 188)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (120, 136)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018270', (67, 92)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', (111, 136)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', (67, 92)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (127, 136)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (83, 92)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (30, 61)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (189, 193)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (76, 92)) 5473 23907150 The major discordant copy number variations for intracystic papillary carcinoma were on chr7. ('copy number variations', 'Var', (21, 43)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (48, 79)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (70, 79)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (48, 79)) 5475 23907150 The mean probability of copy number changes for ductal carcinoma in situ was similar to intracystic papillary carcinoma with the following additional focal changes that seen in ductal carcinoma in situ compared to intracystic papillary carcinoma: 8q22.2 to 8q22.3 gain (from 100114836 to 102268083, in 3 of 6 cases), 8q24.3 gain (from 142202743 to 145957473, in 3 of 6 cases), 11q25 loss, from 131565893 to 133557293, in 3 of 6 cases), and 12q24.31-12q24.33 loss (from 124302840 to 129818768, in 2 of 6 cases). ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (184, 193)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (177, 193)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (458, 462)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (48, 64)) ('8q22.2', 'Var', (247, 253)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (177, 201)) ('145957473', 'Var', (348, 357)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (264, 268)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (48, 72)) ('from 124302840', 'Var', (464, 478)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (88, 119)) ('from 100114836 to 102268083', 'Var', (270, 297)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (177, 201)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (110, 119)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (383, 387)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (55, 64)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (236, 245)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (48, 72)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (88, 119)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (214, 245)) ('129818768', 'Var', (482, 491)) ('from 142202743', 'Var', (330, 344)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (324, 328)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (214, 245)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (48, 72)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (177, 201)) 5476 23907150 There was one strong focal change within 1q gain: 1q21.3-1q23.1 (8 of 14 cases) (from 153183579 to 155186038) in intracystic papillary carcinoma. ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (113, 144)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (113, 144)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (135, 144)) ('from 153183579', 'Var', (81, 95)) ('155186038', 'Var', (99, 108)) 5505 23907150 Then they acquire mutations and evolve into different tumors independently and in parallel. ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (54, 60)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (54, 59)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (54, 60)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (54, 60)) ('mutations', 'Var', (18, 27)) 5507 23907150 Then, this tumor acquires another set of mutations producing a completely different tumor type. ('mutations', 'Var', (41, 50)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 16)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (84, 89)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (84, 89)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (11, 16)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (84, 89)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (11, 16)) 5512 23907150 When we compared intracystic papillary carcinoma with ductal carcinoma in situ vs. without ductal carcinoma in situ, we found that the latter had gain in small loci 5q35.3, 8q24.3 and 21q13.2. ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (54, 78)) ('5q35.3', 'Var', (165, 171)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (54, 78)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (17, 48)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (54, 70)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (91, 107)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (91, 115)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (54, 78)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (17, 48)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (98, 107)) ('8q24.3', 'Var', (173, 179)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (146, 150)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (61, 70)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (39, 48)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (91, 115)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (91, 115)) 5513 23907150 Similarly, when we compared intracystic papillary carcinoma with invasive ductal carcinoma vs. without invasive ductal carcinoma, we found that the latter had two changes, 11q22.1 to 11q23.3 loss and chr5 gain. ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', (65, 90)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (28, 59)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', (103, 128)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (74, 90)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (191, 195)) ('chr5', 'CPA', (200, 204)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (28, 59)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (112, 128)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (50, 59)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (205, 209)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (81, 90)) ('11q22.1 to 11q23.3', 'Var', (172, 190)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (119, 128)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018270', (65, 90)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018270', (103, 128)) 5515 23907150 Therefore, we believe that when intracystic papillary carcinoma develops through acquired gains/losses of major chromosomes, it may start with a set of major changes (16p gain, 16q loss, 1q gain and 7q loss) than later acquires another major change (chr5 gain) when progresses into intracystic papillary carcinoma with invasive ductal carcinoma. ('gain', 'PosReg', (171, 175)) ('gains/losses', 'PosReg', (90, 102)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (54, 63)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (304, 313)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (282, 313)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (282, 313)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (32, 63)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (328, 344)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (335, 344)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (190, 194)) ('16p', 'Var', (167, 170)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018270', (319, 344)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (181, 185)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (32, 63)) ('gains/losses', 'NegReg', (90, 102)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (202, 206)) ('invasive ductal carcinoma', 'Disease', (319, 344)) 5522 23907150 For the pathogenesis of pure intracystic papillary carcinoma vs. intracystic papillary carcinoma with ductal carcinoma in situ, we believe that they both start with major chromosomal changes (16p gain, 16q loss, 1q gain and 7q loss). ('gain', 'PosReg', (196, 200)) ('pathogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009405', ('8', '20')) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (102, 126)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (102, 126)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (65, 96)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (102, 118)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (109, 118)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (102, 126)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (215, 219)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (29, 60)) ('16p', 'Var', (192, 195)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (65, 96)) ('pure', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0034023', ('24', '28')) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (29, 60)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (51, 60)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (87, 96)) 5523 23907150 When intracystic papillary carcinoma was compared with concurrent ductal carcinoma in situ, we found that the former had 1q21.3-1q23 gain. ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (27, 36)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (5, 36)) ('1q21.3-1q23', 'Var', (121, 132)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (5, 36)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (66, 90)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (66, 90)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (66, 82)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (133, 137)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (66, 90)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (73, 82)) 5525 23907150 Chromosomal rearrangements involving the NTRK1 gene are found in approximately 10% of thyroid papillary carcinoma. ('thyroid papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000077273', (86, 113)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (104, 113)) ('NTRK1', 'Gene', (41, 46)) ('thyroid papillary carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002895', (86, 113)) ('NTRK1', 'Gene', '4914', (41, 46)) ('thyroid papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (86, 113)) ('found', 'Reg', (56, 61)) ('Chromosomal rearrangements', 'Var', (0, 26)) 5527 23907150 PRCC is one of several genes that are involved in the renal cell carcinoma type that is associated with Xp11.2 translocations / TFE3 gene fusions. ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (0, 4)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (65, 74)) ('translocations', 'Var', (111, 125)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (128, 132)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (54, 74)) ('renal cell carcinoma type', 'Disease', (54, 79)) ('associated', 'Reg', (88, 98)) ('Xp11.2', 'Gene', (104, 110)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (128, 132)) ('renal cell carcinoma type', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (54, 79)) 5532 23907150 They suggested that this determination could be related to other changes including genetic aberrations other than gene copy number aberrations (ie copy number silent loss of heterozygosity events, somatic mutations or fusion genes), epigenetic changes or distinctive tumor-microenvironment interactions. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (267, 272)) ('epigenetic changes', 'Var', (233, 251)) ('loss of heterozygosity', 'NegReg', (166, 188)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (267, 272)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (267, 272)) ('copy number silent', 'Var', (147, 165)) ('fusion genes', 'Var', (218, 230)) 5535 23907150 When compared ductal carcinoma in situ with concurrent intracystic papillary carcinoma, we found that the former had a set of copy number changes including 8q22.2 to 8q22.3 gain, 8q24.3 gain, 11q25 loss, and 12q24.31 to 12q24.33 loss. ('8q24.3', 'Var', (179, 185)) ('12q24.31 to 12q24.33', 'Var', (208, 228)) ('8q22.2 to 8q22.3', 'Var', (156, 172)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (198, 202)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (229, 233)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (77, 86)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (55, 86)) ('intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (55, 86)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (186, 190)) ('11q25', 'Var', (192, 197)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002285', (14, 38)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Disease', (14, 38)) ('ductal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (14, 30)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (173, 177)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (21, 30)) ('ductal carcinoma in situ', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030075', (14, 38)) 5539 23907150 Intracystic papillary carcinoma shares major copy number variation with minimal but significant genetic variation that may play a critical role in the pathogenesis and biology of this tumor. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (184, 189)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (184, 189)) ('copy number variation', 'Var', (45, 66)) ('play', 'Reg', (123, 127)) ('Intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (0, 31)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (184, 189)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (22, 31)) ('Intracystic papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 31)) ('pathogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009405', ('151', '163')) 5576 32495158 The CAL-54 cell line conforms with copy number amplifications (CNAs) in several key kidney cancer genes. ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (84, 97)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (84, 97)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 97)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (84, 97)) ('copy number amplifications', 'Var', (35, 61)) ('CAL-54', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1111', (4, 10)) 5609 32495158 The more comprehensive gene set (gs-ifng-m14004) had the highest enrichment score (ES) in SKCM tissues (ES = 0.825, FDR, q value 0.0; FWER p value 0.0) (Fig. ('SKCM', 'Disease', (90, 94)) ('ES', 'Chemical', '-', (104, 106)) ('ES', 'Chemical', '-', (83, 85)) ('gs-ifng-m14004', 'Var', (33, 47)) 5622 32495158 In SKCM with low PD-L1-mRNA tissue levels, patient survival was significantly shorter than in those with high-level PD-L1-mRNA levels (OS: HR 1.984; p < 0.0001 and DFS: HR 1.436; p = 0.0046). ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (43, 50)) ('low', 'Var', (13, 16)) ('PD-L1-mRNA', 'MPA', (17, 27)) ('shorter', 'NegReg', (78, 85)) ('patient survival', 'CPA', (43, 59)) 5635 32495158 In IFN-gamma-responsive tumors such as melanoma and ccRCC, patients with high PD-L1-mRNA tissue levels had longer OS and DFS than those with low PD-L1-mRNA levels. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 29)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (24, 30)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (24, 30)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 30)) ('melanoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002861', (39, 47)) ('DFS', 'CPA', (121, 124)) ('melanoma', 'Disease', (39, 47)) ('PD-L1-mRNA', 'MPA', (78, 88)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (54, 57)) ('melanoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008545', (39, 47)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (54, 57)) ('longer', 'PosReg', (107, 113)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (59, 67)) ('high', 'Var', (73, 77)) 5647 32495158 Conversely, tandem amplification of PD-L1/PD-L2 and JAK2, causing enhanced IFN-gamma signaling, was associated with high responsiveness towards immune checkpoint blockade in Hodgkin's lymphoma. ('responsiveness', 'MPA', (121, 135)) ('lymphoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002665', (184, 192)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('85', '94')) ("Hodgkin's lymphoma", 'Disease', 'MESH:D006689', (174, 192)) ("Hodgkin's lymphoma", 'Disease', (174, 192)) ("Hodgkin's lymphoma", 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012189', (174, 192)) ('enhanced', 'PosReg', (66, 74)) ('PD-L2', 'Gene', (42, 47)) ('PD-L2', 'Gene', '80380', (42, 47)) ('IFN-gamma signaling', 'MPA', (75, 94)) ('tandem amplification', 'Var', (12, 32)) ('JAK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004713', ('52', '55')) ('JAK2', 'Gene', (52, 56)) 5650 32495158 In melanoma, a high PD-L1 protein score was associated with shorter survival. ('high', 'Var', (15, 19)) ('PD-L1 protein', 'Protein', (20, 33)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('26', '33')) ('survival', 'MPA', (68, 76)) ('melanoma', 'Disease', (3, 11)) ('melanoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008545', (3, 11)) ('shorter', 'NegReg', (60, 67)) ('melanoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002861', (3, 11)) 5651 32495158 In particular, a high PD-L1 score, considering PD-L1 in cancer cells or macrophages, predicted both worse outcome and, in a mouse model, the knockout of PD-L1 or of IFN-gamma signaling by STAT1-knockdown in tumor cells prolonged survival. ('PD-L1', 'Gene', (153, 158)) ('prolonged', 'PosReg', (219, 228)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('175', '184')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (207, 212)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (56, 62)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (124, 129)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (207, 212)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (207, 212)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (56, 62)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (56, 62)) ('survival', 'CPA', (229, 237)) ('knockout', 'Var', (141, 149)) 5652 32495158 Furthermore, in RCC, a high PD-L1 protein score was predictive of poor outcome in patients who received anti-angiogenic TKI treatment with sunitinib or pazopanib (COMPARZ trial). ('PD-L1', 'Protein', (28, 33)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('34', '41')) ('high', 'Var', (23, 27)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (16, 19)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (16, 19)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (82, 90)) ('pazopanib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C516667', (152, 161)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (139, 148)) 5674 31867475 Type 2 PRCC tends to have mutations in CDKN2A, SETD2, BAP1, PBRM1, TERT, NF2, FH, and NRF2-ARE pathway genes. ('TERT', 'Gene', (67, 71)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (8, 11)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (39, 45)) ('Type 2 PRCC', 'Disease', (0, 11)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (47, 52)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (86, 90)) ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (67, 71)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (60, 65)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (47, 52)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (73, 76)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (39, 45)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (60, 65)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (86, 90)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (54, 58)) ('mutations', 'Var', (26, 35)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (7, 11)) ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (73, 76)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (54, 58)) 5676 31867475 MET mutations are also found in other malignancies, such as hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), lung cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer (CRC), head and neck squamous cell cancers (HNSCC), gastric carcinomas (GC), and cancers of unknown primary origin. ('CRC', 'Disease', (140, 143)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Disease', (121, 138)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (199, 208)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (220, 227)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (113, 119)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (199, 209)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (98, 104)) ('HCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001402', (87, 90)) ('MET mutations', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('neck squamous cell cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002294', (155, 181)) ('CRC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003003', (140, 143)) ('gastric carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (191, 209)) ('gastric carcinomas', 'Disease', (191, 209)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (174, 181)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (174, 181)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', (93, 104)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (174, 180)) ('neck squamous cell cancers', 'Disease', (155, 181)) ('CRC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (140, 143)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (106, 119)) ('found', 'Reg', (23, 28)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (38, 50)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003003', (121, 138)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (220, 227)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', (38, 50)) ('mutations', 'Var', (4, 13)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (220, 227)) ('hepatocellular carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006528', (60, 85)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (106, 119)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (106, 119)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (220, 226)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (93, 104)) ('neck', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0044326', ('155', '159')) ('squamous cell cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002860', (160, 181)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 138)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (75, 84)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (174, 181)) ('hepatocellular carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001402', (60, 85)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (75, 85)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (93, 104)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (121, 138)) ('hepatocellular carcinomas', 'Disease', (60, 85)) 5680 31867475 This interaction is further evidenced in non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) with acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors due to amplifications in MET. ('EGFR', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005006', ('108', '112')) ('non-small cell lung carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030358', (41, 71)) ('MET', 'Var', (149, 152)) ('SCLC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018288', (74, 78)) ('SCLC', 'Disease', (74, 78)) ('lung carcinomas', 'Disease', (56, 71)) ('NSCLC', 'Disease', (73, 78)) ('amplifications', 'Var', (131, 145)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (61, 70)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (61, 71)) ('NSCLC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002289', (73, 78)) ('SCLC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030357', (74, 78)) ('lung carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (56, 71)) ('NSCLC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030358', (73, 78)) ('small cell lung carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030357', (45, 71)) 5688 31867475 For ccRCC, nivolumab improves OS with patients surviving 25 months with nivolumab versus 19.6 months with everolimus. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (6, 9)) ('nivolumab', 'Var', (72, 81)) ('ccRCC', 'Disease', (4, 9)) ('nivolumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077594', (72, 81)) ('nivolumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077594', (11, 20)) 5695 31867475 The phase 3 trial, METEOR, found significant improvement in OS for advanced ccRCC patients who received cabozantinib compared to everolimus (OS 21.4 months vs 17.1 months). ('cabozantinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C558660', (104, 116)) ('improvement', 'PosReg', (45, 56)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (78, 81)) ('cabozantinib', 'Var', (104, 116)) 5709 31867475 LY3164530 is an anti-EGFR/MET bispecific antibody created by fusing a cetuximab variable fragment to an emibetuzumab heavy chain. ('LY3164530', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('cetuximab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000068818', (70, 79)) ('cetuximab', 'Gene', (70, 79)) ('LY3164530', 'Chemical', '-', (0, 9)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0042571', ('41', '49')) ('emibetuzumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000599789', (104, 116)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019814', ('41', '49')) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019815', ('41', '49')) ('EGFR', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005006', ('21', '25')) ('antibody', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003823', ('41', '49')) 5728 25906110 In the training stage, the expression levels of 12 miRNAs (mir-134, mir-379, mir-127, mir-452, mir-199a, mir-200c, mir-141, mir-3074, mir-1468, mir-181c, mir-1180, and mir-34a) were significantly associated with patient survival, whereas mir-200c, mir-127, mir-34a, and mir-181c were identified by multivariate Cox regression analyses as potential independent prognostic factors in pRCC. ('mir-127', 'Gene', (248, 255)) ('mir-200c', 'Gene', '406985', (238, 246)) ('mir-127', 'Gene', '406914', (248, 255)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (382, 386)) ('mir-141', 'Gene', (115, 122)) ('mir-200c', 'Gene', (105, 113)) ('expression', 'MPA', (27, 37)) ('patient', 'Disease', (212, 219)) ('mir-1468', 'Var', (134, 142)) ('mir-200c', 'Gene', (238, 246)) ('mir-181c', 'Gene', (270, 278)) ('mir-379', 'Gene', '494328', (68, 75)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (382, 386)) ('mir-127', 'Gene', (77, 84)) ('mir-127', 'Gene', '406914', (77, 84)) ('mir-181c', 'Gene', (144, 152)) ('mir-181c', 'Gene', '406957', (270, 278)) ('Cox', 'Gene', '1351', (311, 314)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (382, 386)) ('mir-34a', 'Gene', (257, 264)) ('mir-1180', 'Var', (154, 162)) ('mir-181c', 'Gene', '406957', (144, 152)) ('mir-452', 'Gene', (86, 93)) ('mir-3074', 'Var', (124, 132)) ('mir-34a', 'Gene', '407040', (257, 264)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (212, 219)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (383, 386)) ('mir-199a', 'Var', (95, 103)) ('mir-34a', 'Gene', (168, 175)) ('mir-134', 'Gene', '406924', (59, 66)) ('Cox', 'Gene', (311, 314)) ('mir-141', 'Gene', '406933', (115, 122)) ('mir-34a', 'Gene', '407040', (168, 175)) ('associated with', 'Reg', (196, 211)) ('mir-379', 'Gene', (68, 75)) ('mir-200c', 'Gene', '406985', (105, 113)) ('mir-452', 'Gene', '574412', (86, 93)) ('mir-134', 'Gene', (59, 66)) 5757 25906110 As indicated in the univariate Cox regression analyses (Table 2), a total of 12 miRNAs (mir-134, mir-379, mir-127, mir-452, mir-199a, mir-200c, mir-141, mir-3074, mir-1468, mir-181c, mir-1180, and mir-34a) were significantly associated with patient survival in pRCC, which were further confirmed by Kaplan-Meier survival analyses (Figures 2 and 3). ('mir-452', 'Gene', (115, 122)) ('mir-34a', 'Gene', (197, 204)) ('Cox', 'Gene', (31, 34)) ('mir-3074', 'Var', (153, 161)) ('mir-134', 'Gene', '406924', (88, 95)) ('mir-34a', 'Gene', '407040', (197, 204)) ('associated with', 'Reg', (225, 240)) ('mir-141', 'Gene', '406933', (144, 151)) ('mir-379', 'Gene', (97, 104)) ('mir-134', 'Gene', (88, 95)) ('mir-200c', 'Gene', '406985', (134, 142)) ('mir-452', 'Gene', '574412', (115, 122)) ('mir-141', 'Gene', (144, 151)) ('mir-1180', 'Var', (183, 191)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (261, 265)) ('mir-1468', 'Var', (163, 171)) ('mir-200c', 'Gene', (134, 142)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (262, 265)) ('mir-379', 'Gene', '494328', (97, 104)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (261, 265)) ('mir-181c', 'Gene', (173, 181)) ('Cox', 'Gene', '1351', (31, 34)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (241, 248)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (261, 265)) ('mir-127', 'Gene', (106, 113)) ('mir-181c', 'Gene', '406957', (173, 181)) ('mir-127', 'Gene', '406914', (106, 113)) ('mir-199a', 'Var', (124, 132)) 5767 25906110 As an endogenous class of small, noncoding RNAs, miRNAs have been documented to be involved in a wide range of pathophysiological processes including carcinogenesis and metastasis. ('carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D063646', (150, 164)) ('metastasis', 'CPA', (169, 179)) ('carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (150, 164)) ('involved', 'Reg', (83, 91)) ('miRNAs', 'Var', (49, 55)) 5772 25906110 In the training stage of survival analysis, a summary of 12 miRNAs (mir-134, mir-379, mir-127, mir-452, mir-199a, mir-200c, mir-141, mir-3074, mir-1468, mir-181c, mir-1180, and mir-34a) were demonstrated to be significantly associated with prognosis by univariate Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier survival analyses. ('mir-200c', 'Gene', (114, 122)) ('mir-379', 'Gene', '494328', (77, 84)) ('associated', 'Reg', (224, 234)) ('mir-127', 'Gene', (86, 93)) ('mir-127', 'Gene', '406914', (86, 93)) ('mir-181c', 'Gene', (153, 161)) ('mir-1180', 'Var', (163, 171)) ('mir-181c', 'Gene', '406957', (153, 161)) ('mir-452', 'Gene', (95, 102)) ('mir-3074', 'Var', (133, 141)) ('mir-199a', 'Var', (104, 112)) ('mir-141', 'Gene', '406933', (124, 131)) ('mir-379', 'Gene', (77, 84)) ('mir-34a', 'Gene', (177, 184)) ('Cox', 'Gene', '1351', (264, 267)) ('mir-34a', 'Gene', '407040', (177, 184)) ('mir-134', 'Gene', '406924', (68, 75)) ('mir-200c', 'Gene', '406985', (114, 122)) ('mir-141', 'Gene', (124, 131)) ('mir-452', 'Gene', '574412', (95, 102)) ('mir-134', 'Gene', (68, 75)) ('Cox', 'Gene', (264, 267)) ('mir-1468', 'Var', (143, 151)) 5777 25906110 However, the high expression of mir-200c was proved to be associated with a poor prognosis in pRCC, which were in consistent with the reports in other malignancies such as breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and ovarian cancer. ('colorectal cancer', 'Disease', (187, 204)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (179, 185)) ('mir-200c', 'Gene', '406985', (32, 40)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (210, 224)) ('mir-200c', 'Gene', (32, 40)) ('high', 'Var', (13, 17)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (151, 163)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (172, 185)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (198, 204)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', (151, 163)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003003', (187, 204)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', (210, 224)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (94, 98)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (172, 185)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (95, 98)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (210, 224)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (172, 185)) ('associated', 'Reg', (58, 68)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (187, 204)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (94, 98)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (218, 224)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (94, 98)) 5915 21304509 Genetic testing of the patient revealed a novel heterozygous germline mutation in the gene encoding fumarate hydratase (FH), an enzyme of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. ('tricarboxylic acid', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014233', (142, 160)) ('TCA) cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('162', '172')) ('germline mutation', 'Var', (61, 78)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (100, 118)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (120, 122)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014233', (162, 165)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (100, 118)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (23, 30)) 5918 21304509 pRCC-2 arising in a patient with a novel germline FH mutation and de novo hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) syndrome progressing after mTORC1 inhibitor therapy. ('arising in', 'Reg', (7, 17)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (157, 163)) ('mutation', 'Var', (53, 61)) ('renal cell cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (104, 121)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (115, 121)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535516', (74, 121)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('157', '163')) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (20, 27)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (50, 52)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (157, 163)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (0, 4)) 5940 21304509 HLRCC is a syndrome with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance caused by germline loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding fumarate hydratase (FH). ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (89, 105)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (137, 155)) ('HLRCC', 'Disease', (0, 5)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (137, 155)) ('mutations', 'Var', (106, 115)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (157, 159)) 5946 21304509 The mutation resulted in a nonconservative substitution of an evolutionarily conserved residue (Asp341Asn). ('Asp341Asn', 'Var', (96, 105)) ('resulted in', 'Reg', (13, 24)) ('Asp341Asn', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (96, 105)) 5949 21304509 FH functions as a tetramer, and studies of the previously reported crystal structure and reconstitution experiments suggested that the patient's mutation interfered with oligomerization and that mutant FH did not form stable tetramers (Box 1, Figure 4). ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (0, 2)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (135, 142)) ('oligomerization', 'MPA', (170, 185)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (202, 204)) ('interfered', 'NegReg', (154, 164)) ('mutant', 'Var', (195, 201)) ('mutation', 'Var', (145, 153)) 5957 21304509 Germline FH mutations are uncommon, and there is no established treatment for metastatic pRCC-2 in HLRCC patients. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (105, 113)) ('mutations', 'Var', (12, 21)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (89, 93)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (9, 11)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (89, 93)) 5967 21304509 Thus, 2DG-6-phosphate acts as a competitive inhibitor of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, which catalyzes the next step in glycolysis, as well as of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, which is involved in the pentose phosphate pathway. ('2DG-6-phosphate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015785', (6, 21)) ('glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase', 'Gene', '2539', (147, 180)) ('pentose phosphate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010428', (207, 224)) ('glucose-6-phosphate isomerase', 'Gene', (57, 86)) ('glucose-6-phosphate isomerase', 'Gene', '2821', (57, 86)) ('pentose phosphate pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006098', ('207', '232')) ('glycolysis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006096', ('121', '131')) ('2DG-6-phosphate', 'Var', (6, 21)) ('glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase', 'Gene', (147, 180)) 5973 21304509 Furthermore, there have been reports of mutations in patients that not only result in loss-of-function, but that are also dominant-negative and interfere with the function of the wild-type protein encoded by the remaining wild-type allele. ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('189', '196')) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (53, 61)) ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (86, 102)) ('mutations', 'Var', (40, 49)) ('interfere', 'NegReg', (144, 153)) ('function', 'MPA', (163, 171)) 5974 21304509 While our studies suggested that Asp341Asn interfered with tetramerization, suggesting that it may not act in a dominant-negative fashion, further studies would be required to exclude this possibility. ('Asp341Asn', 'Var', (33, 42)) ('interfered', 'NegReg', (43, 53)) ('Asp341Asn', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (33, 42)) ('tetramerization', 'MPA', (59, 74)) 5994 21304509 Despite the fact that the FH mutation seen in the patient was not previously associated with HLRCC, the diagnosis of HLRCC was supported by other evidence. ('mutation', 'Var', (29, 37)) ('HLRCC', 'Disease', (93, 98)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (26, 28)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (50, 57)) ('associated', 'Reg', (77, 87)) 5997 21304509 These data suggest that pRCC-2 probably developed as a result of a pre-disposition conferred by a germline loss-of-function mutation in the FH tumor suppressor gene. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (24, 28)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('143', '159')) ('FH tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (140, 148)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (24, 28)) ('pre', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003904', ('67', '70')) ('mutation', 'Var', (124, 132)) ('FH tumor', 'Disease', (140, 148)) ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (107, 123)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('143', '159')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (143, 148)) 5999 21304509 The BRCA1/2 proteins are required for DNA repair by homologous recombination, and inactivation of this pathway renders cells dependent on nonhomologous DNA repair mechanisms, which, when inhibited, cause selective tumor cell death. ('DNA repair', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006281', ('152', '162')) ('BRCA1/2', 'Gene', '672;675', (4, 11)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (214, 219)) ('homologous recombination', 'biological_process', 'GO:0035825', ('52', '76')) ('DNA repair', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006281', ('38', '48')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (214, 219)) ('cell death', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('220', '230')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('152', '155')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('38', '41')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (214, 219)) ('death', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003643', (225, 230)) ('death', 'Disease', (225, 230)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (82, 94)) ('BRCA1/2', 'Gene', (4, 11)) 6003 21304509 Given the indispensable nature of ATP for basic cellular processes, such as the generation and maintenance of a membrane potential and protein translation, disruption of glycolysis and ATP production in tumor cells would be expected to result in their demise. ('disruption', 'Var', (156, 166)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (203, 208)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (203, 208)) ('glycolysis', 'MPA', (170, 180)) ('ATP', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000255', (34, 37)) ('result in', 'Reg', (236, 245)) ('ATP', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000255', (185, 188)) ('protein translation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006412', ('135', '154')) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('135', '142')) ('membrane', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0016020', ('112', '120')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (203, 208)) ('glycolysis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006096', ('170', '180')) ('protein translation', 'MPA', (135, 154)) 6005 21304509 Our results showed that, at pharmacologically relevant concentrations, 2DG activates AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in FH-deficient cells, leading to AMPK-mediated inhibition of mTORC1. ('2DG', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003847', (71, 74)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050405', ('115', '119')) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004691', ('155', '159')) ('AMPK', 'Gene', (155, 159)) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', (124, 136)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', (115, 119)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004691', ('115', '119')) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (124, 136)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('99', '106')) ('AMP-activated protein kinase', 'Gene', '5562', (85, 113)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0047322', ('155', '159')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (183, 189)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0047322', ('115', '119')) ('activates', 'PosReg', (75, 84)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (183, 189)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', '5562', (155, 159)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', '5562', (115, 119)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('183', '189')) ('2DG', 'Var', (71, 74)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050405', ('155', '159')) ('AMP-activated protein kinase', 'Gene', (85, 113)) 6011 21304509 While DNA testing of the patient's parents was not performed, the absence of HLRCC symptoms in the parents suggests that the mutation occurred de novo. ('HLRCC', 'Disease', (77, 82)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('6', '9')) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (25, 32)) ('mutation', 'Var', (125, 133)) 6012 21304509 The type of mutation (nonconservative missense mutation of a universally conserved residue), combined with the results of structural studies, reconstitution experiments and functional studies in the tumor, strongly suggested that this was a loss-of-function mutation. ('tumor', 'Disease', (199, 204)) ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (241, 257)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (199, 204)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (199, 204)) ('mutation', 'Var', (12, 20)) 6017 21304509 This dependency on glycolysis would be expected to be further exacerbated by mutations disrupting the TCA cycle. ('glycolysis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006096', ('19', '29')) ('TCA', 'Pathway', (102, 105)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014233', (102, 105)) ('glycolysis', 'MPA', (19, 29)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('102', '111')) ('mutations', 'Var', (77, 86)) ('disrupting', 'NegReg', (87, 97)) ('exacerbated', 'PosReg', (62, 73)) 6024 21304509 Our data show that, at pharmacologically achievable concentrations, 2DG activated AMPK, resulting in AMPK-dependent inhibition of mTORC1 in FH-deficient cells. ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050405', ('101', '105')) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0047322', ('82', '86')) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (140, 152)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004691', ('82', '86')) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004691', ('101', '105')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (130, 136)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', '5562', (82, 86)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0047322', ('101', '105')) ('AMPK', 'Gene', (82, 86)) ('2DG', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003847', (68, 71)) ('inhibition', 'NegReg', (116, 126)) ('2DG', 'Var', (68, 71)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('130', '136')) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050405', ('82', '86')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (130, 136)) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', (140, 152)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', '5562', (101, 105)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', (101, 105)) 6031 21304509 We found that Asp341, an acidic, negatively charged amino acid, was involved in an intramolecular interaction with Lys337, a basic, positively charged residue, and that this interaction was buried deep within the intermolecular interface (Figure 4a). ('interaction', 'Interaction', (98, 109)) ('Asp341', 'Chemical', '-', (14, 20)) ('Asp341', 'Var', (14, 20)) ('involved in', 'Reg', (68, 79)) ('Lys337', 'Var', (115, 121)) ('Lys337', 'Chemical', '-', (115, 121)) 6032 21304509 A substitution of Asp341 for Asn, an uncharged amino acid, would leave Lys337 unpaired, resulting in an energetically unfavorable net positive charge in the hydrophobic intermolecular interface, which would be expected to destabilize the tetramer. ('Asp341 for Asn', 'Mutation', 'rs11545655', (18, 32)) ('tetramer', 'Interaction', (238, 246)) ('leave', 'Reg', (65, 70)) ('substitution', 'Var', (2, 14)) ('destabilize', 'NegReg', (222, 233)) ('Asp341', 'Var', (18, 24)) ('Lys337', 'Var', (71, 77)) ('Lys337', 'Chemical', '-', (71, 77)) 6033 21304509 To determine experimentally whether FHAsp341Asn would form stable tetrameric complexes, the mutation was engineered by site-directed mutagenesis and introduced into FH-deficient UOK262 cells (Figure 4b). ('FHAsp341Asn', 'Var', (36, 47)) ('UOK262', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1D72', (178, 184)) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (165, 177)) ('mutagenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006280', ('133', '144')) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', (165, 177)) 6048 21304509 Indeed, at pharmacologically relevant concentrations, 2DG led to the activation of AMPK in FH-deficient cells (Figure 7). ('2DG', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003847', (54, 57)) ('2DG', 'Var', (54, 57)) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', (91, 103)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', '5562', (83, 87)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004691', ('83', '87')) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050405', ('83', '87')) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (91, 103)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', (83, 87)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0047322', ('83', '87')) ('activation', 'PosReg', (69, 79)) 6052 21304509 These data suggest that, at pharmacologically relevant concentrations, 2DG activates AMPK in FH-deficient cells and leads to inhibition of mTORC1 in an AMPK-dependent manner. ('2DG', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003847', (71, 74)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (139, 145)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', (85, 89)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (139, 145)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0047322', ('152', '156')) ('inhibition', 'NegReg', (125, 135)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050405', ('85', '89')) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', (93, 105)) ('FH-deficient', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (93, 105)) ('AMPK', 'Gene', (152, 156)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004691', ('85', '89')) ('AMPK', 'Gene', '5562', (85, 89)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050405', ('152', '156')) ('activates', 'PosReg', (75, 84)) ('2DG', 'Var', (71, 74)) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0047322', ('85', '89')) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('139', '145')) ('AMPK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004691', ('152', '156')) ('AMPK', 'Gene', '5562', (152, 156)) 6163 30031457 A recent study by the authors confirmed segmental inversion enhancement as an independent predictor of oncocytoma. ('men', 'Species', '9606', (67, 70)) ('segmental inversion', 'Var', (40, 59)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (43, 46)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (103, 113)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (103, 113)) 6205 28489074 Clustering copy number alterations shows that most cell lines resemble ccRCC, a few (including some often used as models of ccRCC) resemble pRCC, and none resemble chRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (141, 144)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (73, 76)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (73, 76)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (166, 169)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (166, 169)) ('copy', 'Var', (11, 15)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (126, 129)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (126, 129)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (141, 144)) 6207 28489074 We stratify mutations and copy number alterations for important kidney cancer genes by the consistency between databases, and classify cell lines into established gene expression-based indolent and aggressive subtypes. ('mutations', 'Var', (12, 21)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('163', '178')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (71, 77)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (64, 77)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (64, 77)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (64, 77)) 6223 28489074 Recurrent copy number alterations (CNAs) of chromosomes 5, 8 and 14 have been identified as additional pathogenic mechanisms of ccRCC. ('CNA', 'Gene', (35, 38)) ('CNA', 'Gene', '19055', (35, 38)) ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (10, 33)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (130, 133)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (130, 133)) 6234 28489074 This is in agreement with recent work reporting discrepancies in the detection of missense mutations in cell lines common to CCLE and CCLP (57% conformity). ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (125, 129)) ('CCLE', 'Disease', (125, 129)) ('missense mutations', 'Var', (82, 100)) 6249 28489074 These tumours also display a higher extent of copy number aberrations (mean fraction genome altered: 19% versus 12%), and more frequent mutations in genes such as BAP1 (12.3% versus 5.4%), SETD2 (12.7% versus 8.1%) and MTOR (6% versus 4.7%), which are associated with more aggressive disease (though only BAP1 has a statistically significant difference:P value 0.025, Fisher's exact test). ('BAP1', 'Gene', (305, 309)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (219, 223)) ('aggressive disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (273, 291)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (305, 309)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (163, 167)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (189, 194)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 12)) ('aggressive disease', 'Disease', (273, 291)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 13)) ('copy', 'MPA', (46, 50)) ('mutations', 'Var', (136, 145)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (163, 167)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (219, 223)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (6, 13)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (189, 194)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (6, 13)) 6254 28489074 In the set of 1,508 overlapping genes profiled for mutations by CCLE, CCLP and TCGA, the median number of mutated genes is 40 in CCLE kidney cell lines (minimum: 22, maximum: 92) and 26 in CCLP kidney cell lines (min 5, max 72) compared to 6 (min 0, max 27) in TCGA ccRCC tumours. ('mutations', 'Var', (51, 60)) ('ccRCC tumours', 'Disease', (266, 279)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (272, 278)) ('ccRCC tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (266, 279)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (272, 279)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (64, 68)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (129, 133)) 6260 28489074 In the 16 important kidney cancer genes covered by CCLE, the CCLE kidney cell lines had a range of 0-3 mutations and a median of 1 mutation, with ACHN, KMRC1, KMRC3, SNU349, SNU1272, RCC10RGB and TUHR4TKB showing no mutations in these key genes. ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (61, 65)) ('mutations', 'Var', (103, 112)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (27, 33)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (20, 33)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (183, 186)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (183, 186)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (51, 55)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (20, 33)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (20, 33)) 6261 28489074 None of the CCLP cell lines had a mutation in any of the genes FLCN, ARID1A, MICALCL, SLC1A3, STAG2 or TCEB1; while none of the CCLE cell lines had a mutation in FLCN, ARID1A, FLCN, NF2 or TSC1. ('SLC1A3', 'Gene', '6507', (86, 92)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', (63, 67)) ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (182, 185)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', '8289', (69, 75)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (128, 132)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (189, 193)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (182, 185)) ('STAG2', 'Gene', '10735', (94, 99)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', (168, 174)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', '201163', (162, 166)) ('MICALCL', 'Gene', '84953', (77, 84)) ('STAG2', 'Gene', (94, 99)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', (162, 166)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', '8289', (168, 174)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (103, 108)) ('MICALCL', 'Gene', (77, 84)) ('SLC1A3', 'Gene', (86, 92)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', '201163', (176, 180)) ('mutation', 'Var', (150, 158)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', '201163', (63, 67)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '6921', (103, 108)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', (176, 180)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', (69, 75)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (189, 193)) 6263 28489074 Given that VHL is a notoriously challenging gene to sequence, we additionally culled the existing literature for evidence of VHL mutations in the various RCC cell lines (Supplementary Table 1). ('VHL', 'Gene', (125, 128)) ('mutations', 'Var', (129, 138)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (125, 128)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (154, 157)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (154, 157)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (11, 14)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (11, 14)) 6264 28489074 Interestingly, several cell lines that cluster with ccRCC and demonstrate the classical copy number characteristics do not harbour VHL mutations. ('VHL', 'Gene', (131, 134)) ('mutations', 'Var', (135, 144)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (131, 134)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (54, 57)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (54, 57)) 6265 28489074 Furthermore, mutations of mTOR pathway genes including MTOR, TSC1, TSC2, PTEN and PIK3CA are detected in nine (41%) of CCLE and 14 (42%) of the CCLP RCC cell lines. ('RCC', 'Disease', (149, 152)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (119, 123)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (73, 77)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (55, 59)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (82, 88)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (73, 77)) ('detected', 'Reg', (93, 101)) ('mutations', 'Var', (13, 22)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (61, 65)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (149, 152)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (61, 65)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (82, 88)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (67, 71)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (26, 30)) ('CCLE', 'Disease', (119, 123)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (67, 71)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (55, 59)) 6276 28489074 Taken together, our analysis reveals CAL54 as the only cell line with perfect agreement on mutation and CNAs in key kidney cancer genes, with 769-P and a few other cell lines also showing a high degree of concordance. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (123, 129)) ('mutation', 'Var', (91, 99)) ('CNA', 'Gene', '19055', (104, 107)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (116, 129)) ('CNA', 'Gene', (104, 107)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', (112, 129)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (112, 129)) 6278 28489074 To quantify 3p loss, we computed the fraction of chromosome 3p where the CNA data supported at least low-level copy number loss (using a log2 ratio). ('CNA', 'Gene', (73, 76)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('49', '59')) ('copy number loss', 'Var', (111, 127)) ('CNA', 'Gene', '19055', (73, 76)) 6279 28489074 While this characteristic ccRCC genomic feature is observed in the majority of ccRCC cell lines, 3p loss is absent or significantly diminished in several of them, namely VMRCRCW, SLR20, SLR21, and BFTC909 (as well as the immortalized epithelial cell lines HK2 and HEKTE) in CCLE; and U031, KMRC-1, 786-0, VMRC-RCW, SN12C and BFTC-909 in CCLP (Supplementary Table 2). ('loss', 'NegReg', (100, 104)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (28, 31)) ('BFTC', 'Chemical', '-', (325, 329)) ('absent', 'NegReg', (108, 114)) ('BFTC909', 'Var', (197, 204)) ('SLR21', 'Var', (186, 191)) ('HK2', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0302', (256, 259)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (81, 84)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (274, 278)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (81, 84)) ('SLR20', 'Var', (179, 184)) ('HK2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008256', ('256', '259')) ('CCLE', 'Disease', (274, 278)) ('KMRC-1', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:2983', (290, 296)) ('BFTC', 'Chemical', '-', (197, 201)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (28, 31)) ('diminished', 'NegReg', (132, 142)) 6280 28489074 Of the cell lines lacking 3p loss, SLR21 and SLR20 in CCLE and SN12C and U031 in CCLP also lack other characteristic features of ccRCC such as chromosomal gains in five and eight or losses in chromosome 14, though SLR21 and U031 do show some gain in 8q. ('U031', 'Var', (73, 77)) ('lack', 'NegReg', (91, 95)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (131, 134)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (131, 134)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (29, 33)) ('lacking', 'NegReg', (18, 25)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (242, 246)) ('losses', 'NegReg', (182, 188)) ('SN12C', 'Var', (63, 68)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('192', '202')) ('SLR21', 'Var', (35, 40)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (54, 58)) 6288 28489074 In our cluster analysis, ACHN co-segregates with tumours displaying amplifications in chromosomes 7 and 17, furthering the notion that this appears to derive from papillary origins. ('tumours', 'Disease', (49, 56)) ('amplifications in', 'Var', (68, 85)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (49, 55)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (49, 56)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', (25, 29)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (49, 56)) 6291 28489074 Our results indicate that 786-0 harbours more alterations than A-498 even though both cluster with ccRCC on a copy number level and harbour VHL mutations (Fig. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (101, 104)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (101, 104)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (140, 143)) ('mutations', 'Var', (144, 153)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (140, 143)) ('cluster', 'Reg', (86, 93)) 6304 28489074 By comparing tumours which cluster with the cell lines based on CNAs with tumours that cluster away from the cell lines, we found that the tumours likely to be best represented by the cell lines carry hallmarks of aggressive disease, such as higher stage, higher grade, greater extent of CNAs, and more frequent mutations in genes such as SETD2, BAP1 and MTOR, which have been associated with more aggressive disease and poorer outcomes. ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (13, 19)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (139, 146)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (339, 344)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (139, 145)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (74, 81)) ('CNA', 'Gene', (288, 291)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (139, 146)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (139, 146)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (74, 81)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (74, 81)) ('CNA', 'Gene', '19055', (288, 291)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (346, 350)) ('hallmarks of aggressive disease', 'Disease', (201, 232)) ('aggressive disease', 'Disease', (398, 416)) ('CNA', 'Gene', (64, 67)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (74, 80)) ('aggressive disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (398, 416)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (13, 20)) ('CNA', 'Gene', '19055', (64, 67)) ('aggressive disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (214, 232)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (346, 350)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (355, 359)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (13, 20)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (355, 359)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (13, 20)) ('mutations', 'Var', (312, 321)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (339, 344)) ('hallmarks of aggressive disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (201, 232)) 6312 28489074 More specifically, we show that despite clustering with ccRCC, several of these cell lines lack VHL mutations. ('mutations', 'Var', (100, 109)) ('lack', 'NegReg', (91, 95)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (96, 99)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (58, 61)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (58, 61)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (96, 99)) 6316 28489074 Previous work from our group demonstrated that mTOR pathway activating mutations sensitize patients to rapalogs, hence this new information may now be applied to in vitro work as well. ('activating', 'PosReg', (60, 70)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (91, 99)) ('sensitize', 'Reg', (81, 90)) ('mutations', 'Var', (71, 80)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (47, 51)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (47, 51)) 6317 28489074 We address the discrepancy in genomic data from CCLE and CCLP via a detailed comparison of mutations in 15 key kidney cancer genes, and of CNAs in 18 key kidney cancer genes (Fig. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (161, 167)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (111, 124)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (118, 124)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (107, 124)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (48, 52)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', (150, 167)) ('mutations', 'Var', (91, 100)) ('CNA', 'Gene', (139, 142)) ('CNA', 'Gene', '19055', (139, 142)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (154, 167)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', (107, 124)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (150, 167)) 6319 28489074 Thus, CAL-54 has the most reliable mutation and CNA data for key kidney cancer genes in terms of validation via two independent sources, while 769-P is a close second. ('CNA', 'Gene', '19055', (48, 51)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (65, 78)) ('CNA', 'Gene', (48, 51)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (72, 78)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', (61, 78)) ('mutation', 'Var', (35, 43)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (61, 78)) 6347 28489074 For the analysis of mutation in key kidney cancer genes, we chose not to further filter the CCLE data due to the risk of inadvertently removing mutations in key cancer genes. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (43, 49)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (161, 167)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', (32, 49)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (43, 49)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (161, 167)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (43, 49)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (161, 167)) ('mutations', 'Var', (144, 153)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (92, 96)) ('key kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (32, 49)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (36, 49)) 6352 28489074 A log2 (sample intensity/reference intensity) threshold of 0.2 (for amplification, -0.2 for deletion) was used for both the TCGA tumour samples as well as the CCLE cell lines. ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (129, 135)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (129, 135)) ('deletion', 'Var', (92, 100)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (129, 135)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (159, 163)) 6358 28489074 Tier 1 consists of cases with identical mutations in both CCLE and CCLP. ('mutations', 'Var', (40, 49)) ('CCLE', 'Gene', (58, 62)) ('CCLP', 'Gene', (67, 71)) ('CCLE', 'Chemical', '-', (58, 62)) 6359 28489074 Similarly, for CNAs, we defined three tiers using GISTIC scores (+2:high-level amplification, +1:gain, 0:no alteration, -1: shallow loss, -2: deep deletion) for a given gene and CNA. ('deep deletion', 'Var', (142, 155)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (132, 136)) ('CNA', 'Gene', (15, 18)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (97, 101)) ('CNA', 'Gene', '19055', (15, 18)) ('CNA', 'Gene', (178, 181)) ('CNA', 'Gene', '19055', (178, 181)) 6392 23942078 It is also found that RSK4 is frequently hypermethylated in endometrial cancer cell lines and in primary endometrial cancers compared with normal endometrial tissue. ('endometrial cancers', 'Disease', (105, 124)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (105, 123)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (60, 78)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (117, 123)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (60, 78)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (72, 78)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (41, 56)) ('RSK4', 'Gene', (22, 26)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', (60, 78)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (117, 124)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (105, 123)) ('endometrial cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (105, 124)) 6394 23942078 However, further study shows that RSK4 expression could limit the oncogenic, invasive, and metastatic potential of breast cancer cells. ('oncogenic', 'CPA', (66, 75)) ('expression', 'Var', (39, 49)) ('limit', 'NegReg', (56, 61)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (115, 128)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (122, 128)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (115, 128)) ('RSK4', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (115, 128)) 6395 23942078 Nevertheless,) have found that RSK4 overexpression is associated with sunitinib resistance in RCC cell lines, indicating that RSK4 may regulate treatment resistance and could promote tumour progression. ('regulate', 'Reg', (135, 143)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (94, 97)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (94, 97)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (183, 189)) ('overexpression', 'PosReg', (36, 50)) ('RSK4', 'Gene', (31, 35)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (70, 79)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (175, 182)) ('treatment resistance', 'MPA', (144, 164)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (183, 189)) ('RSK4', 'Var', (126, 130)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (183, 189)) ('associated', 'Reg', (54, 64)) 6400 23942078 Multiple human normal and tumour organ tissue arrays were purchased from US Biomax Inc. (FDA807-1 and FDA807-2, Rockville, MD, USA). ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (26, 32)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (26, 32)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (9, 14)) ('FDA807-2', 'Var', (102, 110)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (26, 32)) 6420 23942078 After 48 h, cells were trypsinised and replated onto 10-cm culture dishes in the presence of 300 mug ml-1 G418 (Gibco). ('G418', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C010680', (106, 110)) ('G418', 'Var', (106, 110)) ('mug', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0043739', ('97', '100')) ('ml-1', 'Gene', (101, 105)) ('ml-1', 'Gene', '112744', (101, 105)) 6438 23942078 The cells were incubated in serum-free medium for 12 h, exposed to 10 muM U0126 or 10 muM BI-D1870 for 60 min, and then incubated in 10% FBS for 10 min. ('U0126', 'Var', (74, 79)) ('FBS', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005198', (137, 140)) ('U0126', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C113580', (74, 79)) ('BI-D1870', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C516541', (90, 98)) ('FBS', 'Disease', (137, 140)) ('BI-D1870', 'Var', (90, 98)) 6463 23942078 However, there was an increase in the percentage of G0-G1 cells in the shRSK4-GRC-1 cell line (75.39+-0.25 vs 59.68+-0.21, P<0.05, Supplementary Figure 2) and a decrease of cells in the S and G2-M phase (19.85+-0.87 vs 27.92+-0.87; 4.76+-0.14 vs 12.40+-0.27, P<0.05, Supplementary Figure 2), indicating that inhibition of RSK4 could cause cell cycle arrest. ('inhibition', 'Var', (308, 318)) ('M phase', 'biological_process', 'GO:0000279', ('195', '202')) ('RSK4', 'Gene', (322, 326)) ('cell cycle arrest', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011018', (339, 356)) ('arrest', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006323', (350, 356)) ('cell cycle arrest', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007050', ('339', '356')) ('arrest', 'Disease', (350, 356)) 6471 23942078 Silencing of RSK4 expression in GRC-1 cells decreased expression of CD44 and MMP-9 proteins (Figure 5B). ('expression', 'MPA', (54, 64)) ('CD44', 'Gene', '960', (68, 72)) ('CD44', 'Gene', (68, 72)) ('MMP-9', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004229', ('77', '82')) ('MMP-9', 'Gene', '4318', (77, 82)) ('RSK4', 'Gene', (13, 17)) ('Silencing', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('MMP-9', 'Gene', (77, 82)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (44, 53)) 6473 23942078 We exposed GRC-1 cells to U0126 to block the ERK pathway or to BI-D1870 to inhibit RSK activity directly. ('ERK', 'Gene', (45, 48)) ('ERK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004707', ('45', '48')) ('activity', 'MPA', (87, 95)) ('inhibit', 'NegReg', (75, 82)) ('BI-D1870', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C516541', (63, 71)) ('RSK', 'Gene', '6195', (83, 86)) ('RSK', 'Gene', (83, 86)) ('BI-D1870', 'Var', (63, 71)) ('U0126', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C113580', (26, 31)) ('ERK', 'Gene', '5594', (45, 48)) 6474 23942078 Prior treatment of cells with U0126 abolished the activation of ERK1/2 and RSK4. ('U0126', 'Var', (30, 35)) ('ERK1/2', 'Protein', (64, 70)) ('RSK4', 'Protein', (75, 79)) ('U0126', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C113580', (30, 35)) ('ERK1', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004707', ('64', '68')) 6475 23942078 Treatment with the RSK inhibitor BI-D1870 almost completely suppressed RSK4 expression without affecting the activation of ERK1/2. ('suppressed', 'NegReg', (60, 70)) ('BI-D1870', 'Var', (33, 41)) ('RSK', 'Gene', '6195', (71, 74)) ('expression', 'MPA', (76, 86)) ('RSK', 'Gene', (71, 74)) ('ERK1', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004707', ('123', '127')) ('RSK', 'Gene', '6195', (19, 22)) ('RSK', 'Gene', (19, 22)) ('BI-D1870', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C516541', (33, 41)) 6509 23942078 Thus, we used the specific inhibitors U0126 and BI-D1870 to block ERK and RSK4 activity, respectively. ('activity', 'MPA', (79, 87)) ('ERK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004707', ('66', '69')) ('RSK4', 'Protein', (74, 78)) ('BI-D1870', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C516541', (48, 56)) ('U0126', 'Var', (38, 43)) ('U0126', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C113580', (38, 43)) ('ERK', 'Gene', '5594', (66, 69)) ('BI-D1870', 'Var', (48, 56)) ('ERK', 'Gene', (66, 69)) 6519 23942078 In particular, RSK4 positivity was much higher (71.4%) in type 2 PRCC than that (14.3%) in type 1 PRCC (P=0.001, Figure 3B). ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (65, 69)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (98, 102)) ('positivity', 'Var', (20, 30)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (40, 46)) ('RSK4', 'Protein', (15, 19)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (65, 69)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (98, 102)) 6567 32092671 Recently, the first syngeneic mouse model of metastatic RCC deficient in the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene was established by CRISPR-mediated knockout of VHL with the use of lentiviral transduction. ('VHL', 'Disease', (153, 156)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (56, 59)) ('metastatic RCC deficient in the von Hippel-Lindau', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (45, 94)) ('transduction', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009293', ('184', '196')) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (96, 99)) ('metastatic RCC deficient in the von Hippel-Lindau', 'Disease', (45, 94)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (96, 99)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (153, 156)) ('knockout', 'Var', (141, 149)) 6570 32092671 Renal tumors appear in heterozygotes and in accordance with the Knudson "two-hit" hypothesis, a tumor occurs when a wild type allele is inactivated by loss of heterozygosity or somatic mutation. ('Renal tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (0, 11)) ('Renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (0, 11)) ('Renal tumors', 'Disease', (0, 12)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (96, 101)) ('loss of heterozygosity', 'Var', (151, 173)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 12)) ('Renal tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (0, 12)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 11)) ('Renal tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (0, 12)) 6576 32092671 Although the frequency of mutations in p53 is not fully determined, many studies in human renal cancer derived tissues indicate that mutations in p53 occur rarely, as in Eker rats. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (96, 102)) ('p53', 'Gene', (146, 149)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (146, 149)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (39, 42)) ('p53', 'Gene', (39, 42)) ('mutations', 'Var', (133, 142)) ('renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (90, 102)) 6577 32092671 In humans, alterations in TSC genes (humans possess two TSC1 or TSC2 genes) are connected with tuberous sclerosis. ('alterations', 'Var', (11, 22)) ('TSC', 'Gene', (26, 29)) ('tuberous sclerosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D014402', (95, 113)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (56, 60)) ('TSC', 'Gene', (64, 67)) ('TSC', 'Gene', '7248;7249;479883;22084;24855', (56, 59)) ('TSC', 'Gene', '7248;7249;479883;22084;24855', (26, 29)) ('TSC', 'Gene', '7248;7249;479883;22084;24855', (64, 67)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (64, 68)) ('tuberous sclerosis', 'Disease', (95, 113)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (56, 60)) ('TSC', 'Gene', (56, 59)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (64, 68)) ('connected', 'Reg', (80, 89)) 6586 32092671 Genetically engineered mouse (GEM) models are developed by the introduction of constitutively or conditionally expressed genetic alterations, associated with a particular disease/cancer. ('genetic alterations', 'Var', (121, 140)) ('particular disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D030342', (160, 178)) ('particular disease', 'Disease', (160, 178)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (179, 185)) 6593 32092671 For example, kidney epithelium specific co-deletion of Vhl and Pten or Kif3a (Kinesin Family Member 3A) in mice led to formation of simple, atypical cystic lesions that mimic precursor lesions observed in some ccRCC, however, no cancer cells were found. ('cystic lesions', 'Disease', 'MESH:D052177', (150, 164)) ('Kif3a', 'Gene', (72, 77)) ('ccRCC', 'Disease', (211, 216)) ('Pten', 'Gene', (63, 67)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (230, 236)) ('Kinesin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003777', ('79', '86')) ('Kinesin Family Member 3A', 'Gene', '16568', (79, 103)) ('Kinesin Family Member 3A', 'Gene', (79, 103)) ('co-deletion', 'Var', (40, 51)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (213, 216)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('120', '129')) ('Kif3a', 'Gene', '16568', (72, 77)) ('cystic lesions', 'Disease', (150, 164)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', (55, 58)) ('Pten', 'Gene', '19211', (63, 67)) 6594 32092671 More promising are models with genetic modifications in Vhl, Trp53 and Rb1 , Vhl and Pbrm1 , Vhl and Bap1 , Hif1alpha , Myc , Tfeb , Bhd or NICD1 that are described below in more detail. ('Hif1alpha', 'Gene', (108, 117)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', (77, 80)) ('Rb1', 'Gene', (71, 74)) ('Pbrm1', 'Gene', (85, 90)) ('Bap1', 'Gene', (101, 105)) ('genetic modifications', 'Var', (31, 52)) ('Trp53', 'Gene', (61, 66)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', (56, 59)) ('Hif1alpha', 'Gene', '3091', (108, 117)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', (93, 96)) 6598 32092671 All of VhlDelta/DeltaPbrm1Delta/Delta mice by 20 months of age exhibited a spectrum of premalignant cysts and developed multifocal renal tumors arising within macroscopically normal parenchyma and they were confirmed to originate from proximal renal tubules. ('multifocal renal tumors', 'Disease', (120, 143)) ('exhibited', 'Reg', (63, 72)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (137, 143)) ('developed', 'PosReg', (110, 119)) ('renal tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (131, 143)) ('renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (131, 142)) ('multifocal renal tumors', 'Disease', 'None', (120, 143)) ('VhlDelta/DeltaPbrm1Delta/Delta', 'Var', (7, 37)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (137, 142)) 6602 32092671 An additional knock-out of one copy of the mTORC1 negative regulator, Tsc1 gene, in the kidneys along with Vhl and Pbrm1 led to development of tumors with similar appearance to those observed in kidneys with intact Tsc1, but of higher grade and with increased mTORC1 activation. ('Tsc1', 'Gene', (215, 219)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (143, 149)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (43, 49)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (260, 266)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('43', '49')) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('260', '266')) ('Tsc1', 'Gene', '7248', (70, 74)) ('tumors', 'CPA', (143, 149)) ('Tsc1', 'Gene', (70, 74)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (43, 49)) ('knock-out', 'Var', (14, 23)) ('Tsc1', 'Gene', '7248', (215, 219)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (143, 148)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (260, 266)) 6607 32092671 described the role of Vhl and Brca1 associated protein-1 (Bap1) deletion in mice. ('Brca1 associated protein-1', 'Gene', '104416', (30, 56)) ('deletion', 'Var', (64, 72)) ('Bap1', 'Gene', (58, 62)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('47', '54')) ('Brca1 associated protein-1', 'Gene', (30, 56)) 6608 32092671 Homozygous deletion of Vhl and Bap1 in the mouse (Six2-Cre; VhlDelta/DeltaBap1Delta/Delta) kidney resulted in early mortality before 1 month. ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (50, 54)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', (23, 26)) ('resulted in', 'Reg', (98, 109)) ('Bap1', 'Gene', (31, 35)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('deletion', 'Var', (11, 19)) 6612 32092671 Importantly, mutations in Pbrm1, Bap1 and Setd2 were not found in the examined animal tumors, providing evidence that this model may reflect approximately 50% of human ccRCC that do not harbor mutations in those tumor-suppressor genes. ('Setd2', 'Gene', (42, 47)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 91)) ('Pbrm1', 'Gene', (26, 31)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (170, 173)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 92)) ('tumor-suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('212', '228')) ('ccRCC', 'Disease', (168, 173)) ('Setd2', 'Gene', '29072', (42, 47)) ('tumor-suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('212', '228')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (212, 217)) ('mutations', 'Var', (13, 22)) ('Bap1', 'Gene', (33, 37)) 6615 32092671 developed a conditional mouse model based on the ectopic expression of a constitutively active intracellular domain of Notch 1 (NICD1) and the disruption of the Vhl gene in renal proximal tubular epithelial cells. ('Notch', 'Gene', (119, 124)) ('Notch 1', 'Gene', '18128', (119, 126)) ('Notch', 'Gene', '31293', (119, 124)) ('disruption', 'Var', (143, 153)) ('Notch 1', 'Gene', (119, 126)) ('intracellular', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005622', ('95', '108')) ('NICD1', 'Gene', (128, 133)) ('Vhl gene', 'Gene', (161, 169)) 6620 32092671 FLCN homozygous deletion usually results in embryonic lethality. ('FLCN', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('embryonic lethality', 'Disease', (44, 63)) ('results in', 'Reg', (33, 43)) ('deletion', 'Var', (16, 24)) ('embryonic lethality', 'Disease', 'MESH:D020964', (44, 63)) 6634 32092671 They created a triple mutant (P402A, P564A, N803A) human HIF-1alpha construct using the kidney proximal tubule specific type 1 gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) promoter to drive its expression in the proximal tubule cells. ('N803A', 'Var', (44, 49)) ('P564A', 'Mutation', 'p.P564A', (37, 42)) ('P402A', 'Var', (30, 35)) ('P564A', 'Var', (37, 42)) ('N803A', 'Mutation', 'p.N803A', (44, 49)) ('P402A', 'Mutation', 'p.P402A', (30, 35)) 6635 32092671 Transgenic mice developed normally and passed the transgene to offspring following a Mendelian inheritance pattern. ('developed', 'CPA', (16, 25)) ('transgene', 'Var', (50, 59)) ('Transgenic mice', 'Species', '10090', (0, 15)) 6651 32092671 The model (Cdh16Cre::Tfebfs) was obtained by crossing the Tfeb conditional overexpressing mouse line carrying Tfeb-3xFlagfs/fs under the control of the chicken beta-actin promoter with the Cdh16Cre mouse strain, in which Cre recombinase is specifically expressed in renal tubular epithelial cells starting from the embryonic stage. ('Tfeb-3xFlagfs/fs', 'Var', (110, 126)) ('Cdh16', 'Gene', (189, 194)) ('chicken', 'Species', '9031', (152, 159)) ('Cdh16', 'Gene', '12556', (189, 194)) ('Cdh16Cre', 'Chemical', '-', (189, 197)) ('Cdh16', 'Gene', '12556', (11, 16)) ('Cdh16', 'Gene', (11, 16)) ('Cdh16Cre', 'Chemical', '-', (11, 19)) 6654 32092671 Additionally, the WNT inhibitor PKF118-310 was tested in vivo in this model, resulting in reduction of kidney mass, and the number of cystic and neoplastic lesions. ('PKF118-310', 'Var', (32, 42)) ('neoplastic lesions', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (145, 163)) ('reduction of kidney mass', 'Disease', 'MESH:C536030', (90, 114)) ('reduction of kidney mass', 'Disease', (90, 114)) 6658 32092671 20% of tumors harbor inactivating mutations of the WT1 gene. ('inactivating mutations', 'Var', (21, 43)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (7, 13)) ('WT1', 'Gene', '7490', (51, 54)) ('WT1', 'Gene', (51, 54)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (7, 12)) 6663 32092671 Moreover, Wt1 ablation and Igf2 upregulation in tumors results in up-regulation of glucose utilization during initial stages of tumor development, followed by a gradual decrease in tumor glycolytic activity, consistent with the development of large areas of hemorrhagic necrosis. ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (32, 44)) ('up-regulation', 'PosReg', (66, 79)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (128, 133)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0070265', ('270', '278')) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0019835', ('270', '278')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (181, 186)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001906', ('270', '278')) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('69', '79')) ('glucose utilization', 'MPA', (83, 102)) ('hemorrhagic necrosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006470', (258, 278)) ('tumor glycolytic activity', 'MPA', (181, 206)) ('hemorrhagic necrosis', 'Disease', (258, 278)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('270', '278')) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (169, 177)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 54)) ('Igf2', 'Gene', (27, 31)) ('Igf2', 'Gene', '3481', (27, 31)) ('hemorrhagic necrosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0010885', (258, 278)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008220', ('270', '278')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 53)) ('ablation', 'Var', (14, 22)) 6664 32092671 The same authors have tried to develop this model further by additional stabilizing Ctnnb1 mutation under both the Cited1-Cre and the Six2-Cre recombinase that target nephron progenitors. ('mutation', 'Var', (91, 99)) ('Cited1', 'Gene', '4435', (115, 121)) ('Ctnnb1', 'Gene', (84, 90)) ('Ctnnb1', 'Gene', '1499', (84, 90)) ('Cited1', 'Gene', (115, 121)) 6687 32092671 Moreover, CyA impairs the production of interleukin-2 and thus suppresses the generation of T-cells, what can promote tumor growth by silencing the immune response of the host animal. ('interleukin-2', 'Gene', (40, 53)) ('immune response', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006955', ('148', '163')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (118, 123)) ('impairs', 'NegReg', (14, 21)) ('interleukin-2', 'Gene', '3558', (40, 53)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (110, 117)) ('CyA', 'Var', (10, 13)) ('tumor growth', 'CPA', (118, 130)) ('suppresses', 'NegReg', (63, 73)) ('generation of T-cells', 'MPA', (78, 99)) 6691 32092671 2-Acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF) has been proposed as another carcinogen useful in establishing a chemically-induced RCC model, however, only 108 of 25916 (0.42 %) Balb/c female mice treated with several dose levels of 2-AAF developed renal tumors, with 27% of them diagnosed as carcinomas and 63% as adenomas. ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (276, 285)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (114, 117)) ('2-AAF', 'Var', (216, 221)) ('renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (232, 243)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (238, 243)) ('2-AAF', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D015073', (23, 28)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (238, 244)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (276, 286)) ('2-AAF', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D015073', (216, 221)) ('developed', 'PosReg', (222, 231)) ('renal', 'Disease', (232, 237)) ('renal tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (232, 244)) ('2-Acetylaminofluorene', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D015073', (0, 21)) 6716 32092671 Fe-NTA is an iron chelate that was found to cause oxidative modification in the kidney, including DNA base modifications such as 8-oxoguanine, thymine-tyrosine cross-links, thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances, saturated and unsaturated mutagenic aldehydes such as 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE) and malondialdehyde (MDA), and HNE- or MDA-modified proteins. ('cause', 'Reg', (44, 49)) ('aldehydes', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000447', (250, 259)) ('DNA base', 'MPA', (98, 106)) ('oxidative modification', 'MPA', (50, 72)) ('malondialdehyde', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D008315', (298, 313)) ('thymine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D013941', (143, 150)) ('4-hydroxy-2-nonenal', 'MPA', (268, 287)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('98', '101')) ('Fe-NTA', 'Var', (0, 6)) ('4-hydroxy-2-nonenal', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C027576', (268, 287)) ('thiobarbituric acid', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C029684', (173, 192)) ('proteins', 'Protein', (346, 354)) ('tyrosine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014443', (151, 159)) ('malondialdehyde', 'MPA', (298, 313)) ('thymine-tyrosine', 'MPA', (143, 159)) ('thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances', 'MPA', (173, 212)) ('8-oxoguanine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C024829', (129, 141)) 6723 32092671 This observation was confirmed by aCGH where deletions in the Cdkn2a/2b locus, containing p15, p16 and p19 genes, were frequently observed. ('p19', 'Gene', (103, 106)) ('p19', 'Gene', '1029', (103, 106)) ('deletions', 'Var', (45, 54)) ('observed', 'Reg', (130, 138)) ('Cdkn2a/2b', 'Gene', (62, 71)) ('p19', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0070743', ('103', '106')) 6724 32092671 In this renal carcinogenesis model, preferred alterations were Cdkn2A/2B deletion and Met amplification. ('deletion', 'Var', (73, 81)) ('Cdkn2A', 'Gene', (63, 69)) ('Met amplification', 'Var', (86, 103)) ('Cdkn2A', 'Gene', '1029', (63, 69)) 6727 32092671 Despite the well-known potential to induce experimental sarcomas by 20-methylcholanthrene, it has not been successful in creation of renal sarcoma models, mostly due to lack of specificity and possible development of renal carcinomas. ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (223, 233)) ('20-methylcholanthrene', 'Var', (68, 89)) ('renal carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (217, 233)) ('creation of renal sarcoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (121, 146)) ('creation of renal sarcoma', 'Disease', (121, 146)) ('sarcomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100242', (56, 64)) ('sarcoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100242', (56, 63)) ('renal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (217, 232)) ('sarcoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100242', (139, 146)) ('renal sarcoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0008663', (133, 146)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (223, 232)) 6731 32092671 Athymic nude mice are hairless, which is an effect of a Forkhead box protein N1 mutation (Foxn1nu). ('Foxn1nu', 'Gene', (90, 97)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('69', '76')) ('Foxn1nu', 'Gene', '15218', (90, 97)) ('mutation', 'Var', (80, 88)) 6732 32092671 SCID mice have a single nucleotide polymorphism in the DNA-dependent protein kinase of catalytic polypeptide Prkdc gene (Prkdcscid). ('single nucleotide polymorphism', 'Var', (17, 47)) ('scid', 'Gene', (126, 130)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('69', '76')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('55', '58')) ('scid', 'Gene', '19090', (126, 130)) 6748 32092671 Because stem cells were c-MET positive, c-MET inhibitor JNJ-38877605 was tested with this model resulting in a complete blockade of bone metastasis development. ('c-MET', 'Gene', '4233', (40, 45)) ('blockade', 'NegReg', (120, 128)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', '4233', (24, 29)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', (40, 45)) ('JNJ-38877605', 'Var', (56, 68)) ('bone metastasis development', 'CPA', (132, 159)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', (24, 29)) ('JNJ-38877605', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000599304', (56, 68)) 6776 32092671 Human RCC patients with tumor PD-L1 also show significant increase in tumor progression and high mortality suggesting that PD-L1 is associated with poor prognosis in patients with tumors. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 29)) ('Human', 'Species', '9606', (0, 5)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (58, 66)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (70, 75)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (180, 185)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (180, 186)) ('tumor progression', 'CPA', (70, 87)) ('PD-L1', 'Var', (30, 35)) ('tumor PD-L1', 'Var', (24, 35)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (6, 9)) 6779 32092671 Mutations in the Flcn gene in humans are connected with the BHD syndrome, which predisposes to a wide spectrum of renal tumors (hybrid oncocytic tumors, chromophobe and clear cell carcinomas, renal oncocytosis). ('renal oncocytosis', 'Disease', (192, 209)) ('renal oncocytosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (192, 209)) ('renal tumors', 'Disease', (114, 126)) ('oncocytic tumors', 'Disease', (135, 151)) ('clear cell carcinomas', 'Disease', (169, 190)) ('BHD syndrome', 'Disease', (60, 72)) ('oncocytic tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535584', (135, 151)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('BHD syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:D058249', (60, 72)) ('clear cell carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002292', (169, 190)) ('Flcn', 'Gene', (17, 21)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (180, 189)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (180, 190)) ('renal tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (114, 126)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (145, 151)) ('connected', 'Reg', (41, 50)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (120, 126)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (145, 150)) ('renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (114, 125)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (120, 125)) 6786 32092671 Choline (also referred to as total choline, tCho, peak at 3.20 ppm) is in fact a sum of signals from trimethylamine groups in glycerylphosphocholine (GPC), phosphocholine (PC) and free choline (Cho). ('glycerylphosphocholine', 'MPA', (126, 148)) ('GPC', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005997', (150, 153)) ('trimethylamine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C023336', (101, 115)) ('choline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002794', (185, 192)) ('choline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002794', (35, 42)) ('choline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002794', (163, 170)) ('choline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002794', (141, 148)) ('phosphocholine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010767', (134, 148)) ('phosphocholine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010767', (156, 170)) ('Choline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002794', (0, 7)) ('Cho', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0043848', ('194', '197')) ('tCho', 'Chemical', '-', (44, 48)) ('glycerylphosphocholine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005997', (126, 148)) ('trimethylamine', 'Var', (101, 115)) 6812 32092671 Moreover, discovery of dysregulation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway and development of mTOR inhibitors was another step towards effective treatment of RCC. ('mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', (44, 73)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('81', '98')) ('dysregulation', 'Var', (23, 36)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (182, 185)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (182, 185)) ('mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', '2475', (44, 73)) 6918 32694939 Three sDEmiRs with the most significant prognostic values (miR-34a-5p, miR-410-3p and miR-6720-3p) were employed to establish the RSM which was certified as an independent prognosis factor and closely correlated with OS. ('miR-6720-3p', 'Var', (86, 97)) ('correlated', 'Reg', (201, 211)) ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (6, 13)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (71, 81)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (59, 69)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (86, 97)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (71, 81)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (59, 69)) 6919 32694939 In the verification of clinical samples, the overexpression of miR-410-3p and miR-6720-3p were detected to be associated with the advanced T-stages, while miR-34a-5p showed the reversed results. ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (155, 165)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (63, 73)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (78, 89)) ('associated', 'Reg', (110, 120)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (63, 73)) ('advanced T-stages', 'CPA', (130, 147)) ('overexpression', 'PosReg', (45, 59)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Var', (78, 89)) 6955 32694939 Based on COX Regression model, we screened 18 DEmiRs which were closely associated with the prognosis of patients with pRCC (sDEmiRs), such as miR-323a-3p, miR-409-5p, miR-34a-5p, miR-539-5p, miR-376c-3p, miR-379-5p, miR-337-3p, miR-410-3p, miR-216a-5p, miR-495-3p, miR-381-3p, miR-382-5p, miR-493-3p, miR-411-3p, miR-519a-5p, miR-6720-3p, miR-105-5p and miR-224-5p. ('miR-411-3p', 'Var', (302, 312)) ('miR-381-3p', 'Var', (266, 276)) ('miR-216a-5p', 'Var', (241, 252)) ('miR-382', 'Gene', '494331', (278, 285)) ('associated', 'Reg', (72, 82)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (119, 123)) ('miR-382', 'Gene', (278, 285)) ('miR-539', 'Gene', (180, 187)) ('miR-539', 'Gene', '664612', (180, 187)) ('miR-323a-3p', 'Var', (143, 154)) ('miR-224', 'Gene', (355, 362)) ('miR-493-3p', 'Var', (290, 300)) ('miR-224', 'Gene', '407009', (355, 362)) ('miR-337', 'Gene', '442905', (217, 224)) ('miR-337', 'Gene', (217, 224)) ('miR-379', 'Gene', '494328', (205, 212)) ('miR-519a-5p', 'Var', (314, 325)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (229, 239)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (119, 123)) ('miR-379', 'Gene', (205, 212)) ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (125, 132)) ('miR-495-3p', 'Var', (254, 264)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (105, 113)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (119, 123)) ('miR-376c-3p', 'Var', (192, 203)) ('miR-105-5p', 'Var', (340, 350)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (168, 178)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (120, 123)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (229, 239)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (327, 338)) ('miR-409', 'Gene', (156, 163)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Var', (327, 338)) ('miR-409', 'Gene', '574413', (156, 163)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (168, 178)) 6956 32694939 And the relationships between these sDEmiRs and prognosis were illustrated in the forest map, in which miR-34a-5p showed a reverse trend to that of other miRNAs, with the negative correlation with the poor clinical outcomes (Fig. ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (103, 113)) ('poor clinical outcomes', 'CPA', (201, 223)) ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (36, 43)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (103, 113)) 6957 32694939 In order to establish the risk score model later, three sDEmiRs (miR-34a-5p, miR-410-3p and miR-6720-3p) with significant statistical difference were identified through the multivariate COX analysis (Additional file 1: Table S1). ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (92, 103)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (77, 87)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (77, 87)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (65, 75)) ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (56, 63)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Var', (92, 103)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (65, 75)) 6958 32694939 Then, the survival curve of the three sDEmiRs showed that the higher expression level of miR-34a-5p was related with the longer OS, but the miR-410-3p and miR-6720-3p showed negative correlations with OS (Fig. ('longer OS', 'Disease', (121, 130)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Gene', (89, 99)) ('expression level', 'MPA', (69, 85)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (140, 150)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (62, 68)) ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (38, 45)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (89, 99)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (140, 150)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (155, 166)) 6961 32694939 With the rise of the risk score, the expression levels of miR-6720-3p and miR-410-3p were enhanced, while there was no remarkable difference in the expression level of miR-34a-5p (Fig. ('miR-6720-3p', 'Var', (58, 69)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (74, 84)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (74, 84)) ('expression levels', 'MPA', (37, 54)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (58, 69)) ('enhanced', 'PosReg', (90, 98)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (168, 178)) 6966 32694939 As shown in Additional file 2: Figure S1, only did miR-34a-5p showed the significant correlation with the demographic characteristics and the older patients obtained the higher expression level of miR-34a-5p. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (148, 156)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (170, 176)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (197, 207)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (197, 207)) ('expression level', 'MPA', (177, 193)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (51, 61)) 6968 32694939 7, We found the expression levels of miR-34a-5p was gradually decreased in patients with the more advanced stages, T-stages, N-stages and M-stages. ('N-stages', 'Disease', (125, 133)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (37, 47)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (62, 71)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (75, 83)) ('M-stages', 'Var', (138, 146)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (37, 47)) ('expression levels', 'MPA', (16, 33)) ('T-stages', 'Disease', (115, 123)) 6969 32694939 However, the miR-410-3p showed the reversed variations, with the enhancement in patients with the more advanced stages, T-stages and N-stages. ('enhancement', 'PosReg', (65, 76)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (13, 23)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (80, 88)) ('T-stages', 'Disease', (120, 128)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (13, 23)) 6975 32694939 To further validate the predicting effects of sDEmiRs on clinical prognosis of pRCC and the correlations between sDEmiRs and the clinicopathological parameters, we examined the expression levels of miR-410-3p, miR-6720-3p and miR-34a-5p in tumor and adjacent tissues of pRCC patients with different T-stages. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (270, 274)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (198, 208)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (275, 283)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (79, 83)) ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (46, 53)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (240, 245)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (270, 274)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (240, 245)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (210, 221)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (226, 236)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (271, 274)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (270, 274)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (198, 208)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (79, 83)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Var', (210, 221)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (79, 83)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (240, 245)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (226, 236)) ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (113, 120)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (80, 83)) 6978 32694939 10b) showed significantly higher expression levels in tumor tissues than those in adjacent tissues, however miR-34a-5p (Fig. ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (108, 118)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (26, 32)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (54, 59)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (54, 59)) ('expression levels', 'MPA', (33, 50)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (54, 59)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (108, 118)) 6979 32694939 Besides, compared with pRCC patients of T1 and T2 stages, the obviously less miR-34a-5p (Fig. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (23, 27)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (77, 87)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (77, 87)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (23, 27)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (23, 27)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (28, 36)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (24, 27)) ('less', 'NegReg', (72, 76)) 6980 32694939 10d) and the remarkably higher expression levels of miR-410-3p (Fig. ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (52, 62)) ('expression levels', 'MPA', (31, 48)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (24, 30)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (52, 62)) 6989 32694939 ascertained the miR-200c and miR14 in exosomes were the early biomarkers for metastasis of breast cancer. ('metastasis of breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (77, 104)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (98, 104)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (91, 104)) ('metastasis of breast cancer', 'Disease', (77, 104)) ('miR-200c', 'Gene', (16, 24)) ('miR-200c', 'Gene', '406985', (16, 24)) ('miR14 in', 'Var', (29, 37)) 6990 32694939 Accumulating evidence highlighted numerous miRNAs were involved in the oncogenic survival pathways and closely associated with the progression and prognosis of tumors. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (160, 166)) ('miRNAs', 'Var', (43, 49)) ('associated', 'Reg', (111, 121)) ('involved', 'Reg', (55, 63)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (160, 165)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (160, 166)) ('oncogenic survival pathways', 'Pathway', (71, 98)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (160, 166)) 6996 32694939 Furthermore, certain specific sDEmiRs (miR-410-3p, miR-6720-3p and miR-34a-5p) with obvious clinical significances have also been validated to be implicated in the prognosis of pRCC and potentially serving as the molecular bioindicators for forecast and assessment of OS. ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (67, 77)) ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (30, 37)) ('implicated', 'Reg', (146, 156)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (67, 77)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Var', (51, 62)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (39, 49)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (177, 181)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (177, 181)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (178, 181)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (39, 49)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (51, 62)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (177, 181)) 6998 32694939 Although the potency of sDEmiRs for predicting prognosis has been ascertained, and we also validated the expression levels of miR-410-3p, miR-6720-3p and miR-34a-5p in tumor tissues with different T-stages, some defects are still needed to be pointed out and further discussed. ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (126, 136)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (168, 173)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (154, 164)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Var', (138, 149)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (168, 173)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (154, 164)) ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (24, 31)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (126, 136)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (168, 173)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (138, 149)) 7000 32694939 Thirdly, except for miR-410-3p, miR-6720-3p and miR-34a-5p, other potential sDEmiRs and their target genes as well as the correlated underlying mechanisms remain to be further explored. ('sDEmiRs', 'Chemical', '-', (76, 83)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (32, 43)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Var', (20, 30)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Var', (48, 58)) ('miR-6720-3p', 'Var', (32, 43)) ('miR-410-3p', 'Chemical', '-', (20, 30)) ('miR-34a-5p', 'Chemical', '-', (48, 58)) 7006 26602888 Genomic Copy Number Alterations in Renal Cell Carcinoma with Sarcomatoid Features Sarcomatoid differentiation in renal cell carcinoma (sRCC) is associated with a very poor prognosis. ('Sarcomatoid', 'Disease', (82, 93)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (124, 133)) ('Sarcomatoid', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (82, 93)) ('Genomic Copy Number Alterations', 'Var', (0, 31)) ('Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (46, 55)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (35, 55)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (35, 55)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (113, 133)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (136, 139)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (136, 139)) ('Sarcomatoid', 'Disease', (61, 72)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', (35, 55)) ('Sarcomatoid', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (61, 72)) ('Sarcomatoid differentiation in renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (82, 133)) 7007 26602888 In this study, we aimed to pinpoint unique copy number alterations (CNAs) in sRCC when compared to classical RCC subtypes. ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (43, 66)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (109, 112)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (78, 81)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (109, 112)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (78, 81)) 7010 26602888 Copy number losses of chromosome arms 9q, 15q, 18p/q, and 22q and gains of gains of 1q and 8q occurred in a significantly higher proportion of sRCC tumors compared to the other 3 histologies. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (144, 147)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (66, 71)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (148, 153)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('22', '32')) ('losses', 'NegReg', (12, 18)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (75, 80)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (148, 154)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (148, 154)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (148, 154)) ('Copy number', 'Var', (0, 11)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (144, 147)) 7012 26602888 Patients with 9 or more CNAs also demonstrated significantly worse overall survival compared to those with fewer than 9 CNAs (p=0.004). ('Patients', 'Species', '9606', (0, 8)) ('overall survival', 'MPA', (67, 83)) ('worse', 'NegReg', (61, 66)) ('CNAs', 'Var', (24, 28)) 7013 26602888 Sarcomatoid differentiation in RCC is associated with a high rate of chromosomal imbalances with losses of 9q, 15q, 18p/q and 22q, and gains of 1q and 8q occurring at significantly higher frequencies in comparison to non-sRCC tumors. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (226, 232)) ('losses', 'NegReg', (97, 103)) ('Sarcomatoid', 'Disease', (0, 11)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (226, 232)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (226, 232)) ('Sarcomatoid', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (0, 11)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (222, 225)) ('gains', 'Var', (135, 140)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (222, 225)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (226, 231)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (31, 34)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (31, 34)) ('imbalances', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002172', (81, 91)) 7021 26602888 A total of 89 patients undergoing renal mass excision for RCC between November 2010 and July 2014 at our institution underwent single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array analysis on portions their tumors. ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (197, 203)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (58, 61)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (197, 203)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (197, 203)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (197, 202)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (58, 61)) ('single-nucleotide polymorphism', 'Var', (127, 157)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (14, 22)) 7036 26602888 Copy number losses that occurred in a significantly higher proportion of sRCC tumors when compared to all non-sRCC tumors combined, as well as to each non-sRCC histology group independently, are summarized in Table 2. ('tumors', 'Disease', (78, 84)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (78, 84)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (78, 84)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (115, 120)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (111, 114)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (156, 159)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (111, 114)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (156, 159)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (74, 77)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (78, 83)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (115, 121)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (115, 121)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (74, 77)) ('Copy number losses', 'Var', (0, 18)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (115, 121)) 7047 26602888 Of the identified distinctive sRCC CNAs, only loss of 15q was more highly prevalent in sRCC patients experiencing disease-specific mortality compared to those alive at final follow up (86% vs 30%, p=0.02). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (88, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (88, 91)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (92, 100)) ('loss of 15q', 'Var', (46, 57)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (31, 34)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (31, 34)) 7048 26602888 Loss of 9q, 18p/q, 22q and gain of 1q and 8q were equivalently prevalent between those dying and not dying of sRCC. ('18p/q', 'Var', (12, 17)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (27, 31)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (111, 114)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (111, 114)) ('Loss', 'Var', (0, 4)) 7052 26602888 This phenotypic difference suggests that sarcomatoid differentiation develops due to genetic alterations independent of those fundamental to original RCC tumor formation. ('original RCC tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (141, 159)) ('sarcomatoid', 'Disease', (41, 52)) ('alterations', 'Var', (93, 104)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('160', '169')) ('sarcomatoid', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (41, 52)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (154, 159)) ('original RCC tumor', 'Disease', (141, 159)) 7054 26602888 previously reported karyotypic alterations in four sRCC cases, of which two had complex karyotypes, and one demonstrated a deletion of 22q12 as its sole abnormality. ('RCC', 'Disease', (52, 55)) ('deletion of', 'Var', (123, 134)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (52, 55)) 7056 26602888 used metaphase-based comparative genomic hybridization and reported that loss of 13q (75%) and 4q (50%) were the most common CNAs found among the 12 sRCC tumors examined. ('tumors', 'Disease', (154, 160)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (154, 160)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (154, 160)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (154, 159)) ('CNAs', 'Disease', (125, 129)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (150, 153)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (150, 153)) ('metaphase', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051323', ('5', '14')) ('13q', 'Chemical', '-', (81, 84)) ('loss of 13q', 'Var', (73, 84)) 7057 26602888 In our series, 13q loss was seen in 53% of sRCC tumors, however it was also found in 50% of chromophobe tumors as well as in one tumor each for ccRCC and pRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (155, 158)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (104, 109)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (48, 54)) ('chromophobe tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000238', (92, 110)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (44, 47)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (104, 110)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (129, 134)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (155, 158)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (146, 149)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (154, 158)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (19, 23)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (129, 134)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (44, 47)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (48, 54)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (104, 110)) ('13q', 'Chemical', '-', (15, 18)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (146, 149)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (48, 53)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (104, 109)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (129, 134)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (48, 53)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (104, 109)) ('13q', 'Var', (15, 18)) ('chromophobe tumors', 'Disease', (92, 110)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 54)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (104, 110)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 53)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (154, 158)) 7064 26602888 reported that loss of chromosome 9 and gain of chromosome 20 were independent predictors of the presence of a sarcomatoid component in ccRCC, based on karyotype analysis of 7 ccRCC specimens with sarcomatoid differentiation. ('loss', 'Var', (14, 18)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('22', '32')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (177, 180)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (177, 180)) ('sarcomatoid', 'Disease', (110, 121)) ('sarcomatoid', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (196, 207)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('47', '57')) ('sarcomatoid component', 'Disease', (110, 131)) ('sarcomatoid', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (110, 121)) ('sarcomatoid', 'Disease', (196, 207)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (137, 140)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (39, 43)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (137, 140)) ('sarcomatoid component', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (110, 131)) 7071 26602888 CNAs found to be more prevalent in sRCC tumors when compared to non-sRCC tumors included losses of 9q, 15q, 18p/q and 22q, and gains of 1q and 8q. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (69, 72)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (73, 79)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (69, 72)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (36, 39)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (40, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (36, 39)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 78)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 79)) ('prevalent', 'Reg', (22, 31)) ('losses', 'NegReg', (89, 95)) ('18p/q', 'Var', (108, 113)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (73, 79)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 45)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (127, 132)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (40, 46)) ('15q', 'Var', (103, 106)) 7073 26602888 Loss of chromosome arm 9q has been associated with higher grade and stage disease in ccRCC, as well as worse overall and recurrence-free survival. ('higher grade', 'CPA', (51, 63)) ('stage disease', 'CPA', (68, 81)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (87, 90)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (87, 90)) ('associated', 'Reg', (35, 45)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('8', '18')) ('Loss', 'Var', (0, 4)) 7076 26602888 Loss of fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBP1) on chromosome arm 9q has been shown to be necessary for hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-mediated tumorigenesis in ccRCC, as FBP1 normally inhibits HIF function within the nucleus. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (139, 144)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (99, 106)) ('FBP1', 'Gene', (37, 41)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (99, 106)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('46', '56')) ('FBP1', 'Gene', '2203', (166, 170)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (139, 144)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (139, 144)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (158, 161)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('213', '220')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (158, 161)) ('FBP1', 'Gene', '2203', (37, 41)) ('Loss', 'Var', (0, 4)) ('FBP1', 'Gene', (166, 170)) 7080 26602888 Stabilization of PML by small C-terminal domain phosphatases (SCPs) has been shown to result in suppression of malignant features in ccRCC including tumor proliferation, migration and invasion, and to increase ccRCC response to mTOR inhibitors. ('suppression', 'NegReg', (96, 107)) ('invasion', 'CPA', (184, 192)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (201, 209)) ('migration', 'CPA', (170, 179)) ('malignant features', 'CPA', (111, 129)) ('PML', 'Gene', (17, 20)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (149, 154)) ('PML', 'Gene', '5371', (17, 20)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (135, 138)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (149, 154)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (135, 138)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (228, 232)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (228, 232)) ('Stabilization', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (149, 154)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (212, 215)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (212, 215)) 7082 26602888 SMARCB1 inactivating mutations are found in rhabdoid tumors, which are aggressive pediatric soft tissue sarcomas that often arise in the kidney. ('sarcomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D012509', (104, 112)) ('sarcomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100242', (104, 112)) ('rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', (44, 59)) ('rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018335', (44, 59)) ('inactivating mutations', 'Var', (8, 30)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 58)) ('sarcomas', 'Disease', (104, 112)) ('soft tissue sarcomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030448', (92, 112)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', '6598', (0, 7)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 59)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (0, 7)) 7098 26602888 CNAs more prevalent in sRCC include losses of chromosome arms 9q, 15q, 18p/q, and 22q as well as gains of 1q and 8q. ('18p/q', 'Var', (71, 76)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (24, 27)) ('chromosome arms 9q', 'Var', (46, 64)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (97, 102)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('46', '56')) ('losses', 'NegReg', (36, 42)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (24, 27)) 7119 33227984 All examinations were performed by one experienced consultant radiologist (European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Level 3) using high-end ultrasound systems with CEUS-specific protocols (GE Healthcare LOGIQ E9, Chicago, IL, USA, Philips EPIQ7, Seattle, Washington, USA, Siemens Ultrasound Sequoia S20000, S3000, ACUSON Sequoia, Mountain View, CA, USA). ('men', 'Species', '9606', (306, 309)) ('ACUSON Sequoia', 'Disease', (345, 359)) ('S3000', 'Var', (338, 343)) 7201 29416756 For instance, the eosinophilic variants of chRCC and ccRCC can exhibit similar cytological features. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (55, 58)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (55, 58)) ('eosinophilic', 'Var', (18, 30)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (45, 48)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (45, 48)) ('eosin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D004801', (18, 23)) 7289 29416756 RCC subtypes exhibit characteristic chromosomal aberrations, such as whole or partial chromosomal duplications and deletions. ('partial chromosomal duplications', 'Var', (78, 110)) ('whole', 'Var', (69, 74)) ('deletions', 'Var', (115, 124)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (0, 3)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (0, 3)) ('chromosomal aberrations', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0040012', (36, 59)) 7296 29416756 Interestingly, loss of chromosome 9p and 9q have also been reported in ccRCC, however this occurs at a later stage of disease progression. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (73, 76)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (73, 76)) ('reported', 'Reg', (59, 67)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('23', '33')) ('loss', 'Var', (15, 19)) 7307 29416756 Frequent copy number gains in chromosome 12 have been reported in chRCC. ('copy number gains', 'Var', (9, 26)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (68, 71)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (68, 71)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('30', '40')) 7358 31578141 Further, the prognostic models or modifications thereof were used to define inclusion criteria and to risk-stratify PRCC patients for adjuvant trials such as SORCE (NCT00492258) or ASSURE (NCT00326898, E2805) without previous validation, and others such as the 2018 Leibovich prognostic system were single centre, not externally validated and not assessed for calibration or clinical net benefit. ('NCT00492258', 'Var', (165, 176)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (117, 120)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (116, 120)) ('NCT00326898', 'Var', (189, 200)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (116, 120)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (121, 129)) 7463 28427189 Many biomarkers for renal clear cell carcinoma have been discovered, including VHL, VEGF, CAIX and HIF1a/2a mutations, some of which could predict therapeutic effect and clinical prognosis. ('renal clear cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (20, 46)) ('renal clear cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (20, 46)) ('mutations', 'Var', (108, 117)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (79, 82)) ('clinical', 'Species', '191496', (170, 178)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (37, 46)) ('predict', 'Reg', (139, 146)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (79, 82)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (84, 88)) ('HIF1a/2a', 'Gene', (99, 107)) ('CAIX', 'Gene', (90, 94)) 7482 28427189 Clinical features of the PRCC patients in GSE2748 were shown in Supplementary Table 2. ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (25, 29)) ('GSE2748', 'Var', (42, 49)) ('GSE2748', 'Chemical', '-', (42, 49)) ('Clinical', 'Species', '191496', (0, 8)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (25, 29)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (26, 29)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (30, 38)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (25, 29)) 7521 28427189 For example, data on four different cancers, ovarian, breast, lung and skin, was processed with WGCNA to compare patterns of co-expressed genes in tumors grouped according to their TP53 missense or null mutation status. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (147, 152)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (181, 185)) ('ovarian', 'Disease', (45, 52)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (147, 153)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (36, 43)) ('ovarian', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (45, 52)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (36, 43)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (36, 43)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (147, 153)) ('null mutation status', 'Var', (198, 218)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (147, 153)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (36, 42)) ('missense', 'Var', (186, 194)) ('breast', 'Disease', (54, 60)) 7535 28427189 Overexpression of BUB1 was linked with poor outcomes in breast cancer patients. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (70, 78)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (63, 69)) ('BUB1', 'Gene', (18, 22)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (56, 69)) ('Overexpression', 'Var', (0, 14)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (56, 69)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (56, 69)) ('BUB1', 'Gene', '699', (18, 22)) 7536 28427189 Aberrant expression of TPX2 may be essential in both malignant transformation of respiratory epithelium and progression of squamous cell lung cancer. ('squamous cell lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002294', (123, 148)) ('Aberrant', 'Var', (0, 8)) ('squamous cell lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030359', (123, 148)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (137, 148)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (142, 148)) ('TPX2', 'Gene', (23, 27)) ('TPX2', 'Gene', '22974', (23, 27)) ('essential', 'Reg', (35, 44)) ('squamous cell lung cancer', 'Disease', (123, 148)) 7559 28427189 Clinical information of PRCC patients in GSE2748 were extracted from a published literature. ('GSE2748', 'Var', (41, 48)) ('GSE2748', 'Chemical', '-', (41, 48)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (29, 37)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (24, 28)) ('Clinical', 'Species', '191496', (0, 8)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (24, 28)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (24, 28)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (25, 28)) 7569 28427189 In order to explore the potential mechanism of how module genes impact correlative clinical feature, all genes of module of interest were mapped into the DAVID database and subjected to GO functional and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis. ('genes', 'Var', (58, 63)) ('clinical', 'Species', '191496', (83, 91)) ('impact', 'Reg', (64, 70)) 7661 32209138 Silencing RSK4 expression decreased their expression (Fig. ('expression', 'MPA', (42, 52)) ('RSK4', 'Gene', '27330', (10, 14)) ('Silencing', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (26, 35)) ('RSK4', 'Gene', (10, 14)) 7678 32209138 The variant protein of CD44 could alter the biological behaviour of cells and promote cell invasion and metastasis by affecting the skeletal and signal transmission systems in cells. ('affecting', 'Reg', (118, 127)) ('CD44', 'Gene', '960', (23, 27)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('12', '19')) ('promote', 'PosReg', (78, 85)) ('metastasis', 'CPA', (104, 114)) ('CD44', 'Gene', (23, 27)) ('signal transmission', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023060', ('145', '164')) ('biological behaviour of cells', 'CPA', (44, 73)) ('behaviour', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007610', ('55', '64')) ('protein', 'Protein', (12, 19)) ('alter', 'Reg', (34, 39)) ('cell invasion', 'CPA', (86, 99)) ('variant', 'Var', (4, 11)) 7726 27993170 As with primary RCC tumors, the mutation status of cancer including VLH, cMET and TP53 and a general marker immunohistochemistry profile may serve to define the histotype of RCC cell lines (Table 1). ('cMET', 'Gene', '4233', (73, 77)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (82, 86)) ('primary RCC tumors', 'Disease', (8, 26)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (20, 26)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (174, 177)) ('cMET', 'Gene', (73, 77)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (16, 19)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (16, 19)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (16, 19)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 57)) ('mutation', 'Var', (32, 40)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (174, 177)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (174, 177)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (20, 25)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (82, 86)) ('primary RCC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (8, 26)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (51, 57)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (51, 57)) 7741 27993170 Germline met proto-oncogene (MET) and fumarate hydratase (FH) alterations are the hallmark of these cancer syndromes, but are infrequent in sporadic cases. ('MET', 'Gene', (29, 32)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (38, 56)) ('cancer syndromes', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (100, 116)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (100, 106)) ('cancer syndromes', 'Disease', (100, 116)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (38, 56)) ('alterations', 'Var', (62, 73)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (58, 60)) 7749 27993170 The von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene is known to be most often mutated in renal cell carcinoma of clear cell type (ccRCC) in up to 90% of sporadic ccRCC cases and multiple surprising and contradictory reports on the VHL gene status in common RCC cell lines have been published (Additional file 1: Table S1). ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (238, 241)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (70, 90)) ('von Hippel-Lindau', 'Gene', (4, 21)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (145, 148)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (145, 148)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (238, 241)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (238, 241)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (23, 26)) ('renal cell carcinoma of clear cell type', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (70, 109)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (70, 90)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (70, 90)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (113, 116)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (145, 148)) ('von Hippel-Lindau', 'Gene', '7428', (4, 21)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (81, 90)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (113, 116)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (113, 116)) ('mutated', 'Var', (59, 66)) 7754 27993170 Mutations in BAP1 and PBRM1 in ccRCC tend to be mutually exclusive. ('BAP1', 'Gene', (13, 17)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (22, 27)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (33, 36)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (33, 36)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (33, 36)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (13, 17)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (22, 27)) 7768 27993170 Moreover, this cell line harbors a c-met polymorphism that is specific for papillary RCC. ('polymorphism', 'Var', (41, 53)) ('c-met', 'Gene', (35, 40)) ('papillary RCC', 'Gene', (75, 88)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (85, 88)) ('c-met', 'Gene', '4233', (35, 40)) ('papillary RCC', 'Gene', '5546', (75, 88)) 7771 27993170 No mutations in VHL and HIF-1alpha mRNA in ACHN cell line, could confirm non-clear cell histology. ('VHL', 'Gene', (16, 19)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', '55323', (43, 47)) ('HIF-1alpha', 'Gene', '3091', (24, 34)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('mutations', 'Var', (3, 12)) ('HIF-1alpha', 'Gene', (24, 34)) 7776 27993170 The 786-O RCC line is defective in VHL expression, as it harbors mutated VHL with altered HIF and VEGF (Vascular endothelial growth factor) pathways and gives rise to clear cell tumors in nude mice. ('VHL', 'Gene', (73, 76)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (178, 184)) ('Vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', (104, 138)) ('Vascular endothelial growth factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005172', ('104', '138')) ('Vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', '22339', (104, 138)) ('clear cell tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008649', (167, 184)) ('nude mice', 'Species', '10090', (188, 197)) ('clear cell tumors', 'Disease', (167, 184)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (10, 13)) ('gives rise to', 'Reg', (153, 166)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (10, 13)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (10, 13)) ('altered', 'Reg', (82, 89)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (178, 183)) ('mutated', 'Var', (65, 72)) 7777 27993170 In this RCC model the vast majority (122/160) of genes induced by hypoxia in wt-VHL transfected 786-O (VHL +) cells are not significantly up-regulated in VHL mutated 786-O cells, confirming that the loss of VHL is not equivalent to hypoxic exposure and that in RCC, the VHL tumor suppressor has a distinct role from its activity in the hypoxia-inducible pathway. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (261, 264)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (8, 11)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (8, 11)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('274', '290')) ('loss', 'Var', (199, 203)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (8, 11)) ('VHL tumor', 'Disease', (270, 279)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('274', '290')) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (336, 343)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (66, 73)) ('hypoxic', 'Disease', (232, 239)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (336, 343)) ('hypoxic', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (232, 239)) ('VHL tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (270, 279)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (66, 73)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (274, 279)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (261, 264)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (261, 264)) 7795 27993170 The 769-P cell line, established along with 786-O by, harbors mutated vhl and secretes high levels of VEGF, suggesting a ccRCC phenotype (Additional file 1: Table S1 for ref). ('suggesting', 'Reg', (108, 118)) ('secretes', 'MPA', (78, 86)) ('harbors', 'Reg', (54, 61)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (123, 126)) ('vhl', 'Gene', (70, 73)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (123, 126)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (123, 126)) ('mutated', 'Var', (62, 69)) 7798 27993170 Another interesting cell line is RCC4, a vhl mutant derived from a primary tumor widely used as a model for VHL-dependant mechanisms, witha commercially available counterpart cell line with restored wild-type gene. ('mutant', 'Var', (45, 51)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (75, 80)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (33, 36)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (75, 80)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (75, 80)) 7802 27993170 Vhl is mutated in cell lines SMKT-R2 and SMKT-R3, and in SMKT-R2 and SMKT-R3 HIF-alpha proteins are expressed. ('mutated', 'Var', (7, 14)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', '7428', (0, 3)) ('Vhl', 'Gene', (0, 3)) 7808 27993170 The MSKCC panel covers cell lines obtained from tumors that developed in the most common RCC metastases loci, including the adrenal glands (SK-RC-45), lymph nodes (SK-RC-18, SK-RC-26b), lungs (SK-RC-26a SK-RC-31, SK-RC-38 SK-RC-54), bones (SK-RC-42, SK-RC-46), soft tissue (SK-RC-17, SK-RC-39), and the brain (SK-RC-9, SK-RC-13). ('SK-RC-46', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6193', (250, 258)) ('SK-RC-38 SK-RC-54', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6200', (213, 230)) ('RCC metastases', 'Disease', (89, 103)) ('SK-RC-42', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6192', (240, 248)) ('SK-RC-26', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6183', (193, 201)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (48, 54)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (48, 54)) ('SK-RC-13', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6178', (319, 327)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 54)) ('RCC metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (89, 103)) ('SK-RC-39', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:4021', (284, 292)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (89, 92)) ('SK-RC-26', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6183', (174, 182)) ('SK-RC-9', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6174', (310, 317)) ('SK-RC-42', 'Var', (240, 248)) ('SK-RC-17', 'Var', (274, 282)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 53)) ('SK-RC-26a SK-RC-31', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6183', (193, 211)) 7816 27993170 In particular, five cell lines were derived from clear cell RCC (SNU-228, -267, -328, -349, and -1272), one from granular RCC (SNU-482), and one from mixed clear and granular RCC (SNU-333). ('SNU-228', 'Var', (65, 72)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (122, 125)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (60, 63)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (60, 63)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (60, 63)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (175, 178)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (175, 178)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (122, 125)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (175, 178)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (122, 125)) 7840 27993170 The former was transduced with human papilloma virus (HPV 16) E6/E7 genes while the latter ectopically expresses the catalytic subunit of telomerase (TERT). ('TERT', 'Gene', (150, 154)) ('HPV 16', 'Species', '333760', (54, 60)) ('papilloma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012740', (37, 46)) ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (150, 154)) ('E6/E7 genes', 'Var', (62, 73)) ('human papilloma virus', 'Species', '10566', (31, 52)) 7841 27993170 These modifications enable the cells to be cultured continuously constituting a convenient control for RCC cell lines. ('modifications', 'Var', (6, 19)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (103, 106)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (103, 106)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (103, 106)) 7853 27993170 SK-RC-42 and SK-RC-46 also represent bone metastasis-derived cell lines, as well as the CRBM-1990 cell line, while ACHN and 786-O cells transplanted into the left ventricle establish bone metastases. ('CRBM-1990', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6893', (88, 97)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', (115, 119)) ('SK-RC-46', 'Var', (13, 21)) ('SK-RC-46', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6193', (13, 21)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', '55323', (115, 119)) ('metastases', 'Disease', (188, 198)) ('metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (188, 198)) ('SK-RC-42', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6192', (0, 8)) 7866 27993170 Apart from gene mutation, vhl promoter region methylation often occurs in ccRCC samples which effects in no protein expression. ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('46', '57')) ('methylation', 'Var', (46, 57)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (76, 79)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (76, 79)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (76, 79)) ('occurs', 'Reg', (64, 70)) ('protein expression', 'MPA', (108, 126)) ('vhl', 'Gene', (26, 29)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('108', '115')) 7869 27993170 The ACHN cell line expresses the protein, but harbors a heterozygous nonsense mutation, while 786-O, 769-P, Caki-1, and A-498 express wild-type PBRM1. ('769-P', 'Var', (101, 106)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('33', '40')) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (144, 149)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', '55323', (4, 8)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (144, 149)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', (4, 8)) ('786-O', 'Var', (94, 99)) 7870 27993170 The PBRM1 mutation is also reported in Caki-2 and A-704 lines; loss-of-function gene mutations in A-704 and the deletion in exon 17 of the PBRM1 gene in Caki-2 results in no protein expression. ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (139, 144)) ('protein expression', 'MPA', (174, 192)) ('deletion in', 'Var', (112, 123)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (4, 9)) ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (63, 79)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (4, 9)) ('mutations', 'Var', (85, 94)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('174', '181')) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (139, 144)) 7873 27993170 The knockdown of PBRM1 in cells with wild-type gene increased the proliferation, migration and colony formation abilities, supporting this gene's important role in RCC progression, as the loss of PBRM1 was correlated with a worse disease outcome in patients. ('increased', 'PosReg', (52, 61)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (249, 257)) ('proliferation', 'CPA', (66, 79)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (17, 22)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (164, 167)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (196, 201)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('102', '111')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (164, 167)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (17, 22)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (164, 167)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (196, 201)) ('loss', 'Var', (188, 192)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (4, 13)) ('colony formation abilities', 'CPA', (95, 121)) 7874 27993170 BAP1 mutants are available as UM-RC-6, 769-P, and SN12C cell lines; however, 769-P cells still produce the protein. ('BAP1', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('769-P', 'Var', (77, 82)) ('SN12C', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1705', (50, 55)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (0, 4)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('107', '114')) 7875 27993170 The reintroduction of the wild-type gene reduced cell proliferation and sensitized cells to treatment, and it was proposed that BAP1 is a tumor suppressor, as gene loss is associated with patients with higher-grade RCC. ('tumor', 'Disease', (138, 143)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (128, 132)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (215, 218)) ('cell proliferation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008283', ('49', '67')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (215, 218)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (215, 218)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('138', '154')) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('138', '154')) ('cell proliferation', 'CPA', (49, 67)) ('gene loss', 'Var', (159, 168)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (128, 132)) ('higher-grade', 'Disease', (202, 214)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (188, 196)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (138, 143)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (138, 143)) 7876 27993170 SETD2 mutations have also been detected in A-498, A-704, Caki-1, and RCC-ER, PTEN mutations in 786-O, and OS-RC-2, while no mutated RCC cell lines could be found for KDM5C. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (69, 72)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', '8242', (166, 171)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (69, 72)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (132, 135)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (132, 135)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (132, 135)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (0, 5)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (77, 81)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('mutations', 'Var', (82, 91)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (77, 81)) ('OS-RC-2', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1626', (106, 113)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', (166, 171)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (69, 72)) ('mutations', 'Var', (6, 15)) 7877 27993170 An mTOR mutation was found for SNU349 and RCC-ER cell lines only (see Additional file 1: Table S1 for ref). ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (3, 7)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (42, 45)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (42, 45)) ('mutation', 'Var', (8, 16)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (42, 45)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (3, 7)) 7878 27993170 Studies on SETD2-defective RCC cells proved that the mutation of this gene affects DNA repair and may correlate with in vivo disease progression. ('affects', 'Reg', (75, 82)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (27, 30)) ('mutation', 'Var', (53, 61)) ('DNA repair', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006281', ('83', '93')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('83', '86')) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (11, 16)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (11, 16)) ('DNA repair', 'MPA', (83, 93)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (27, 30)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (27, 30)) ('correlate with', 'Reg', (102, 116)) 7885 27993170 This cell line was also shown to contain an NF2 mutation, together with SN12C, while Caki-1, A-704, 769-P, TK10, 786-O, A-498, and OS-RC-2 were confirmed to be wild-type for NF2. ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (44, 47)) ('SN12C', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1705', (72, 77)) ('OS-RC-2', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1626', (131, 138)) ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (174, 177)) ('A-704', 'Var', (93, 98)) ('mutation', 'Var', (48, 56)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (44, 47)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (174, 177)) 7887 27993170 A FAT1 mutation was found in Caki-1, OS-RC-2, SN12C, RCC-FG2, and TK10 (COSMIC database) but no functional analysis of this gene in in vitro RCC was reported. ('RCC', 'Disease', (141, 144)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (141, 144)) ('FAT1', 'Gene', '2195', (2, 6)) ('SN12C', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1705', (46, 51)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (53, 56)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (53, 56)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (53, 56)) ('FAT1', 'Gene', (2, 6)) ('mutation', 'Var', (7, 15)) ('OS-RC-2', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1626', (37, 44)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (141, 144)) 7888 27993170 Chromosome aberrations present in pRCC include chromosomes 7 and 17 gains and 9p loss. ('chromosomes', 'Var', (47, 58)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('Chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('0', '10')) ('loss', 'NegReg', (81, 85)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (68, 73)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (35, 38)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (34, 38)) 7890 27993170 TP53 tumor-suppressor mutations, present in 50% of tumor cases in general, are less frequent in RCC (around 20% cases), but confirmed in 786-O, A-498 (COSMIC and CCLE databases),,SN12C, TK10 and reported as wild-type in ACHN, Caki-1, and Caki-2. ('RCC', 'Disease', (96, 99)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (0, 4)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 56)) ('tumor-suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('5', '21')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (5, 10)) ('tumor-suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('5', '21')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (51, 56)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', '55323', (220, 224)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (5, 10)) ('mutations', 'Var', (22, 31)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (5, 10)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (96, 99)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (96, 99)) ('SN12C', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1705', (179, 184)) ('ACHN', 'Gene', (220, 224)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (51, 56)) 7897 27993170 Athymic nude mice are hairless, an effect of the Foxn1nu (Forkhead box protein N1) mutation, but more importantly they lack a thymus and are T-cell deficient but produce functional B-cells. ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('71', '78')) ('Foxn1', 'Gene', (49, 54)) ('nude mice', 'Species', '10090', (8, 17)) ('Foxn1', 'Gene', '15218', (49, 54)) ('mutation', 'Var', (83, 91)) ('lack', 'NegReg', (119, 123)) 7910 27993170 Ectopic xenograft models of athymic nude mice with various genetic backgrounds have been extensively used for studying established RCC lines, including 769-P, 786-O, Caki-1, SK-RC-38, SK-RC-42, SK-RC-44, SK-RC-45, SK-RC-46, and others. ('SK-RC-44', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:4022', (194, 202)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (131, 134)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (131, 134)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (131, 134)) ('SK-RC-42', 'Var', (184, 192)) ('nude mice', 'Species', '10090', (36, 45)) ('SK-RC-38', 'Var', (174, 182)) ('SK-RC-42', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6192', (184, 192)) ('SK-RC-44', 'Var', (194, 202)) ('SK-RC-38', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6189', (174, 182)) ('SK-RC-46', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:6193', (214, 222)) 8030 22381246 We evaluated prevalence of RCC within a prospectively-accrued series of 219 patients found to have pathogenic germline PTEN mutations. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (76, 84)) ('mutations', 'Var', (124, 133)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (119, 123)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (119, 123)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (27, 30)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (27, 30)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (27, 30)) 8037 22381246 IHC demonstrated complete loss of PTEN protein in all PTEN mutation positive patients' pRCCs and patchy positivity in one chRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (124, 127)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (124, 127)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (87, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (124, 127)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('39', '46')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (88, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (88, 91)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (88, 91)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (87, 91)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (54, 58)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (77, 85)) ('mutation', 'Var', (59, 67)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (26, 30)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (54, 58)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (34, 38)) 8043 22381246 It is assumed that individuals with BRRS or another clinical diagnosis who have germline PTEN mutation, i.e. ('mutation', 'Var', (94, 102)) ('BRRS', 'Disease', (36, 40)) ('BRRS', 'Disease', 'None', (36, 40)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (89, 93)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (89, 93)) 8047 22381246 It seems reasonable that patients with PHTS, who have one mutated PTEN gene in all bodily tissues, would be at increased risk for RCC. ('PHTS', 'Gene', (39, 43)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (66, 70)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (66, 70)) ('PHTS', 'Gene', '116372', (39, 43)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (25, 33)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (130, 133)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (130, 133)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (130, 133)) ('mutated', 'Var', (58, 65)) 8052 22381246 Mutation analysis for all subjects included promoter sequencing and mutation scanning of all exons and flanking intronic regions by denaturing gel gradient electrophoresis (DGGE) or LightScanner technology; variants detected by DGGE or LightScanner were confirmed with single exon Sanger sequencing as per routine of the Eng lab as previously described. ('Eng', 'Gene', '2022', (321, 324)) ('variants', 'Var', (207, 215)) ('Eng', 'Gene', (321, 324)) 8062 22381246 Of the 3,333 eligible research participants, 219 were found to have pathogenic germline PTEN mutations. ('mutations', 'Var', (93, 102)) ('participants', 'Species', '9606', (31, 43)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (88, 92)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (88, 92)) ('pathogenic', 'Reg', (68, 78)) 8064 22381246 Nine of the 219 PTEN mutation positive patients were identified with a prevalent or incident history of RCC (Table 1). ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (104, 107)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (104, 107)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (39, 47)) ('mutation', 'Var', (21, 29)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (16, 20)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (16, 20)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (104, 107)) 8065 22381246 Thus, the age-adjusted SIR for RCC in this PTEN mutation positive group is 31.7 (95% CI 15.4-58.1, p<0.001). ('PTEN', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('mutation', 'Var', (48, 56)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (43, 47)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (31, 34)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (31, 34)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (31, 34)) 8067 22381246 Family history was absent for RCC in the relatives of our 9 patients with germline PTEN mutation and RCC. ('mutation', 'Var', (88, 96)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (83, 87)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (101, 104)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (60, 68)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (101, 104)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (101, 104)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (30, 33)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (30, 33)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (30, 33)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (83, 87)) 8084 22381246 However, reduced Pten dose has been associated with risk of tumorigenesis in murine models, implicating that this patient's PTEN mutation may still have contributed to this cancer risk. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (173, 179)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (124, 128)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (173, 179)) ('mutation', 'Var', (129, 137)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (124, 128)) ('murine', 'Species', '10090', (77, 83)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (60, 65)) ('Pten', 'Gene', (17, 21)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (9, 16)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 65)) ('Pten', 'Gene', '19211', (17, 21)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (173, 179)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (114, 121)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (60, 65)) 8088 22381246 Eight of the nine patients in this series have germline PTEN mutations which are predicted to lead to protein truncation, the most common type of mutation observed in PHTS. ('PTEN', 'Gene', (56, 60)) ('PHTS', 'Gene', (167, 171)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (56, 60)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('102', '109')) ('mutations', 'Var', (61, 70)) ('PHTS', 'Gene', '116372', (167, 171)) ('protein truncation', 'MPA', (102, 120)) ('lead to', 'Reg', (94, 101)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (18, 26)) 8089 22381246 Four patients possessed the mutations Arg130Ter and Arg335Ter which are well-studied "hot-spot" mutations. ('Arg130Ter', 'Var', (38, 47)) ('Ter', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0097047', ('58', '61')) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (5, 13)) ('Arg130Ter', 'Chemical', '-', (38, 47)) ('Ter', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0097047', ('44', '47')) ('Arg335Ter', 'Var', (52, 61)) ('Arg335Ter', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (52, 61)) 8090 22381246 Arg130Ter is within PTEN's phosphatase core motif; mutations in this area destroy PTEN's ability to dephosphorylate protein and lipid substrates, thereby causing loss of its tumor suppression functions. ('tumor', 'Disease', (174, 179)) ('mutations', 'Var', (51, 60)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('116', '123')) ('loss', 'NegReg', (162, 166)) ('ability', 'MPA', (89, 96)) ('Arg130Ter', 'Chemical', '-', (0, 9)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (174, 179)) ('core', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019013', ('39', '43')) ('destroy', 'NegReg', (74, 81)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (82, 86)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (174, 179)) ('lipid', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D008055', (128, 133)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (82, 86)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (20, 24)) ('Ter', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0097047', ('6', '9')) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (20, 24)) ('phosphatase', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016791', ('27', '38')) 8091 22381246 This type of mutation has been shown to prevent PTEN from exiting the nucleus, limiting its ability to promote apoptosis through the AKT pathway. ('PTEN', 'Gene', (48, 52)) ('limiting', 'NegReg', (79, 87)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (48, 52)) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0097194', ('111', '120')) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006915', ('111', '120')) ('AKT', 'Gene', (133, 136)) ('mutation', 'Var', (13, 21)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (133, 136)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('70', '77')) ('promote', 'PosReg', (103, 110)) ('apoptosis', 'CPA', (111, 120)) 8092 22381246 This evidence may show that RCC tends to occur in those patients with a PTEN mutation predicted to cause a more severe phenotypic outcome. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (56, 64)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (28, 31)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (72, 76)) ('mutation', 'Var', (77, 85)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (72, 76)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (28, 31)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (28, 31)) 8098 22381246 A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated cost-effectiveness ratios of $45,000-$75,000 per year-life saved when mutation analysis is performed on colorectal cases with abnormal IHC results, implicating a risk for germline mutation in one of the four mismatch repair genes. ('mismatch repair', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('272', '287')) ('germline mutation', 'Var', (239, 256)) ('colorectal', 'Disease', (172, 182)) ('colorectal', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (172, 182)) 8099 22381246 Cost-effectiveness is increased further when family members of a mutation positive individual are able to discover their mutation status and pursue earlier and more frequent colonoscopy screening to remove adenomatous polyps and identify tumors at the earliest, most treatable stage. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (238, 243)) ('adenomatous polyps', 'Disease', (206, 224)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (238, 244)) ('mutation', 'Var', (65, 73)) ('adenomatous polyps', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005227', (206, 224)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (238, 244)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (238, 244)) ('adenomatous polyps', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018256', (206, 224)) 8104 22381246 If a gene mutation can be identified, predictive testing can be offered to at-risk relatives to help them learn their genetic status, and if mutation positive, seek preventive screening and surgical measures to reduce their cancer risks. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (224, 230)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (224, 230)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (224, 230)) ('mutation', 'Var', (10, 18)) 8115 22381246 Our group has previously identified variants in the SDHB and SDHD genes and germline hypermethylation of KILLIN as being involved in PTEN mutation negative Cowden and Cowden-like syndromes. ('SDHB', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('SDHD', 'Gene', '6392', (61, 65)) ('involved', 'Reg', (121, 129)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (133, 137)) ('SDHD', 'Gene', (61, 65)) ('Cowden', 'Disease', (156, 162)) ('variants', 'Var', (36, 44)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', '6390', (52, 56)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (133, 137)) ('Cowden-like syndromes', 'Disease', (167, 188)) ('KILLIN', 'Gene', (105, 111)) ('KILLIN', 'Gene', '100144748', (105, 111)) 8116 22381246 This preliminary work and other reports have shown that variation in SDHB/D and germline KILLIN hypermethylation are associated with increased risks of RCC over those with germline PTEN mutations. ('SDHB', 'Gene', (69, 73)) ('KILLIN', 'Gene', (89, 95)) ('KILLIN', 'Gene', '100144748', (89, 95)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (152, 155)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (152, 155)) ('associated', 'Reg', (117, 127)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (152, 155)) ('variation', 'Var', (56, 65)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', '6390', (69, 73)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (181, 185)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (181, 185)) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (96, 112)) 8121 25097537 Expression of Von Hippel - Lindau (VHL) gene mutation in diagnosed cases of renal cell carcinoma Objective: To evaluate the expression of Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) gene in diagnosed cases of renal cell carcinoma. ('renal cell carcinoma.', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (189, 210)) ('Von Hippel - Lindau', 'Disease', (14, 33)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (76, 96)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (189, 209)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (76, 96)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (200, 209)) ('Von Hippel Lindau', 'Disease', (138, 155)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (76, 96)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (157, 160)) ('Von Hippel - Lindau', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (14, 33)) ('mutation', 'Var', (45, 53)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (157, 160)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (35, 38)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (189, 209)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (189, 209)) ('Von Hippel Lindau', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (138, 155)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (35, 38)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (87, 96)) 8123 25097537 A mutation in both copies of VHL gene within the same cell increases the risk of certain neoplasm. ('neoplasm', 'Disease', (89, 97)) ('neoplasm', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (89, 97)) ('neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (89, 97)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (29, 32)) ('mutation in', 'Var', (2, 13)) ('increases', 'PosReg', (59, 68)) 8124 25097537 VHL carriers have a greatly increased risk of developing tumors compared to the general population. ('VHL', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (57, 62)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (57, 63)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (57, 63)) ('carriers', 'Var', (4, 12)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (57, 63)) 8127 25097537 Therefore 75% to 80% of renal cell carcinomas are sporadic and show biallelic VHL gene defect. ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (35, 44)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', (24, 45)) ('defect', 'Var', (87, 93)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (35, 45)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (78, 81)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (24, 45)) ('renal cell carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (24, 45)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (24, 44)) 8128 25097537 Trisomies of 3, 7, 12, 16, 17, 20, loss of Y chromosome for hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma and c-Met mutations are responsible for sporadic papillary renal cell carcinoma.,- The present study is based on assessment of presence or absence of VHL mutations using Polymerase Chain Reaction in cases of renal cell carcinoma in our population. ('VHL', 'Gene', (252, 255)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (151, 181)) ('mutations', 'Var', (256, 265)) ('sporadic papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (142, 181)) ('hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (60, 101)) ('sporadic papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (142, 181)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (161, 181)) ('c-Met', 'Gene', (106, 111)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (92, 101)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (81, 101)) ('renal cell carcinoma.', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (161, 182)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (172, 181)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (71, 101)) ('Y chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000806', ('43', '55')) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (310, 330)) ('hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (60, 101)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (310, 330)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (151, 181)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (321, 330)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma.', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (151, 182)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (71, 101)) ('c-Met', 'Gene', '4233', (106, 111)) 8147 25097537 Both the cases of papillary RCC were positive for mutations. ('mutations', 'Var', (50, 59)) ('positive', 'Reg', (37, 45)) ('papillary RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (18, 31)) ('papillary RCC', 'Disease', (18, 31)) 8149 25097537 Majority of clear cell carcinoma that is 95.23% (except one case), both the cases (100%) of papillary renal cell carcinoma and 75% hybrid tumors showed VHL mutations. ('VHL', 'Gene', (152, 155)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (92, 122)) ('mutations', 'Var', (156, 165)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (23, 32)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (138, 144)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (113, 122)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (102, 122)) ('clear cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (12, 32)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (92, 122)) ('clear cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (12, 32)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (138, 143)) 8150 25097537 proposed that mutations in exon 2 leads to the VHL disease phenotype. ('leads to', 'Reg', (34, 42)) ('VHL disease', 'Disease', (47, 58)) ('mutations', 'Var', (14, 23)) ('VHL disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (47, 58)) 8151 25097537 Single case of CCRCC that was negative for mutations in our study could be due to possibility of other gene mutations involved such as FH, SDH, PBRM 1, and BAP 1 as expressed by Gomey and Silva and Pawloski et al. ('SDH', 'Gene', (139, 142)) ('BAP 1', 'Gene', (156, 161)) ('mutations', 'Var', (108, 117)) ('BAP 1', 'Gene', '8314', (156, 161)) ('FH', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (135, 137)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '10993', (139, 142)) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', (15, 20)) ('PBRM 1', 'Gene', '55193', (144, 150)) ('PBRM 1', 'Gene', (144, 150)) 8152 25097537 An interesting finding in this study was that the 03 Hybrid tumors with foci of clear cells admixed with papillary and oncocytic pattern also showed the VHL mutations .Single case of hybrid tumor with large areas of chromophobe pattern was negative for mutations as in these cases other genes like BHD or FLCN mutations has been implicated as expressed in studies by Gatalcia et al and Adley et al. ('mutations', 'Var', (310, 319)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', '201163', (305, 309)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (190, 195)) ('BHD', 'Gene', '50947', (298, 301)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 65)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', (305, 309)) ('BHD', 'Gene', (298, 301)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 66)) 8154 25097537 In the present study a single case of chronic pyelonephritis with end stage kidney from nephrectomy specimen of a 41 year old male patient which was processed as negative control for VHL surprisingly showed exon 3 VHL mutation. ('pyelonephritis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012330', (46, 60)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (214, 217)) ('exon 3', 'Var', (207, 213)) ('pyelonephritis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011704', (46, 60)) ('pyelonephritis', 'Disease', (46, 60)) 8155 25097537 As cited by Alpeers, some individuals with inherited germiline VHL mutations never develop cancer as second mutation never occurs. ('germiline', 'Var', (53, 62)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (91, 97)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (91, 97)) ('mutations', 'Var', (67, 76)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (63, 66)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 97)) 8157 25097537 Hemminki reports welding fumes as a risk factor and lay stress on consumption of vegetables, citrus fruits and selenium as protective factors against multiple mutations of VHL in RCC. ('VHL', 'Gene', (172, 175)) ('mutations', 'Var', (159, 168)) ('RCC', 'Gene', (179, 182)) ('selenium', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012643', (111, 119)) 8160 25097537 Large scale study is recommended for detection of coexistence of other genes like c-Met pathway, BHD gene mutations or PBRM1 with VHL gene for the detection of causative genes for each morphological type of RCC. ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (119, 124)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (119, 124)) ('c-Met pathway', 'Pathway', (82, 95)) ('BHD gene', 'Gene', (97, 105)) ('mutations', 'Var', (106, 115)) 8211 20679884 In clear cell RCC, inactivation of the vHL gene allows HIF 1-alpha to escape degradation, which leads to activation of downstream targets such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), GLUT-1, and CA IX. ('RCC', 'Disease', (14, 17)) ('vHL', 'Gene', '7428', (39, 42)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005172', ('146', '180')) ('CA IX', 'Gene', '768', (201, 206)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (14, 17)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (105, 115)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (19, 31)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', '7422', (146, 180)) ('degradation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009056', ('77', '88')) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (182, 186)) ('vHL', 'Gene', (39, 42)) ('HIF 1-alpha', 'Gene', (55, 66)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', (146, 180)) ('GLUT-1', 'Gene', '6513', (189, 195)) ('GLUT-1', 'Gene', (189, 195)) ('HIF 1-alpha', 'Gene', '3091', (55, 66)) ('CA IX', 'Gene', (201, 206)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (182, 186)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (14, 17)) 8239 20679884 Immunoreactivity for phosphorylated S6 represents a measure of activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway that promotes cell growth, is highly active in many RCC, and can be targeted for therapy. ('mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', '2475', (81, 110)) ('mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', (81, 110)) ('phosphorylated', 'Var', (21, 35)) ('cell growth', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016049', ('140', '151')) ('active', 'MPA', (163, 169)) ('cell growth', 'CPA', (140, 151)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (112, 116)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (178, 181)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (178, 181)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (178, 181)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (112, 116)) ('promotes', 'PosReg', (131, 139)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (63, 73)) 8274 20679884 Contrary to what in vitro studies might suggest, WT-1 and Bcl2 were infrequently expressed in Xp11 translocation RCC, despite the fact that the related transcription factor MiTF is known to induce BcL2 expression in osteoclasts and melanoma cells whereas over expression TFE3 or TFEB in NIH 3T3 cells are known to activate WT-1. ('Xp11', 'Gene', (94, 98)) ('Bcl2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0015283', ('58', '62')) ('BcL2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0015283', ('197', '201')) ('melanoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002861', (232, 240)) ('melanoma', 'Disease', (232, 240)) ('expression', 'MPA', (202, 212)) ('NIH 3T3', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0594', (287, 294)) ('BcL2', 'Gene', '12043', (197, 201)) ('Xp11', 'Gene', '111712', (94, 98)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (113, 116)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (113, 116)) ('melanoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008545', (232, 240)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (113, 116)) ('transcription factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0000981', ('152', '172')) ('induce', 'PosReg', (190, 196)) ('MiTF', 'Var', (173, 177)) ('BcL2', 'Gene', (197, 201)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('152', '165')) 8278 27713405 Here we perform a molecular analysis of 62 high-grade primary uRCC, incorporating targeted cancer gene sequencing, RNA sequencing, single-nucleotide polymorphism array, fluorescence in situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry and cell-based assays. ('uRCC', 'Gene', (62, 66)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (91, 97)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (91, 97)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (62, 66)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (91, 97)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (63, 66)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('115', '118')) ('single-nucleotide', 'Var', (131, 148)) 8280 27713405 Integrated analysis reveals a subset of 26% uRCC characterized by NF2 loss, dysregulated Hippo-YAP pathway and worse survival, whereas 21% uRCC with mutations of MTOR, TSC1, TSC2 or PTEN and hyperactive mTORC1 signalling are associated with better clinical outcome. ('MTOR', 'Gene', (162, 166)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (203, 209)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (70, 74)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (162, 166)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (140, 143)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (182, 186)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (174, 178)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('203', '209')) ('mutations', 'Var', (149, 158)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (44, 48)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (168, 172)) ('hyperactive', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006948', (191, 202)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (44, 48)) ('hyperactive', 'Disease', (191, 202)) ('signalling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('210', '220')) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (139, 143)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (66, 69)) ('dysregulated', 'Reg', (76, 88)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (182, 186)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (168, 172)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (203, 209)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (139, 143)) ('Hippo-YAP pathway', 'Pathway', (89, 106)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (174, 178)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (45, 48)) 8293 27713405 We find recurrent somatic mutations in 29 genes, and identify distinct molecular subsets that are characterized by NF2 loss, hyperactive mTORC1 signalling, FH deficiency, chromatin/DNA damage regulator mutations or ALK translocation and associated with varying clinical outcomes. ('ALK', 'Gene', (215, 218)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('181', '184')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (137, 143)) ('FH deficiency', 'Disease', (156, 169)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('137', '143')) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (215, 218)) ('signalling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('144', '154')) ('mutations', 'Var', (26, 35)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (115, 118)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (137, 143)) ('FH deficiency', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (156, 169)) ('hyperactive', 'Disease', (125, 136)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (119, 123)) ('hyperactive', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006948', (125, 136)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('171', '180')) ('mutations', 'Var', (202, 211)) 8298 27713405 We identified 29 recurrently mutated genes with an average of 2.6 (0-8) protein-coding somatic mutations per patient tumour (Fig. ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (109, 116)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (117, 123)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('72', '79')) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (117, 123)) ('mutations', 'Var', (95, 104)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (117, 123)) 8300 27713405 The incidence of NF2 mutations in our cohort is markedly higher than what is reported in ccRCC (0-1%), pRCC (0-6%) and chRCC (0%). ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (104, 107)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (121, 124)) ('mutations', 'Var', (21, 30)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (103, 107)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (121, 124)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (104, 107)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (121, 124)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (57, 63)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (91, 94)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (91, 94)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (91, 94)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (103, 107)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (17, 20)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (104, 107)) 8301 27713405 In ccRCC, VHL mutations occur at ~75%, and SETD2 and BAP1 at 10-20% frequencies, whereas in our uRCC cohort, only a single VHL mutation was detected in one case (T08). ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (10, 13)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (97, 100)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (97, 100)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (96, 100)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (97, 100)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (43, 48)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (123, 126)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (5, 8)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (43, 48)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (5, 8)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (96, 100)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (5, 8)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (123, 126)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (53, 57)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (10, 13)) ('mutations', 'Var', (14, 23)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (53, 57)) 8303 27713405 The enrichment of cases with NF2 mutations (11 of 62) discovered in our uRCC cohort suggests that NF2 loss could potentially define a molecular subset of uRCC. ('uRCC', 'Gene', (154, 158)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (72, 76)) ('mutations', 'Var', (33, 42)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (72, 76)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (154, 158)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (102, 106)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (29, 32)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (155, 158)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (98, 101)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (73, 76)) 8304 27713405 To assess the NF2 status in uRCC beyond mutations, we next assessed the status of chromosome 22q12 where NF2 resides. ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('82', '92')) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (28, 32)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (29, 32)) ('mutations', 'Var', (40, 49)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (28, 32)) 8305 27713405 High-resolution, genome-wide SNP array analysis was performed for 15 of the 16 uRCC cases carrying NF2 mutations and/or exhibiting 22q12 copy-number loss (referred to as the 'NF2 loss' subset from here onwards; Fig. ('mutations', 'Var', (103, 112)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (79, 83)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (80, 83)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (79, 83)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (99, 102)) 8306 27713405 Thirteen cases were confirmed to exhibit hemizygous loss of 22q and the remaining two tumours (T22 and T64), known to carry NF2 somatic mutations, showed copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of 22q (Supplementary Fig. ('hemizygous loss', 'Disease', 'MESH:C564097', (41, 56)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (124, 127)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 92)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 93)) ('hemizygous loss', 'Disease', (41, 56)) ('mutations', 'Var', (136, 145)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (86, 93)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (86, 93)) ('loss of', 'NegReg', (167, 174)) 8310 27713405 Germline mutation of NF2 is the principal genetic event underlying the human neurofibromatosis type 2 cancer predisposition syndrome. ('NF2', 'Gene', (21, 24)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (102, 108)) ('neurofibromatosis type 2 cancer', 'Disease', (77, 108)) ('neurofibromatosis type 2 cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (77, 108)) ('neurofibromatosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001067', (77, 94)) ('Germline mutation', 'Var', (0, 17)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (71, 76)) 8311 27713405 The role of NF2 as a tumour suppressor gene is further demonstrated by mouse models in which genetic loss of Nf2 results in various cancers. ('cancers', 'Disease', (132, 139)) ('Nf2', 'Gene', (109, 112)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (132, 139)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (21, 27)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (21, 27)) ('Nf2', 'Gene', '18016', (109, 112)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 138)) ('results in', 'Reg', (113, 123)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (21, 27)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (71, 76)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 139)) ('genetic loss', 'Var', (93, 105)) 8312 27713405 We first focused on the NF2-Hippo tumour suppressor network, which was highlighted by a series of reports showing that NF2 enforces the Hippo tumour suppression signalling pathway by phosphorylating, sequestering, degrading and suppressing YAP/TAZ nuclear translocation, thereby disrupting oncogenic transcription. ('tumour', 'Disease', (142, 148)) ('signalling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('161', '179')) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('300', '313')) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (34, 40)) ('degrading', 'NegReg', (214, 223)) ('sequestering', 'MPA', (200, 212)) ('NF2', 'Var', (119, 122)) ('phosphorylating', 'MPA', (183, 198)) ('enforces', 'PosReg', (123, 131)) ('YAP/TAZ', 'MPA', (240, 247)) ('disrupting', 'NegReg', (279, 289)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (34, 40)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (142, 148)) ('oncogenic transcription', 'CPA', (290, 313)) ('sequestering', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051235', ('200', '212')) ('suppressing', 'NegReg', (228, 239)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (142, 148)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (34, 40)) 8323 27713405 Furthermore, the occurrence of SETD2 (3p21) mutation was significantly higher in the NF2 loss than in the remaining uRCC tumours (44% versus 9%, Fisher's exact test, P=0.004). ('SETD2', 'Gene', (31, 36)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (71, 77)) ('uRCC tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (116, 128)) ('mutation', 'Var', (44, 52)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (117, 120)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (121, 127)) ('uRCC tumours', 'Disease', (116, 128)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (121, 128)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (31, 36)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (85, 88)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (89, 93)) 8327 27713405 Recurrent mutations of the other chromatin modulating genes including BAP1 did not show significant enrichment in the NF2 loss subset. ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('33', '42')) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (70, 74)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (118, 121)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (70, 74)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (122, 126)) ('mutations', 'Var', (10, 19)) 8330 27713405 Nevertheless, as small number of RCC with NF2 mutations have been recently reported in pRCC and collecting duct RCC, it remains to be determined whether these tumours were distinct from or overlapped with our NF2 loss uRCC. ('NF2', 'Gene', (42, 45)) ('loss uRCC', 'Disease', (213, 222)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (219, 222)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (219, 222)) ('reported', 'Reg', (75, 83)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (159, 166)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (87, 91)) ('mutations', 'Var', (46, 55)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (159, 166)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (159, 166)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (219, 222)) ('loss uRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D014786', (213, 222)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (88, 91)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (88, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (33, 36)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (87, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (112, 115)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (33, 36)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (112, 115)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (159, 165)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (88, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (33, 36)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (112, 115)) 8331 27713405 Somatic mutation analysis of our uRCC cohort demonstrated that potentially mTORC1 pathway activating mutations comprising MTOR (5), TSC1 (4), TSC2 (3) and PTEN (4) occurred mutually exclusively in 16 (26%) cases, which might indicate another distinct subset (Fig. ('mutations', 'Var', (101, 110)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (155, 159)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (142, 146)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (155, 159)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (33, 37)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('75', '81')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (75, 81)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (142, 146)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (122, 126)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (33, 37)) ('activating', 'PosReg', (90, 100)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (132, 136)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (34, 37)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (75, 81)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (122, 126)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (132, 136)) 8332 27713405 Mutations of these genes have been described in ccRCC (12%), pRCC (8%) and chRCC (9%). ('described', 'Reg', (35, 44)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (61, 65)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (50, 53)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (77, 80)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (77, 80)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (50, 53)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (50, 53)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (77, 80)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (61, 65)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (62, 65)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (62, 65)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (62, 65)) 8333 27713405 Of the MTOR mutations seen in this cohort (Fig. ('mutations', 'Var', (12, 21)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (7, 11)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (7, 11)) 8334 27713405 3b), I1973F has been described and shown to be hyperactive in cell-based assays, whereas L2427R (recurred three times in our uRCC cohort) and V2475M mutations have not yet been reported. ('V2475M', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (142, 148)) ('hyperactive', 'Disease', (47, 58)) ('hyperactive', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006948', (47, 58)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (125, 129)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (126, 129)) ('L2427R', 'Var', (89, 95)) ('L2427R', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (89, 95)) ('I1973F', 'Var', (5, 11)) ('I1973F', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (5, 11)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (125, 129)) ('V2475M', 'Var', (142, 148)) 8335 27713405 To interrogate the functional impact of individual MTOR mutations, we generated MTOR L2427R and V2475M mutants, and assessed the mTORC1 activity by phosphorylation of S6K and 4EBP1, two key mTORC1 downstream substrates. ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (190, 196)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (51, 55)) ('V2475M', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (96, 102)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (80, 84)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('129', '135')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (129, 135)) ('L2427R', 'Var', (85, 91)) ('L2427R', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (85, 91)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (80, 84)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (190, 196)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (129, 135)) ('S6K and 4EBP1', 'Gene', '6198', (167, 180)) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('148', '163')) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('190', '196')) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (51, 55)) ('V2475M', 'Var', (96, 102)) ('activity', 'MPA', (136, 144)) 8336 27713405 When the MTOR mutant was co-expressed with HA-S6K in 293T human embryonic kidney cells, L2427R exhibited higher activity, whereas V2475M showed baseline mTORC1 kinase activity comparable to the wild-type MTOR (Fig. ('L2427R', 'Var', (88, 94)) ('embryonic kidney', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (64, 80)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (153, 159)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (204, 208)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (9, 13)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (105, 111)) ('V2475M', 'Var', (130, 136)) ('L2427R', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (88, 94)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (58, 63)) ('V2475M', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (130, 136)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (9, 13)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (204, 208)) ('293T', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0063', (53, 57)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (153, 159)) ('activity', 'MPA', (112, 120)) ('embryonic kidney', 'Disease', (64, 80)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('153', '159')) ('kinase activity', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016301', ('160', '175')) 8337 27713405 Consistent with cell-based assays, immunohistochemistry of the uRCC with L2427R mutation displayed strong p-4EBP1 and p-S6 staining, whereas that of V2475M did not (Fig. ('4EBP1', 'Gene', '1978', (108, 113)) ('V2475M', 'Var', (149, 155)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (63, 67)) ('L2427R', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (73, 79)) ('4EBP1', 'Gene', (108, 113)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (63, 67)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (64, 67)) ('V2475M', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (149, 155)) ('L2427R', 'Var', (73, 79)) 8338 27713405 These findings suggest that the recurrent I1973F and L2427R MTOR mutations are likely pathogenic, whereas V2475M could be a passenger mutation. ('I1973F', 'Var', (42, 48)) ('L2427R', 'Var', (53, 59)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (60, 64)) ('L2427R', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (53, 59)) ('V2475M', 'Var', (106, 112)) ('V2475M', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (106, 112)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (60, 64)) ('I1973F', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (42, 48)) 8339 27713405 Notably, all seven tumours with TSC1 or TSC2 mutations had high level of p-4EBP1 (H score=300), whereas only two of four tumours with PTEN mutations exhibited such staining (Fig. ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (19, 26)) ('mutations', 'Var', (45, 54)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (121, 128)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (121, 128)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (121, 127)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (19, 26)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (19, 26)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (40, 44)) ('4EBP1', 'Gene', '1978', (75, 80)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (121, 128)) ('4EBP1', 'Gene', (75, 80)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (40, 44)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (134, 138)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (19, 25)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (134, 138)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (32, 36)) 8340 27713405 Altogether, our integrated analysis demonstrated that 13 of the 16 uRCC tumours with MTOR, TSC1, TSC2 or PTEN mutations exhibited hyperactive mTORC1 signals (Fig. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (68, 71)) ('hyperactive', 'Disease', (130, 141)) ('hyperactive', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006948', (130, 141)) ('uRCC tumours', 'Disease', (67, 79)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (105, 109)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (72, 79)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (91, 95)) ('uRCC tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (67, 79)) ('mutations', 'Var', (110, 119)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (91, 95)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (72, 78)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (97, 101)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (105, 109)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (142, 148)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (97, 101)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (142, 148)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('142', '148')) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (85, 89)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (85, 89)) 8343 27713405 As germline and somatic mutations of FH have been described in hereditary leiomyomatosis RCC (HLRCC) and a small number of sporadic type II pRCC, we performed 2SC (2-succino-cystein) and FH immunohistochemistry to investigate the recurrent FH somatic mutations observed in three of our uRCC cases (Fig. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (140, 144)) ('hereditary leiomyomatosis RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (63, 92)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (286, 290)) ('mutations', 'Var', (24, 33)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (286, 290)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (89, 92)) ('described', 'Reg', (50, 59)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (89, 92)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (96, 99)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (96, 99)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (287, 290)) ('2-succino-cystein', 'Chemical', '-', (164, 181)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (89, 92)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (287, 290)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (96, 99)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (140, 144)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (141, 144)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (141, 144)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (287, 290)) ('hereditary leiomyomatosis RCC', 'Disease', (63, 92)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (141, 144)) 8347 27713405 The remaining FH-negative/2SC-positive tumour (T41) harboured somatic homozygous deletion of the FH gene, revealing a somatic mechanism that can lead to FH functional loss (Supplementary Fig. ('tumour', 'Disease', (39, 45)) ('deletion', 'Var', (81, 89)) ('FH functional loss', 'Disease', (153, 171)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (39, 45)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (39, 45)) ('FH functional loss', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (153, 171)) 8348 27713405 On the other hand, one tumour (T71) with FH G401V somatic mutation was found to be FH positive/2SC negative, and lacked histologic features of HLRCC or FH-deficient RCC, suggesting that FH G401V might be better categorized as a passenger mutation (Fig. ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (23, 29)) ('FH-deficient RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (152, 168)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (145, 148)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (145, 148)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (23, 29)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (165, 168)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (23, 29)) ('G401V', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (44, 49)) ('G401V', 'Var', (44, 49)) ('G401V', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (189, 194)) ('G401V', 'Var', (189, 194)) ('FH-deficient RCC', 'Disease', (152, 168)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (165, 168)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (145, 148)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (165, 168)) 8353 27713405 Of the remaining 28 (45%) uRCC, 8 cases carried mutations of genes involved in chromatin modulation (SETD2, BAP1, KMT2A/C/D and PBRM1); 5 in DNA damage response (TP53, CHEK2 and BRCA2); and 15 without recurrent molecular features based on our analyses (Fig. ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (26, 30)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (27, 30)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('mutations', 'Var', (48, 57)) ('BRCA2', 'Gene', '675', (178, 183)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (128, 133)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('141', '144')) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (108, 112)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (162, 166)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (128, 133)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('79', '88')) ('DNA damage response', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006974', ('141', '160')) ('CHEK2', 'Gene', (168, 173)) ('KMT2A/C/D', 'Gene', '4297', (114, 123)) ('KMT2A/C/D', 'Gene', (114, 123)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (108, 112)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (101, 106)) ('CHEK2', 'Gene', '11200', (168, 173)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (162, 166)) ('BRCA2', 'Gene', (178, 183)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (101, 106)) 8354 27713405 The possibility of these tumours representing other RCC subtypes (for example, TFE3/TFEB translocation or SDHB deficiency) was also excluded by established diagnostic assays. ('translocation', 'Var', (89, 102)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (52, 55)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (84, 88)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (79, 83)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (52, 55)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (52, 55)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (84, 88)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (25, 31)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (25, 32)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (25, 32)) ('SDHB deficiency', 'Disease', (106, 121)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (79, 83)) ('SDHB deficiency', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007153', (106, 121)) ('tumours', 'Disease', (25, 32)) 8355 27713405 Commonly mutated in VHL-deficient ccRCC, chromatin modulators PBRM1, SETD2 and BAP1 were recurrently mutated in uRCC that lacked VHL mutations. ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (79, 83)) ('VHL-deficient ccRCC', 'Disease', (20, 39)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (112, 116)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (36, 39)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (112, 116)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('41', '50')) ('mutated', 'Var', (101, 108)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (79, 83)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (113, 116)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (20, 23)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (62, 67)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (129, 132)) ('VHL-deficient ccRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (20, 39)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (62, 67)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (69, 74)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (20, 23)) ('mutated', 'Var', (9, 16)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (69, 74)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (129, 132)) 8356 27713405 Our finding that these mutations also recur in nccRCC is in line with the recently reported mutations of SWI/SNF and chromatin modifier pathways in type 1 and type 2 pRCC. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (50, 53)) ('chromatin modifier pathways', 'Pathway', (117, 144)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (166, 170)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (50, 53)) ('mutations', 'Var', (92, 101)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (50, 53)) ('mutations', 'Var', (23, 32)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('117', '126')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (167, 170)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (167, 170)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (167, 170)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (166, 170)) ('SWI/SNF', 'Gene', (105, 112)) 8357 27713405 Given the presence of mutations of chromatin modulation or DNA damage response genes in a wide variety of cancers and their known implications in tumorigenesis, we tentatively grouped together the uRCC cases with mutations in these pathways and lacking other apparent driver alterations. ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (197, 201)) ('DNA damage response genes', 'Gene', (59, 84)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (106, 113)) ('chromatin modulation', 'Gene', (35, 55)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (198, 201)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (106, 113)) ('DNA damage response', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006974', ('59', '78')) ('mutations', 'Var', (22, 31)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (106, 113)) ('mutations', 'Var', (213, 222)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (197, 201)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('35', '44')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('59', '62')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (106, 112)) 8358 27713405 Among the 15 cases lacking recurrent features ('other' group), T62 and T69 had non-recurrent MET (H1094Y) or BRAF (Y472C) pathogenic mutations, respectively (Supplementary Data 2). ('H1094Y', 'Var', (98, 104)) ('Y472C', 'Var', (115, 120)) ('BRAF', 'Gene', (109, 113)) ('BRAF', 'Gene', '673', (109, 113)) ('MET', 'Gene', '79811', (93, 96)) ('MET', 'Gene', (93, 96)) ('H1094Y', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (98, 104)) ('Y472C', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (115, 120)) 8359 27713405 Together, there were seven cases in which no mutation or other significant molecular alteration was detected by our panel of analyses, but the clinicopathologic features of these cases (for example, high-grade nuclear features, necrosis and so on) excluded the possibility of them being reclassified as renal oncocytomas. ('necrosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009336', (228, 236)) ('renal oncocytomas', 'Disease', (303, 320)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001906', ('228', '236')) ('renal oncocytomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C537750', (303, 320)) ('renal oncocytomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011798', (303, 320)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0070265', ('228', '236')) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('228', '236')) ('necrosis', 'Disease', (228, 236)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0019835', ('228', '236')) ('high-grade', 'Var', (199, 209)) ('necrosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008220', ('228', '236')) 8360 27713405 In addition, three uRCC tumours with somatic SMARCB1 mutations (T23, T38 and T41) retained the INI1 protein expression (encoded by SMARCB1), and were histologically distinct from renal medullary carcinoma that exhibits characteristic INI1 loss and occurs in individuals with sickle cell trait or other hemoglobinopathies (Supplementary Fig. ('T38', 'Var', (69, 72)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (195, 204)) ('T23', 'Var', (64, 67)) ('INI1', 'Gene', (234, 238)) ('INI1', 'Gene', '6598', (234, 238)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('100', '107')) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (20, 23)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', '6598', (131, 138)) ('sickle cell trait', 'Disease', (275, 292)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (131, 138)) ('uRCC tumours', 'Disease', (19, 31)) ('uRCC tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (19, 31)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 30)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (239, 243)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 31)) ('hemoglobinopathies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006453', (302, 320)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (195, 204)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (195, 204)) ('INI1', 'Gene', (95, 99)) ('INI1', 'Gene', '6598', (95, 99)) ('T41', 'Var', (77, 80)) ('hemoglobinopathies', 'Disease', (302, 320)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', '6598', (45, 52)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (45, 52)) 8368 27713405 Although some of these mutations are present in certain established subtypes of RCC, the overall mutation profiles, the frequencies of mutations in specific genes and a lack of characteristic molecular features of established RCC subtypes support the notion that these uRCC tumours are largely distinct from the established RCC subtypes and harbour their unique oncogenic pathways. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (324, 327)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (274, 280)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (324, 327)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (274, 281)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (80, 83)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (80, 83)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (270, 273)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (80, 83)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (270, 273)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (270, 273)) ('mutations', 'Var', (23, 32)) ('uRCC tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (269, 281)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (226, 229)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (226, 229)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (226, 229)) ('uRCC tumours', 'Disease', (269, 281)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (324, 327)) 8369 27713405 This study identifies a subset of uRCC that is characterized by NF2 loss, dysregulated Hippo-YAP signalling and aggressive clinical behaviour (Figs 2 and 4). ('uRCC', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('behaviour', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007610', ('132', '141')) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (34, 38)) ('signalling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('97', '107')) ('Hippo-YAP signalling', 'MPA', (87, 107)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (68, 72)) ('dysregulated', 'Var', (74, 86)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (35, 38)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (64, 67)) ('aggressive clinical behaviour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (112, 141)) 8370 27713405 The majority (69%) of this subset demonstrates biallelic inactivation of NF2 with concurrent NF2 mutation and LOH, a molecular feature that has not been reported in RCC. ('LOH', 'MPA', (110, 113)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (73, 76)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (93, 96)) ('mutation', 'Var', (97, 105)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (165, 168)) ('biallelic inactivation', 'Var', (47, 69)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (165, 168)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (165, 168)) 8372 27713405 As the regulation of Hippo signalling could differ based on organ or cellular contexts, the YAP activation we observed predominantly in the NF2 loss subset of uRCC suggests that NF2 inactivation is an essential mechanism dysregulating Hippo signalling in RCC. ('inactivation', 'Var', (182, 194)) ('Hippo signalling', 'MPA', (235, 251)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (96, 106)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (160, 163)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (160, 163)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (159, 163)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (160, 163)) ('signalling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('27', '37')) ('signalling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('241', '251')) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (159, 163)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (255, 258)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (255, 258)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (255, 258)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (144, 148)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (140, 143)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('7', '17')) 8374 27713405 Other molecular features found in this subset of tumours include the enrichment of SETD2 mutations, frequent 1p and 3p losses and aberrant histone methylation (absence of H3K36me3) in cases with concurrent 3p loss and SETD2 mutation. ('tumours', 'Disease', (49, 56)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (218, 223)) ('aberrant', 'Var', (130, 138)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (218, 223)) ('H3K36me3', 'Protein', (171, 179)) ('mutation', 'Var', (224, 232)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (49, 55)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (83, 88)) ('losses', 'NegReg', (119, 125)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (49, 56)) ('mutations', 'Var', (89, 98)) ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (49, 56)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (83, 88)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (209, 213)) ('histone methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016571', ('139', '158')) ('histone methylation', 'MPA', (139, 158)) 8384 27713405 Similar to what have been described in ccRCC and pRCC, mutations in chromatin modulation genes are relatively frequent in uRCC, although none of which (for example, SETD2 and BAP1) was found to be significantly associated with clinical outcomes in this cohort. ('uRCC', 'Gene', (122, 126)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (49, 53)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('68', '77')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (123, 126)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (123, 126)) ('chromatin modulation genes', 'Gene', (68, 94)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (175, 179)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (50, 53)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (50, 53)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (49, 53)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (41, 44)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (123, 126)) ('frequent', 'Reg', (110, 118)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (41, 44)) ('mutations', 'Var', (55, 64)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (50, 53)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (165, 170)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (41, 44)) ('associated', 'Reg', (211, 221)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (122, 126)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (165, 170)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (175, 179)) 8385 27713405 We did not observe specific patterns of distribution for these mutations, except for the enrichment of SETD2 mutations in the NF2 loss subset. ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (103, 108)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (130, 134)) ('mutations', 'Var', (109, 118)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (103, 108)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (126, 129)) 8386 27713405 Further validation studies are needed to clarify the roles of these mutations in the oncogenesis of various types of RCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (117, 120)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (117, 120)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (117, 120)) ('oncogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007048', ('85', '96')) ('mutations', 'Var', (68, 77)) 8387 27713405 MET mutations have been predominantly, but not exclusively detected in pRCC based on the recent genomic studies of RCC. ('MET', 'Gene', '79811', (0, 3)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (72, 75)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (71, 75)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (115, 118)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (72, 75)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (72, 75)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (115, 118)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (115, 118)) ('MET', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (71, 75)) ('mutations', 'Var', (4, 13)) 8388 27713405 While the discovery of MET H1094Y mutation in one uRCC may suggest it represents a pRCC with atypical histologic features, more importantly it provides a potential therapeutic option for this patient. ('uRCC', 'Gene', '54894', (50, 54)) ('MET', 'Gene', (23, 26)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (83, 87)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (192, 199)) ('H1094Y', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (27, 33)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (51, 54)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (84, 87)) ('H1094Y', 'Var', (27, 33)) ('uRCC', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (83, 87)) ('MET', 'Gene', '79811', (23, 26)) 8401 27713405 Copy number was computed using tumour:normal ratios of normalized coverage data to determine amplifications and deletions except for data on chromosome X. ('deletions', 'Var', (112, 121)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (31, 37)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('141', '151')) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (31, 37)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (31, 37)) 8410 27713405 of South Carolina), FH (1:1,000, Clone J-13, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), INI1 (1:100, BAF47, BD Bioscience) and H3K36me3 (1:200, MABI-0333, Active Motif). ('H3K36me3', 'Var', (111, 119)) ('INI1', 'Gene', '6598', (72, 76)) ('INI1', 'Gene', (72, 76)) 8420 27713405 Signals for ALK gene rearrangement are either 'broken apart' signal or 'single orange' signal (deleted green signal for 5'ALK). ('ALK', 'Gene', (12, 15)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (12, 15)) ('rearrangement', 'Var', (21, 34)) ('ALK', 'Gene', (122, 125)) ("'broken apart", 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001061', (46, 59)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (122, 125)) 8424 27713405 The mTOR single mutations were generated by introducing corresponding nucleotide changes into pcDNA3-Flag-mTOR using QuikChange II XL site-directed mutagenesis kit (Agilent). ('mutagenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006280', ('148', '159')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (106, 110)) ('nucleotide changes', 'Var', (70, 88)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (106, 110)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (4, 8)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (4, 8)) ('introducing', 'Reg', (44, 55)) 8425 27713405 The primers for site-directed mutagenesis are as follows: mTOR L2427R, 5'-CATCAGCCTCCAGTTCCGCAAGGGGTCATAGAC-3'; mTOR V2475M, 5'-AATAGATTCTGGCATTGTGGTCCCCGTTTTCTTATGGG-3'. ('mTOR', 'Gene', (58, 62)) ('L2427R', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (63, 69)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (112, 116)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (112, 116)) ('V2475M', 'Var', (117, 123)) ('mutagenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006280', ('30', '41')) ('L2427R', 'Var', (63, 69)) ('V2475M', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (117, 123)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (58, 62)) 8437 27713405 For mTORC1 signalling experiments, 293T cells were seeded in 6-well plates (1.8 x 106 cells per well) 24 h before transfection by 1.5 mug of vectors expressing wild type or mutant mTOR and 50 ng of vector expressing S6K using Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen). ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('4', '10')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (180, 184)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (180, 184)) ('Lipofectamine 2000', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C086724', (226, 244)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (4, 10)) ('293T', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0063', (35, 39)) ('mug', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0043739', ('134', '137')) ('mutant', 'Var', (173, 179)) ('signalling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('11', '21')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (4, 8)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (4, 8)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (4, 10)) 8440 27713405 Antibodies used for immunoblot analysis are as follows: anti-NF2 (ab88957, Abcam), anti-YAP1 (no. ('anti-NF2', 'Var', (56, 64)) ('YAP1', 'Gene', (88, 92)) ('YAP1', 'Gene', '10413', (88, 92)) 8441 27713405 12395, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-pSer-127 YAP1 (no. ('anti-pSer-127', 'Var', (35, 48)) ('YAP1', 'Gene', (49, 53)) ('Signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('12', '21')) ('YAP1', 'Gene', '10413', (49, 53)) 8444 27713405 2217, Cell Signaling Technology), anti-Flag (F1804, Sigma), anti-RAPTOR (no. ('Signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('11', '20')) ('RAPTOR', 'Gene', (65, 71)) ('F1804', 'Var', (45, 50)) ('RAPTOR', 'Gene', '57521', (65, 71)) 8464 32339157 ACE2 mainly splits angiotensin II (ANG II) into angiotensin-(1-7) and acts as a vasodilator in the renin-angiotension system. ('renin-angiotension', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000841', (99, 117)) ('ACE2', 'Var', (0, 4)) ('angiotensin II', 'Gene', (19, 33)) ('angiotension', 'Chemical', '-', (105, 117)) ('renin', 'Gene', '5972', (99, 104)) ('ANG II', 'Gene', (35, 41)) ('ANG II', 'Gene', '183', (35, 41)) ('renin', 'Gene', (99, 104)) ('angiotensin II', 'Gene', '183', (19, 33)) 8488 32339157 However, the high expression of ACE2 in renal cell carcinoma had a favorable prognosis (Supplementary Table 2). ('high', 'Var', (13, 17)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (40, 60)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (40, 60)) ('ACE2', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (40, 60)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (51, 60)) 8530 32339157 The Kaplan Meier plotter was used to investigate the effect of ACE2 on tumor prognosis, the results showed that high ACE2 had a favorable prognosis in UCEC and KIRP (Figure 2A, 2B). ('KIRP', 'Disease', (160, 164)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (71, 76)) ('high ACE2', 'Var', (112, 121)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (71, 76)) ('UCEC', 'Disease', (151, 155)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (71, 76)) 8544 32339157 While ACE2 not only affects the progress of cardiovascular diseases, but also plays a new role in tumor pathology. ('cardiovascular diseases', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001626', (44, 67)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (98, 103)) ('cardiovascular diseases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002318', (44, 67)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (98, 103)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (98, 103)) ('ACE2', 'Var', (6, 10)) ('plays', 'Reg', (78, 83)) ('affects', 'Reg', (20, 27)) ('cardiovascular diseases', 'Disease', (44, 67)) 8584 28934212 Accordingly, RCC histopathology classification has been confirmed by (cyto)genetic analyses, with pRCC showing trisomy of chromosomes 7 and 17 and loss of chromosome Y, whereas clear cell RCC (ccRCC) frequently displays deletion of chromosome 3p and mutation of VHL gene. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (99, 102)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (262, 265)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (13, 16)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (99, 102)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (147, 151)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (188, 191)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (195, 198)) ('chromosome', 'Gene', (155, 165)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (195, 198)) ('mutation', 'Var', (250, 258)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (98, 102)) ('trisomy', 'Var', (111, 118)) ('deletion', 'Var', (220, 228)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (195, 198)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (262, 265)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('155', '165')) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('232', '242')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (188, 191)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (188, 191)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (13, 16)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (13, 16)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (98, 102)) 8605 28934212 Approval of the study was obtained from the ethics committee of the State Medical Board Brandenburg, Germany, the ethics committee of the University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University, Germany (#4/09), the local ethics committee of the Faculty Hospital Plzen and Faculty of Medicine Plzen, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, the Medical Ethics Committee II of the Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany (#2014-811R-MA), the ethics committee of the State Medical Board Westfalen-Lippe and the Faculty of Medicine University of Muenster, Germany (#2015-506-f-S), San Raffaele Ethics Committee, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy (#2007/29082007/V3), the ethical committee of the University of Heidelberg, Germany (#206/2005), the local human research ethics committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, the institutional review board of Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA (#1007011131), UT Southwestern Institutional Review Board, Dallas, TX, USA, the Washington University in St. Louis Institutional Review Board, St. Louis, MO, USA (#201102423), the ethics committee of the Technical University of Dresden, Germany (EK 269072014), the ethics committee of the Medical University of Vienna and Vienna General Hospital, Austria, and the ethics committee of the Medical University of Graz, Austria. ('#201102423', 'Var', (1128, 1138)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (786, 791)) ('EK 269072014', 'Var', (1211, 1223)) 8667 28934212 Given mutations of the mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) oncogene in pRCC type 1 and of fumarate hydratase (FH) in pRCC type 2, targeted agents assigning MET (e.g. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (121, 125)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (76, 79)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (75, 79)) ('MET', 'Gene', (58, 61)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (114, 116)) ('mesenchymal-epithelial transition', 'biological_process', 'GO:0060231', ('23', '56')) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (75, 79)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (122, 125)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (121, 125)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (94, 112)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (94, 112)) ('mutations', 'Var', (6, 15)) 8682 22666228 Epigenetic alterations are a hallmark of cancer cells and their role in renal tumorigenesis is starting to emerge. ('Epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (0, 22)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (41, 47)) ('renal tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (72, 83)) ('renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (72, 83)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (78, 83)) ('renal tumor', 'Disease', (72, 83)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (41, 47)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (41, 47)) 8690 22666228 In this regard, cancer-related genetic and/or epigenetic alterations might be used as biomarkers enabling the detection of cancerous cells in clinical samples, thus increasing the ability to identify tumors at their earliest stages (Esteller,). ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (123, 129)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (16, 22)) ('cancerous', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (123, 132)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (16, 22)) ('clinical samples', 'Species', '191496', (142, 158)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (200, 205)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (16, 22)) ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (46, 68)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (200, 206)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (123, 129)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (200, 206)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (123, 129)) ('increasing', 'PosReg', (165, 175)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (200, 206)) ('cancerous', 'Disease', (123, 132)) 8693 22666228 On the contrary, epigenetic alterations carry an enormous potential as specific cancer biomarkers (Mulero-Navarro and Esteller,). ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (80, 86)) ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (17, 39)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (80, 86)) ('Esteller', 'Disease', (118, 126)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (80, 86)) 8694 22666228 Furthermore, owing to the reversible nature of epigenetic alterations, these might constitute attractive therapeutic targets, as demonstrated for some hemato-lymphoid neoplasms (Rodriguez-Paredes and Esteller,). ('neoplasms', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (167, 176)) ('hemato-lymphoid neoplasms', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008223', (151, 176)) ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (47, 69)) ('lymphoid neoplasms', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002665', (158, 176)) ('hemato-lymphoid neoplasms', 'Disease', (151, 176)) ('Rodriguez-Paredes', 'Disease', (178, 195)) ('neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (167, 175)) ('Esteller', 'Disease', (200, 208)) 8695 22666228 Thus, in this review, we address not only the role of epigenetic alterations in renal carcinogenesis, but also their clinical potential in RCT management. ('renal carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (80, 100)) ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (54, 76)) ('renal carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (80, 100)) ('clinical', 'Species', '191496', (117, 125)) 8699 22666228 Gene silencing associated with methylation of promoter regions containing CpG islands may be due to an obstruction of the access of transcription factors or through the promotion of binding of methylcytosine-binding proteins (MBD), which cooperate with DNMTs and histone deacetylases (HDACs; Fraga et al.,; Sharma et al.,). ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('132', '145')) ('DAC', 'Gene', (286, 289)) ('access', 'Interaction', (122, 128)) ('MBD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D012080', (226, 229)) ('binding', 'Interaction', (182, 189)) ('Gene silencing', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016458', ('0', '14')) ('promotion', 'PosReg', (169, 178)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('31', '42')) ('methylation', 'Var', (31, 42)) ('binding', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('182', '189')) ('MBD', 'Disease', (226, 229)) ('DAC', 'Gene', '6468', (286, 289)) ('obstruction', 'NegReg', (103, 114)) ('Gene silencing', 'NegReg', (0, 14)) ('binding', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('208', '215')) 8702 22666228 Aberrant DNA methylation is probably the best characterized cancer-related epigenetic alteration and it is considered by some as one of the earliest events in the process of tumorigenesis (Feinberg et al.,). ('tumor', 'Disease', (174, 179)) ('Aberrant', 'Var', (0, 8)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (60, 66)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('9', '12')) ('DNA', 'Protein', (9, 12)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (60, 66)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (174, 179)) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('9', '24')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (174, 179)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (60, 66)) 8703 22666228 Whereas promoter hypomethylation may cause activation of proto-oncogenes, hypermethylation induces silencing of cancer-related genes with tumor suppressive properties (Feinberg et al.,; Sharma et al.,). ('silencing', 'MPA', (99, 108)) ('proto-oncogenes', 'Gene', (57, 72)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (138, 143)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (112, 118)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (112, 118)) ('proto-oncogenes', 'MPA', (57, 72)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (43, 53)) ('promoter hypomethylation', 'Var', (8, 32)) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (74, 90)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (138, 143)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (112, 118)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (138, 143)) 8704 22666228 It was also demonstrated that aberrant methylation may affect large extensions of DNA in cancer cells, resulting in extensive epigenetic reprogramming of entire chromosomal regions (Frigola et al.,). ('affect', 'Reg', (55, 61)) ('epigenetic', 'MPA', (126, 136)) ('aberrant methylation', 'Var', (30, 50)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (89, 95)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('39', '50')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('82', '85')) ('cancer', 'Disease', (89, 95)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (89, 95)) 8706 22666228 This set of histone modifications - the so-called "histone code" - determines the configuration of chromatin, adjusting the accessibility to effector proteins (Kouzarides,). ('modifications', 'Var', (20, 33)) ('adjusting', 'Reg', (110, 119)) ('accessibility', 'MPA', (124, 137)) ('Kouzarides', 'Chemical', '-', (160, 170)) 8707 22666228 For instance, whereas lysine acetylation is associated with active transcription, lysine methylation may lead to transcription activation or repression depending on the residue affected and the degree of modification (Kouzarides,). ('transcription', 'MPA', (113, 126)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('89', '100')) ('Kouzarides', 'Chemical', '-', (218, 228)) ('lead to', 'Reg', (105, 112)) ('lysine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D008239', (22, 28)) ('lysine methylation', 'Var', (82, 100)) ('lysine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D008239', (82, 88)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('67', '80')) ('activation', 'PosReg', (127, 137)) ('repression', 'NegReg', (141, 151)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('113', '126')) ('lysine', 'Var', (22, 28)) 8708 22666228 For example, trimethylation of lysine 4 on histone H3 (H3K4me3) is associated with active transcription, whilst H3K27me3 and H3K9me3 are the two chief repressive marks (Kouzarides,). ('Kouzarides', 'Chemical', '-', (169, 179)) ('active transcription', 'MPA', (83, 103)) ('H3K27me3', 'Var', (112, 120)) ('associated', 'Reg', (67, 77)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('90', '103')) ('trimethylation', 'Var', (13, 27)) ('H3K9me3', 'Var', (125, 132)) ('lysine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D008239', (31, 37)) 8710 22666228 Besides their important role in regulation of gene expression in somatic cells, covalent histone modifications are also critical for embryonic stem cell (ESC) development and differentiation (Kouzarides,; Shi,). ('covalent', 'Var', (80, 88)) ('embryonic stem cell', 'CPA', (133, 152)) ('Kouzarides', 'Chemical', '-', (192, 202)) ('regulation of gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010468', ('32', '61')) 8714 22666228 Thus, it seems paradoxical that, in cancer development, the presence of H4K20me3 is also associated with local silencing of genes (Fullgrabe et al.,). ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (36, 42)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (36, 42)) ('presence', 'Var', (60, 68)) ('local silencing of genes', 'MPA', (105, 129)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (36, 42)) ('H4K20me3', 'Var', (72, 80)) 8717 22666228 In this regard, HDMs, like LSD1 which targets methylated H3K4 and H3K9, seem also to play an important role in some cancer models (Metzger et al.,; Schulte et al.,). ('LSD1', 'Gene', (27, 31)) ('H3K4', 'Protein', (57, 61)) ('LSD1', 'Gene', '23028', (27, 31)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (116, 122)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (116, 122)) ('HDMs', 'Disease', (16, 20)) ('play', 'Reg', (85, 89)) ('HDMs', 'Disease', 'None', (16, 20)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (116, 122)) ('H3K9', 'Protein', (66, 70)) ('methylated', 'Var', (46, 56)) 8725 22666228 The mechanisms that lead to altered miRNA expression are similar to those of regular genes and include amplification, deletion, mutation, and promoter hypermethylation (Guil and Esteller,; Dudziec et al.,). ('altered', 'Reg', (28, 35)) ('mutation', 'Var', (128, 136)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (36, 39)) ('deletion', 'Var', (118, 126)) ('miR', 'Gene', (36, 39)) 8727 22666228 These characteristics not only endow epigenetic alterations a critical role in tumorigenesis, but they also set the basis for their use as cancer biomarkers for early detection, diagnosis, assessment of prognosis, patient monitoring, and prediction of response to therapy, as previously stated (Sharma et al.,; Berdasco and Esteller,). ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (139, 145)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (214, 221)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (79, 84)) ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (37, 59)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (139, 145)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (79, 84)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (79, 84)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (139, 145)) 8728 22666228 In the next sections, the role of each epigenetic mechanism in renal cell tumorigenesis, as well as its potential use as biomarker and therapeutic target, will be discussed. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (74, 79)) ('epigenetic', 'Var', (39, 49)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (74, 79)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (74, 79)) ('renal cell', 'Disease', (63, 73)) 8731 22666228 Moreover, because the frequency of point mutations affecting genes involved in familial RCC is relatively low in the sporadic cases, except for VHL, the relevance of aberrant promoter methylation in RCC carcinogenesis has been highlighted (McRonald et al.,). ('RCC carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (199, 217)) ('RCC carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (199, 217)) ('familial RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (79, 91)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('184', '195')) ('aberrant', 'Var', (166, 174)) ('familial RCC', 'Disease', (79, 91)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (144, 147)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (144, 147)) 8732 22666228 Indeed, several genes, like RASSF1A, SFRP1, DAPK1, and SPINT2, were consistently found to be silenced by promoter hypermethylation but rarely mutated in sporadic RCC (Morris et al.,). ('DAPK1', 'Gene', '1612', (44, 49)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (162, 165)) ('silenced', 'NegReg', (93, 101)) ('promoter hypermethylation', 'Var', (105, 130)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (28, 35)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (162, 165)) ('DAPK1', 'Gene', (44, 49)) ('SFRP1', 'Gene', '6422', (37, 42)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (28, 35)) ('SFRP1', 'Gene', (37, 42)) ('SPINT2', 'Gene', '10653', (55, 61)) ('SPINT2', 'Gene', (55, 61)) 8733 22666228 In this setting, functional epigenomic approaches emerged as efficient strategies to identify genes whose expression was silenced by promoter methylation in RCC, through the identification of genes re-expressed after treatment with demethylating drugs in RCC cell lines and further validated in primary tumor samples. ('silenced', 'NegReg', (121, 129)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (303, 308)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (303, 308)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('142', '153')) ('expression', 'MPA', (106, 116)) ('re-expressed', 'PosReg', (198, 210)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (303, 308)) ('promoter methylation', 'Var', (133, 153)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (157, 160)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (255, 258)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (157, 160)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (255, 258)) 8744 22666228 Promoter hypermethylation of some genes has been associated with clinical and pathological features of tumor aggressiveness and also to have prognostic relevance. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (103, 108)) ('associated', 'Reg', (49, 59)) ('tumor aggressiveness', 'Disease', (103, 123)) ('aggressiveness', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (109, 123)) ('Promoter hypermethylation', 'Var', (0, 25)) ('tumor aggressiveness', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (103, 123)) ('clinical', 'Species', '191496', (65, 73)) 8745 22666228 Thus, aberrant promoter methylation of APAF1 and DAPK1 (Christoph et al.,), as well as of GREM1 (van Vlodrop et al.,) was has been associated with aggressive forms of RCC. ('DAPK1', 'Gene', (49, 54)) ('aberrant', 'Var', (6, 14)) ('APAF1', 'Gene', (39, 44)) ('associated', 'Reg', (131, 141)) ('van Vlodrop', 'Disease', (97, 108)) ('promoter methylation', 'MPA', (15, 35)) ('GREM1', 'Gene', '26585', (90, 95)) ('DAPK1', 'Gene', '1612', (49, 54)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (167, 170)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (167, 170)) ('aggressive forms', 'Disease', (147, 163)) ('APAF1', 'Gene', '317', (39, 44)) ('GREM1', 'Gene', (90, 95)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('24', '35')) ('van Vlodrop', 'Disease', 'MESH:C536530', (97, 108)) 8756 22666228 Lack of pVHL leads to increased levels of HIFs and increased expression of genes involved in cellular response to hypoxia, promoting angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis, evasion of cell death, and cellular metabolism (Rathmell and Chen,; Linehan et al.,). ('promoting', 'PosReg', (123, 132)) ('expression of', 'MPA', (61, 74)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (51, 60)) ('HIFs', 'MPA', (42, 46)) ('cellular metabolism', 'biological_process', 'GO:0044237', ('199', '218')) ('Lack', 'Var', (0, 4)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('133', '145')) ('cell death', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('183', '193')) ('angiogenesis', 'CPA', (133, 145)) ('levels', 'MPA', (32, 38)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (22, 31)) ('cellular metabolism', 'CPA', (199, 218)) ('evasion of cell death', 'MPA', (172, 193)) ('pVHL', 'Gene', '7428', (8, 12)) ('pVHL', 'Gene', (8, 12)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (114, 121)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (114, 121)) ('cellular response to hypoxia', 'biological_process', 'GO:0071456', ('93', '121')) 8758 22666228 Indeed, hypoxia was reported to be associated with widespread repression of total RNA and mRNA synthesis and to induce global histone modifications typically associated with transcriptional repression (loss of H3K9ac, increase in H3K9me2, H3K27me2, H3K9me3, H3K27me3, H3K4me1), but also unpredictably with gene activation (increase in H3K14ac, H4R3me2 which may facilitate acetylation of histones associated with activation of transcription, H3K4me2, H3K4me3, and H3K7me2; Chen et al.,; Johnson et al.,). ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('82', '85')) ('acetylation', 'MPA', (373, 384)) ('facilitate', 'PosReg', (362, 372)) ('H3K27me2', 'Var', (239, 247)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (202, 206)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (8, 15)) ('H3K4me3', 'Var', (451, 458)) ('H3K9me3', 'Var', (249, 256)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (8, 15)) ('H4R3me2', 'Var', (344, 351)) ('H3K14ac', 'Var', (335, 342)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (218, 226)) ('H3K9ac', 'Var', (210, 216)) ('H3K27me3', 'Var', (258, 266)) ('H3K7me2', 'Var', (464, 471)) ('mRNA synthesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009299', ('90', '104')) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('427', '440')) ('H3K9me2', 'Var', (230, 237)) ('histones', 'Protein', (388, 396)) 8759 22666228 Gene-specific histone modifications included a decrease in H3K9ac and an increase in H3K9/27me2 at hypoxia-repressed genes, an increase in H3K9ac and a decrease in H3K9/27me2 at hypoxia-induced genes, and an increase in H3K4me3 and a decrease in H3K27me3 in all hypoxia-responsive genes (activated and repressed), suggesting that repressed chromatin H3K4me3 enriched and H3K27me3 deprived might be rapidly activated when hypoxia is reversed (Chen et al.,; Johnson et al.,). ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (421, 428)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (262, 269)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (99, 106)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (73, 81)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('340', '349')) ('H3K9ac', 'MPA', (59, 65)) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (47, 55)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (99, 106)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (178, 185)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (208, 216)) ('H3K9ac', 'MPA', (139, 145)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (178, 185)) ('modifications', 'Var', (22, 35)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (421, 428)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (262, 269)) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (152, 160)) ('H3K9/27me2', 'MPA', (85, 95)) 8763 22666228 Since HIF upregulation is a feature of ccRCC, the regulation of histone methylation status, and thus of genetic expression, by JmjC histone demethylases might be another mechanism leading to epigenetic changes in RCC carcinogenesis. ('HIF', 'MPA', (6, 9)) ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (10, 22)) ('RCC carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (213, 231)) ('RCC carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (213, 231)) ('regulation of histone methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0031060', ('50', '83')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (213, 216)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (213, 216)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (41, 44)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (41, 44)) ('epigenetic changes', 'Var', (191, 209)) 8765 22666228 In addition, genes encoding for histone-modifying enzymes have been also reported to be mutated in ccRCC (van Haaften et al.,; Dalgliesh et al.,; Table 2). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (101, 104)) ('mutated', 'Var', (88, 95)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (101, 104)) 8766 22666228 Specifically, inactivating mutations were described for SETD2 (H3K36 methyltransferase), JARID1C/KDM5C (H3K4 demethylase), UTX/KMD6A (H3K27 demethylase), and MLL2 (an H3K4 methyltransferase; van Haaften et al.,; Dalgliesh et al.,). ('SETD2', 'Gene', (56, 61)) ('JARID1C', 'Gene', (89, 96)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', '8242', (97, 102)) ('inactivating mutations', 'Var', (14, 36)) ('JARID1C', 'Gene', '8242', (89, 96)) ('MLL2', 'Gene', '9757', (158, 162)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (56, 61)) ('UTX', 'Gene', (123, 126)) ('MLL2', 'Gene', (158, 162)) ('UTX', 'Gene', '7403', (123, 126)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', (97, 102)) 8767 22666228 More recently, mutations in the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex gene PBRM1 has been identified in 41% of ccRCCs (Varela et al.,). ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('40', '60')) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (74, 79)) ('mutations', 'Var', (15, 24)) ('chromatin remodeling complex', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0016585', ('40', '68')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (112, 115)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (112, 115)) ('identified', 'Reg', (89, 99)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (74, 79)) 8771 22666228 Several histone marks have been associated with poor prognosis in RCC, including low H3K4me2, H3K18ac, and H3K9me2 (Seligson et al.,). ('H3K4me2', 'Protein', (85, 92)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (66, 69)) ('low', 'NegReg', (81, 84)) ('H3K18ac', 'Var', (94, 101)) ('H3K9me2', 'Var', (107, 114)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (66, 69)) 8772 22666228 H3K4me1-3 levels were also found to be inversely correlated with Fuhrman grade, pT stage, lymph node involvement and distant metastases, and an H3K4me score (combining staining levels of H3K4me) was an independent factor for RCC progression-free survival (Ellinger et al.,). ('metastases', 'Disease', (125, 135)) ('H3K4me1-3', 'MPA', (0, 9)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (225, 228)) ('Fuhrman', 'Disease', (65, 72)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (225, 228)) ('metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (125, 135)) ('pT stage', 'Disease', (80, 88)) ('H3K4me score', 'Var', (144, 156)) 8773 22666228 Similar observations were made for global H3Ac and H4Ac levels, as well as for H3K9Ac levels in RCCs treated with partial nephrectomy (Minardi et al.,), whereas H3K18Ac levels were an independent predictor of RCC progression after surgery (Mosashvilli et al.,). ('RCC', 'Disease', (96, 99)) ('H3Ac', 'Chemical', '-', (42, 46)) ('H3K9Ac levels', 'MPA', (79, 92)) ('H4Ac', 'Chemical', '-', (51, 55)) ('H3K18Ac', 'Var', (161, 168)) ('H4Ac levels', 'MPA', (51, 62)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (209, 212)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (209, 212)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (96, 99)) 8775 22666228 Histone onco-modifications might also carry therapeutic implications, as patients with marks of poor prognosis including low levels of H3K4me2, H3K18ac, and H3K9me2 could benefit from innovative treatments with histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) Histone onco-modifications might also carry therapeutic implications, as patients with marks of poor prognosis including low levels of H3K4me2, H3K18ac, and H3K9me2 could benefit from innovative treatments with histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi; Seligson et al.,). ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (323, 331)) ('DAC', 'Gene', '6468', (494, 497)) ('H3K18ac', 'Var', (394, 401)) ('DAC', 'Gene', (244, 247)) ('DAC', 'Gene', '6468', (244, 247)) ('DAC', 'Gene', (494, 497)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (73, 81)) ('H3K9me2', 'Var', (407, 414)) 8780 22666228 The combination of HDACi and retinoids might also provide an alternative therapeutic strategy because RARbeta2 expression is reduced in RCC, in part owing to gene-specific histone hypoacetylation, and its re-expression is associated with anti-neoplastic effects through the abrogation of retinoid-resistance (Touma et al.,; Wang et al.,). ('retinoid', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012176', (29, 37)) ('re-expression', 'PosReg', (205, 218)) ('RARbeta2', 'Gene', (102, 110)) ('anti-neoplastic effects', 'CPA', (238, 261)) ('DAC', 'Gene', '6468', (20, 23)) ('abrogation', 'Var', (274, 284)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (125, 132)) ('expression', 'MPA', (111, 121)) ('retinoid', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012176', (288, 296)) ('histone hypoacetylation', 'MPA', (172, 195)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (136, 139)) ('DAC', 'Gene', (20, 23)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (136, 139)) ('retinoids', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012176', (29, 38)) 8782 22666228 Deregulation of miRNA expression seems to be pivotal for RCC development and progression (Valera et al.,). ('Deregulation', 'Var', (0, 12)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (57, 60)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (57, 60)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (16, 19)) ('miR', 'Gene', (16, 19)) 8792 22666228 Bioinformatics, anti-correlation analysis of miRNA/mRNA levels and functional studies in paired tumorous and normal tissues are also revealing interesting data on cell function alterations due to deregulated miRNA in RCTs. ('miR', 'Gene', (208, 211)) ('tumorous', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (96, 104)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (96, 101)) ('deregulated', 'Var', (196, 207)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (45, 48)) ('miR', 'Gene', (45, 48)) ('tumorous', 'Disease', (96, 104)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (208, 211)) 8793 22666228 Those have showed that deregulated microRNAs target genes are commonly involved in metabolic (71 target genes of 13 deregulated microRNAs), focal adhesion, cell adhesion molecules and ECM receptor interactions (30 target genes of 25 deregulated microRNAs), cell cycle regulation (24 target genes of 22 deregulated microRNAs), and apoptosis (14 target genes of 11 deregulated microRNAs) pathways in ccRCC (Zhou et al.,; Table 3). ('deregulated', 'Var', (23, 34)) ('cell cycle regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('257', '278')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (400, 403)) ('cell adhesion', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007155', ('156', '169')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (400, 403)) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0097194', ('330', '339')) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006915', ('330', '339')) ('focal adhesion', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005925', ('140', '154')) ('apoptosis', 'Pathway', (330, 339)) 8809 22666228 In ccRCC 23 miRNA are differentially expressed (let-7e, let-7f, let-7g, miR10b, miR-124, miR-126, miR-138, miR-140-5p, miR-142-5p, miR-144, miR-184, miR-200c, miR-203, miR-206, miR-210, miR-218, miR-27a, miR-27b, miR-335, miR-373, miR-378, miR-92a, miR-98; Valera et al.,). ('miR-378', 'Gene', '494327', (231, 238)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (249, 252)) ('miR-126', 'Gene', (89, 96)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (98, 101)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (107, 112)) ('miR-144', 'Gene', (131, 138)) ('miR', 'Gene', (177, 180)) ('miR', 'Gene', (131, 134)) ('miR-203', 'Gene', (159, 166)) ('miR', 'Gene', (186, 189)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (231, 234)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (131, 136)) ('miR', 'Gene', (89, 92)) ('miR', 'Gene', (240, 243)) ('miR', 'Gene', (159, 162)) ('miR-184', 'Gene', '406960', (140, 147)) ('miR-126', 'Gene', '406913', (89, 96)) ('miR', 'Gene', (213, 216)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (222, 225)) ('miR', 'Gene', (119, 122)) ('miR-206', 'Gene', '406989', (168, 175)) ('miR-144', 'Gene', '406936', (131, 138)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (80, 85)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (107, 110)) ('miR-184', 'Gene', (140, 147)) ('miR', 'Gene', (12, 15)) ('miR-210', 'Gene', '406992', (177, 184)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (168, 171)) ('miR', 'Gene', (140, 143)) ('miR-335', 'Gene', '442904', (213, 220)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (5, 8)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (131, 136)) ('let-7f', 'Var', (56, 62)) ('miR', 'Gene', (195, 198)) ('miR-21', 'Gene', (186, 192)) ('miR-373', 'Gene', (222, 229)) ('let-7g', 'Gene', '406890', (64, 70)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (140, 145)) ('let-7e', 'Gene', '406887', (48, 54)) ('miR-210', 'Gene', (177, 184)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (98, 103)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (149, 152)) ('miR-21', 'Gene', (177, 183)) ('miR10b', 'Gene', '406903', (72, 78)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (80, 85)) ('miR10b', 'Gene', (72, 78)) ('miR', 'Gene', (72, 75)) ('miR', 'Gene', (80, 83)) ('miR-378', 'Gene', (231, 238)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (177, 180)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (140, 145)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (131, 134)) ('miR', 'Gene', (204, 207)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (186, 189)) ('let-7e', 'Gene', (48, 54)) ('miR-27b', 'Gene', (204, 211)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (89, 92)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (240, 243)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (98, 103)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (159, 162)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (213, 216)) ('miR', 'Gene', (249, 252)) ('let-7g', 'Gene', (64, 70)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (119, 122)) ('miR', 'Gene', (98, 101)) ('miR-98', 'Gene', (249, 255)) ('miR-335', 'Gene', (213, 220)) ('miR', 'Gene', (231, 234)) ('miR-206', 'Gene', (168, 175)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (89, 94)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (12, 15)) ('miR-21', 'Gene', '406991', (186, 192)) ('miR-27a', 'Gene', '407018', (195, 202)) ('miR-200c', 'Gene', '406985', (149, 157)) ('miR', 'Gene', (222, 225)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (140, 143)) ('miR-98', 'Gene', '407054', (249, 255)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (195, 198)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (5, 8)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (119, 124)) ('miR-200c', 'Gene', (149, 157)) ('miR-21', 'Gene', '406991', (177, 183)) ('miR-27a', 'Gene', (195, 202)) ('miR', 'Gene', (107, 110)) ('miR-27b', 'Gene', '407019', (204, 211)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (107, 112)) ('miR', 'Gene', (168, 171)) ('miR-373', 'Gene', '442918', (222, 229)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (72, 75)) ('miR-203', 'Gene', '406986', (159, 166)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (89, 94)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (80, 83)) ('miR', 'Gene', (149, 152)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (204, 207)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (119, 124)) 8810 22666228 However, some miRNAs are characteristic of sporadic ccRCC (let-7c, let-7d, miR-1, miR-100, miR-10a, miR-148b, miR-191, miR-199a-3p, miR-19a, miR-215, miR-29b, miR-30c, miR-363, miR-9) and others of hereditary (Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome-related) RCC (let-7a, miR-125a-5p, miR-125b, miR-143, miR-146b-5p, miR-15b, miR-17, miR-193a-5p, miR-193b, miR-196a, miR-20b, miR-214, miR-23b, miR-32, miR-372; Valera et al.,). ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (259, 262)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (334, 339)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (291, 294)) ('miR-19a', 'Gene', (132, 139)) ('miR-214', 'Gene', (363, 370)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (344, 347)) ('let-7a', 'Var', (251, 257)) ('miR', 'Gene', (91, 94)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (100, 105)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (313, 318)) ('miR-215', 'Gene', (141, 148)) ('miR-30c', 'Gene', (159, 166)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (272, 275)) ('miR', 'Gene', (282, 285)) ('miR', 'Gene', (177, 180)) ('miR-10a', 'Gene', (91, 98)) ('miR-199a-3p', 'Gene', (119, 130)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (150, 153)) ('miR', 'Gene', (304, 307)) ('let-7c', 'Gene', (59, 65)) ('miR', 'Gene', (82, 85)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (282, 287)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (132, 137)) ('miR-199a-3p', 'Gene', '406977', (119, 130)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (82, 87)) ('miR', 'Gene', (159, 162)) ('miR-214', 'Gene', '406996', (363, 370)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (363, 366)) ('miR', 'Gene', (119, 122)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (344, 349)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (334, 339)) ('miR', 'Gene', (381, 384)) ('miR-372', 'Gene', (389, 396)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (75, 78)) ('Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome', 'Disease', (210, 236)) ('miR-10a', 'Gene', '406902', (91, 98)) ('miR', 'Gene', (100, 103)) ('miR-143', 'Gene', '406935', (282, 289)) ('miR', 'Gene', (14, 17)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (313, 316)) ('miR-193b', 'Gene', '574455', (334, 342)) ('miR-372', 'Gene', '442917', (389, 396)) ('miR-17', 'Gene', (313, 319)) ('miR', 'Gene', (291, 294)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (282, 287)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (168, 171)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (132, 137)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (291, 296)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (389, 392)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (82, 87)) ('miR-363', 'Gene', (168, 175)) ('miR-148b', 'Gene', (100, 108)) ('let-7d', 'Gene', '406886', (67, 73)) ('Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (210, 236)) ('miR-363', 'Gene', '574031', (168, 175)) ('miR-100', 'Gene', '406892', (82, 89)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (321, 326)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (304, 309)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (344, 349)) ('miR-15b', 'Gene', (304, 311)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (75, 80)) ('miR', 'Gene', (334, 337)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (110, 113)) ('miR-20b', 'Gene', '574032', (354, 361)) ('let-7d', 'Gene', (67, 73)) ('miR-191', 'Gene', '406966', (110, 117)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (246, 249)) ('miR-191', 'Gene', (110, 117)) ('miR', 'Gene', (141, 144)) ('miR', 'Gene', (372, 375)) ('miR-30c', 'Gene', '407031', (159, 166)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (91, 94)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (321, 324)) ('miR-23b', 'Gene', '407011', (372, 379)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (291, 296)) ('miR', 'Gene', (354, 357)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (282, 285)) ('miR', 'Gene', (132, 135)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (177, 180)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (304, 307)) ('miR', 'Gene', (259, 262)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (82, 85)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (110, 115)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (259, 264)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (304, 309)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (159, 162)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (75, 80)) ('miR', 'Gene', (344, 347)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (313, 318)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (119, 122)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (381, 384)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (91, 96)) ('miR', 'Gene', (272, 275)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (272, 277)) ('miR', 'Gene', (150, 153)) ('miR-193b', 'Gene', (334, 342)) ('miR-17', 'Gene', '406952', (313, 319)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (100, 103)) ('miR-32', 'Gene', (381, 387)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (14, 17)) ('miR-29b', 'Gene', '407024', (150, 157)) ('miR', 'Gene', (363, 366)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (110, 115)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (54, 57)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (259, 264)) ('miR-100', 'Gene', (82, 89)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (119, 124)) ('miR', 'Gene', (321, 324)) ('miR-143', 'Gene', (282, 289)) ('miR-19a', 'Gene', '406979', (132, 139)) ('miR-215', 'Gene', '406997', (141, 148)) ('miR', 'Gene', (75, 78)) ('miR-20b', 'Gene', (354, 361)) ('miR-29b', 'Gene', (150, 157)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (334, 337)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (91, 96)) ('miR-23b', 'Gene', (372, 379)) ('miR', 'Gene', (313, 316)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (321, 326)) ('miR-148b', 'Gene', '442892', (100, 108)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', (100, 105)) ('miR-15b', 'Gene', '406949', (304, 311)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (272, 277)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (246, 249)) ('miR', 'Gene', (168, 171)) ('miR-32', 'Gene', '407036', (381, 387)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (141, 144)) ('miR', 'Gene', (389, 392)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (372, 375)) ('let-7c', 'Gene', '406885', (59, 65)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (54, 57)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (354, 357)) ('miR', 'Gene', '220972', (132, 135)) ('miR', 'Gene', (110, 113)) ('miR-1', 'Gene', '83856', (119, 124)) 8820 22666228 The ubiquity of epigenetic alterations in RCT supports their fundamental role in renal carcinogenesis. ('renal carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (81, 101)) ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (16, 38)) ('renal carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (81, 101)) ('RCT', 'Gene', (42, 45)) 8821 22666228 Finally, owing to the reversible and plastic nature of epigenetic alterations, these constitute an attractive target for novel therapeutic approaches that might tackle one of the most chemoresistant types of human cancer. ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (55, 77)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (214, 220)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (214, 220)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (208, 213)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (214, 220)) 8845 33322163 These drugs work particularly well for cancers with increased mutational load and highly expressed neo-antigens. ('increased', 'PosReg', (52, 61)) ('mutational load', 'Var', (62, 77)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (39, 46)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (39, 46)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (39, 46)) ('neo-antigens', 'Protein', (99, 111)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (39, 45)) 8943 33322163 It is associated with TFE3, TFEB, or MITF gene fusions, with various associated targetable signaling pathways. ('gene fusions', 'Var', (42, 54)) ('associated', 'Reg', (6, 16)) ('MITF', 'Gene', '4286', (37, 41)) ('MITF', 'Gene', (37, 41)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (22, 26)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (28, 32)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('91', '100')) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (28, 32)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (22, 26)) 8944 33322163 An example is the presence of an SFPQ-TFE fusion [t(X;1) (p11.2; p34)] resulting in "Xp11.2 translocation carcinoma", in which TFE3 chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by deep sequencing analysis indicated a strong enrichment for the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (106, 115)) ('p11', 'Gene', '6281', (86, 89)) ('p34', 'Gene', (65, 68)) ('SFPQ-TFE', 'Var', (33, 41)) ('p11', 'Gene', (86, 89)) ('p11', 'Gene', (58, 61)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (127, 131)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (106, 115)) ('PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway', 'Pathway', (237, 258)) ('p34', 'Gene', '2967', (65, 68)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (106, 115)) ('p11', 'Gene', '6281', (58, 61)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (127, 131)) 8945 33322163 The novel inhibitor SN202, a dual inhibitor of PI3K and mTOR pathways, has been studied in vitro and in mice, with a decrease in the phosphorylation of PI3K downstream signaling molecules AKT and S6K in renal cancer cells seen. ('phosphorylation', 'MPA', (133, 148)) ('renal cancer', 'Disease', (203, 215)) ('SN202', 'Var', (20, 25)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (104, 108)) ('AKT', 'Pathway', (188, 191)) ('renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (203, 215)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('152', '156')) ('S6K', 'Pathway', (196, 199)) ('renal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (203, 215)) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('133', '148')) ('PI3K downstream signaling', 'Pathway', (152, 177)) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (117, 125)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('168', '177')) ('SN202', 'Chemical', '-', (20, 25)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('47', '51')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (209, 215)) 9025 33322163 ccRCC is characterized by the inactivation of Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor protein and subsequent VHL mutation in essentially all cases, which results in the accumulation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) and subsequent downstream activation of pathways involved in cell metabolism, proliferation and angiogenesis. ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (65, 68)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (243, 253)) ('mutation', 'Var', (114, 122)) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (170, 182)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (186, 193)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (110, 113)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (70, 75)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (30, 42)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (2, 5)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('313', '325')) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('87', '94')) ('pathways', 'Pathway', (257, 265)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (2, 5)) ('Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (46, 75)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('70', '86')) ('met', 'Gene', '79811', (283, 286)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (65, 68)) ('met', 'Gene', (283, 286)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('70', '86')) ('metabolism', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008152', ('283', '293')) ('VHL', 'Gene', (110, 113)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (186, 193)) 9029 33322163 In patients with ccRCC, PBRM1 is the second most commonly altered gene, with up to 40% of these cancers having somatic loss-of-function mutations. ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (119, 135)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (96, 103)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (96, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (19, 22)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (19, 22)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (24, 29)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (24, 29)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (3, 11)) ('mutations', 'Var', (136, 145)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (96, 103)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (96, 103)) ('altered', 'Reg', (58, 65)) 9030 33322163 In the localized disease setting, loss of PBRM1 is associated with unfavorable clinical outcomes, with these patients more likely to have stage III disease at presentation, as well as more aggressive pathology, and a higher likelihood of developing stage IV disease in the future. ('loss', 'Var', (34, 38)) ('stage IV disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D058625', (249, 265)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (109, 117)) ('stage III disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D058625', (138, 155)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (42, 47)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (42, 47)) ('stage IV disease', 'Disease', (249, 265)) ('stage III disease', 'Disease', (138, 155)) 9032 33322163 In the metastatic setting, however, loss of PBRM1 is associated with both improved PFS and OS, and may be explained by tumors harboring PBRM1 mutations being strongly angiogenic, resulting in the upregulation of targets of VEGF-directed therapies (e.g., HIF). ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (119, 125)) ('PFS', 'Disease', (83, 86)) ('mutations', 'Var', (142, 151)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (44, 49)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (136, 141)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (119, 125)) ('met', 'Gene', (7, 10)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (223, 227)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (119, 125)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (44, 49)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (136, 141)) ('loss', 'Var', (36, 40)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (119, 124)) ('improved', 'PosReg', (74, 82)) ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (196, 208)) ('met', 'Gene', '79811', (7, 10)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (223, 227)) 9033 33322163 The favorable outcome associated with loss of PBRM1 is also found in the RECORD-3 and ImMotion150 trials, irrespective of treatment choice in each trial. ('loss', 'Var', (38, 42)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (46, 51)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (46, 51)) 9035 33322163 Type 1 PRCC has been associated with both alterations in the MET gene and a gain in chromosome 7 (where the MET gene is located). ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (7, 11)) ('MET', 'Gene', (61, 64)) ('alterations', 'Var', (42, 53)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (7, 11)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (76, 80)) ('MET', 'Gene', '79811', (108, 111)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('84', '94')) ('MET', 'Gene', (108, 111)) ('MET', 'Gene', '79811', (61, 64)) 9042 33322163 Foretinib had a 50.0% response rate among patients with a germline MET mutation, and Savolitinib had a 18.0% ORR in MET-driven tumors (compared to 0% ORR in non-MET driven tumors) with a median PFS of 6.2 months against 1.4 months in the respective arms (HR 0.33, 95% CI 0.20-0.52). ('MET', 'Gene', '79811', (161, 164)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (127, 132)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (172, 177)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (127, 133)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (172, 178)) ('mutation', 'Var', (71, 79)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (172, 178)) ('MET', 'Gene', (116, 119)) ('MET', 'Gene', (161, 164)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (127, 133)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (127, 133)) ('MET', 'Gene', '79811', (67, 70)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (172, 178)) ('Foretinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C544831', (0, 9)) ('Savolitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000593259', (85, 96)) ('MET', 'Gene', (67, 70)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (42, 50)) ('MET', 'Gene', '79811', (116, 119)) 9048 33322163 Type 2 PRCC has been linked to mutations in CDKN2A, SETD2, BAP1, PBRM1, TERT, NF2, FH, and NRF2-ARE pathway genes (among others), as well as a CpG island methylator phenotype. ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (44, 50)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (7, 11)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (65, 70)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (91, 95)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (52, 57)) ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (78, 81)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (44, 50)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (52, 57)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (91, 95)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (59, 63)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (78, 81)) ('mutations', 'Var', (31, 40)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (7, 11)) ('met', 'Gene', '79811', (154, 157)) ('met', 'Gene', (154, 157)) ('linked', 'Reg', (21, 27)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (59, 63)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (65, 70)) ('TERT', 'Gene', (72, 76)) ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (72, 76)) 9049 33322163 Various mutations in CDK2NA have also been seen frequently in CDCs although it is unclear whether and how this knowledge may be harnessed in future therapy selection. ('CDK2NA', 'Gene', '1017', (21, 27)) ('CDCs', 'Disease', (62, 66)) ('mutations', 'Var', (8, 17)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('21', '24')) ('seen', 'Reg', (43, 47)) ('CDK2NA', 'Gene', (21, 27)) 9053 33322163 As an example, given the known association, the presence of FH may lead to the use of treatment regimens efficacious in patients with hereditary leiomyomata and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) or PRCC. ('lead to', 'Reg', (67, 74)) ('presence', 'Var', (48, 56)) ('renal cell cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (161, 178)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (172, 178)) ('hereditary leiomyomata and renal cell cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (134, 178)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (190, 194)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (120, 128)) ('HLRCC', 'Disease', (180, 185)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (190, 194)) ('HLRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535516', (180, 185)) 9054 33322163 An association between mutation status for TSC1/TSC2/mTOR and therapeutic outcome with Everolimus was tested, but not confirmed. ('Everolimus', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000068338', (87, 97)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (43, 47)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (48, 52)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (48, 52)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('mutation status', 'Var', (23, 38)) ('tested', 'Reg', (102, 108)) 9060 33322163 Though treatment efficacy is greater in PD-L1 positive patients, it has been repeatedly demonstrated that ICI also provide clinical benefit to PD-L1 negative patients. ('PD-L1', 'Gene', (40, 45)) ('PD-L1', 'Gene', (143, 148)) ('PD-L1', 'Gene', '29126', (40, 45)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (55, 63)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (158, 166)) ('positive', 'Var', (46, 54)) ('PD-L1', 'Gene', '29126', (143, 148)) 9063 33322163 Interestingly however, an association with high PD-L1 and poor outcome when treated with VEGFr inhibitors has been shown. ('VEGFr', 'Gene', (89, 94)) ('PD-L1', 'Gene', '29126', (48, 53)) ('high', 'Var', (43, 47)) ('VEGFr', 'Gene', '3791', (89, 94)) ('PD-L1', 'Gene', (48, 53)) 9065 33322163 However, the mutational load in RCC is usually very low and as yet, it is not in routine clinical use as a predictive biomarker in any setting. ('mutational load', 'Var', (13, 28)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (32, 35)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (32, 35)) 9066 33322163 The generation of tumor neoantigens may come from higher frequencies of frameshift insertion and deletion mutations, and the ongoing TRACERx Renal study has shown secondary mutations and chromosomal changes involved in tumor evolution, outlining their clinical relevance. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (219, 224)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (18, 23)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (219, 224)) ('deletion mutations', 'Var', (97, 115)) ('frameshift insertion', 'Var', (72, 92)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (18, 23)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (219, 224)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (18, 23)) 9070 33322163 As mentioned previously, tumors harboring PBRM1 mutations tend to be strongly angiogenic while BAP1 mutation is associated with poorly angiogenic tumors. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (25, 30)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (146, 152)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (146, 151)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (95, 99)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (25, 31)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (25, 31)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (42, 47)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (146, 152)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (25, 31)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (95, 99)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (42, 47)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (146, 152)) ('mutations', 'Var', (48, 57)) 9091 33322163 It demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in ORR, PFS, and OS with Nivolumab, compared to Everolimus. ('PFS', 'MPA', (64, 67)) ('Everolimus', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000068338', (104, 114)) ('Nivolumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077594', (81, 90)) ('ORR', 'MPA', (59, 62)) ('improvement', 'PosReg', (44, 55)) ('Nivolumab', 'Var', (81, 90)) 9116 30924768 For example, loss of fumarate hydratase (FH), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), or isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) induces pathological accumulation of metabolites which potently inhibit alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent enzymes, inducing hypermethylation of the genome and a fundamental reprogramming of cellular identity. ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (71, 74)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (21, 39)) ('inhibit', 'NegReg', (175, 182)) ('induces', 'Reg', (111, 118)) ('succinate dehydrogenase', 'Gene', '6390', (46, 69)) ('loss', 'Var', (13, 17)) ('isocitrate dehydrogenase', 'Gene', (80, 104)) ('IDH', 'Gene', '3417', (106, 109)) ('metabolites', 'MPA', (148, 159)) ('hypermethylation', 'CPA', (231, 247)) ('accumulation', 'MPA', (132, 144)) ('inducing', 'Reg', (222, 230)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (71, 74)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (21, 39)) ('succinate dehydrogenase', 'Gene', (46, 69)) ('alpha-ketoglutarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D007656', (183, 202)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (41, 43)) ('isocitrate dehydrogenase', 'Gene', '3417', (80, 104)) ('IDH', 'Gene', (106, 109)) ('alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent enzymes', 'Enzyme', (183, 220)) 9119 30924768 Data from tumor genomics, imaging and metabolomics have now demonstrated that not all tumors exhibit signatures of aerobic glycolysis, and that alterations both intrinsic to mitochondria (e.g. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (10, 15)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 91)) ('aerobic glycolysis', 'MPA', (115, 133)) ('mitochondria', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005739', ('174', '186')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (10, 15)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (86, 91)) ('glycolysis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006096', ('123', '133')) ('tumors', 'Disease', (86, 92)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (86, 92)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 92)) ('alterations', 'Var', (144, 155)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (10, 15)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (86, 91)) 9121 30924768 While disruption of mitochondrial respiration is generally not viewed as a driver of oncogenesis, a handful of individual cancer types are peculiarly enriched for mitochondrial dysfunction. ('mitochondrial dysfunction', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003287', (163, 188)) ('oncogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007048', ('85', '96')) ('cancer', 'Disease', (122, 128)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (122, 128)) ('mitochondrial dysfunction', 'Disease', 'MESH:D028361', (163, 188)) ('respiration', 'biological_process', 'GO:0045333', ('34', '45')) ('disruption', 'Var', (6, 16)) ('mitochondrial dysfunction', 'Disease', (163, 188)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (122, 128)) ('respiration', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007585', ('34', '45')) 9125 30924768 Similarly, chRCCs and renal oncocytomas are characterized by loss-of-function mutations in the mitochondrial genome resulting in accumulation of respiration-defective mitochondria. ('mitochondria', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005739', ('167', '179')) ('mutations', 'Var', (78, 87)) ('mitochondrial genome', 'Gene', (95, 115)) ('renal oncocytomas', 'Disease', (22, 39)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (13, 16)) ('respiration', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007585', ('145', '156')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (13, 16)) ('respiration', 'biological_process', 'GO:0045333', ('145', '156')) ('respiration-defective mitochondria', 'MPA', (145, 179)) ('mitochondrial genome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('95', '115')) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (129, 141)) ('renal oncocytomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C537750', (22, 39)) ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (61, 77)) ('renal oncocytomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011798', (22, 39)) 9132 30924768 A handful of molecular studies have reported that cytogenetically, CCPAP tumors show neither deletion of chromosome 3p nor mutation of VHL, the characteristic molecular features of ccRCC. ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (73, 79)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (135, 138)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (183, 186)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (67, 72)) ('CCPAP', 'Disease', (67, 72)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (183, 186)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (135, 138)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 78)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('105', '115')) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 79)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (73, 79)) ('deletion', 'Var', (93, 101)) 9148 30924768 We observed that high-sorbitol ccRCC tumors clustered with other ccRCC tumors and not with CCPAP samples. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (37, 43)) ('high-sorbitol', 'Var', (17, 30)) ('ccRCC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (31, 43)) ('ccRCC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (65, 77)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (91, 96)) ('ccRCC tumors', 'Disease', (65, 77)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (37, 42)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (71, 76)) ('sorbitol', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D013012', (22, 30)) ('ccRCC tumors', 'Disease', (31, 43)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (71, 77)) 9183 30924768 Five suspected cases of CCPAP (BP-4760, BP-4784, BP-4795, DV-5567, BP-4177) were identified during re-review by the TCGA panel pathologists, including two at our institution as part of the TCGA effort and excluded from the final TCGA manuscript (Figure 3:figure supplement 1). ('BP-4795', 'Var', (49, 56)) ('BP-4784', 'Var', (40, 47)) ('BP-4177', 'Var', (67, 74)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (24, 29)) ('DV-5567', 'Var', (58, 65)) ('CCPAP', 'Disease', (24, 29)) ('BP-4760', 'Var', (31, 38)) 9184 30924768 Importantly, prior to exclusion, each of these tumors was to some extent molecularly profiled, including by RNA-sequencing, whole-exome sequencing, methylation profiling, and miRNA sequencing. ('tumors', 'Disease', (47, 53)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (47, 53)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('148', '159')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (47, 52)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('108', '111')) ('methylation', 'Var', (148, 159)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (47, 53)) 9193 30924768 In prior work, our group estimated mtDNA copy number across ~322 ccRCC samples profiled by the TCGA, including 2 CCPAP samples misclassified as ccRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (146, 149)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (146, 149)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (67, 70)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (113, 118)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (67, 70)) ('copy', 'Var', (41, 45)) ('mtDNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('35', '40')) 9195 30924768 Depletion of mtDNA copy number in a tumor cell may lead to a drop in mtRNA, and a consequent drop in the capacity of the cell to conduct oxygen-dependent mitochondrial respiration. ('respiration', 'biological_process', 'GO:0045333', ('168', '179')) ('oxygen', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010100', (137, 143)) ('drop', 'NegReg', (93, 97)) ('Depletion', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (36, 41)) ('mtDNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('13', '18')) ('conduct oxygen-dependent mitochondrial respiration', 'MPA', (129, 179)) ('capacity', 'MPA', (105, 113)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (36, 41)) ('mtDNA', 'Gene', (13, 18)) ('respiration', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007585', ('168', '179')) ('mtRNA', 'MPA', (69, 74)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (36, 41)) ('drop', 'NegReg', (61, 65)) 9202 30924768 Given the distinct landscape of metabolic and transcriptomic alterations characterizing CCPAP, we sought to determine if CCPAP tumors were driven by genetic alterations similar to those driving more common kidney cancer types, for example ccRCC or pRCC. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (127, 132)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (213, 219)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (88, 93)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (127, 133)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (127, 133)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (206, 219)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (121, 126)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (206, 219)) ('alterations', 'Var', (157, 168)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (127, 133)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (249, 252)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (206, 219)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (249, 252)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (241, 244)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (241, 244)) ('driven by', 'Reg', (139, 148)) 9204 30924768 Identified somatic variants were pooled with 3 CCPAP tumors profiled by exome sequencing in the TCGA. ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (47, 52)) ('CCPAP', 'Disease', (47, 52)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 58)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 59)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (53, 59)) ('variants', 'Var', (19, 27)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (53, 59)) 9206 30924768 Notably, several of the non-synonymous mutations in CCPAP tumors were in genes previously associated with oncogenesis (e.g. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (58, 63)) ('oncogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007048', ('106', '117')) ('non-synonymous mutations', 'Var', (24, 48)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (58, 64)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (58, 64)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (58, 64)) ('associated', 'Reg', (90, 100)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (52, 57)) ('oncogenesis', 'Disease', (106, 117)) ('CCPAP', 'Gene', (52, 57)) 9207 30924768 GNAQ), but these mutations were not enriched in genes of any particular pathway or gene set. ('GNAQ', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('mutations', 'Var', (17, 26)) ('GNAQ', 'Gene', '2776', (0, 4)) 9216 30924768 by truncating or otherwise loss-of-function mutations) in CCPAP tumors. ('tumors', 'Disease', (64, 70)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (64, 70)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (64, 70)) ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (27, 43)) ('truncating', 'Var', (3, 13)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (58, 63)) ('CCPAP', 'Disease', (58, 63)) ('mutations', 'Var', (44, 53)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (64, 69)) 9221 30924768 As shown in Figure 4E, we observed a handful of non-synonymous mtDNA mutations, with a frequency of <1 non-synonymous somatic mutation per sequenced tumor. ('mutations', 'Var', (69, 78)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (149, 154)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (149, 154)) ('mtDNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('63', '68')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (149, 154)) ('mtDNA', 'Gene', (63, 68)) 9222 30924768 Finally, to evaluate if DNA methylation changes may underlie CCPAP pathogenesis, we examined TCGA data on DNA methylation from 4 CCPAP cases (BP-4784, BP-4795, DV-5567, BP-4177, see Materials and methods, Figure 5:figure supplement 1B). ('BP-4795', 'Var', (151, 158)) ('BP-4784', 'Var', (142, 149)) ('CCPAP', 'Disease', (129, 134)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (129, 134)) ('BP-4177', 'Var', (169, 176)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (61, 66)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('24', '27')) ('DV-5567', 'Var', (160, 167)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('106', '109')) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('24', '39')) ('pathogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009405', ('67', '79')) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('106', '121')) 9226 30924768 Our failure to identify recurrent mutations or copy number alterations is not atypical in the context of our institution's clinical sequencing experience; in fact,~8% of all tumors prospectively deep sequenced for alterations in 341 cancer-associated genes fail to show a single mutation. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (233, 239)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (174, 180)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (174, 180)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (233, 239)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (233, 239)) ('alterations', 'Var', (214, 225)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (174, 179)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (174, 180)) 9228 30924768 We sought to validate that CCPAP-specific depletion of respiratory genes is not an artifact of TCGA profiling, and to confirm that the depletion of the mitochondrial genome is specific to CCPAP tumor cells, as opposed to other cells in the tumor microenvironment. ('tumor', 'Disease', (240, 245)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (194, 199)) ('depletion', 'MPA', (135, 144)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (27, 32)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (240, 245)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (194, 199)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (188, 193)) ('mitochondrial genome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('152', '172')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (194, 199)) ('mitochondrial genome', 'MPA', (152, 172)) ('CCPAP', 'Var', (188, 193)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (240, 245)) 9238 30924768 A more comprehensive quantification using tissue array samples comprised of different subtypes of renal cell carcinoma also showed CCPAP has the highest 8-oxo-dG H-score (Figure 5D, Figure 5:source data 1). ('CCPAP', 'Var', (131, 136)) ('8-oxo-dG', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C067134', (153, 161)) ('8-oxo-dG H-score', 'MPA', (153, 169)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (98, 118)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (109, 118)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (98, 118)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (131, 136)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (98, 118)) 9242 30924768 Specifically, oxidation of guanine bases is associated with a high prevalence of C:G > A:T transversions, typically associated with Signature 18 in the COSMIC database of mutation signatures. ('C:G > A:T transversions', 'Var', (81, 104)) ('guanine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D006147', (27, 34)) ('oxidation', 'Var', (14, 23)) 9259 30924768 While genetic/epigenetic alterations are certainly the drivers of all (or nearly all) cancers, our data reinforces the notion that such driver alterations need not be the distinguishing molecular feature of the tumor itself. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (211, 216)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 92)) ('genetic/epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (6, 36)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 93)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (211, 216)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (211, 216)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (86, 93)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (86, 93)) 9263 30924768 As described earlier, each of the common types of RCC are characterized in part by mitochondrial dysfunction: HIF activation and suppression of mitochondrial biogenesis in clear cell RCC, FH mutations in HLRCC, and mtDNA mutations in chromophobe RCC. ('mitochondrial dysfunction', 'Disease', 'MESH:D028361', (83, 108)) ('mitochondrial dysfunction', 'Disease', (83, 108)) ('chromophobe RCC', 'Disease', (234, 249)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (188, 190)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (114, 124)) ('mutations', 'Var', (221, 230)) ('mutations', 'Var', (191, 200)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (50, 53)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (183, 186)) ('mtDNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('215', '220')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (246, 249)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (50, 53)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (206, 209)) ('chromophobe RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (234, 249)) ('mitochondrial dysfunction', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003287', (83, 108)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (183, 186)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (246, 249)) ('mitochondrial biogenesis', 'MPA', (144, 168)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (206, 209)) ('suppression', 'NegReg', (129, 140)) 9264 30924768 Rare subtypes of RCC further support the recurring theme of mitochondrial dysfunction: mitochondrial Complex II dysfunction in SDH-mutant RCC, and loss-of-function mtDNA mutations in renal oncocytomas. ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (147, 163)) ('Complex II dysfunction', 'Disease', 'MESH:C565375', (101, 123)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (127, 130)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (138, 141)) ('mtDNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('164', '169')) ('renal oncocytomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:C537750', (183, 200)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (17, 20)) ('mtDNA', 'Gene', (164, 169)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (138, 141)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (127, 130)) ('Complex II dysfunction', 'Disease', (101, 123)) ('mitochondrial dysfunction', 'Disease', (60, 85)) ('renal oncocytomas', 'Disease', (183, 200)) ('mitochondrial dysfunction', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003287', (60, 85)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (17, 20)) ('Complex II dysfunction', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0008314', (101, 123)) ('mutations', 'Var', (170, 179)) ('Complex II', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008177', ('101', '111')) ('mitochondrial dysfunction', 'Disease', 'MESH:D028361', (60, 85)) ('renal oncocytomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011798', (183, 200)) 9306 30924768 Without application of the Battenberg algorithm, the resolution of subclonal copy number states is not possible, so copy number segments are called as single integer values (corresponding to the copy number state of the dominant cancer clone) on chromosome X. Mutational signature analysis of the substitutions was performed using the R package DeconstructSigs. ('cancer', 'Disease', (229, 235)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (229, 235)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('246', '256')) ('substitutions', 'Var', (297, 310)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (229, 235)) 9332 30924768 Controlled access for TCGA sequencing data (RNA-sequencing and whole exome sequencing of CCPAP tumors) are available via GDC commons data portal (https://gdc.cancer.gov/) by querying the 5 CCPAP sample IDs (BP-4760, BP-4784, BP-4795, DV-5567, BP-4177). ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (95, 101)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (158, 164)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (158, 164)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (89, 94)) ('CCPAP', 'Disease', (189, 194)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 101)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('44', '47')) ('BP-4795', 'Var', (225, 232)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (158, 164)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (189, 194)) ('DV-5567', 'Var', (234, 241)) ('BP-4177', 'Var', (243, 250)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 100)) ('BP-4784', 'Var', (216, 223)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (95, 101)) ('BP-4760', 'Var', (207, 214)) 9338 30924768 In some forms of kidney cancer, these alterations result from recurrent driver mutations such as the loss of VHL, fumarate hydratase, or components of the succinate dehydrogenase complex. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 30)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (17, 30)) ('result from', 'Reg', (50, 61)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (17, 30)) ('succinate dehydrogenase complex', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045282', ('155', '186')) ('succinate dehydrogenase complex', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045281', ('155', '186')) ('loss', 'Var', (101, 105)) ('succinate dehydrogenase', 'Gene', (155, 178)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (17, 30)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (109, 112)) ('succinate dehydrogenase', 'Gene', '6390', (155, 178)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (109, 112)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (114, 132)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (114, 132)) 9367 30924768 a) Using a distinct metabolomic platform (RC15, see Materials and methods) we ran a standard curve with sorbitol to determine the absolute concentration of sorbitol in several CCPAP tumor samples, including both high- and low sorbitol CCPAP tumors (Figure 2:figure supplement 1B). ('high-', 'Var', (212, 217)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (235, 240)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (182, 187)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (241, 246)) ('sorbitol', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D013012', (104, 112)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (241, 246)) ('sorbitol', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D013012', (156, 164)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (241, 247)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (241, 247)) ('low sorbitol', 'Var', (222, 234)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (241, 247)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (182, 187)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (241, 246)) ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (176, 181)) ('sorbitol', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D013012', (226, 234)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (182, 187)) 9387 30924768 We performed experiments by using more cells (from 10 cm dishes instead of 6 well dish), labeling with either U13C-fructose or U13C-glucose, and harvesting at 5 additional time points (0h, 2h, 4h, 8h, 24h). ('2h', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003903', (189, 191)) ('4h', 'Chemical', '-', (202, 204)) ('4h', 'Chemical', '-', (193, 195)) ('U13C-glucose', 'Var', (127, 139)) ('U13C-fructose', 'Chemical', '-', (110, 123)) ('U13C-fructose', 'Var', (110, 123)) ('0h', 'Chemical', '-', (185, 187)) ('24h', 'Chemical', '-', (201, 204)) ('8h', 'Chemical', '-', (197, 199)) ('U13C-glucose', 'Chemical', '-', (127, 139)) 9401 30924768 the preference for C>A mutations at TpCpT trinucleotides in POLE-mutated tumors. ('trinucleotides', 'Chemical', '-', (42, 56)) ('C>A mutations', 'Var', (19, 32)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 78)) ('TpCpT', 'Gene', (36, 41)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 79)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (73, 79)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (73, 79)) 9403 30924768 We observed that the majority of mutations were C>T, which is not consistent with the expected bias towards C>A mutations in conditions of high oxidative stress (subsection "Immunohistochemical Validation of the Molecular Phenotype of CCPAP", third paragraph, Figure 5:figure supplement 2). ('CCPAP', 'Chemical', '-', (235, 240)) ('C>T', 'Var', (48, 51)) ('oxidative stress', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0025464', (144, 160)) ('mutations', 'Var', (33, 42)) 9424 28809959 Imbalance in components of RAS has been associated with several chronic pathologies, including cancer. ('Imbalance', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (95, 101)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (95, 101)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 101)) ('Imbalance', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002172', (0, 9)) ('associated', 'Reg', (40, 50)) 9461 28809959 Substrate specificity was checked by inhibition assays with captopril for ACE and DX600 for ACE2. ('ACE2', 'Gene', (92, 96)) ('DX600', 'Var', (82, 87)) ('ACE', 'Gene', '1636', (74, 77)) ('ACE', 'Gene', '1636', (92, 95)) ('DX600', 'Chemical', '-', (82, 87)) ('ACE', 'Gene', (74, 77)) ('ACE2', 'Gene', '59272', (92, 96)) ('ACE', 'Gene', (92, 95)) ('captopril', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002216', (60, 69)) 9465 28809959 Mann-Whitney U test (Mann-U) was used to detect differences in serum enzyme activity from RCC patients and their controls, and from patients with CCRCCs with different tumor size (more or less than 7cm), grade [G1/2 (low) vs. G3/4 (high)] and stage [pT1/2 (organ confined) vs. pT3/4 (non-organ confined)]. ('RCC', 'Disease', (148, 151)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (94, 102)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (168, 173)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (90, 93)) ('pT3/4', 'Gene', (277, 282)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (148, 151)) ('pT3/4', 'Gene', '7694', (277, 282)) ('G3/4', 'Var', (226, 230)) ('pT1/2', 'Gene', '58492', (250, 255)) ('enzyme activity', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003824', ('69', '84')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (168, 173)) ('pT1/2', 'Gene', (250, 255)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (132, 140)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (168, 173)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (90, 93)) 9511 28809959 Thus, lower ACE activity was observed in serum from patients with high grades (G1/G2 717.38 +- 187.94 vs G3/G4 634,5 +- 192,592; Mann-U p = 0.029) and metastatic CCRCC (local disease 706,1 +- 192,81 vs metastatic disease 565.18 +- 147.05; Mann-U p = 0.009). ('ACE', 'Gene', (12, 15)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (6, 11)) ('ACE activity', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004246', ('12', '24')) ('G1/G2', 'Var', (79, 84)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (164, 167)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (164, 167)) ('ACE', 'Gene', '1636', (12, 15)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (52, 60)) 9516 28809959 Thus, when serum NEP/CD10 activity was lower than 7350 UP/L, the overall survival was significantly worse according to Kaplan-Meier curves (Fig 6A) (log-rank, p = 0,007). ('7350 UP/L', 'Var', (50, 59)) ('CD10', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004245', ('21', '25')) ('overall survival', 'CPA', (65, 81)) ('NEP', 'Gene', '4311', (17, 20)) ('NEP', 'Gene', (17, 20)) ('serum', 'MPA', (11, 16)) ('worse', 'NegReg', (100, 105)) ('CD10', 'Gene', (21, 25)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (39, 44)) ('CD10', 'Gene', '4311', (21, 25)) 9523 28809959 Increasing evidence demonstrates that imbalances in RAS favoring the ACE-Ang II-AT1 receptor axis play a critical role in vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-dependent angiogenesis. ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005172', ('122', '156')) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', (122, 156)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (158, 162)) ('AT1', 'Gene', '185', (80, 83)) ('imbalances', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002172', (38, 48)) ('AT1', 'Gene', (80, 83)) ('ACE', 'Gene', (69, 72)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'Gene', '7422', (122, 156)) ('Ang II', 'Gene', '183', (73, 79)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('174', '186')) ('ACE', 'Gene', '1636', (69, 72)) ('Ang II', 'Gene', (73, 79)) ('imbalances', 'Var', (38, 48)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (158, 162)) ('imbalance', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002172', (38, 47)) 9525 28809959 Recent studies in xenograft models of human RCC have showed that the blockade of this axis with ACEi and ARB decreases tumor diameter, vascularization and metastatic capacity, and enhances the antiangiogenic effect of sunitinib. ('enhances', 'PosReg', (180, 188)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (38, 43)) ('ARB decreases tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:C567518', (105, 124)) ('ARB decreases tumor', 'Disease', (105, 124)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (44, 47)) ('metastatic capacity', 'CPA', (155, 174)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (44, 47)) ('vascularization', 'CPA', (135, 150)) ('ACE', 'Gene', '1636', (96, 99)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (119, 124)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (218, 227)) ('blockade', 'Var', (69, 77)) ('ACE', 'Gene', (96, 99)) ('antiangiogenic effect', 'CPA', (193, 214)) 9556 28809959 On the other, NEP/CD10 activity was lower in serum of CCRCC patients with high UISS and SSIGN scores. ('lower', 'NegReg', (36, 41)) ('CD10', 'Gene', '4311', (18, 22)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (56, 59)) ('CD10', 'Gene', (18, 22)) ('high', 'Var', (74, 78)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (56, 59)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (60, 68)) ('NEP', 'Gene', '4311', (14, 17)) ('NEP', 'Gene', (14, 17)) ('CD10', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004245', ('18', '22')) 9566 28809959 In conclusion, the present study shows that ACE in tumor vessels and APA, ACE2 and NEP/CD10 in tumor cells are differentially expressed in different renal tumor subtypes, and that the presence/abscense of these enzymes is significantly associated with tumor aggressiveness and poor outcome of patients with CCRCC. ('presence/abscense', 'Var', (184, 201)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (309, 312)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (252, 257)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (155, 160)) ('CD10', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004245', ('87', '91')) ('NEP', 'Gene', (83, 86)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 100)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (155, 160)) ('tumor aggressiveness', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (252, 272)) ('ACE2', 'Gene', '59272', (74, 78)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (51, 56)) ('renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (149, 160)) ('APA', 'Gene', (69, 72)) ('renal tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (149, 160)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (252, 257)) ('renal tumor', 'Disease', (149, 160)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (51, 56)) ('ACE2', 'Gene', (74, 78)) ('CD10', 'Gene', '4311', (87, 91)) ('ACE', 'Gene', '1636', (44, 47)) ('ACE', 'Gene', (44, 47)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (155, 160)) ('NEP', 'Gene', '4311', (83, 86)) ('associated with', 'Reg', (236, 251)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (309, 312)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (95, 100)) ('CD10', 'Gene', (87, 91)) ('ACE', 'Gene', '1636', (74, 77)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 56)) ('ACE', 'Gene', (74, 77)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (95, 100)) ('APA', 'Gene', '2028', (69, 72)) ('aggressiveness', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (258, 272)) ('tumor aggressiveness', 'Disease', (252, 272)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (252, 257)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (293, 301)) 9584 29878354 Prior studies, based on smaller case series and individual reports have identified specific genetic mutations in patients diagnosed with both RCC and GIST within a lifetime [ - ]. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (142, 145)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (142, 145)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (142, 145)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (113, 121)) ('genetic mutations', 'Var', (92, 109)) 9612 29878354 Some studies have shown synchronous GIST and RCC occurrence due to germline mutations in SDHA, SDHC or a translocation of Xp11 [ - ]. ('SDHC', 'Gene', (95, 99)) ('mutations', 'Var', (76, 85)) ('SDHA', 'Gene', (89, 93)) ('SDHC', 'Gene', '6391', (95, 99)) ('due', 'Reg', (60, 63)) ('synchronous', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009378', (24, 35)) ('translocation', 'Var', (105, 118)) ('synchronous', 'Disease', (24, 35)) ('SDHA', 'Gene', '6389', (89, 93)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (45, 48)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (45, 48)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (45, 48)) 9617 29878354 Specific to RCC, the majority of cases is dependent on mutations of the VHL gene. ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (72, 75)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (12, 15)) ('mutations', 'Var', (55, 64)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (12, 15)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (12, 15)) ('dependent', 'Reg', (42, 51)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (72, 75)) 9619 29878354 However when VHL is mutated, HIF-1alpha becomes perpetually active and binds to a variety of cofactors that ultimately promotes uninhibited transcription of products including VEGFR, which leads to angiogenesis, and EGFR and PDGFR, which leads to cell growth. ('HIF-1alpha', 'Gene', (29, 39)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (13, 16)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('198', '210')) ('cell growth', 'CPA', (247, 258)) ('EGFR', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005006', ('216', '220')) ('EGFR', 'Gene', (216, 220)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (13, 16)) ('EGFR', 'Gene', (177, 181)) ('mutated', 'Var', (20, 27)) ('leads to', 'Reg', (189, 197)) ('angiogenesis', 'CPA', (198, 210)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', '3791', (176, 181)) ('EGFR', 'Gene', '1956', (216, 220)) ('HIF-1alpha', 'Gene', '3091', (29, 39)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', (176, 181)) ('promotes', 'PosReg', (119, 127)) ('PDGFR', 'Gene', (225, 230)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('140', '153')) ('PDGFR', 'Gene', '5159', (225, 230)) ('EGFR', 'Gene', '1956', (177, 181)) ('uninhibited transcription', 'MPA', (128, 153)) ('cell growth', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016049', ('247', '258')) 9621 29878354 Ultimately, mutations in VHL result in a downstream effect of increase in tyrosine kinase mediated proteins that promote RCC tumorigenesis. ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (25, 28)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (121, 124)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (125, 130)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (113, 120)) ('mutations', 'Var', (12, 21)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', (74, 89)) ('RCC tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (121, 130)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (25, 28)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', '7294', (74, 89)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (62, 70)) ('RCC tumor', 'Disease', (121, 130)) 9623 29878354 Prior studies have shown that a majority of GIST cases (approximately 85%) carry KIT mutations and 5 - 7% of KIT-negative GISTs have activating mutations of PDGFR- alpha. ('GISTs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100723', (122, 127)) ('activating', 'MPA', (133, 143)) ('KIT', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005020', ('109', '112')) ('PDGFR- alpha', 'Gene', '5156', (157, 169)) ('KIT', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005020', ('81', '84')) ('mutations', 'Var', (85, 94)) ('PDGFR- alpha', 'Gene', (157, 169)) 9624 29878354 Activating KIT and PDGFR- alpha mutations are dependent on tyrosine-kinase mediated pathways that are essential for GIST development. ('tyrosine-kinase mediated pathways', 'Pathway', (59, 92)) ('PDGFR- alpha', 'Gene', (19, 31)) ('PDGFR- alpha', 'Gene', '5156', (19, 31)) ('mutations', 'Var', (32, 41)) ('KIT', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005020', ('11', '14')) ('KIT', 'Gene', (11, 14)) ('dependent', 'Reg', (46, 55)) 9625 29878354 Genetic mutations in tyrosine kinase pathways are essential for tumorigenesis of RCC and GIST, and the common origins for these tumors provide support for their clinical association. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (128, 133)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (64, 69)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', '7294', (21, 36)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (81, 84)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (81, 84)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (128, 133)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (81, 84)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', (21, 36)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (128, 134)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (128, 134)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (128, 133)) ('Genetic mutations', 'Var', (0, 17)) ('association', 'Interaction', (170, 181)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (64, 69)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (128, 134)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (64, 69)) 9635 29878354 pRCC can occur as a recurrent familial tumor involving mutations in the receptor tyrosine kinase molecule c-MET. ('c-MET', 'Gene', '4233', (106, 111)) ('mutations', 'Var', (55, 64)) ('receptor tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', (72, 96)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (1, 4)) ('receptor tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', '5979', (72, 96)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (39, 44)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', (106, 111)) ('familial tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009386', (30, 44)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (0, 4)) ('familial tumor', 'Disease', (30, 44)) 9648 27144525 Collecting duct carcinoma of the kidney is associated with CDKN2A deletion and SLC family gene up-regulation The genetic landscape and molecular features of collecting duct carcinoma (CDC) of the kidney remain largely unknown. ('carcinoma of the kidney', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (16, 39)) ('carcinoma of the kidney', 'Disease', (16, 39)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (173, 182)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (59, 65)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (16, 25)) ('duct carcinoma', 'Disease', (168, 182)) ('duct carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D021441', (168, 182)) ('up-regulation', 'PosReg', (95, 108)) ('duct carcinoma', 'Disease', (11, 25)) ('duct carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D021441', (11, 25)) ('carcinoma of the kidney', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (16, 39)) ('SLC family gene', 'Gene', (79, 94)) ('deletion', 'Var', (66, 74)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('98', '108')) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (59, 65)) 9650 27144525 No recurrent somatic SNVs were observed except for MLL, which was found to be mutated (p.V297I and p.F407C) in 2 samples. ('p.V297I', 'Mutation', 'rs2305948', (87, 94)) ('p.V297I', 'Var', (87, 94)) ('p.F407C', 'Mutation', 'p.F407C', (99, 106)) ('MLL', 'Gene', '4297', (51, 54)) ('p.F407C', 'Var', (99, 106)) ('MLL', 'Gene', (51, 54)) 9652 27144525 SNP array data identified a CDKN2A homozygous deletion in 3 samples and SNV analysis showed a non-sense mutation of the CDKN2A gene with unknown somatic status. ('deletion', 'Var', (46, 54)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (120, 126)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (28, 34)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (120, 126)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (28, 34)) 9663 27144525 To determine the genetic alterations associated with chemo sensitivity, a preclinical study with human cell lines established from CDC patients revealed topoisomerase I (TOPI) expression to be associated with high in vitro sensitivity to TOPI and TOPII inhibitors, such as topotecan, doxorubicin, and epirubicin, suggesting TOP1 as a potential molecular target for CDC. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (135, 143)) ('TOPI', 'Gene', (170, 174)) ('doxorubicin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D004317', (284, 295)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (97, 102)) ('TOPI', 'Species', '9929', (170, 174)) ('topoisomerase', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003917', ('153', '166')) ('TOPI', 'Species', '9929', (238, 242)) ('epirubicin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D015251', (301, 311)) ('associated with', 'Reg', (193, 208)) ('topoisomerase', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003918', ('153', '166')) ('topotecan', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019772', (273, 282)) ('TOPI', 'Species', '9929', (247, 251)) ('expression', 'Var', (176, 186)) 9669 27144525 In our study, the overall somatic changes, including SNVs, INDELs, and CNVs, of 4 samples with matched non-tumor are shown in Figure 1. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (107, 112)) ('non-tumor', 'Disease', (103, 112)) ('non-tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (103, 112)) ('INDELs', 'Var', (59, 65)) 9670 27144525 Whole exome sequencing (WES) of all 4 tumor samples identified 368 putative somatic SNVs and INDELs, including 325 missense mutations, 24 non-sense mutations, 17 frameshift indels, and 2 protein deletions. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (38, 43)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (38, 43)) ('non-sense mutations', 'Var', (138, 157)) ('frameshift indels', 'Var', (162, 179)) ('protein', 'Protein', (187, 194)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (38, 43)) ('missense mutations', 'Var', (115, 133)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('187', '194')) 9677 27144525 SNP array data revealed 4 samples (CDC1, CDC2, CDC4, and CDC5) as having large copy number changes and most of those were copy number gains, except for a chr15 q12 to q21.3 loss found in sample CDC5. ('CDC2', 'Gene', '983', (41, 45)) ('CDC2', 'Gene', (41, 45)) ('CDC4', 'Gene', (47, 51)) ('CDC5', 'Gene', '988', (194, 198)) ('CDC5', 'Gene', '988', (57, 61)) ('copy number', 'Var', (122, 133)) ('CDC5', 'Gene', (194, 198)) ('CDC5', 'Gene', (57, 61)) ('copy number changes', 'Var', (79, 98)) ('CDC4', 'Gene', '55294', (47, 51)) 9678 27144525 In addition, large scale LOH was more prevalent than copy number changes (Figure 1a) and all samples, except CDC7, had LOH in multiple whole chromosomes. ('CDC7', 'Gene', (109, 113)) ('LOH', 'Disease', (25, 28)) ('CDC7', 'Gene', '8317', (109, 113)) ('LOH', 'Var', (119, 122)) 9679 27144525 Focal homozygous deletions of chr 9 p-arm in all 3 samples (CDC1, CDC2, and CDC4) included CDKN2A. ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (91, 97)) ('included', 'Reg', (82, 90)) ('CDC2', 'Gene', '983', (66, 70)) ('deletions', 'Var', (17, 26)) ('CDC2', 'Gene', (66, 70)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (91, 97)) ('CDC4', 'Gene', '55294', (76, 80)) ('chr 9 p-arm', 'Gene', (30, 41)) ('CDC4', 'Gene', (76, 80)) 9682 27144525 Combined with 9 FFPE samples, we found 7 samples with biallelic loss and 2 samples with single copy loss of CDKN2A. ('biallelic loss', 'Var', (54, 68)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (108, 114)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (108, 114)) 9683 27144525 In CDC5, a sample without matched non-tumor, SNV analysis identified a cytosine-to-adenine transversion (c.360C > A), encoding a p.E120* non-sense mutation for CDKN2A gene with unknown somatic status. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (38, 43)) ('c.360C > A', 'Var', (105, 115)) ('CDC5', 'Gene', (3, 7)) ('p.E120*', 'Mutation', 'p.E120*', (129, 136)) ('adenine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000225', (83, 90)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (160, 166)) ('non-tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (34, 43)) ('c.360C > A', 'Mutation', 'c.360C>A', (105, 115)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (160, 166)) ('cytosine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003596', (71, 79)) ('p.E120*', 'Var', (129, 136)) ('CDC5', 'Gene', '988', (3, 7)) ('non-tumor', 'Disease', (34, 43)) 9689 27144525 Selective inhibitors for CDK4/CDK6 are currently in clinical development and, based on our findings, may represent a rational therapeutic strategy for CDC. ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('30', '33')) ('CDK6', 'Gene', (30, 34)) ('CDK6', 'Gene', '1021', (30, 34)) ('CDK4', 'Gene', (25, 29)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('25', '28')) ('inhibitors', 'Var', (10, 20)) ('CDC', 'Disease', (151, 154)) ('CDK4', 'Gene', '1019', (25, 29)) 9695 27144525 A review of TCGA data showed HMGA2 to be overexpressed in ccRCC, but not in pRCC (Figure 7) and survival analysis showed significant poor outcome for the high HGMA2 expression group in both ccRCC and pRCC (log-rank test, p-value < 0.001 and 0.004, and adjusted p-value of < 0.001 and 0.026 for ccRCC and pRCC, respectively). ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (200, 204)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (77, 80)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (305, 308)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (60, 63)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (76, 80)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (296, 299)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (304, 308)) ('overexpressed', 'PosReg', (41, 54)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (201, 204)) ('HMGA2', 'Gene', (29, 34)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (305, 308)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (60, 63)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (192, 195)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (200, 204)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (296, 299)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (201, 204)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (192, 195)) ('HMGA2', 'Gene', '8091', (29, 34)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (76, 80)) ('high', 'Var', (154, 158)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (77, 80)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (304, 308)) 9696 27144525 Similarly, CTHRC1 was found to be significantly up-regulated in pRCC, but not in ccRCC, and the survival analysis showed significant poor overall survival for the high CTHRC1 expression group (log-rank test, p-value = 0.013 and 0.001, and adjusted p-value 0.053 and < 0.001 for ccRCC and pRCC, respectively). ('up-regulated', 'PosReg', (48, 60)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (64, 68)) ('CTHRC1', 'Gene', '115908', (168, 174)) ('CTHRC1', 'Gene', (11, 17)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (83, 86)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (289, 292)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (288, 292)) ('expression', 'MPA', (175, 185)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (280, 283)) ('CTHRC1', 'Gene', (168, 174)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (65, 68)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (83, 86)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (64, 68)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (289, 292)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (280, 283)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (65, 68)) ('high', 'Var', (163, 167)) ('poor', 'NegReg', (133, 137)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (288, 292)) ('CTHRC1', 'Gene', '115908', (11, 17)) 9697 27144525 To support the significance of CDKN2A loss in renal cancer, we further analyzed the available TCGA data and found worst survival for ccRCC and pRCC patients with CDKN2A alteration, as compared to wild type (Figure 8). ('loss in renal cancer', 'Disease', (38, 58)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (148, 156)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (144, 147)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (31, 37)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (143, 147)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (162, 168)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (143, 147)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (52, 58)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (135, 138)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (162, 168)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (135, 138)) ('worst', 'NegReg', (114, 119)) ('renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (46, 58)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (31, 37)) ('loss in renal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (38, 58)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (144, 147)) ('alteration', 'Var', (169, 179)) 9705 27144525 Recently, the proline transporter, PROT, was reported to have a significant role in the tumor microenvironment and limiting of intracellular proline inhibits proliferation of renal cancer cells. ('renal cancer', 'Disease', (175, 187)) ('limiting', 'Var', (115, 123)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (181, 187)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (88, 93)) ('renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (175, 187)) ('intracellular', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005622', ('127', '140')) ('proline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D011392', (14, 21)) ('renal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (175, 187)) ('inhibits', 'NegReg', (149, 157)) ('proline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D011392', (141, 148)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (88, 93)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (88, 93)) ('proliferation', 'CPA', (158, 171)) 9717 27144525 A recent genomic profiling study has suggested a potential therapeutic role for mTOR inhibitors in CDC with NF2 alterations. ('NF2', 'Gene', (108, 111)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (80, 84)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (80, 84)) ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (108, 111)) ('CDC', 'Disease', (99, 102)) ('alterations', 'Var', (112, 123)) 9720 27144525 Our RNASeq analysis confirmed the overexpression of CDK4, TP53, and MYC in the tumor samples, suggesting that indeed p16 deletion may play a critical role in the biology of CDC tumors by the overexpression of oncogenic signaling pathways. ('p16', 'Gene', '1029', (117, 120)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (58, 62)) ('oncogenic signaling pathways', 'Pathway', (209, 237)) ('CDK4', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('CDC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (173, 183)) ('MYC', 'Gene', '4609', (68, 71)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (177, 182)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('219', '228')) ('CDK4', 'Gene', '1019', (52, 56)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (79, 84)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (58, 62)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (177, 182)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (79, 84)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (177, 183)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (79, 84)) ('overexpression', 'PosReg', (191, 205)) ('CDC tumors', 'Disease', (173, 183)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('52', '55')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (177, 182)) ('p16', 'Gene', (117, 120)) ('deletion', 'Var', (121, 129)) ('MYC', 'Gene', (68, 71)) 9728 27144525 Overexpression of CTHRC1 that encodes for a secretary protein involved in vascular remodeling through limiting collagen matrix deposition, has been associated with pancreatic cancer cells migration and metastasis, and melanoma invasiveness. ('collagen', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005202', ('111', '119')) ('pancreatic cancer', 'Disease', (164, 181)) ('CTHRC1', 'Gene', '115908', (18, 24)) ('pancreatic cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010190', (164, 181)) ('melanoma invasiveness', 'Disease', (218, 239)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('54', '61')) ('CTHRC1', 'Gene', (18, 24)) ('melanoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002861', (218, 226)) ('collagen matrix deposition', 'MPA', (111, 137)) ('melanoma invasiveness', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008545', (218, 239)) ('pancreatic cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002894', (164, 181)) ('Overexpression', 'Var', (0, 14)) ('associated', 'Reg', (148, 158)) ('limiting', 'NegReg', (102, 110)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (175, 181)) 9735 27144525 For putative indels, the filter process re-aligns all reads in both tumor and paired normal at the indel site with a template sequence generated by replacing reference allele with mutant one. ('tumor', 'Disease', (68, 73)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (68, 73)) ('mutant', 'Var', (180, 186)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (68, 73)) 9742 27144525 Triplicates tumor sections of each CDC tumor cores (1.0mm), de-identified numbers (CDC2, 458, 033, CDC1, 459 and 460) in TMA were utilized. ('TMA', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000783', (121, 124)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (39, 44)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (12, 17)) ('CDC2', 'Gene', '983', (83, 87)) ('CDC2', 'Gene', (83, 87)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (39, 44)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (12, 17)) ('TMA', 'Disease', (121, 124)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (39, 44)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (12, 17)) ('CDC1', 'Var', (99, 103)) 9765 31719751 IL20RB can also form a heterodimer with IL22RA1. ('IL20', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0045517', ('0', '4')) ('IL22RA1', 'Gene', '58985', (40, 47)) ('IL20RB', 'Var', (0, 6)) ('heterodimer', 'Interaction', (23, 34)) ('IL22', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0045518', ('40', '44')) ('IL22RA1', 'Gene', (40, 47)) ('form', 'Reg', (16, 20)) 9781 31719751 4A and 4B, P<0.01), indicating that their invasion ability was obviously inhibited after infection with si-IL20RB. ('infection', 'Disease', (89, 98)) ('infection', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007239', (89, 98)) ('si-IL20RB', 'Var', (104, 113)) ('invasion ability', 'CPA', (42, 58)) ('inhibited', 'NegReg', (73, 82)) ('IL20', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0045517', ('107', '111')) 9788 31719751 Furthermore, abnormal expression of Snail was related to poor survival in breast, hepatocellular, and ovarian cancers. ('hepatocellular', 'Disease', (82, 96)) ('Snail', 'Gene', (36, 41)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (102, 117)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Disease', (102, 117)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (110, 116)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (102, 117)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (110, 117)) ('breast', 'Disease', (74, 80)) ('abnormal', 'Var', (13, 21)) ('expression', 'MPA', (22, 32)) 9802 28415646 Therapies targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor and mammalian target of rapamycin may benefit patients with Xp11 translocation RCC; the MET signaling pathway is another possible target, since it is activated by ASPL-TFE3 fusion. ('MET signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0048012', ('152', '173')) ('MET signaling pathway', 'Pathway', (152, 173)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (143, 146)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (232, 236)) ('mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', '2475', (68, 97)) ('mammalian target of rapamycin', 'Gene', (68, 97)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (143, 146)) ('vascular endothelial growth factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005172', ('20', '54')) ('ASPL', 'Gene', '79058', (227, 231)) ('Xp11 translocation', 'Var', (124, 142)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (232, 236)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (143, 146)) ('ASPL', 'Gene', (227, 231)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (110, 118)) 9804 28415646 Therefore, differentiating Xp11 translocation RCC from other subtypes is of clinical importance and more than of academic interest. ('Xp11 translocation', 'Var', (27, 45)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (46, 49)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (46, 49)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (46, 49)) 9808 28415646 To compare three methods for diagnosing Xp11 translocation RCC, the present study examined the results of TFE3 immunohistochemistry, FISH, and RT-PCR using FFPE tissue. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (59, 62)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (106, 110)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (59, 62)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (106, 110)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (59, 62)) ('Xp11 translocation', 'Var', (40, 58)) 9823 28415646 ASPL- and PRCC-TFE3 translocations were detected in 13/14 (Figure 3D, 3E) and 1/14 (Figure 3F, 3G) TFE3-positive cases, respectively, of which two were excluded. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (99, 103)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (15, 19)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (10, 14)) ('ASPL', 'Gene', '79058', (0, 4)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (10, 14)) ('detected', 'Reg', (40, 48)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (99, 103)) ('ASPL', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (15, 19)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (11, 14)) ('translocations', 'Var', (20, 34)) 9827 28415646 All 14 cases showing moderate-to-strong TFE3 expression harbored TFE3 translocations by RT-PCR, with two cases negative by FISH. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (40, 44)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (65, 69)) ('translocations', 'Var', (70, 84)) ('harbored', 'Reg', (56, 64)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (40, 44)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (65, 69)) 9833 28415646 All 13 TFE3-negative/cathepsin K-positive cases were negative by FISH; however, four showed translocations by RT-PCR (ASPL- and PRCC-TFE3, n = 2 each). ('cathepsin K', 'Gene', (21, 32)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (7, 11)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (128, 132)) ('ASPL', 'Gene', (118, 122)) ('translocations', 'Var', (92, 106)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (133, 137)) ('cathepsin K', 'Gene', '1513', (21, 32)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (129, 132)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (128, 132)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (7, 11)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (133, 137)) ('ASPL', 'Gene', '79058', (118, 122)) 9855 28415646 The incidence of Xp11 translocation RCC has been variably reported. ('RCC', 'Disease', (36, 39)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (36, 39)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (36, 39)) ('Xp11 translocation', 'Var', (17, 35)) 9860 28415646 In conclusion, we suggest that moderate-to-strong TFE3 staining can be suspicious evidence of Xp11 translocation RCC and the high concordance rate of immunohistochemical and molecular studies is proved. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('moderate-to-strong', 'Var', (31, 49)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (113, 116)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (50, 54)) ('Xp11 translocation', 'Var', (94, 112)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (113, 116)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (113, 116)) 9884 24703100 CCRCC is characterized by cells with clear cytoplasm, expression of carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) and CD10, alteration of the VHL gene, and other recurrent copy number alterations including 5q gains and 9p loss. ('CCRCC', 'Disease', (0, 5)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (125, 128)) ('CCRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (0, 5)) ('CD10', 'Gene', '4311', (101, 105)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (2, 5)) ('CD10', 'Gene', (101, 105)) ('CAIX', 'Gene', '768', (91, 95)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (125, 128)) ('CAIX', 'Gene', (91, 95)) ('carbonic anhydrase IX', 'Gene', '768', (68, 89)) ('9p loss', 'Var', (202, 209)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('43', '52')) ('5q gains', 'Var', (189, 197)) ('CD10', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004245', ('101', '105')) ('alteration', 'Var', (107, 117)) ('carbonic anhydrase IX', 'Gene', (68, 89)) 9898 24703100 To identify consensus of differentially regulated miRNA between renal carcinoma histologic types, we additionally determined differential miRNA expression using 2 publically available microarray data sets from the NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus database (GSE41282 and GSE3798). ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (70, 79)) ('renal carcinoma', 'Disease', (64, 79)) ('Gene Expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('219', '234')) ('renal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (64, 79)) ('GSE3798', 'Var', (266, 273)) ('renal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (64, 79)) ('GSE41282', 'Var', (253, 261)) 9904 24703100 Using CCRCC cell lines, Yamamura et al demonstrated that miR-34a suppresses c-MYC and its complexes and inhibits cell invasion, thus suggesting a role as a tumor suppressor in renal cancers. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (182, 188)) ('cell invasion', 'CPA', (113, 126)) ('complexes', 'MPA', (90, 99)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (8, 11)) ('renal cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (176, 189)) ('CCRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (6, 11)) ('inhibits', 'NegReg', (104, 112)) ('c-MYC', 'Gene', (76, 81)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('156', '172')) ('renal cancers', 'Disease', (176, 189)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (182, 189)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (156, 161)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('156', '172')) ('renal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (176, 188)) ('suppresses', 'NegReg', (65, 75)) ('miR-34a', 'Var', (57, 64)) ('c-MYC', 'Gene', '4609', (76, 81)) 9910 24703100 Mikhaylova et al recently showed that miR-204 is a VHL-regulated tumor suppressor acting by inhibiting macroautophagy, with LC3B as a direct and functional target in CCRCC specimens. ('LC3B', 'Gene', (124, 128)) ('macroautophagy', 'MPA', (103, 117)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('65', '81')) ('macroautophagy', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016236', ('103', '117')) ('CCRCC', 'Disease', (166, 171)) ('miR-204', 'Var', (38, 45)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (168, 171)) ('CCRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (166, 171)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('65', '81')) ('LC3B', 'Gene', '81631', (124, 128)) ('inhibiting', 'NegReg', (92, 102)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (65, 70)) 9918 30622286 Recurrent mutations in chromatin modifying genes KMT2C and KDM5C were detected in 2 of 9 tumors. ('KMT2C', 'Gene', '58508', (49, 54)) ('KMT2C', 'Gene', (49, 54)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (89, 95)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (89, 95)) ('detected', 'Reg', (70, 78)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (89, 95)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('23', '32')) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', (59, 64)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', '8242', (59, 64)) ('mutations', 'Var', (10, 19)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (89, 94)) 9952 30622286 Paired tumor and normal DNA samples of 5 other cases from MSKCC were analyzed using the targeted capture-based next-generation sequencing (Memorial Sloan Kettering Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets, MSK-IMPACT ) to identify somatic mutations and copy number alterations as described previously. ('Cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (208, 214)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('24', '27')) ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (271, 294)) ('Paired tumor', 'Disease', (0, 12)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (208, 214)) ('Cancer', 'Disease', (208, 214)) ('Paired tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (0, 12)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (7, 12)) 9972 30622286 Recurrent mutations in two chromatin modifying genes lysine N-methyltransferase (KMT2C), a histone methyltransferase, and lysine-specific demethylase 5C (KDM5C), a histone demethylase, were each identified in 2 of 9 (22%) cases. ('identified', 'Reg', (195, 205)) ('lysine-specific demethylase 5C', 'Gene', '8242', (122, 152)) ('lysine-specific demethylase 5C', 'Gene', (122, 152)) ('KMT2C', 'Gene', (81, 86)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', (154, 159)) ('KMT2C', 'Gene', '58508', (81, 86)) ('histone methyltransferase', 'Gene', '56979', (91, 116)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', '8242', (154, 159)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('27', '36')) ('histone methyltransferase', 'Gene', (91, 116)) ('mutations', 'Var', (10, 19)) 9973 30622286 Other known or likely oncogenic mutations in PMS2, RAD21, TP53, FBXW7, and KEAP1 were also detected. ('KEAP1', 'Gene', (75, 80)) ('FBXW7', 'Gene', '55294', (64, 69)) ('PMS2', 'Gene', (45, 49)) ('RAD21', 'Gene', '5885', (51, 56)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (58, 62)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (58, 62)) ('PMS2', 'Gene', '5395', (45, 49)) ('FBXW7', 'Gene', (64, 69)) ('mutations', 'Var', (32, 41)) ('KEAP1', 'Gene', '9817', (75, 80)) ('RAD', 'biological_process', 'GO:1990116', ('51', '54')) ('oncogenic', 'CPA', (22, 31)) ('RAD21', 'Gene', (51, 56)) 9974 30622286 Case TC2 also showed amplification of MDM2 and CDK4 genes. ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('47', '50')) ('TC2', 'Gene', '6948', (5, 8)) ('CDK4', 'Gene', (47, 51)) ('MDM2', 'Gene', '4193', (38, 42)) ('MDM2', 'Gene', (38, 42)) ('CDK4', 'Gene', '1019', (47, 51)) ('amplification', 'Var', (21, 34)) ('TC2', 'Gene', (5, 8)) 10006 30622286 3) Gains of chromosome 7, an almost universal feature in type 1 papillary renal cell carcinoma, are not seen in tubulocystic carcinoma. ('tubulocystic carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (112, 134)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (64, 94)) ('Gains', 'Var', (3, 8)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (125, 134)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (64, 94)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (64, 94)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (74, 94)) ('tubulocystic carcinoma', 'Disease', (112, 134)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (85, 94)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('12', '22')) 10008 30622286 Shared chromosomal losses/gains, based on 1 or 2 chromosomes alone, cannot be justifiable as a proof of relatedness of different tumors. ('tumors', 'Disease', (129, 135)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (129, 135)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (129, 135)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (129, 134)) ('chromosomal losses/gains', 'Var', (7, 31)) 10009 30622286 For example, loss of chromosome Y is not uncommon in a large number of non-renal tumors, as well as in many renal cell tumors, including clear cell and chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, and renal oncocytoma. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (119, 125)) ('non-renal tumors', 'Disease', (71, 87)) ('non-renal tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (71, 87)) ('chromosome', 'Gene', (21, 31)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (175, 184)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (119, 124)) ('loss', 'Var', (13, 17)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (164, 184)) ('renal oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C537750', (190, 206)) ('renal oncocytoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011798', (190, 206)) ('chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (152, 184)) ('renal cell tumors', 'Disease', (108, 125)) ('renal cell tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (108, 124)) ('clear cell', 'Disease', (137, 147)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (81, 87)) ('renal cell tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (108, 125)) ('renal tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (75, 87)) ('chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (152, 184)) ('renal oncocytoma', 'Disease', (190, 206)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (81, 86)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('21', '31')) 10016 30622286 However, 24 of these 29 cases (83%) had immunohistochemical staining patterns suggestive of FH-deficiency (FH-/2SC+ n=16; FH+-/2SC+ n=8); and 8 of 11 cases with FH-deficiency (72%) on sequencing showed FH gene mutations. ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (202, 204)) ('mutations', 'Var', (210, 219)) ('2SC', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C511650', (127, 130)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (107, 109)) ('FH-deficiency', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (92, 105)) ('FH-deficiency', 'Disease', (92, 105)) ('FH-deficiency', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006938', (161, 174)) ('FH-deficiency', 'Disease', (161, 174)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (122, 124)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (92, 94)) ('2SC', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C511650', (111, 114)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (161, 163)) 10020 30622286 A recent study on tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma by Lawrie et al reported recurrent mutations in ABL1 and PDFGRA genes. ('ABL1', 'Gene', (100, 104)) ('tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (18, 51)) ('tubulocystic renal cell', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100611', (18, 41)) ('tubulocystic renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (18, 51)) ('PDFGRA', 'Gene', (109, 115)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (31, 51)) ('ABL1', 'Gene', '25', (100, 104)) ('mutations', 'Var', (87, 96)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (42, 51)) 10023 30622286 Our study identified recurrent oncogenic mutations in chromatin modifying genes KMT2C and KDM5C, as well as other oncogenic mutations such as those in involving DNA repair and DNA damage response genes such as PMS2, RAD21, and TP53. ('KDM5C', 'Gene', (90, 95)) ('mutations', 'Var', (41, 50)) ('KMT2C', 'Gene', (80, 85)) ('KMT2C', 'Gene', '58508', (80, 85)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('176', '179')) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (227, 231)) ('PMS2', 'Gene', (210, 214)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', '8242', (90, 95)) ('DNA damage response', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006974', ('176', '195')) ('PMS2', 'Gene', '5395', (210, 214)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (227, 231)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('161', '164')) ('RAD21', 'Gene', (216, 221)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('54', '63')) ('DNA repair', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006281', ('161', '171')) ('RAD', 'biological_process', 'GO:1990116', ('216', '219')) ('RAD21', 'Gene', '5885', (216, 221)) 10030 30588036 RASSF1A promoter methylation correlated with RCC in tissue, blood, and urine samples. ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (0, 7)) ('correlated', 'Reg', (29, 39)) ('methylation', 'Var', (17, 28)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (0, 7)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('17', '28')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (45, 48)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (45, 48)) 10031 30588036 On multivariate analysis, RASSF1A promoter methylation was associated with tumor grade (grade 3-4 vs 1-2: OR=3.59), clinical stage (stage 3-4 vs 1-2: OR=2.15), T classification (pT2-4 vs pT1: OR=2.66), histologic subtypes (papillary vs clear cell: OR=2.91), and cancer-specific survival (HR=1.78), but it was not linked to age, gender, lymph node status, distant metastasis, or overall survival. ('cancer', 'Disease', (262, 268)) ('pT1', 'Gene', '58492', (187, 190)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (26, 33)) ('methylation', 'Var', (43, 54)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('43', '54')) ('T classification', 'CPA', (160, 176)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (262, 268)) ('associated', 'Reg', (59, 69)) ('pT1', 'Gene', (187, 190)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (75, 80)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (75, 80)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (26, 33)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (262, 268)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (75, 80)) 10032 30588036 The Cancer Genome Atlas data also showed that RASSF1A methylation was significantly more likely to be seen in papillary vs clear-cell RCC (OR=23.19). ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (46, 53)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('54', '65')) ('methylation', 'Var', (54, 65)) ('papillary', 'Disease', (110, 119)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (4, 10)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (134, 137)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (134, 137)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (46, 53)) ('seen', 'Reg', (102, 106)) 10033 30588036 RASSF1A promoter methylation may be associated with the development and progression of RCC, as well as poor cancer-specific survival. ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (0, 7)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (87, 90)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (87, 90)) ('methylation', 'Var', (17, 28)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (0, 7)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (108, 114)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('17', '28')) ('associated with', 'Reg', (36, 51)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (108, 114)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (108, 114)) 10034 30588036 Methylation was more frequent in papillary vs clear-cell RCC. ('Methylation', 'Var', (0, 11)) ('papillary', 'Disease', (33, 42)) ('Methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('0', '11')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (57, 60)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (57, 60)) ('frequent', 'Reg', (21, 29)) 10041 30588036 DNA methylation within the promoter regions is an important mechanism underlying epigenetic modifications, which may cause inactivation of gene expression and play a crucial role in the carcinogenesis, progression, and prognosis of various human cancers. ('gene expression', 'MPA', (139, 154)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (246, 253)) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('0', '15')) ('cancers', 'Disease', (246, 253)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (240, 245)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (246, 253)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('0', '3')) ('methylation', 'Var', (4, 15)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (246, 252)) ('carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D063646', (186, 200)) ('inactivation', 'MPA', (123, 135)) ('gene expression', 'biological_process', 'GO:0010467', ('139', '154')) ('epigenetic modifications', 'Var', (81, 105)) ('carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (186, 200)) 10045 30588036 RASSF1A promoter methylation has been reported in tissue, blood, and urine samples from patients with RCC. ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (0, 7)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (88, 96)) ('methylation', 'Var', (17, 28)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (0, 7)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (102, 105)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (102, 105)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('17', '28')) 10048 30588036 In contrast, RASSF1A promoter methylation was more frequent in RCC than in adjacent normal tissue samples in a study by Loginov et al. ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (13, 20)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (63, 66)) ('promoter', 'MPA', (21, 29)) ('methylation', 'Var', (30, 41)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('30', '41')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (13, 20)) ('frequent', 'Reg', (51, 59)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (63, 66)) 10051 30588036 The following keywords and scientific search terms were used: (kidney OR renal) AND (cancer OR tumor OR neoplasm OR carcinoma) AND (methylation OR methylated OR hypermethylation OR epigene*) AND (RAS association domain family protein 1A OR RASSF1A OR RASSF1 OR RAS association domain family protein 1). ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('226', '233')) ('neoplasm OR carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (104, 125)) ('RASSF1', 'Gene', (251, 257)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (95, 100)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (240, 247)) ('kidney OR renal) AND (cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (63, 91)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('291', '298')) ('RASSF1', 'Gene', '11186', (251, 257)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (95, 100)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (240, 247)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('132', '143')) ('RASSF1', 'Gene', '11186', (240, 246)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 100)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (116, 125)) ('epigene*', 'Var', (181, 189)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (85, 91)) ('neoplasm OR carcinoma', 'Disease', (104, 125)) ('RASSF1', 'Gene', (240, 246)) 10073 30588036 In four studies that included the comparison of 237 patients with RCC with 142 nonmalignant blood samples, RASSF1A promoter methylation was significantly more likely in RCC than in nonmalignant blood samples (OR=11.70, 95% CI=4.82-28.39, P<0.001; Figure 2). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (66, 69)) ('OR=11.70', 'Gene', '255725', (209, 217)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('124', '135')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (169, 172)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (169, 172)) ('likely', 'Reg', (159, 165)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (107, 114)) ('OR=11.70', 'Gene', (209, 217)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (107, 114)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (66, 69)) ('methylation', 'Var', (124, 135)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (52, 60)) 10078 30588036 Four studies that included 257 patients with RCC showed that there was no correlation between RASSF1A promoter methylation and distant metastasis (OR=1.66, 95% CI=0.75-3.69, P=0.21; Figure 4). ('methylation', 'Var', (111, 122)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (94, 101)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('111', '122')) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (31, 39)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (94, 101)) ('distant metastasis', 'CPA', (127, 145)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (45, 48)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (45, 48)) 10079 30588036 In 13 studies that included 686 patients with RCC, a significant relationship was observed between RASSF1A promoter methylation and tumor grade (OR=3.59, 95% CI=1.85-6.95, P<0.001; Figure 5). ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (32, 40)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (132, 137)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (46, 49)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (99, 106)) ('methylation', 'Var', (116, 127)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (46, 49)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 137)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (132, 137)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('116', '127')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (99, 106)) 10080 30588036 RASSF1A promoter methylation was also linked to clinical stage in eight studies that included 463 patients with RCC (OR=2.15, 95% CI=1.34-3.45, P=0.001; Figure 5). ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (0, 7)) ('linked', 'Reg', (38, 44)) ('methylation', 'Var', (17, 28)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (98, 106)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (112, 115)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (0, 7)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('17', '28')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (112, 115)) 10081 30588036 In seven studies that included 306 patients with RCC, a significant correlation was found between RASSF1A promoter methylation and T classification (OR=2.66, 95% CI=1.11-6.39, P=0.029; Figure 6). ('RCC', 'Disease', (49, 52)) ('methylation', 'Var', (115, 126)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (98, 105)) ('T classification', 'Disease', (131, 147)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('115', '126')) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (35, 43)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (98, 105)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (49, 52)) 10090 30588036 After adjusting for tumor stage (stage 3-4 vs stage 1-2) and tumor histology (pRCC vs ccRCC), RASSF1A promoter methylation was not associated with overall survival using multivariate analysis (HR=0.921, P=0.687) in 567 RCCs. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (61, 66)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (20, 25)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (219, 222)) ('methylation', 'Var', (111, 122)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (78, 82)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (61, 66)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (20, 25)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (219, 222)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (88, 91)) ('associated', 'Reg', (131, 141)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('111', '122')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (94, 101)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (79, 82)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (61, 66)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (78, 82)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (88, 91)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (94, 101)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (79, 82)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (20, 25)) 10092 30588036 Tumor suppressor genes are commonly inactivated via promoter methylation within the CpG islands, which may affect several biological processes, including cell proliferation, cell death, cell migration, and cell invasion, and contribute to the initiation and progression of human cancers. ('cell proliferation', 'CPA', (154, 172)) ('Tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (0, 5)) ('Tumor suppressor genes', 'Gene', (0, 22)) ('cell migration', 'CPA', (186, 200)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (279, 286)) ('cell migration', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016477', ('186', '200')) ('cancers', 'Disease', (279, 286)) ('affect', 'Reg', (107, 113)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (279, 285)) ('promoter methylation', 'Var', (52, 72)) ('contribute', 'Reg', (225, 235)) ('biological processes', 'CPA', (122, 142)) ('cell death', 'CPA', (174, 184)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (279, 286)) ('Tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('0', '16')) ('cell death', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008219', ('174', '184')) ('cell invasion', 'CPA', (206, 219)) ('cell proliferation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008283', ('154', '172')) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('61', '72')) ('inactivated', 'NegReg', (36, 47)) ('Tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('0', '16')) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (273, 278)) 10093 30588036 Studies have indicated that methylation of the promoter of the tumor suppressor gene RASSF1A reduces its expression, which may play an important role in RCC carcinogenesis. ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (85, 92)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (63, 68)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (63, 68)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('63', '79')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (85, 92)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('28', '39')) ('reduces', 'NegReg', (93, 100)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (63, 68)) ('RCC carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (153, 171)) ('RCC carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (153, 171)) ('methylation', 'Var', (28, 39)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('63', '79')) ('expression', 'MPA', (105, 115)) ('promoter', 'MPA', (47, 55)) 10097 30588036 Also, nine other studies showed that RASSF1A promoter methylation correlated positively with RCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (93, 96)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('54', '65')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (37, 44)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (93, 96)) ('methylation', 'Var', (54, 65)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (37, 44)) 10099 30588036 This suggests that RASSF1A promoter methylation is significantly associated with RCC carcinogenesis. ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (19, 26)) ('RCC carcinogenesis', 'Disease', (81, 99)) ('RCC carcinogenesis', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (81, 99)) ('associated', 'Reg', (65, 75)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('36', '47')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (19, 26)) ('methylation', 'Var', (36, 47)) 10109 30588036 These analyses suggest that RASSF1A promoter methylation may be closely associated with RCC progression. ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('45', '56')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (28, 35)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (88, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (88, 91)) ('associated', 'Reg', (72, 82)) ('methylation', 'Var', (45, 56)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (28, 35)) 10117 30588036 In addition, Yu et al did not report whether RASSF1A promoter methylation was linked to clinical features (eg, gender, tumor grade, clinical stage, T classification, histologic subtypes, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastasis) and did not include an analysis of overall survival. ('tumor', 'Disease', (119, 124)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('62', '73')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (45, 52)) ('methylation', 'Var', (62, 73)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (119, 124)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (45, 52)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (119, 124)) ('lymph node metastasis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (187, 208)) ('linked', 'Reg', (78, 84)) ('lymph node metastasis', 'Disease', (187, 208)) 10122 30588036 The present findings show that RASSF1A promoter methylation correlates with RCC in tissue, blood, and urine samples. ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('48', '59')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (76, 79)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (76, 79)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (31, 38)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (31, 38)) ('methylation', 'Var', (48, 59)) 10192 21763971 Despite the fact that VHL inactivation and the subsequent overexpression of hypoxia-inducible genes such as VEGF are hallmarks of CCRCC, patients with papillary, chromophobe and medullary histology can still demonstrate high expression of VEGF, VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2 (especially in more advanced stages) that is correlated with worse survival, making VEGF-targeted therapy an attractive therapeutic option . ('VEGF', 'Gene', (108, 112)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', (76, 83)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (22, 25)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (132, 135)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (132, 135)) ('VEGFR-1', 'Gene', '2321', (245, 252)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (215, 218)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (257, 261)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (257, 261)) ('hypoxia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000860', (76, 83)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (132, 135)) ('VEGFR-2', 'Gene', '3791', (257, 264)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (22, 25)) ('overexpression', 'PosReg', (58, 72)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (349, 353)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (239, 243)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (239, 243)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (137, 145)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (349, 353)) ('VEGFR-2', 'Gene', (257, 264)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (245, 249)) ('VEGFR-1', 'Gene', (245, 252)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (26, 38)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (245, 249)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (108, 112)) 10207 21763971 Although only about 10% of sporadic type I PRCC have been reported to show somatic mutations in the c-MET gene, a genetic abnormality commonly seen as a germline mutation in hereditary cases , the c-Met pathway can be activated in many sporadic PRCC in the absence of c-Met mutation . ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (245, 249)) ('c-Met', 'Gene', (268, 273)) ('sporadic', 'Disease', (236, 244)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (44, 47)) ('c-Met', 'Gene', (197, 202)) ('genetic abnormality', 'Disease', 'MESH:D030342', (114, 133)) ('activated', 'PosReg', (218, 227)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (245, 249)) ('genetic abnormality', 'Disease', (114, 133)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (246, 249)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (43, 47)) ('c-Met', 'Gene', '4233', (268, 273)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', '4233', (100, 105)) ('c-Met', 'Gene', '4233', (197, 202)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', (100, 105)) ('mutations', 'Var', (83, 92)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (43, 47)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (245, 249)) 10208 21763971 The group from the National Institutes of Health described the genetic abnormality associated with the hereditary form of the type 2 papillary RCC, consisting of mutations in the fumarate hydratase (FH) gene . ('mutations', 'Var', (162, 171)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (179, 197)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (179, 197)) ('genetic abnormality', 'Disease', (63, 82)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (143, 146)) ('genetic abnormality', 'Disease', 'MESH:D030342', (63, 82)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (143, 146)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (143, 146)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (199, 201)) 10213 21763971 Dysregulation of G1-S and G2-M checkpoint genes were found in class 1 and 2 tumours, respectively. ('tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (76, 83)) ('G2-M checkpoint genes', 'Gene', (26, 47)) ('Dysregulation', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('G2-M checkpoint', 'biological_process', 'GO:0000075', ('26', '41')) ('tumours', 'Disease', (76, 83)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (76, 82)) ('G1-S', 'Gene', (17, 21)) ('class 1', 'Disease', (62, 69)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (76, 83)) 10237 21763971 Nevertheless, there are still several ongoing phase II trials investigating sunitinib therapy for PRCC, and their results will be useful in clarifying the role of sunitinib in NCCRCC (NCT00465179, NCT01034878 and NCT01219751). ('PRCC', 'Gene', (98, 102)) ('NCT00465179', 'Var', (184, 195)) ('NCT01219751', 'Var', (213, 224)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (98, 102)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (76, 85)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (163, 172)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (179, 182)) ('NCT01034878', 'Var', (197, 208)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (98, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (179, 182)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (179, 182)) 10277 21763971 It was observed that the mean EQ-5D score was higher in the temsirolimus arm compared to the IFN-alpha arm in NCCRCC patients. ('IFN-alpha', 'Gene', (93, 102)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (46, 52)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (113, 116)) ('EQ-5D score', 'MPA', (30, 41)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (113, 116)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (113, 116)) ('temsirolimus', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C401859', (60, 72)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (117, 125)) ('temsirolimus', 'Var', (60, 72)) ('IFN-alpha', 'Gene', '3439', (93, 102)) 10288 21763971 Although the RECIST response rate of 11% did not exceed pre-specified estimates (>= 20% response rate) for further study, single-agent erlotinib yielded encouraging DCR and OS results. ('DCR', 'MPA', (165, 168)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (97, 100)) ('pre', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003904', ('56', '59')) ('erlotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000069347', (135, 144)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (29, 32)) ('erlotinib', 'Gene', (135, 144)) ('single-agent', 'Var', (122, 134)) 10290 21763971 (NCT 01130519, NCT 00060307) Foretinib (GSK1363089) is a novel inhibitor of receptor tyrosine kinases targeting MET and VEGFR. ('GSK1363089', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C544831', (40, 50)) ('Foretinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C544831', (29, 38)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', '3791', (120, 125)) ('GSK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0050321', ('40', '43')) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', (85, 100)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', (120, 125)) ('GSK1363089', 'Var', (40, 50)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', '7294', (85, 100)) 10293 21763971 After enrollment, patients were stratified into two strata based on the presence or absence of a genetic aberration in c-MET (A: evidence of c-MET pathway activation; B: without evidence of activation). ('c-MET', 'Gene', (141, 146)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', '4233', (119, 124)) ('genetic aberration', 'Var', (97, 115)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (54, 57)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (109, 112)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', '4233', (141, 146)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (18, 26)) ('c-MET', 'Gene', (119, 124)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (34, 37)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (155, 165)) 10315 21763971 This autosomal dominant condition involves mutations in the BHD gene, resulting in benign cutaneous tumours, RCCs (especially with chromophobe histology) and spontaneous pneumothoraces. ('benign cutaneous tumours', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (83, 107)) ('spontaneous pneumothoraces', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002108', (158, 184)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (100, 106)) ('resulting in', 'Reg', (70, 82)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (109, 112)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (109, 112)) ('mutations', 'Var', (43, 52)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (109, 112)) ('tumours', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (100, 107)) ('BHD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D058249', (60, 63)) ('benign cutaneous tumours', 'Disease', (83, 107)) ('BHD', 'Disease', (60, 63)) 10316 21763971 BHD encodes folliculin, a tumour suppressor, and it has been reported that BHD is also mutated in sporadic ChRCC . ('mutated', 'Var', (87, 94)) ('tumour', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (26, 32)) ('BHD', 'Disease', (0, 3)) ('BHD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D058249', (0, 3)) ('tumour', 'Disease', (26, 32)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (109, 112)) ('tumour', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (26, 32)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (109, 112)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (109, 112)) ('BHD', 'Disease', (75, 78)) ('BHD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D058249', (75, 78)) 10317 21763971 Deranged expression of the receptor tyrosine kinase KIT is also understood to be important in ChRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (96, 99)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', (36, 51)) ('Deranged', 'Var', (0, 8)) ('KIT', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005020', ('52', '55')) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', '7294', (36, 51)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (96, 99)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (96, 99)) 10340 21763971 (NCT 01182142) Renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) is a newly recognized aggressive form of kidney cancer, which was first described in a case series by Davis in 1995 . ('Renal medullary carcinoma', 'Disease', (15, 40)) ('Renal medullary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (15, 40)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (88, 101)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (88, 101)) ('NCT 01182142', 'Var', (1, 13)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 101)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (88, 101)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (31, 40)) 10353 21763971 Genetically, the loss of INI1, a factor in the ATP-dependent chromatin-modifying complex, is seen in some renal medullary carcinoma as well as renal rhabdoid tumors. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (158, 164)) ('ATP', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000255', (47, 50)) ('renal rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', (143, 164)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (122, 131)) ('renal rhabdoid tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018335', (143, 164)) ('INI1', 'Gene', (25, 29)) ('INI1', 'Gene', '6598', (25, 29)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (122, 131)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('61', '70')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (158, 163)) ('loss', 'Var', (17, 21)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (122, 131)) 10354 21763971 The absence of INI1 expression does not appear to be predictive of rhabdoid histopathology, but is associated with aggressive behavior in renal medullary carcinoma . ('INI1', 'Gene', '6598', (15, 19)) ('associated with', 'Reg', (99, 114)) ('INI1', 'Gene', (15, 19)) ('aggressive behavior in renal medullary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010554', (115, 163)) ('aggressive behavior', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (115, 134)) ('aggressive behavior', 'biological_process', 'GO:0002118', ('115', '134')) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (154, 163)) ('absence', 'Var', (4, 11)) ('aggressive behavior in renal medullary carcinoma', 'Disease', (115, 163)) 10355 21763971 Rearrangement of the ALK receptor tyrosine kinase has been reported in renal medullary carcinoma, as well. ('Rearrangement', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('reported', 'Reg', (59, 67)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (87, 96)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', (34, 49)) ('ALK', 'Gene', (21, 24)) ('tyrosine kinase', 'Gene', '7294', (34, 49)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (21, 24)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (87, 96)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (87, 96)) 10356 21763971 Marino-Enriquez et al identified a novel ALK oncoprotein in which the cytoskeletal protein vinculin (VCL) was fused to the ALK kinase domain in a case of RMC harboring a t(2;10)(p23; q22) translocation. ('vinculin', 'Gene', (91, 99)) ('ALK', 'Gene', (123, 126)) ('fused', 'Var', (110, 115)) ('VCL', 'Gene', (101, 104)) ('ALK', 'Gene', (41, 44)) ('VCL', 'Gene', '7414', (101, 104)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('83', '90')) ('vinculin', 'Gene', '7414', (91, 99)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (123, 126)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (41, 44)) 10489 32481542 Five out of the eight all-relevant features were significantly associated with the von Hippel-Lindau gene mutation. ('von Hippel-Lindau', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (83, 100)) ('associated', 'Reg', (63, 73)) ('mutation', 'Var', (106, 114)) ('von Hippel-Lindau', 'Disease', (83, 100)) 10509 32481542 BRCA1-associated protein (BAP1) gene mutations are found in ~15% of ccRCC and are associated with high-grade tumors and poor prognosis as reported in genome-wide association studies. ('BAP1', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (70, 73)) ('associated with', 'Reg', (82, 97)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (70, 73)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (109, 115)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (70, 73)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (109, 115)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (68, 73)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('17', '24')) ('mutations', 'Var', (37, 46)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (26, 30)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (109, 114)) ('BRCA1-associated protein', 'Gene', (0, 24)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (109, 115)) ('BRCA1-associated protein', 'Gene', '8315', (0, 24)) 10510 32481542 tested radiomics to predict BAP1 mutation status on ccRCC and found an AUC of 0.71 for features retrieved from the NP phase of CECT scans. ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (28, 32)) ('mutation', 'Var', (33, 41)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (28, 32)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (54, 57)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (54, 57)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (54, 57)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (52, 57)) 10511 32481542 aimed to predict the presence of gene PBRM1 mutations by creating an ANN algorithm and ML-based TA from CMP images; they found that the former outperformed the latter, upholding 95% accuracy and 0.987 AUC for PBRM1 mutation status. ('TA', 'Chemical', '-', (96, 98)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (209, 214)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (209, 214)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (38, 43)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (38, 43)) ('mutations', 'Var', (44, 53)) ('upholding', 'PosReg', (168, 177)) 10512 32481542 This tumor suppressor gene's mutation was associated with advanced-stage and higher grade ccRCC, and it was also suggested to influence response rates to immune checkpoint inhibitors. ('mutation', 'Var', (29, 37)) ('associated', 'Reg', (42, 52)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (5, 10)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (5, 10)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (92, 95)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (92, 95)) ('response', 'MPA', (136, 144)) ('influence', 'Reg', (126, 135)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('5', '21')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (92, 95)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (5, 10)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('5', '21')) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (90, 95)) 10556 19558708 Subsequently, WHO classified renal cell tumors into clear cell RCC, multilocular clear cell RCC, papillary RCC, chromophobe RCC, carcinoma of the collecting ducts of Bellini, renal medullary carcinoma, Xp11 translocation carcinoma, carcinoma associated with neuroblastoma, mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma-unclassified, papillary adenoma and oncocytoma. ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (329, 338)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (124, 127)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (92, 95)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (232, 241)) ('spindle', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005819', ('294', '301')) ('renal cell tumors', 'Disease', (29, 46)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (318, 338)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 45)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (232, 241)) ('papillary RCC, chromophobe RCC, carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (97, 138)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (107, 110)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (375, 385)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (221, 230)) ('Xp11 translocation', 'Var', (202, 220)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (129, 138)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (221, 230)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (191, 200)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (329, 338)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (191, 200)) ('papillary adenoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000236', (353, 370)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (307, 316)) ('papillary adenoma', 'Disease', (353, 370)) ('renal cell tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (29, 46)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (318, 338)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (232, 241)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (307, 316)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (318, 338)) ('associated', 'Reg', (242, 252)) ('neuroblastoma', 'Disease', (258, 271)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (63, 66)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (375, 385)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 46)) ('neuroblastoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003006', (258, 271)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (221, 230)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (129, 138)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (191, 200)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (129, 138)) ('neuroblastoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009447', (258, 271)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (307, 316)) 10607 19558708 Third group of discordance was between eosinophilic variant of chromophobe RCC and oncocytoma. ('chromophobe RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (63, 78)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (83, 93)) ('eosinophilic variant', 'Var', (39, 59)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (75, 78)) ('eosin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D004801', (39, 44)) ('chromophobe RCC', 'Disease', (63, 78)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (83, 93)) 10648 19558708 This result is comparable to the studies by Mathers et al and Leroy et al who showed positivity of CK7 in 100% cases of chromophobe renal cell carcinoma, and one case of clear cell renal cell carcinoma. ('positivity', 'Var', (85, 95)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (143, 152)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (132, 152)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (170, 201)) ('CK7', 'Gene', (99, 102)) ('chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (120, 152)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (170, 201)) ('CK7', 'Gene', '3855', (99, 102)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (181, 201)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (170, 201)) ('chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (120, 152)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (192, 201)) 10649 19558708 Study by Yang et al showed 87-100% positivity of CK7 in papillary renal cell carcinoma. ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (66, 86)) ('CK7', 'Gene', '3855', (49, 52)) ('positivity', 'Var', (35, 45)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (77, 86)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (56, 86)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (56, 86)) ('CK7', 'Gene', (49, 52)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (56, 86)) 10661 31690016 Here, we review the roles of Notch signaling identified from rodent kidney development and injury studies, while discussing human kidney diseases associated with aberrant Notch signaling. ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('177', '186')) ('kidney disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (130, 144)) ('kidney diseases', 'Disease', (130, 145)) ('kidney development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001822', ('68', '86')) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('35', '44')) ('kidney diseases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (130, 145)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (124, 129)) ('kidney diseases', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (130, 145)) ('aberrant', 'Var', (162, 170)) 10671 31690016 Interestingly, Ret signaling, which activates Etv4 and Etv5 in the UB tips, is required for cells to remain in the UB tip as Ret or Etv4 and Etv5 mutant cells tend to be excluded from the UB tips. ('Etv4', 'Gene', (132, 136)) ('Etv4', 'Gene', (46, 50)) ('Ret', 'Gene', '19713', (125, 128)) ('Ret', 'Gene', '19713', (15, 18)) ('Etv5', 'Gene', (55, 59)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('19', '28')) ('Etv5', 'Gene', '104156', (141, 145)) ('Etv5', 'Gene', (141, 145)) ('mutant', 'Var', (146, 152)) ('Etv4', 'Gene', '18612', (132, 136)) ('Etv4', 'Gene', '18612', (46, 50)) ('UB', 'Chemical', '-', (67, 69)) ('UB', 'Chemical', '-', (115, 117)) ('Etv5', 'Gene', '104156', (55, 59)) ('Ret', 'Gene', (125, 128)) ('Ret', 'Gene', (15, 18)) ('UB', 'Chemical', '-', (188, 190)) 10674 31690016 Six2 expression is essential for maintenance of the NPC state, and cessation of Six2 expression marks the end of new nephron formation. ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (80, 84)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('125', '134')) ('cessation', 'Var', (67, 76)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (80, 84)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (0, 4)) ('NPC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005643', ('52', '55')) 10686 31690016 Inactivation of Notch components (RBPJ, or Notch1 and Notch2) sustain Six2 expression within the developing mouse kidney much after its expression should have been downregulated (Table 1). ('RBPJ', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('RBPJ', 'Gene', '19664', (34, 38)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (70, 74)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (108, 113)) ('Inactivation', 'Var', (0, 12)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (70, 74)) ('expression', 'MPA', (75, 85)) 10687 31690016 Consistent with Notch signaling regulating the NPC self-renewal versus differentiation, forced expression of ectopic NICD1 (activated Notch1) or NICD2 within the Six2-expressing cells causes precocious differentiation of the NPCs. ('ectopic', 'Var', (109, 116)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (162, 166)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('22', '31')) ('NPC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005643', ('47', '50')) ('Six2', 'Gene', (162, 166)) ('NICD2', 'Gene', (145, 150)) ('causes', 'Reg', (184, 190)) ('precocious differentiation', 'CPA', (191, 217)) 10690 31690016 Utilizing different Cre drivers to inactivate Notch1 and/or Notch2 within the nephrogenic lineage of the developing kidney reveals morphological defects in the conversion of RV into SSBs. ('SSBs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C016118', (182, 186)) ('Notch2', 'Gene', (60, 66)) ('conversion', 'MPA', (160, 170)) ('inactivate', 'Var', (35, 45)) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (46, 52)) ('defects', 'NegReg', (145, 152)) 10691 31690016 Early experiments involving inactivation of Notch2 using Cre driven by Pax3 promoter indicated a role for Notch2 signaling in the acquisition of proximal nephron cell fates including that of proximal tubule and podocytes, similar to what was observed with pharmacologic inhibition of Notch signaling in explant mouse developing kidney cultures using Difluorophenacetyl)-l-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester (DAPT) to inhibit Notch signaling (Table 1). ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('434', '443')) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('113', '122')) ('Notch2', 'Gene', (44, 50)) ('inhibit', 'NegReg', (420, 427)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('290', '299')) ('DAPT', 'Chemical', '-', (411, 415)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', (71, 75)) ('Notch signaling', 'MPA', (428, 443)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (28, 40)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', '18505', (71, 75)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (311, 316)) ('Difluorophenacetyl)-l-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester', 'Chemical', '-', (350, 409)) 10692 31690016 The Pax3-Cre system targets the metanephric mesenchyme even prior to the formation of cap condensates and hence using this system to genetically inactivate Notch2 reveals the most severe renal defects caused by the loss of Notch2. ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('73', '82')) ('Notch2', 'Gene', (223, 229)) ('loss', 'Var', (215, 219)) ('renal defects', 'Disease', (187, 200)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', '18505', (4, 8)) ('Notch2', 'Gene', (156, 162)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', (4, 8)) ('renal defects', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (187, 200)) 10694 31690016 Polarized expression of Lhx1 in the top (distal) compartment of the RV closer to the UB occurs in Pax3-Cre;Notch2f/f kidneys just like in wild-type kidneys. ('Lhx1', 'Gene', '16869', (24, 28)) ('Lhx1', 'Gene', (24, 28)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', (98, 102)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', '18505', (98, 102)) ('Notch2f/f', 'Var', (107, 116)) ('UB', 'Chemical', '-', (85, 87)) 10697 31690016 The RVs of Six2-Cre;Notch1f/f;Notch2f/f do not have Lhx1 expression restricted to the distal compartment, indicating a failure of the nephron segmentation process. ('Notch1f/f;Notch2f/f', 'Var', (20, 39)) ('Lhx1', 'Gene', '16869', (52, 56)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (11, 15)) ('Notch2f/f', 'Var', (30, 39)) ('Lhx1', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('segmentation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0035282', ('142', '154')) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (11, 15)) 10698 31690016 The early Pax2-cre mediated inactivation of Notch1 does not alter nephron formation in kidney explant cultures, while inactivation of RBPJ does inhibit proximal tubule and podocyte development. ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('74', '83')) ('Pax2', 'Gene', '18504', (10, 14)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (28, 40)) ('RBPJ', 'Gene', (134, 138)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (118, 130)) ('RBPJ', 'Gene', '19664', (134, 138)) ('inhibit', 'NegReg', (144, 151)) ('Pax2', 'Gene', (10, 14)) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (44, 50)) ('podocyte development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0072015', ('172', '192')) 10699 31690016 A role for Notch1 in nephrogenesis is revealed when it is inactivated in a sensitized Notch signaling background created by inactivation of Notch2 using Six2-Cre line. ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (153, 157)) ('nephrogenesis', 'Disease', (21, 34)) ('nephrogenesis', 'Disease', 'None', (21, 34)) ('Notch2', 'Gene', (140, 146)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('92', '101')) ('inactivation', 'Var', (124, 136)) ('nephrogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001822', ('21', '34')) ('Six2', 'Gene', (153, 157)) ('nephrogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0072006', ('21', '34')) 10700 31690016 While most Six2-Cre;Notch2f/f mice develop normal sized kidneys with numerous proximal tubules, the additional inactivation of one allele of Notch1 in Six2-Cre;Notch2f/f;Notch1f/+ mice causes most of these to develop small kidneys with reduced number of nephrons, due to defective nephron segmentation during the conversion of RV into S-shaped bodies (Table 1). ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (30, 34)) ('small kidneys', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000089', (217, 230)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (151, 155)) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (141, 147)) ('reduced number of nephrons', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005563', (236, 262)) ('segmentation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0035282', ('289', '301')) ('small kidneys', 'MPA', (217, 230)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (11, 15)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (151, 155)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (11, 15)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (111, 123)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (180, 184)) ('numerous proximal tubules', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000114', (69, 94)) ('Notch1f/+', 'Var', (170, 179)) ('develop', 'PosReg', (209, 216)) ('S-shaped bodies', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0007835', (335, 350)) 10702 31690016 The different phenotypes observed in the Six2-Cre;Notch2f/f versus Pax3-Cre;Notch2 f/f mouse kidneys is likely due to the presence of sufficient wild-type Notch2 protein during the RV to S-Shaped body conversion in the Six2-Cre;Notch2f/f but not in the Pax3-Cre;Notch2 f/f kidneys. ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('162', '169')) ('Six2', 'Gene', (219, 223)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (41, 45)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (87, 92)) ('Notch2', 'Var', (155, 161)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', '18505', (253, 257)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', '18505', (67, 71)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', (253, 257)) ('Pax3', 'Gene', (67, 71)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (41, 45)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (219, 223)) ('S-Shaped body', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0007835', (187, 200)) 10704 31690016 Interestingly, delaying Cre expression to the pre-tubular aggregate stage just prior to RV formation, using the Wnt4-Cre to inactivate both Notch1 and Notch2 along with a Rosa+/EYFP Cre reporter also results in defective nephrogenesis. ('nephrogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0072006', ('221', '234')) ('Wnt4', 'Gene', (112, 116)) ('defective', 'NegReg', (211, 220)) ('nephrogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001822', ('221', '234')) ('nephrogenesis', 'Disease', (221, 234)) ('Notch2', 'Gene', (151, 157)) ('nephrogenesis', 'Disease', 'None', (221, 234)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('91', '100')) ('inactivate', 'Var', (124, 134)) ('Wnt4', 'Gene', '22417', (112, 116)) ('pre', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003904', ('46', '49')) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (140, 146)) 10705 31690016 Mutant kidneys with Notch1 and Notch2 inactivation showed a deficiency in the expression of mature markers (Wt1, LTL, Slc12a1, or Slc12a3) of all nephron segments. ('Wt1', 'Gene', '22431', (108, 111)) ('expression', 'MPA', (78, 88)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (38, 50)) ('Slc12a1', 'Gene', '20495', (118, 125)) ('Slc12a1', 'Gene', (118, 125)) ('Notch2', 'Gene', (31, 37)) ('Slc12a3', 'Gene', '20497', (130, 137)) ('Wt1', 'Gene', (108, 111)) ('deficiency', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007153', (60, 70)) ('deficiency', 'Disease', (60, 70)) ('Mutant', 'Var', (0, 6)) ('Slc12a3', 'Gene', (130, 137)) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (20, 26)) 10706 31690016 The delayed inactivation of Notch1 and Notch2 using the Wnt4-Cre allowed for the initial segmentation of the RV along proximodistal axis but reduced the expression of these early stage nephron segment specific markers Lhx1 at later stages resulting in the failure to form normal SSBs and nephrons. ('Notch2', 'Gene', (39, 45)) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (28, 34)) ('SSBs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C016118', (279, 283)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (141, 148)) ('Wnt4', 'Gene', (56, 60)) ('Wnt4', 'Gene', '22417', (56, 60)) ('Lhx1', 'Gene', '16869', (218, 222)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (12, 24)) ('expression', 'MPA', (153, 163)) ('segmentation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0035282', ('89', '101')) ('Lhx1', 'Gene', (218, 222)) 10709 31690016 The failure to form SSBs in the Wnt4-Cre;Notch1f/f;Notch2f/f kidneys clearly implicates a critical requirement for Notch signaling subsequent to suppressing Six2 expression and allowing NPCs to exit the progenitor state. ('Notch1f/f;Notch2f/f', 'Var', (41, 60)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('121', '130')) ('Six2', 'Gene', (157, 161)) ('allowing', 'Reg', (177, 185)) ('Wnt4', 'Gene', '22417', (32, 36)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (157, 161)) ('expression', 'MPA', (162, 172)) ('Wnt4', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('suppressing', 'NegReg', (145, 156)) ('SSBs', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C016118', (20, 24)) 10713 31690016 The inactivation of Notch1 alone or Notch2 alone within Six2 expressing cells allows for normal nephron formation but results in proximal tubular cysts (Table 1). ('Notch2', 'Gene', (36, 42)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (4, 16)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (56, 60)) ('results in', 'Reg', (118, 128)) ('nephron formation', 'CPA', (96, 113)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (56, 60)) ('proximal tubular cysts', 'Disease', (129, 151)) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (20, 26)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('104', '113')) 10715 31690016 In this system, Pax8-> rtTA is used to turn on TRE-> dnMaml in a doxycycline dependent manner within the SSB and developing collecting ducts and results in collecting duct cysts in addition to proximal tubular cysts. ('doxycycline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D004318', (65, 76)) ('Pax8', 'Gene', (16, 20)) ('TRE->', 'Var', (47, 52)) ('Pax8', 'Gene', '18510', (16, 20)) ('dnMaml', 'Chemical', '-', (53, 59)) ('results in', 'Reg', (145, 155)) ('collecting', 'Disease', (156, 166)) 10718 31690016 Aged out Six2-Cre; Notch2f/f mice develop microadenomas within the cysts that resemble precursors to papillary renal cell carcinoma. ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (111, 131)) ('Six2', 'Gene', '20472', (9, 13)) ('Notch2f/f', 'Var', (19, 28)) ('microadenomas', 'Disease', (42, 55)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (101, 131)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (101, 131)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (122, 131)) ('Six2', 'Gene', (9, 13)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (29, 33)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (101, 131)) 10725 31690016 The earliest genes activated by ectopic expression of activated Notch1 within the developing mouse collecting ducts include Hes1 and Elf5. ('activated', 'PosReg', (19, 28)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (93, 98)) ('ectopic expression', 'Var', (32, 50)) ('Hes1', 'Gene', (124, 128)) ('Elf5', 'Gene', (133, 137)) ('Elf5', 'Gene', '13711', (133, 137)) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (64, 70)) 10731 31690016 Interestingly, inactivation of Tfcp2l1 results in reduced Jag1 expression and failure of duct cells to select the intercalated cell fate. ('expression', 'MPA', (63, 73)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (50, 57)) ('Tfcp2l1', 'Gene', (31, 38)) ('Tfcp2l1', 'Gene', '81879', (31, 38)) ('Jag1', 'Protein', (58, 62)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (15, 27)) 10737 31690016 At postnatal day (P) 14, mice with overexpressed NICD1 started to demonstrate proteinuria, and histological indications of glomerulosclerosis started appearing at P21. ('proteinuria', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011507', (78, 89)) ('glomerulosclerosis', 'Disease', (123, 141)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (25, 29)) ('P21', 'Gene', '237052', (163, 166)) ('glomerulosclerosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000096', (123, 141)) ('P21', 'Gene', (163, 166)) ('NICD1', 'Var', (49, 54)) ('glomerulosclerosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005921', (123, 141)) ('proteinuria', 'Disease', (78, 89)) ('proteinuria', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000093', (78, 89)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (73, 76)) 10739 31690016 The deleterious effects of Notch activation were rescued by podocyte specific inactivation of RBPj after the capillary loop stage. ('RBPj', 'Gene', (94, 98)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (78, 90)) ('RBPj', 'Gene', '19664', (94, 98)) 10745 31690016 Activation of Notch in mature podocytes induced apoptosis possibly by the activation of p53, and the effect of Notch activation was blocked by a podocyte-specific genetic deletion of RBPj, a downstream mediator of Notch signaling. ('p53', 'Gene', '22060', (88, 91)) ('RBPj', 'Gene', '19664', (183, 187)) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006915', ('48', '57')) ('p53', 'Gene', (88, 91)) ('RBPj', 'Gene', (183, 187)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (74, 84)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('220', '229')) ('apoptosis', 'CPA', (48, 57)) ('Notch', 'Var', (14, 19)) ('apoptosis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0097194', ('48', '57')) 10750 31690016 Further evidence of the involvement or requirement of Notch signaling came from reduction of TIF in tubular epithelial cell-specific knockout of RBPj, and from induction of ICN1 by a doxycycline inducible model that led to TIF. ('reduction', 'NegReg', (80, 89)) ('doxycycline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D004318', (183, 194)) ('knockout', 'Var', (133, 141)) ('RBPj', 'Gene', '19664', (145, 149)) ('RBPj', 'Gene', (145, 149)) ('TIF', 'MPA', (93, 96)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('60', '69')) 10762 31690016 Tubule-specific knockout of Tfam led to altered mitochondrial structure and increased expression of profibrotic factors. ('Tfam', 'Gene', (28, 32)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (76, 85)) ('knockout', 'Var', (16, 24)) ('mitochondrial structure', 'MPA', (48, 71)) ('expression of', 'MPA', (86, 99)) ('altered', 'Reg', (40, 47)) ('Tfam', 'Gene', '21780', (28, 32)) 10764 31690016 Taken together, the findings of these two studies indicate a role of Notch in perturbing metabolic pathways associated with cellular energy production to promote fibrosis. ('Notch', 'Var', (69, 74)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (154, 161)) ('perturbing', 'Reg', (78, 88)) ('fibrosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005355', (162, 170)) ('fibrosis', 'Disease', (162, 170)) ('metabolic pathways', 'Pathway', (89, 107)) 10801 31690016 Other studies point to a role for increased Notch signaling activity in the epithelial cells of the distal nephron segments to remodel the cell types in response to inactivation of the sodium chloride cotransporter (NCC). ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('50', '59')) ('sodium chloride cotransporter', 'MPA', (185, 214)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (165, 177)) ('sodium chloride', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012965', (185, 200)) ('NCC', 'Gene', '20497', (216, 219)) ('activity', 'MPA', (60, 68)) ('NCC', 'Gene', (216, 219)) 10810 31690016 The Wilms' tumor suppressor gene WT1 is essential for podocyte development, maintenance and function, and mutations in WT1 are associated with FSGS. ('WT1', 'Gene', (33, 36)) ('WT1', 'Gene', '22431', (119, 122)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 16)) ('FSGS', 'Disease', (143, 147)) ('associated', 'Reg', (127, 137)) ('WT1', 'Gene', (119, 122)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('11', '27')) ("Wilms' tumor", 'Disease', (4, 16)) ("Wilms' tumor", 'Disease', 'MESH:D009396', (4, 16)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('11', '27')) ("Wilms' tumor", 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002667', (4, 16)) ('mutations', 'Var', (106, 115)) ('podocyte development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0072015', ('54', '74')) ('WT1', 'Gene', '22431', (33, 36)) ('FSGS', 'Disease', 'None', (143, 147)) 10811 31690016 WT1 continues to be expressed in the mature podocytes, and deletion of WT1 in mature podocytes by a tamoxifen-inducible system led to podocyte loss, increased Notch signaling and glomerulosclerosis. ('WT1', 'Gene', (71, 74)) ('glomerulosclerosis', 'Disease', (179, 197)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (149, 158)) ('WT1', 'Gene', '22431', (0, 3)) ('glomerulosclerosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005921', (179, 197)) ('WT1', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('165', '174')) ('podocyte', 'CPA', (134, 142)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (143, 147)) ('tamoxifen', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D013629', (100, 109)) ('deletion', 'Var', (59, 67)) ('WT1', 'Gene', '22431', (71, 74)) ('Notch signaling', 'MPA', (159, 174)) ('glomerulosclerosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000096', (179, 197)) 10812 31690016 Based on this study, disease onset begins at four days following initiation of WT1 deletion, and by day six extensive glomerulosclerosis occurs. ('glomerulosclerosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005921', (118, 136)) ('WT1', 'Gene', '22431', (79, 82)) ('WT1', 'Gene', (79, 82)) ('glomerulosclerosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000096', (118, 136)) ('deletion', 'Var', (83, 91)) ('glomerulosclerosis', 'Disease', (118, 136)) 10814 31690016 Consistent with roles for Notch signaling in kidney development and maintenance, genetic mutations either inherited or acquired de novo in genes coding for Notch signaling pathway components are associated with renal diseases (Table 2 and Table 3), including Alagille syndrome (ALGS), Hajdu-Cheney syndrome (HCS), and congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT). ('renal diseases', 'Disease', (211, 225)) ('associated', 'Reg', (195, 205)) ('renal disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (211, 224)) ('congenital anomalies of the kidney', 'Disease', (318, 352)) ('ALGS', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016738', (278, 282)) ('renal diseases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (211, 225)) ('Hajdu-Cheney syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:D030981', (285, 306)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('32', '41')) ('ALGS', 'Disease', (278, 282)) ('congenital anomalies of the kidney', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (318, 352)) ('Hajdu-Cheney syndrome', 'Disease', (285, 306)) ('mutations', 'Var', (89, 98)) ('Alagille syndrome', 'Disease', (259, 276)) ('Notch signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007219', ('156', '179')) ('HCS', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004077', ('308', '311')) ('kidney development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001822', ('45', '63')) ('anomalies of the kidney', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000077', (329, 352)) ('Alagille syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016738', (259, 276)) 10818 31690016 Analysis of missense mutations in cell-based assays and mouse models indicate that the disease occurs due to loss-of-function. ('missense mutations', 'Var', (12, 30)) ('loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (109, 125)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (56, 61)) 10820 31690016 To date 694 pathogenic variants for JAG1 and 19 patients with pathogenic variants in NOTCH2 have been described. ('variants', 'Var', (73, 81)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (48, 56)) ('variants', 'Var', (23, 31)) ('JAG1', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (85, 91)) 10821 31690016 The majority of the patients (94.3%) have mutations in JAG1 and another 2.5% of patients have mutations in NOTCH2 gene. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (80, 88)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (107, 113)) ('mutations', 'Var', (94, 103)) ('JAG1', 'Gene', (55, 59)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (20, 28)) ('mutations', 'Var', (42, 51)) 10822 31690016 The remaining 3.2% of patients confirmed with ALGS-associated symptoms do not have mutations in JAG1 or NOTCH2 genes. ('mutations', 'Var', (83, 92)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (104, 110)) ('JAG1', 'Gene', (96, 100)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (22, 30)) ('ALGS', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016738', (46, 50)) ('ALGS', 'Disease', (46, 50)) 10824 31690016 Renal anomalies are found in around 40% of the ALGS patients with mutations in JAG1. ('mutations', 'Var', (66, 75)) ('ALGS', 'Disease', (47, 51)) ('Renal anomalies', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000077', (0, 15)) ('JAG1', 'Gene', (79, 83)) ('Renal anomalies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (0, 15)) ('found', 'Reg', (20, 25)) ('ALGS', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016738', (47, 51)) ('Renal anomalies', 'Disease', (0, 15)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (52, 60)) 10828 31690016 HCS is caused by mutations in exon 34 of NOTCH2 gene, that results in the truncation of NOTCH2 protein and the absence of the c-terminal pest domain, which contains sequences necessary for the ubiquitinylation and degradation of NOTCH2 following association of the intracellular domain with RBPJ and Mastermind. ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (41, 47)) ('association', 'Interaction', (246, 257)) ('ubiquitinylation', 'MPA', (193, 209)) ('truncation', 'MPA', (74, 84)) ('RBPJ', 'Gene', '19664', (291, 295)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('95', '102')) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (88, 94)) ('HCS', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004077', ('0', '3')) ('degradation', 'MPA', (214, 225)) ('intracellular', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005622', ('265', '278')) ('degradation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009056', ('214', '225')) ('RBPJ', 'Gene', (291, 295)) ('mutations in', 'Var', (17, 29)) ('caused by', 'Reg', (7, 16)) ('HCS', 'Disease', (0, 3)) ('protein', 'Protein', (95, 102)) ('absence', 'NegReg', (111, 118)) 10829 31690016 So far there are less than 100 HSC cases reported in the medical literature, and HSC disease frequency is likely to be low due to the fact that only mutations that occur in exon 34 of NOTCH2 are correlated with HSC. ('mutations', 'Var', (149, 158)) ('HSC disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003141', (81, 92)) ('correlated with', 'Reg', (195, 210)) ('HSC', 'Disease', (211, 214)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (184, 190)) ('HSC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0035301', ('211', '214')) ('HSC disease', 'Disease', (81, 92)) ('HSC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0035301', ('81', '84')) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (69, 72)) ('HSC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0035301', ('31', '34')) 10836 31690016 Mutations in NOTCH2 exon 34 have also been linked to a disease termed Serpentine fibula polycystic kidney syndrome (SFPKS, MIM600330), and is likely to be part of the spectrum of phenotypic variability seen in HCS. ('HCS', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004077', ('210', '213')) ('polycystic kidney', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000113', (88, 105)) ('fibula polycystic kidney syndrome', 'Disease', (81, 114)) ('fibula polycystic kidney syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:C537586', (81, 114)) ('Serpentine fibula', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030045', (70, 87)) ('cystic kidney', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000107', (92, 105)) ('kidney syndrome', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (99, 114)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('linked to', 'Reg', (43, 52)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (13, 19)) 10839 31690016 Thus far, mutations in 185 genes are linked to CAKUT in mice, 179 genes are linked with syndromic CAKUT in humans and mutations in 40 monogenic genes for isolated CAKUT are known. ('syndromic CAKUT', 'Disease', 'MESH:C566906', (88, 103)) ('CAKUT', 'Disease', (47, 52)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (56, 60)) ('linked', 'Reg', (37, 43)) ('syndromic CAKUT', 'Disease', (88, 103)) ('mutations', 'Var', (10, 19)) ('humans', 'Species', '9606', (107, 113)) 10844 31690016 Increased renal Notch signaling is detected in the patients with diabetic nephropathy, as evidenced by increased expression of cleaved Notch1. ('expression', 'MPA', (113, 123)) ('nephropathy', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (74, 85)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (103, 112)) ('diabetic nephropathy', 'Disease', (65, 85)) ('renal Notch signaling', 'MPA', (10, 31)) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (135, 141)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('22', '31')) ('diabetic nephropathy', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003928', (65, 85)) ('Increased', 'PosReg', (0, 9)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (51, 59)) ('cleaved', 'Var', (127, 134)) 10862 31690016 Taken together with the observation that conditional Notch2 inactivation in the mouse kidney results in renal tubular cysts with microadenomas that could be a precursor to papillary renal cell carcinoma, Notch signaling may play a tumor suppressor role in the kidney. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (231, 236)) ('results in', 'Reg', (93, 103)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('231', '247')) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('210', '219')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (231, 236)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (172, 202)) ('renal tubular cysts with microadenomas', 'Disease', (104, 142)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (193, 202)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (172, 202)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('231', '247')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (231, 236)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (80, 85)) ('renal tubular cysts with microadenomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005198', (104, 142)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (172, 202)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (182, 202)) ('Notch2', 'Gene', (53, 59)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (60, 72)) 10864 31690016 Animal models of Notch dependent kidney cancers will be necessary to prove the ability of altered levels of Notch signaling to cause renal carcinoma. ('renal carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (133, 148)) ('Notch dependent kidney cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (17, 47)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('114', '123')) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 47)) ('altered', 'Var', (90, 97)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (139, 148)) ('cause', 'Reg', (127, 132)) ('renal carcinoma', 'Disease', (133, 148)) ('renal carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (133, 148)) ('kidney cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (33, 47)) ('Notch dependent kidney cancers', 'Disease', (17, 47)) ('dependent kidney', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000083', (23, 39)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 46)) 10867 31690016 ALGS patients with the same NOTCH2 mutation may have no renal defects, or congenital cystic kidney disease or late adult onset kidney disease. ('congenital cystic kidney disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D052177', (74, 106)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (28, 34)) ('congenital cystic kidney disease', 'Disease', (74, 106)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (5, 13)) ('ALGS', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016738', (0, 4)) ('ALGS', 'Disease', (0, 4)) ('kidney disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (127, 141)) ('renal defects', 'Disease', (56, 69)) ('cystic kidney', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000107', (85, 98)) ('late adult onset kidney disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016891', (110, 141)) ('mutation', 'Var', (35, 43)) ('late adult onset kidney disease', 'Disease', (110, 141)) ('renal defects', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (56, 69)) ('kidney disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (92, 106)) 10870 31690016 For example, normally a null mutation in one allele of Notch1 does not cause kidney disease in mice, however when we combine this sensitized level of Notch signaling with the conditional inactivation of Notch2 in the developing kidney nephron progenitors this results in development of multicystic hypoplastic kidneys. ('mutation', 'Var', (29, 37)) ('kidney disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (77, 91)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (95, 99)) ('multicystic hypoplastic kidneys', 'Disease', (286, 317)) ('multicystic hypoplastic kidneys', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000003', (286, 317)) ('results in', 'Reg', (260, 270)) ('Notch2', 'Gene', (203, 209)) ('Notch1', 'Gene', (55, 61)) ('kidney disease', 'Disease', (77, 91)) ('hypoplastic kidneys', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000089', (298, 317)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('156', '165')) ('multicystic hypoplastic kidneys', 'Disease', 'MESH:D021782', (286, 317)) ('kidney disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (77, 91)) 10871 31690016 These mouse studies suggest that additional variations in the Notch signaling pathway genes could be present in some ALGS patients with severe kidney disease in addition to a mutation in JAG1 or NOTCH2. ('variations', 'Var', (44, 54)) ('Notch signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007219', ('62', '85')) ('Notch signaling pathway genes', 'Gene', (62, 91)) ('kidney disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (143, 157)) ('mutation', 'Var', (175, 183)) ('ALGS', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016738', (117, 121)) ('kidney disease', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000112', (143, 157)) ('ALGS', 'Disease', (117, 121)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (122, 130)) ('JAG1', 'Gene', (187, 191)) ('NOTCH2', 'Gene', (195, 201)) ('kidney disease', 'Disease', (143, 157)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (6, 11)) 10906 25768256 A rabbit monoclonal antibody (Ab) SP183 against CDH17 from Cell Marque (Rocklin, CA) was used at a 1:100 dilution as the primary Ab. ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019815', ('20', '28')) ('CDH17', 'Gene', (48, 53)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019814', ('20', '28')) ('rabbit', 'Species', '9986', (2, 8)) ('antibody', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003823', ('20', '28')) ('SP183', 'Var', (34, 39)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0042571', ('20', '28')) 10931 25768256 Similar to our findings, CD57 positivity was reported in 12.5% of WT, in mature appearing tubules of WT, and in 70% of s-PRCC. ('positivity', 'Var', (30, 40)) ('CD57', 'Gene', (25, 29)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (121, 125)) ('CD57', 'Gene', '27087', (25, 29)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (121, 125)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (122, 125)) 10945 25768256 In zebrafish, cdh17 is expressed specifically in the posterior portion of pronephric ducts during embryonic development and knockdown of cdh17 disrupts the normal formation of the posterior portion of the pronephric ducts. ('knockdown', 'Var', (124, 133)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('163', '172')) ('zebrafish', 'Species', '7955', (3, 12)) ('disrupts', 'NegReg', (143, 151)) ('cdh17', 'Gene', (137, 142)) 10967 30900418 Through mouse xenograft analysis, we confirmed that PRCC silencing significantly repressed a xenograft tumor mass in vivo (p<0.001). ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (103, 108)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (103, 108)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (8, 13)) ('silencing', 'Var', (57, 66)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('repressed', 'NegReg', (81, 90)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (103, 108)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (52, 56)) 10970 30900418 Recent identification of druggable mutations and development of inhibitors targeting the alterations has improved the treatment outcomes of lung cancers. ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (140, 151)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (56, 59)) ('lung cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (140, 152)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (145, 151)) ('lung cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (140, 152)) ('improved', 'PosReg', (105, 113)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (123, 126)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (145, 152)) ('lung cancers', 'Disease', (140, 152)) ('mutations', 'Var', (35, 44)) 11039 30900418 We next explored the effect of PRCC silencing on the capability of migration and invasiveness of the lung cancer cells. ('invasiveness of the lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (81, 112)) ('invasiveness of the lung cancer', 'Disease', (81, 112)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (31, 35)) ('migration', 'CPA', (67, 76)) ('silencing', 'Var', (36, 45)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (101, 112)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (31, 35)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (106, 112)) 11040 30900418 The number of migrating cells after PRCC knockdown was significantly lower than that in the siNEG-treated cells (NCI-H358: median 480.5, IQR 488.3-473.5 in siPRCC vs. median 1597.5, IQR 1618.8-1573.3 in siNEG, p=3.020x10-15; A549: median 298.5, IQR 308.0-292.8 in siPRCC vs. median 1171.5, IQR 1186.3-1162.8 in siNEG, p=4.152x10-16) (Fig. ('NCI-H358', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1559', (113, 121)) ('siPRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (264, 270)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (266, 270)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (36, 40)) ('migrating cells', 'CPA', (14, 29)) ('siPRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (156, 162)) ('siNEG', 'Chemical', '-', (92, 97)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (69, 74)) ('siNEG', 'Chemical', '-', (311, 316)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (158, 162)) ('A549', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0023', (225, 229)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (41, 50)) ('siNEG', 'Chemical', '-', (203, 208)) 11041 30900418 The number of invading cells was also significantly lower in PRCC knockdown than in the siNEG (NCI-H358: median 295.0, IQR 305.0-291.0 in siPRCC vs. median 641.0, IQR 645.5-626.0 in siNEG, p=4.532x10-13; A549: median 174.0, IQR 182.5-164.8 in siPRCC vs. median 457.0, IQR 464.8-445.5 in siNEG, p=1.633x10-11) (Fig. ('siPRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (138, 144)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (61, 65)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (245, 249)) ('siNEG', 'Chemical', '-', (287, 292)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (61, 65)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (52, 57)) ('siNEG', 'Chemical', '-', (88, 93)) ('siPRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (243, 249)) ('A549', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0023', (204, 208)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (140, 144)) ('siNEG', 'Chemical', '-', (182, 187)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (66, 75)) ('NCI-H358', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1559', (95, 103)) 11047 30900418 Decreased expression of vimentin was observed in NCI-H358. ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045098', ('24', '32')) ('vimentin', 'Gene', (24, 32)) ('Decreased', 'NegReg', (0, 9)) ('NCI-H358', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1559', (49, 57)) ('expression', 'MPA', (10, 20)) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045099', ('24', '32')) ('NCI-H358', 'Var', (49, 57)) ('vimentin', 'Gene', '7431', (24, 32)) 11053 30900418 At 4 weeks after the injection, the fluorescence signals from the siPRCC-injected tumors became significantly lower than those from siNEG-injected tumors (p=3.837x10-5 at 6 weeks, n=6). ('fluorescence signals', 'MPA', (36, 56)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (147, 152)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (82, 88)) ('siPRCC-injected', 'Var', (66, 81)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (147, 153)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (82, 88)) ('siNEG', 'Chemical', '-', (132, 137)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (147, 153)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (82, 88)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (68, 72)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (147, 153)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (110, 115)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (82, 87)) ('siPRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (66, 72)) 11055 30900418 Copy number alteration is a common genetic event in solid tumors including lung cancer, and they are known to contribute to tumorigenesis by affecting the activities of cancer-related genes in the altered chromosomal regions. ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (75, 86)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (169, 175)) ('activities', 'MPA', (155, 165)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (124, 129)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (169, 175)) ('affecting', 'Reg', (141, 150)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (80, 86)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (124, 129)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (58, 63)) ('Copy number alteration', 'Var', (0, 22)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (80, 86)) ('solid tumors', 'Disease', (52, 64)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (58, 63)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (169, 175)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', (75, 86)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (124, 129)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (58, 64)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (80, 86)) ('solid tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (52, 64)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (58, 63)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (75, 86)) ('contribute', 'Reg', (110, 120)) 11056 30900418 Amplification of chromosome 1q has been reported to be recurrently occurred in NSCLCs. ('Amplification', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('NSCLC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002289', (79, 84)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('17', '27')) ('occurred', 'Reg', (67, 75)) ('NSCLC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030358', (79, 84)) ('NSCLC', 'Disease', (79, 84)) 11064 30900418 Second, we aimed to elucidate the role of PRCC overexpression in lung tumorigenesis by knocking down overexpressed PRCC in two lung cancer cell lines that showed PRCC overexpression. ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (115, 119)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (70, 75)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', (127, 138)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (42, 46)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (127, 138)) ('knocking', 'Var', (87, 95)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (70, 75)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 138)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (127, 138)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (115, 119)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (162, 166)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (70, 75)) 11073 30900418 After silencing the PRCC in two PRCC overexpressed lung cancer cell lines, cell growth rate, colony formation, anchorage independent growth, and invasiveness were repressed in both cells. ('colony formation', 'CPA', (93, 109)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (51, 62)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (32, 36)) ('invasiveness', 'CPA', (145, 157)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (20, 24)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (56, 62)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', (51, 62)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (51, 62)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (20, 24)) ('formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009058', ('100', '109')) ('cell growth rate', 'CPA', (75, 91)) ('cell growth', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016049', ('75', '86')) ('anchorage independent growth', 'CPA', (111, 139)) ('silencing', 'Var', (6, 15)) 11076 30900418 As expected, key molecules known to be involved in cell proliferation and cell cycle, such as Ki67, cyclin D1, AKT-1, pAKT, and NF-kB p65, were decreased in siPRCC-transfected cells, compared with siNEG-transfected cells, suggesting that overexpression of PRCC is involved in uncontrolled cell proliferation, which may contribute to lung tumorigenesis. ('tumor', 'Disease', (338, 343)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (111, 114)) ('cell proliferation', 'CPA', (51, 69)) ('p65', 'Gene', '5970', (134, 137)) ('cell cycle', 'CPA', (74, 84)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (338, 343)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (144, 153)) ('AKT-1', 'Gene', (111, 116)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (119, 122)) ('cell proliferation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008283', ('289', '307')) ('cyclin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016538', ('100', '106')) ('cell cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007049', ('74', '84')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (111, 114)) ('Ki67', 'Gene', (94, 98)) ('siPRCC-transfected', 'Var', (157, 175)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (338, 343)) ('siNEG', 'Chemical', '-', (197, 202)) ('contribute', 'Reg', (319, 329)) ('siPRCC', 'Chemical', '-', (157, 163)) ('AKT-1', 'Gene', '207', (111, 116)) ('cyclin D1', 'Gene', (100, 109)) ('cell proliferation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008283', ('51', '69')) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (256, 260)) ('p65', 'Gene', (134, 137)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (119, 122)) ('cyclin D1', 'Gene', '595', (100, 109)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (159, 163)) 11087 30900418 First, although we observed recurrent PRCC overexpression in the primary NSCLCs and growth/migration inhibition after silencing overexpression in vitro, we could not observe significant clinical associations other than squamous cell carcinoma dominance in our primary NSCLCs. ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (219, 242)) ('NSCLC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030358', (268, 273)) ('growth/migration inhibition', 'CPA', (84, 111)) ('NSCLC', 'Disease', (268, 273)) ('overexpression', 'PosReg', (43, 57)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (38, 42)) ('silencing', 'Var', (118, 127)) ('NSCLC', 'Disease', (73, 78)) ('NSCLC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002289', (268, 273)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (38, 42)) ('NSCLC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002289', (73, 78)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002860', (219, 242)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (233, 242)) ('NSCLC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030358', (73, 78)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002294', (219, 242)) 11098 32468053 The analysis of the enriched pathway results suggested that SALL4 may act via translation initiation, and that the related genes promoted the progression of RCC. ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (60, 65)) ('promoted', 'PosReg', (129, 137)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', (60, 65)) ('translation initiation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006413', ('78', '100')) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (157, 160)) ('genes', 'Var', (123, 128)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (157, 160)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (157, 160)) ('progression', 'CPA', (142, 153)) 11102 32468053 Furthermore, targeting of SALL4 may improve RCC therapy and prolong the survival of patients with ccRCC or pRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (108, 111)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (108, 111)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (107, 111)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (44, 47)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (44, 47)) ('survival', 'CPA', (72, 80)) ('prolong', 'NegReg', (60, 67)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (107, 111)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (100, 103)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (108, 111)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (84, 92)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (44, 47)) ('improve', 'PosReg', (36, 43)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (26, 31)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (107, 111)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', (26, 31)) ('targeting', 'Var', (13, 22)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (100, 103)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (100, 103)) 11168 32468053 Therefore, the present results suggested that patients with pRCC and low SALL4 mRNA expression have a longer survival time compared with patients with high SALL4 expression. ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (156, 161)) ('survival time', 'CPA', (109, 122)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (46, 54)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', (73, 78)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (60, 64)) ('longer', 'PosReg', (102, 108)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', (156, 161)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (137, 145)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (60, 64)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (60, 64)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (61, 64)) ('low', 'Var', (69, 72)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (73, 78)) 11210 32468053 An invasion assay was performed in OSRC-2 cells, and the results indicated that knockdown of SALL4 decreased cell invasion compared with pLKO (3.32+-0.08 vs. 1.05+-0.11; P<0.01; Fig. ('knockdown', 'Var', (80, 89)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (99, 108)) ('OSRC-2', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1901', (35, 41)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (93, 98)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', (93, 98)) ('cell invasion', 'CPA', (109, 122)) 11212 32468053 It was demonstrated that SALL4 knockdown decreased cell viability compared with the pLKO group (P=0.003 in OSRC-2 and P=0.001 in SW839 at day 3; Fig. ('decreased', 'NegReg', (41, 50)) ('cell viability', 'CPA', (51, 65)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (25, 30)) ('SW839', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:3604', (129, 134)) ('OSRC-2', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1901', (107, 113)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', (25, 30)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (31, 40)) 11228 32468053 Other studies have also confirmed a critical role of SALL4 in cell survival and tumorigenicity by knocking down SALL4. ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (53, 58)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (80, 85)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', (53, 58)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (112, 117)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (80, 85)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', (112, 117)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (80, 85)) ('knocking', 'Var', (98, 106)) 11241 32468053 Additionally, the copy number of SALL4 was positively associated with the survival curve. ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (33, 38)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', (33, 38)) ('survival curve', 'CPA', (74, 88)) ('copy number', 'Var', (18, 29)) ('associated', 'Reg', (54, 64)) 11254 32468053 Thus, targeting SALL4 may improve RCC therapy and prolong the survival of patients with ccRCC and pRCC. ('SALL4', 'Gene', (16, 21)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (99, 102)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (98, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (90, 93)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (90, 93)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (98, 102)) ('survival', 'CPA', (62, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (99, 102)) ('prolong', 'NegReg', (50, 57)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (34, 37)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (34, 37)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (90, 93)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (74, 82)) ('targeting', 'Var', (6, 15)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (34, 37)) ('improve', 'PosReg', (26, 33)) ('SALL4', 'Gene', '57167', (16, 21)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (98, 102)) 11262 32219034 The mRNA expression levels in the NFI family were significantly downregulated in most cancers compared with normal tissues and DNA hypermethylation might downregulate the NFI family expression. ('expression', 'MPA', (182, 192)) ('NFI family', 'Gene', (34, 44)) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (131, 147)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 92)) ('mRNA expression levels', 'MPA', (4, 26)) ('downregulate', 'NegReg', (154, 166)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (86, 93)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (86, 93)) ('DNA hypermethylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0044026', ('127', '147')) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (86, 93)) ('NFI', 'Protein', (171, 174)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('127', '130')) ('downregulated', 'NegReg', (64, 77)) 11265 32219034 Further survival analyses based on the KM plotter and SurvExpress databases showed dysregulations of the NFI genes were significantly correlated with survival outcomes in breast, lung, and head and neck cancers. ('head and neck cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012288', (189, 209)) ('head and neck cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012288', (189, 210)) ('head and neck cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006258', (189, 210)) ('neck', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0044326', ('198', '202')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (203, 209)) ('dysregulations', 'Var', (83, 97)) ('breast', 'Disease', (171, 177)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (203, 210)) ('lung', 'Disease', (179, 183)) ('NFI genes', 'Gene', (105, 114)) ('correlated with', 'Reg', (134, 149)) 11313 32219034 Breast invasive carcinoma patients with a NFIX gene alteration showed significantly poor overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) compared with breast invasive carcinoma patients without NFIX gene alteration. ('breast invasive carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (157, 182)) ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (107, 109)) ('poor', 'NegReg', (84, 88)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (173, 182)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (16, 25)) ('Breast invasive carcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 25)) ('Breast invasive carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (0, 25)) ('alteration', 'Var', (52, 62)) ('disease-free survival', 'CPA', (115, 136)) ('NFIX', 'Gene', (42, 46)) ('Breast invasive carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018270', (0, 25)) ('breast invasive carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018270', (157, 182)) ('overall survival', 'CPA', (89, 105)) ('breast invasive carcinoma', 'Disease', (157, 182)) 11318 32219034 Decreased NFIA expression showed better RFS, OS and DMFS in the HER2-enriched subtype. ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (45, 47)) ('NFIA', 'Protein', (10, 14)) ('Decreased', 'NegReg', (0, 9)) ('DMFS', 'Var', (52, 56)) ('RFS', 'MPA', (40, 43)) ('expression', 'MPA', (15, 25)) ('better', 'PosReg', (33, 39)) 11332 32219034 The NFI genes in lung cancer were analyzed and depicted as oncoprints representing mutation, amplification, deep deletion, mRNA high, mRNA low, and multiple alterations (Figs. ('amplification', 'Var', (93, 106)) ('deep deletion', 'Var', (108, 121)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', (17, 28)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (17, 28)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (22, 28)) ('lung cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (17, 28)) ('NFI', 'Gene', (4, 7)) 11333 32219034 Lung adenocarcinoma patients with NFIB gene alteration showed better DFS compared with lung adenocarcinoma patients without NFIB gene alteration (Fig. ('Lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000077192', (0, 19)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (97, 106)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (87, 106)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000077192', (87, 106)) ('better', 'PosReg', (62, 68)) ('DFS', 'MPA', (69, 72)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (10, 19)) ('Lung adenocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030078', (0, 19)) ('Lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 19)) ('NFIB', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030078', (87, 106)) ('gene alteration', 'Var', (39, 54)) 11334 32219034 Lung squamous cell carcinoma patients with NFIA gene alteration showed worse OS compared with lung squamous cell carcinoma patients without NFIA gene alterations (Fig. ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (19, 28)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030359', (94, 122)) ('gene alteration', 'Var', (48, 63)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002860', (99, 122)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002294', (94, 122)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (94, 122)) ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (77, 79)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002860', (5, 28)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (113, 122)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (5, 28)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002294', (99, 122)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002294', (5, 28)) 11351 32219034 Bladder urothelial carcinoma patients with NFIB gene alteration showed significantly better OS compared with bladder urothelial patients without NFIB gene alteration. ('better', 'PosReg', (85, 91)) ('urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', (8, 28)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (19, 28)) ('gene alteration', 'Var', (48, 63)) ('NFIB', 'Gene', (43, 47)) ('urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D014526', (8, 28)) ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (92, 94)) ('bladder urothelial', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001745', (109, 127)) ('bladder urothelial', 'Disease', (109, 127)) 11366 32219034 Head and neck cancer patients with NFIA gene alteration showed better OS compared with head and neck cancer patients without NFIA gene alteration. ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (70, 72)) ('neck', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0044326', ('9', '13')) ('neck cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006258', (96, 107)) ('NFIA', 'Gene', (35, 39)) ('head and neck cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012288', (87, 107)) ('neck cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006258', (9, 20)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (14, 20)) ('neck cancer', 'Disease', (9, 20)) ('Head and neck cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012288', (0, 20)) ('better', 'PosReg', (63, 69)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (101, 107)) ('neck', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0044326', ('96', '100')) ('gene alteration', 'Var', (40, 55)) ('neck cancer', 'Disease', (96, 107)) 11395 32219034 The NFI genes in kidney cancer were analyzed and depicted as oncoprints representing mutation, amplification, deep deletion, mRNA high, mRNA low and multiple alterations (Figs. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 30)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (17, 30)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (17, 30)) ('deep deletion', 'Var', (110, 123)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (17, 30)) ('amplification', 'Var', (95, 108)) ('NFI', 'Gene', (4, 7)) 11397 32219034 Kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma patients with NFIX gene alteration showed worse OS compared with kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma patients without NFIX gene alteration (Fig. ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (131, 140)) ('kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (103, 140)) ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (86, 88)) ('kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (103, 140)) ('Kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 37)) ('gene alteration', 'Var', (57, 72)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (28, 37)) ('Kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (0, 37)) ('NFIX', 'Gene', (52, 56)) 11434 32219034 In the KM plotter database, high NFIA and NFIX expression predicted better OS and disease-specific survival (DSS) in liver cancer patients. ('DSS', 'Chemical', '-', (109, 112)) ('NFIX', 'Protein', (42, 46)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (123, 129)) ('disease-specific survival', 'CPA', (82, 107)) ('better', 'PosReg', (68, 74)) ('liver cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002896', (117, 129)) ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (75, 77)) ('liver cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006528', (117, 129)) ('liver cancer', 'Disease', (117, 129)) ('NFIA', 'Protein', (33, 37)) ('high', 'Var', (28, 32)) 11452 32219034 Survival analysis indicated that almost none of the NFI genes with gene alterations were associated with OS or DFS. ('associated', 'Reg', (89, 99)) ('gene alterations', 'Var', (67, 83)) ('NFI genes', 'Gene', (52, 61)) ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (105, 107)) ('DFS', 'Disease', (111, 114)) 11453 32219034 These findings indicate that NFI gene alterations might not independently influence its transcription in various tumors. ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (113, 119)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (113, 119)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('88', '101')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (113, 118)) ('alterations', 'Var', (38, 49)) ('NFI gene', 'Gene', (29, 37)) ('transcription', 'MPA', (88, 101)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (113, 119)) 11457 32219034 Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients with higher NFIB expression survived significantly longer than patients with lower NFIB expression. ('Glioblastoma multiforme', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005909', (0, 23)) ('NFIB', 'Protein', (51, 55)) ('Glioblastoma multiforme', 'Disease', (0, 23)) ('Glioblastoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012174', (0, 12)) ('expression', 'Var', (56, 66)) 11458 32219034 In another study, NFIX DNA hypermethylation was reportedly associated with significantly decreased NFIX expression and was related to shorter OS and RFS in patients with lung adenocarcinoma. ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (27, 43)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030078', (170, 189)) ('RFS', 'MPA', (149, 152)) ('DNA hypermethylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0044026', ('23', '43')) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (180, 189)) ('OS', 'Chemical', '-', (142, 144)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('23', '26')) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (170, 189)) ('shorter OS', 'Disease', (134, 144)) ('expression', 'MPA', (104, 114)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000077192', (170, 189)) ('NFIX', 'Protein', (99, 103)) ('NFIX', 'Gene', (18, 22)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (89, 98)) 11460 32219034 In a previous study, high NFIA expression was shown an independent predictor of poor prognosis in esophageal squamous carcinoma, and high NFIB expression was a negative prognostic value in esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma. ('high', 'Var', (133, 137)) ('esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011459', (189, 228)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (118, 127)) ('high', 'Var', (21, 25)) ('squamous carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002860', (109, 127)) ('esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (189, 228)) ('esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C537006', (189, 228)) ('esophageal squamous carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000077277', (98, 127)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (219, 228)) ('esophageal squamous carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0011459', (98, 127)) ('esophageal squamous carcinoma', 'Disease', (98, 127)) 11462 32219034 In the present study, high expression of NFIA, NFIB and NFIX was significantly associated with improved prognosis in breast cancer. ('high expression', 'Var', (22, 37)) ('NFIX', 'Gene', (56, 60)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (117, 130)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (124, 130)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (117, 130)) ('NFIB', 'Gene', (47, 51)) ('improved', 'PosReg', (95, 103)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (117, 130)) ('NFIA', 'Gene', (41, 45)) 11468 32219034 In gastric cancer, high NFIX expression was significantly correlated with better overall prognosis in gastric cancer and HER2+ gastric cancer, and marginally correlated with PPS in HER2-gastric cancer. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 17)) ('HER2-gastric cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (181, 200)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', (102, 116)) ('gastric cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012126', (186, 200)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', (127, 141)) ('gastric cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012126', (3, 17)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (135, 141)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (102, 116)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (127, 141)) ('better', 'PosReg', (74, 80)) ('HER2-gastric cancer', 'Disease', (181, 200)) ('PPS', 'Chemical', '-', (174, 177)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (110, 116)) ('NFIX expression', 'MPA', (24, 39)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', (3, 17)) ('gastric cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012126', (102, 116)) ('gastric cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012126', (127, 141)) ('high', 'Var', (19, 23)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (186, 200)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (194, 200)) ('gastric cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013274', (3, 17)) 11474 32219034 The breast cancer cell line, MCF7, treated with NFIC siRNA, enhanced EMT, motility, migration and invasion. ('EMT', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001837', ('69', '72')) ('EMT', 'CPA', (69, 72)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 17)) ('NFIC', 'Var', (48, 52)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (4, 17)) ('MCF7', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0031;0.06756287128990074', (29, 33)) ('invasion', 'CPA', (98, 106)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (4, 17)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (4, 17)) ('motility', 'CPA', (74, 82)) ('enhanced', 'PosReg', (60, 68)) 11477 32219034 Genomic analysis showed the alterations in each NFI family gene were less frequent in various tumors and had little influence on survival outcomes. ('NFI family gene', 'Gene', (48, 63)) ('alterations', 'Var', (28, 39)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (94, 99)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (94, 100)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (94, 100)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (94, 100)) ('less', 'NegReg', (69, 73)) 11479 32219034 A certain negative correlation was observed, indicating that epigenetic alteration is an important mechanism of dysregulated NFI expression in human cancers. ('cancers', 'Disease', (149, 156)) ('NFI', 'Gene', (125, 128)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (149, 156)) ('epigenetic alteration', 'Var', (61, 82)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (149, 155)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (149, 156)) 11490 28352227 The expression of Abeta42 led to its accumulation in the brain and a moderate impairment of negative geotaxis at 18 days post-eclosion (d.p.e) as compared with genetic or parental controls. ('negative geotaxis', 'CPA', (92, 109)) ('Abeta42', 'Gene', (18, 25)) ('geotaxis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042332', ('101', '109')) ('expression', 'Var', (4, 14)) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (37, 49)) ('eclosion', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007562', ('126', '134')) ('impairment', 'NegReg', (78, 88)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (73, 76)) 11492 28352227 Six lines, including the deletion of 52 Drosophila genes with human orthologs, significantly modified Abeta42 neurotoxicity in 18-day-old flies. ('Abeta42 neurotoxicity', 'Disease', (102, 123)) ('Drosophila', 'Species', '7227', (40, 50)) ('modified', 'Reg', (93, 101)) ('Abeta42 neurotoxicity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D020258', (102, 123)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (62, 67)) ('deletion', 'Var', (25, 33)) 11493 28352227 So far, we have validated CG11796 and identified CG17249 as a strong candidate (whose human orthologs are HPD and PRCC, respectively) by using RNAi or mutant hemizygous lines. ('CG17249', 'Gene', (49, 56)) ('mutant', 'Var', (151, 157)) ('HPD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004421', (106, 109)) ('RNAi', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016246', ('143', '147')) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (86, 91)) ('CG17249', 'Gene', '38201', (49, 56)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (114, 118)) ('HPD', 'Disease', (106, 109)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (114, 118)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', (26, 33)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', '40263', (26, 33)) 11496 28352227 Interestingly, lines with a partial Df of HPD ortholog showed increased intraneuronal accumulation of Abeta42 that coincided with geotaxis impairment. ('increased', 'PosReg', (62, 71)) ('coincided', 'Reg', (115, 124)) ('Abeta42', 'Protein', (102, 109)) ('HPD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004421', (42, 45)) ('geotaxis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042332', ('130', '138')) ('geotaxis impairment', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009422', (130, 149)) ('geotaxis impairment', 'Disease', (130, 149)) ('partial Df', 'Var', (28, 38)) ('intraneuronal accumulation', 'MPA', (72, 98)) ('HPD', 'Disease', (42, 45)) 11499 28352227 More than 95% of AD cases are sporadic, with age and the epsilon 4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene as the major risk factors. ('apolipoprotein', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005320', ('81', '95')) ('apolipoprotein', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005319', ('81', '95')) ('epsilon 4 allele', 'Var', (57, 73)) ('AD', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002511', (17, 19)) ('AD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000544', (17, 19)) ('apolipoprotein E', 'Gene', '11816', (81, 97)) ('AD', 'Disease', (17, 19)) ('apolipoprotein E', 'Gene', (81, 97)) 11500 28352227 Rare familial forms are associated with mutations in the amyloid precursor protein and presenilin 1-2 genes (Campion et al.,; Newman et al.,; Kandimalla et al.,; De Strooper and Karran,). ('associated', 'Reg', (24, 34)) ('presenilin 1', 'Gene', (87, 99)) ('presenilin 1', 'Gene', '40260', (87, 99)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('75', '82')) ('mutations', 'Var', (40, 49)) ('familial forms', 'Disease', (5, 19)) 11502 28352227 Oligomeric species of Abeta42 have been proposed as early pathogenic molecules by inducing mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum stress, an increase in reactive oxygen species formation and action potential abnormalities (Karran et al.,; De Strooper and Karran,). ('reactive oxygen species formation', 'MPA', (154, 187)) ('action potential abnormalities', 'MPA', (192, 222)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (142, 150)) ('Oligomeric species', 'Var', (0, 18)) ('reactive oxygen species', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D017382', (154, 177)) ('Abeta42', 'Gene', (22, 29)) ('inducing', 'PosReg', (82, 90)) ('action potential', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001508', ('192', '208')) ('endoplasmic reticulum', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005783', ('109', '130')) ('reactive oxygen species formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:1903409', ('154', '187')) 11512 28352227 By screening a collection of chromosomal deletions, the same group found that the toll-NFkappaB pathway enhanced both Abeta-induced rough eye and a negative effect upon life span (Tan et al.,). ('life span', 'CPA', (169, 178)) ('Abeta-induced rough eye', 'Disease', (118, 141)) ('enhanced', 'PosReg', (104, 112)) ('deletions', 'Var', (41, 50)) ('Abeta-induced rough eye', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005124', (118, 141)) ('toll-NFkappaB pathway', 'Pathway', (82, 103)) 11517 28352227 developed an automatic device for the Rapid Iterative Negative Geotaxis (RING) assay and screened a collection of chromosomal deletions to find modifiers of AbetaE22G neurotoxicity upon the giant fiber system neurons (Gargano et al.,; Liu et al.,). ('AbetaE22G neurotoxicity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D020258', (157, 180)) ('Geotaxis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042332', ('63', '71')) ('deletions', 'Var', (126, 135)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (47, 50)) ('AbetaE22G neurotoxicity', 'Disease', (157, 180)) 11539 28352227 Brain samples from a transgenic mouse carrying the "Swedish" mutation of amyloid precursor protein (Tg2576) were used as positive controls. ('Tg2576', 'Gene', (100, 106)) ('mutation', 'Var', (61, 69)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (32, 37)) ('transgenic', 'Species', '10090', (21, 31)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('89', '96')) 11545 28352227 Genetic controls included G4>+ and +>Abeta42. ('+>Abeta42', 'Var', (35, 44)) ('G4', 'Chemical', '-', (26, 28)) ('G4>+', 'Var', (26, 30)) 11560 28352227 In 18-day-old flies, a significant decrease in climbing ability (~50%) was apparent only in Abeta42-expressing animals as compared to genetic controls, G4>+ and +>Abeta42 (Figure 2C). ('climbing ability', 'CPA', (47, 63)) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (35, 43)) ('G4', 'Chemical', '-', (152, 154)) ('G4>+', 'Var', (152, 156)) ('Abeta42-expressing', 'Gene', (92, 110)) 11567 28352227 Df lines 24392, 27369, 27372, 27404 and 27917 worsened negative geotaxis while line 7681 reduced Abeta42 toxicity to a full rescue of the phenotype (Figure 4). ('27917', 'Var', (40, 45)) ('worsened', 'NegReg', (46, 54)) ('27369', 'Var', (16, 21)) ('line 7681', 'Var', (79, 88)) ('geotaxis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042332', ('64', '72')) ('Abeta42 toxicity', 'Disease', (97, 113)) ('27372', 'Var', (23, 28)) ('Abeta42 toxicity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D064420', (97, 113)) ('reduced', 'NegReg', (89, 96)) ('27404', 'Var', (30, 35)) ('negative geotaxis', 'MPA', (55, 72)) 11570 28352227 The enhancer Df line 27372 included the deletion of CG17249 whose human ortholog is PRCC. ('CG17249', 'Gene', '38201', (52, 59)) ('CG17249', 'Gene', (52, 59)) ('deletion', 'Var', (40, 48)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (66, 71)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (84, 88)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (84, 88)) 11572 28352227 A significant enhancement in Abeta42 neurotoxicity was observed in mutant hemizygous flies (Figure 5A). ('Abeta42 neurotoxicity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D020258', (29, 50)) ('enhancement', 'PosReg', (14, 25)) ('mutant', 'Var', (67, 73)) ('Abeta42 neurotoxicity', 'Disease', (29, 50)) 11574 28352227 Df lines 27917 and 27369 also worsened negative geotaxis in the presence of Abeta42 and the overlapping chromosomal segment included CG11796 whose human ortholog is HPD encoding HPPD, a key enzyme involved in tyrosine catabolism. ('27369', 'Var', (19, 24)) ('tyrosine catabolism', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006572', ('209', '228')) ('negative geotaxis', 'MPA', (39, 56)) ('HPD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004421', (165, 168)) ('HPPD', 'Disease', (178, 182)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', '40263', (133, 140)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (147, 152)) ('geotaxis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042332', ('48', '56')) ('worsened', 'NegReg', (30, 38)) ('HPD', 'Disease', (165, 168)) ('Abeta42', 'Protein', (76, 83)) ('tyrosine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014443', (209, 217)) ('HPPD', 'Disease', 'OMIM:614187', (178, 182)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', (133, 140)) 11577 28352227 Yet, in the presence of pan-neuronal Abeta42 expression, CG11796 downregulation in both the RNAi and mutant lines induced a significant enhancement of Abeta42 toxicity, similar to the overall effect of the chromosomal deletions detected at stages I-II of the screen (Figures 5B,C). ('Abeta42 toxicity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D064420', (151, 167)) ('Abeta42 toxicity', 'Disease', (151, 167)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', '40263', (57, 64)) ('RNAi', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016246', ('92', '96')) ('enhancement', 'PosReg', (136, 147)) ('mutant', 'Var', (101, 107)) ('downregulation', 'NegReg', (65, 79)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', (57, 64)) 11579 28352227 Abeta42 levels were analyzed in the brains of flies with partial Df of CG11796 at 18 days of age, when the toxic phenotype was detected. ('partial Df', 'Var', (57, 67)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', '40263', (71, 78)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', (71, 78)) 11581 28352227 Western blots of head homogenates showed a 70%-80% increase in the Abeta monomer band in CG11796 mutant and RNAi lines, consistent with the immunofluorescence results (Figure 7). ('increase', 'PosReg', (51, 59)) ('Abeta monomer band', 'MPA', (67, 85)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', '40263', (89, 96)) ('CG11796', 'Gene', (89, 96)) ('RNAi', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016246', ('108', '112')) ('mutant', 'Var', (97, 103)) 11586 28352227 Together, these results strongly suggest that a partial Df of the HPD ortholog promotes the accumulation of toxic Abeta42 oligomers in the CNS leading to cellular dysfunction without histologically detectable neuronal loss. ('accumulation', 'MPA', (92, 104)) ('Abeta42 oligomers', 'Protein', (114, 131)) ('neuronal loss', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009410', (209, 222)) ('HPD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004421', (66, 69)) ('neuronal loss', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002529', (209, 222)) ('partial Df', 'Var', (48, 58)) ('neuronal loss', 'Disease', (209, 222)) ('HPD', 'Disease', (66, 69)) ('cellular dysfunction', 'MPA', (154, 174)) 11591 28352227 Previous modifier screens in the fly have yielded interesting candidates that modulate wild-type Abeta toxicity in the eye, upon life span, or negative geotaxis induced by an aggressive Abeta mutant (Cao et al.,; Tan et al.,; Rival et al.,; Liu et al.,). ('geotaxis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042332', ('152', '160')) ('mutant', 'Var', (192, 198)) ('negative geotaxis', 'CPA', (143, 160)) ('modulate', 'Reg', (78, 86)) ('Abeta toxicity', 'Disease', (97, 111)) ('aggressive Abeta', 'Disease', (175, 191)) ('aggressive Abeta', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (175, 191)) ('Abeta toxicity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D064420', (97, 111)) 11594 28352227 Noteworthy, in both studies Df line 7681 was a strong suppressor, suggesting that one or more genes in homozygosity within this deletion are necessary for Abeta to impair geotaxis behavior, independent of Abeta species and type of neurons involved. ('Abeta to impair geotaxis behavior', 'Disease', (155, 188)) ('Abeta to impair geotaxis behavior', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (155, 188)) ('geotaxis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042332', ('171', '179')) ('deletion', 'Var', (128, 136)) 11602 28352227 Mutations in HPD cause the rare diseases Tyrosinemia type 3 and Hawkinsiuria. ('Hawkinsiuria', 'Disease', 'None', (64, 76)) ('HPD', 'Disease', (13, 16)) ('cause', 'Reg', (17, 22)) ('Hawkinsiuria', 'Disease', (64, 76)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('diseases Tyrosinemia', 'Disease', (32, 52)) ('Tyrosinemia', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003231', (41, 52)) ('diseases Tyrosinemia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D020176', (32, 52)) ('HPD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004421', (13, 16)) 11604 28352227 Hawkinsinuria is autosomal dominant and characterized by metabolic acidosis and urinary excretion of "hawkinsin", a cyclic amino acid derived from quinolacetic acid produced by mutant HPPD (Brownlee et al.,). ('acidosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000138', (67, 75)) ('HPPD', 'Disease', 'OMIM:614187', (184, 188)) ('metabolic acidosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001942', (57, 75)) ('quinolacetic acid', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C038893', (147, 164)) ('acidosis', 'Disease', (67, 75)) ('Hawkinsinuria', 'Disease', (0, 13)) ('acidosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001941', (67, 75)) ('mutant', 'Var', (177, 183)) ('urinary', 'MPA', (80, 87)) ('HPPD', 'Disease', (184, 188)) ('cyclic amino acid', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000598', (116, 133)) ('hawkinsin"', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C014578', (102, 112)) ('Hawkinsinuria', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535845', (0, 13)) ('excretion', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007588', ('88', '97')) 11606 28352227 In addition, high tyrosine levels may reduce the activity of thiol-dependent creatine kinases (CK) leading to misbalance of a key ATP buffering and shuttling system (Wallimann et al.,; de Andrade et al.,). ('tyrosine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014443', (18, 26)) ('activity', 'MPA', (49, 57)) ('high tyrosine levels', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003231', (13, 33)) ('high', 'Var', (13, 17)) ('ATP', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000255', (130, 133)) ('leading to', 'Reg', (99, 109)) ('thiol-dependent creatine kinases', 'Enzyme', (61, 93)) ('reduce', 'NegReg', (38, 44)) ('creatine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003401', (77, 85)) ('tyrosine levels', 'MPA', (18, 33)) 11608 28352227 Consistent with these findings, creatine accumulates in old transgenic mice expressing a mutant APP and in the hippocampus of AD patients (Gallant et al.,). ('APP', 'Gene', (96, 99)) ('creatine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D003401', (32, 40)) ('AD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000544', (126, 128)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (129, 137)) ('transgenic mice', 'Species', '10090', (60, 75)) ('AD', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002511', (126, 128)) ('AD', 'Disease', (126, 128)) ('mutant', 'Var', (89, 95)) ('creatine accumulates', 'MPA', (32, 52)) 11609 28352227 Our finding that the partial Df of HPD ortholog promoted the accumulation of oligomeric Abeta42 provides a likely explanation for the worsening of age-dependent geotaxis performance. ('Abeta42', 'Protein', (88, 95)) ('HPD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004421', (35, 38)) ('oligomeric Abeta42', 'Protein', (77, 95)) ('geotaxis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0042332', ('161', '169')) ('partial Df', 'Var', (21, 31)) ('promoted', 'PosReg', (48, 56)) ('HPD', 'Disease', (35, 38)) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (61, 73)) 11610 28352227 With regard to possible mechanisms for Abeta accretion in the context of lower HPPD expression, the reduction in CK activity as a consequence of high tyrosine levels may accelerate Abeta aggregation or impair its clearance due to lower ATP availability and oxidative stress (Meyer et al.,). ('accelerate', 'PosReg', (170, 180)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (176, 179)) ('HPPD', 'Disease', (79, 83)) ('tyrosine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014443', (150, 158)) ('reduction', 'NegReg', (100, 109)) ('Abeta aggregation', 'Disease', 'MESH:D020914', (181, 198)) ('oxidative', 'MPA', (257, 266)) ('Abeta aggregation', 'Disease', (181, 198)) ('high tyrosine levels', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003231', (145, 165)) ('ATP availability', 'MPA', (236, 252)) ('tyrosine levels', 'MPA', (150, 165)) ('Abeta accretion', 'Disease', (39, 54)) ('impair', 'NegReg', (202, 208)) ('oxidative stress', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0025464', (257, 273)) ('activity', 'MPA', (116, 124)) ('HPPD', 'Disease', 'OMIM:614187', (79, 83)) ('clearance', 'MPA', (213, 222)) ('Abeta accretion', 'Disease', 'None', (39, 54)) ('ATP', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000255', (236, 239)) ('high', 'Var', (145, 149)) 11611 28352227 Alternatively, the possibility that a partial Df of HPPD is more directly involved in Abeta accumulation deserves further investigation. ('HPPD', 'Disease', 'OMIM:614187', (52, 56)) ('Abeta', 'MPA', (86, 91)) ('HPPD', 'Disease', (52, 56)) ('partial Df', 'Var', (38, 48)) ('involved', 'Reg', (74, 82)) 11618 28352227 This work was supported by grants from the Alzheimer's Association (IIRG 11-205127 to EMC), Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT) PICT2013-0318 (to EMC), PICT2013-1382 (to MFC) and CONICET-PIP0378 (to LM). ('PICT2013-0318', 'Var', (156, 169)) ("Alzheimer's Association", 'Disease', 'MESH:D000544', (43, 66)) ("Alzheimer's Association", 'Disease', (43, 66)) ('EMC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0072546', ('174', '177')) ('EMC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0072546', ('86', '89')) ('PICT2013-1382', 'Var', (180, 193)) 11648 32998233 In the precise case of ccRCC (clear cell renal cell carcinoma), up to 95% of the tumor genomes are constitutionally VHL gene muted or deleted, thus leading to constitutive activation of HIF1 and CAIX upregulation, even in normoxic conditions. ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (200, 212)) ('muted', 'Gene', '63915', (125, 130)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (30, 61)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (116, 119)) ('deleted', 'Var', (134, 141)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (41, 61)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (25, 28)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (81, 86)) ('CAIX', 'Gene', (195, 199)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (81, 86)) ('HIF1', 'Gene', '3091', (186, 190)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (30, 61)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (116, 119)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (25, 28)) ('HIF1', 'Gene', (186, 190)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (52, 61)) ('muted', 'Gene', (125, 130)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (81, 86)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (172, 182)) ('clear cell renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (30, 61)) 11649 32998233 The comparison of cDNA sequences between cancer and normal cells does not reveal any mutations or alternative splicing, and therefore the pathological mutations appear upstream in the signaling pathway. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (41, 47)) ('signaling pathway', 'Pathway', (184, 201)) ('splicing', 'biological_process', 'GO:0045292', ('110', '118')) ('cancer', 'Disease', (41, 47)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (41, 47)) ('mutations', 'Var', (151, 160)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('184', '201')) 11655 32998233 proposed a two-step strategy for the use of immunostaining in renal cell carcinoma subtype diagnosis: first with the triple panel described above (CK7, AMACR and CAIX) and then, if necessary, with others markers like c-kit, CD10 or cathepsin-K. Another team proposed to enlarge the panel adding the detection of TFE3 (transcription factor binding to IGHM enhancer 3) in IHC, permitting to detect the Xp11 translocation associated RCC. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (312, 316)) ('Xp11 translocation', 'Var', (400, 418)) ('CD10', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004245', ('224', '228')) ('CK7', 'Gene', '3855', (147, 150)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (312, 316)) ('cathepsin-K', 'Gene', (232, 243)) ('CD10', 'Gene', '4311', (224, 228)) ('c-kit', 'Gene', (217, 222)) ('AMACR', 'Gene', (152, 157)) ('transcription factor binding', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008134', ('318', '346')) ('cathepsin-K', 'Gene', '1513', (232, 243)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (430, 433)) ('CD10', 'Gene', (224, 228)) ('IGHM', 'Gene', '3507', (350, 354)) ('AMACR', 'Gene', '23600', (152, 157)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (62, 82)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (430, 433)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('318', '331')) ('c-kit', 'Gene', '3815', (217, 222)) ('CK7', 'Gene', (147, 150)) ('IGHM', 'Gene', (350, 354)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (62, 82)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (62, 82)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (73, 82)) 11665 32998233 Moreover, the principal rational is that High CAIX expression could witness the VHL-associated tumorigenesis, and ccRCC presenting an abnormally low CAIX rate could reflect the tumor de-differentiation and aggressiveness. ('tumor', 'Disease', (177, 182)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (80, 83)) ('aggressiveness', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001523', (206, 220)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (80, 83)) ('High', 'Var', (41, 45)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (177, 182)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (95, 100)) ('CAIX', 'Protein', (46, 50)) ('expression', 'MPA', (51, 61)) ('aggressiveness', 'Disease', (206, 220)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (177, 182)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 100)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (116, 119)) ('aggressiveness', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (206, 220)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (116, 119)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (95, 100)) 11666 32998233 realized a retrospective study on 143 extirpated local ccRCC, and tested 6 markers in IHC on the tumor's samples: CAIX, c-MYC, Ki67, p53, vimentin and PTEN. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (97, 102)) ('Ki67', 'Var', (127, 131)) ('c-MYC', 'Gene', '4609', (120, 125)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (97, 102)) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045099', ('138', '146')) ('vimentin', 'Gene', (138, 146)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (133, 136)) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045098', ('138', '146')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (97, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (57, 60)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (57, 60)) ('p53', 'Gene', (133, 136)) ('tested', 'Reg', (66, 72)) ('c-MYC', 'Gene', (120, 125)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (151, 155)) ('vimentin', 'Gene', '7431', (138, 146)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (151, 155)) 11667 32998233 The results showed that low CAIX expression (under 30%) and vimentin over-expression (over 50%) were associated with the worst outcomes (overall survival, progression-free survival and disease-free survival). ('under', 'Var', (45, 50)) ('CAIX', 'Protein', (28, 32)) ('over-expression', 'PosReg', (69, 84)) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045099', ('60', '68')) ('progression-free survival', 'CPA', (155, 180)) ('vimentin', 'Gene', '7431', (60, 68)) ('low', 'NegReg', (24, 27)) ('vimentin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0045098', ('60', '68')) ('expression', 'MPA', (33, 43)) ('vimentin', 'Gene', (60, 68)) 11678 32998233 In other terms, high CAIX expression in ccRCC seemed to be associated with better prognosis, while high CAIX expression in pRCC seemed to be unfavorable. ('RCC', 'Disease', (124, 127)) ('expression', 'MPA', (26, 36)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (42, 45)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (124, 127)) ('high', 'Var', (16, 20)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (123, 127)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (123, 127)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (42, 45)) ('CAIX', 'Protein', (21, 25)) 11679 32998233 High CAIX expression seemed to be associated with lower tumor stage (pT1T2 vs. pT3T4), lower tumor grade (G1G2 vs. G3G4), absence of nodal involvement (N0 vs. N+) and favorable ECOG score (0 vs. >=1). ('lower', 'NegReg', (50, 55)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (56, 61)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (93, 98)) ('High', 'Var', (0, 4)) ('lower', 'NegReg', (87, 92)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (56, 61)) ('nodal', 'Gene', (133, 138)) ('expression', 'MPA', (10, 20)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (93, 98)) ('CAIX', 'Protein', (5, 9)) ('nodal', 'Gene', '4838', (133, 138)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (56, 61)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (93, 98)) 11681 32998233 A high CAIX score (>200) was associated with prolonged DFS and OS. ('CAIX', 'Gene', (7, 11)) ('DFS', 'Disease', (55, 58)) ('>200', 'Var', (19, 23)) ('DFS', 'Disease', 'None', (55, 58)) 11683 32998233 analyzed the correlation between CAIX high expression in RCC metastatic patients and increased tumor sensitivity to interleukin-2 (IL-2). ('CAIX', 'Gene', (33, 37)) ('IL-2', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005134', ('131', '135')) ('high', 'Var', (38, 42)) ('interleukin-2', 'Gene', '3558', (116, 129)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (95, 100)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (57, 60)) ('IL-2', 'Gene', '3558', (131, 135)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (57, 60)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (85, 94)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 100)) ('IL-2', 'Gene', (131, 135)) ('interleukin-2', 'Gene', (116, 129)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (95, 100)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (72, 80)) 11764 32998233 Introduction of a pharmacological CAIX inhibitor, or transfection with shRNA-mediated knockdown of CAIX, in xenografted nude mice with ccRCC (786-O cells) resulted in a better response (in vitro) to irradiation (6Gy), compared with mice receiving either irradiation or pharmacological alone. ('response', 'MPA', (176, 184)) ('transfection', 'Var', (53, 65)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (86, 95)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (125, 129)) ('nude mice', 'Species', '10090', (120, 129)) ('CAIX', 'Gene', (99, 103)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (137, 140)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (137, 140)) ('better', 'PosReg', (169, 175)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (232, 236)) 11836 30510921 Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: diagnostic difficulties and treatment modalities Over the past few decades, the classification system of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) variants has witnessed tremendous and ongoing refinement driven by genomic profiling and morphological correlation that have provided valuable insights into tumor biology and characterization of this heterogeneous subset of tumors. ('tumors', 'Disease', (391, 397)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (140, 160)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (140, 160)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (24, 33)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (391, 396)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (162, 165)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (391, 397)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (324, 329)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (391, 396)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (13, 33)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (151, 160)) ('variants', 'Var', (167, 175)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (162, 165)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (391, 396)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (140, 160)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (391, 397)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (324, 329)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (13, 33)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (13, 33)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (324, 329)) 11879 30510921 Although there is extensive morphologic overlap among these entities, the underlying genetic alterations are different, with tumors with RAT morphology sharing a frequent mutation in TCEB1 gene. ('TCEB1', 'Gene', '64525', (183, 188)) ('mutation', 'Var', (171, 179)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (125, 130)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (125, 131)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (125, 131)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (125, 131)) ('TCEB1', 'Gene', (183, 188)) ('RAT', 'Species', '10116', (137, 140)) 11884 30510921 While gains of chromosomes 7 and 17 as well as MET alterations are seen in type 1 tumors, type 2 is increasingly recognized to represent a very distinct (from conventional pRCC) but quite heterogeneous group containing at least three distinct molecular clusters. ('MET alterations', 'Var', (47, 62)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (82, 88)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (82, 87)) ('type 1 tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (75, 88)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (6, 11)) ('type 1 tumors', 'Disease', (75, 88)) 11885 30510921 These include tumors with molecular alterations involving the NRF2-ARE pathway, chromatin-modifying genes, TFE3 fusions, CDKN2A silencing, and CpG island methylator phenotype. ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (62, 66)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (121, 127)) ('chromatin-modifying genes', 'Gene', (80, 105)) ('silencing', 'NegReg', (128, 137)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('80', '89')) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (62, 66)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (107, 111)) ('fusions', 'Var', (112, 119)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (14, 20)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (14, 20)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (14, 20)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (121, 127)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (14, 19)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (107, 111)) 11889 30510921 MiTF-RCCs are a group of tumors characterized by recurrent rearrangements of TFE3 (at the Xp11 locus) or TFEB (at the 6p21 locus) genes, both of which are members of the MiT family of transcription factors. ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (105, 109)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (25, 30)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (105, 109)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('184', '197')) ('tumors', 'Disease', (25, 31)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (25, 31)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (77, 81)) ('rearrangements', 'Var', (59, 73)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (25, 31)) ('MiTF-RCC', 'Disease', (0, 8)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (77, 81)) ('MiTF-RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (0, 8)) 11894 30510921 On the other hand, tumors with PRCC-TFE3 rearrangement tend to have more of a nested, papillary, or compact architecture, with less abundant cytoplasm and lower grade nuclei. ('tumors', 'Disease', (19, 25)) ('rearrangement', 'Var', (41, 54)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (19, 25)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('141', '150')) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (31, 35)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (19, 24)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (36, 40)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (31, 35)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (19, 25)) ('papillary', 'CPA', (86, 95)) ('nested', 'CPA', (78, 84)) ('compact architecture', 'CPA', (100, 120)) 11895 30510921 TFEB or t(6;11) translocation RCCs are more indolent tumors characterized by TFEB gene fusion with Alpha gene. ('t(6;11', 'Gene', (8, 14)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (77, 81)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (77, 81)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (53, 59)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (30, 33)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (30, 33)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (0, 4)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 58)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 59)) ('translocation', 'Var', (16, 29)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (53, 59)) 11898 30510921 This overall pattern is seen irrespective of whether carcinomas show TFE3 or TFEB rearrangements, though often TFEB-rearranged carcinomas show quite strong expression of melanocytic markers. ('carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (127, 137)) ('rearrangements', 'Var', (82, 96)) ('carcinomas', 'Disease', (127, 137)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (77, 81)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (69, 73)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (69, 73)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (77, 81)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (53, 62)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (53, 63)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (111, 115)) ('carcinomas', 'Disease', (53, 63)) ('carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (53, 63)) ('expression', 'MPA', (156, 166)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (111, 115)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (127, 136)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (127, 137)) 11901 30510921 Dual-color break-apart fluorescence in situ hybridization assays for TFE3 and TFEB rearrangements are very sensitive and specific for confirming the diagnosis. ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (78, 82)) ('rearrangements', 'Var', (83, 97)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (78, 82)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (69, 73)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (69, 73)) 11920 30510921 More recently described entities in this differential include SDH-deficient RCCs, such as that arise in the hereditary paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma syndromes (PGL1-4) or Carney Stratakis syndrome (with GISTs), in patients harboring germline mutation of SDH subunit genes. ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (62, 65)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (215, 223)) ('Carney Stratakis syndrome', 'Disease', (172, 197)) ('SDH-deficient RCCs', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007153', (62, 80)) ('Carney Stratakis syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:C564650', (172, 197)) ('PGL1-4', 'Gene', (161, 167)) ('paraganglioma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002668', (119, 132)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (62, 65)) ('PGL1-4', 'Gene', '54949;6391;6390', (161, 167)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (255, 258)) ('PGL', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004598', ('161', '164')) ('germline mutation', 'Var', (234, 251)) ('SDH-deficient RCCs', 'Disease', (62, 80)) ('pheochromocytoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002666', (133, 149)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (255, 258)) ('hereditary paraganglioma/pheochromocytoma syndromes', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010673', (108, 159)) 11925 30510921 In clinical practice, screening for SDH deficiency is done by SDHB immunohistochemical stain which also identifies deficiencies in other subunits of the enzyme (SDHA, SDHC, SDHD, SDHAF2) that result in destabilization of the SDH complex. ('SDHA', 'Gene', (161, 165)) ('SDHAF2', 'Gene', '54949', (179, 185)) ('SDHAF2', 'Gene', (179, 185)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (179, 182)) ('SDHA', 'Gene', '6389', (161, 165)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (167, 170)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (225, 228)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', '6390', (62, 66)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (62, 65)) ('SDH deficiency', 'Disease', (36, 50)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (161, 164)) ('SDHC', 'Gene', '6391', (167, 171)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (173, 176)) ('SDH deficiency', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007153', (36, 50)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', (62, 66)) ('SDHD', 'Gene', '6392', (173, 177)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (167, 170)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (62, 65)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (36, 39)) ('deficiencies', 'Var', (115, 127)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (173, 176)) ('destabilization', 'MPA', (202, 217)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (179, 182)) ('SDHA', 'Gene', (179, 183)) ('SDHC', 'Gene', (167, 171)) ('SDHD', 'Gene', (173, 177)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (225, 228)) ('SDHA', 'Gene', '6389', (179, 183)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (36, 39)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (161, 164)) 11943 30510921 The latter tumors generally arise in the syndrome of HLRCC, with cutaneous and uterine leiomyomatosis and germline mutations in the FH gene. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 16)) ('HLRCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535516', (53, 58)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (11, 17)) ('leiomyomatosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018231', (87, 101)) ('germline mutations', 'Var', (106, 124)) ('arise in', 'Reg', (28, 36)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (11, 17)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (11, 17)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (132, 134)) ('cutaneous and uterine leiomyomatosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0007620', (65, 101)) ('leiomyomatosis', 'Disease', (87, 101)) ('uterine leiomyomatosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000131', (79, 101)) ('HLRCC', 'Disease', (53, 58)) 11946 30510921 Most cases with FH mutation demonstrate loss of expression of FH itself by immunohistochemistry, as well as aberrant expression of 2 succinyl-cysteine (2SC) on cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins, useful in confirming the diagnosis. ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (62, 64)) ('mutation', 'Var', (19, 27)) ('expression', 'MPA', (117, 127)) ('expression', 'MPA', (48, 58)) ('aberrant', 'Var', (108, 116)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (40, 44)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (16, 18)) ('2SC', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C511650', (152, 155)) ('2 succinyl-cysteine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C511650', (131, 150)) 11956 30510921 Further confirmation of the diagnosis may be supported by biallelic inactivation of SMARCB1 (INI-1) through deletion and/or genomic rearrangements, with overexpression of POU5F1 (Oct3/4) with widely available immunohistochemical assays. ('overexpression', 'PosReg', (153, 167)) ('Oct3/4', 'Gene', '5460', (179, 185)) ('Oct3/4', 'Gene', (179, 185)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', '6598', (84, 91)) ('INI-1', 'Gene', '6598', (93, 98)) ('INI-1', 'Gene', (93, 98)) ('SMARCB1', 'Gene', (84, 91)) ('POU5F1', 'Gene', '5460', (171, 177)) ('POU5F1', 'Gene', (171, 177)) ('biallelic', 'Var', (58, 67)) ('genomic rearrangements', 'Var', (124, 146)) ('deletion', 'Var', (108, 116)) 11961 30510921 p63, GATA3, and uroplakin 2 positivity, on the other hand, favors a primary UC. ('uroplakin 2', 'Gene', (16, 27)) ('uroplakin 2', 'Gene', '7379', (16, 27)) ('primary UC', 'Disease', (68, 78)) ('p63', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('GATA3', 'Gene', (5, 10)) ('positivity', 'Var', (28, 38)) ('p63', 'Gene', '8626', (0, 3)) ('GATA3', 'Gene', '2625', (5, 10)) 11974 30510921 Molecular characterization of unclassified RCCs demonstrates many shared underlying genomic alterations compared with ccRCCs such as TP53 alterations, MTOR mutations, and NF2 mutations, while there are distinct differences such as lack of VHL alterations with unclassified RCC compared to ccRCC. ('VHL', 'Disease', (239, 242)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (239, 242)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (151, 155)) ('mutations', 'Var', (156, 165)) ('NF2', 'Gene', '4771', (171, 174)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (273, 276)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (273, 276)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (43, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (43, 46)) ('mutations', 'Var', (175, 184)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (291, 294)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (151, 155)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (120, 123)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (291, 294)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (120, 123)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (133, 137)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (133, 137)) ('NF2', 'Gene', (171, 174)) 12039 30510921 These include CHECK2 alterations or PBRM1 alterations (potentially respond to checkpoint inhibitors), ALK translocations (ALK-targeted therapies), and ATM/BRCA2 alterations (PARP inhibitors), as examples. ('ATM', 'Gene', '472', (151, 154)) ('PARP', 'Gene', '1302', (174, 178)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (36, 41)) ('alterations', 'Var', (42, 53)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (36, 41)) ('ALK', 'Gene', (102, 105)) ('BRCA2', 'Gene', '675', (155, 160)) ('CHECK2', 'Gene', (14, 20)) ('PARP', 'Gene', (174, 178)) ('ALK', 'Gene', (122, 125)) ('ATM', 'Gene', (151, 154)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (102, 105)) ('BRCA2', 'Gene', (155, 160)) ('alterations', 'Var', (21, 32)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (122, 125)) ('alterations', 'Var', (161, 172)) 12115 24204800 A key epigenetic alteration involved in the initiation and progression of cancer is aberrant methylation in the promoter region of a gene. ('aberrant methylation', 'Var', (84, 104)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (74, 80)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (74, 80)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('93', '104')) ('methylation', 'Var', (93, 104)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (74, 80)) 12116 24204800 The hypermethylation is associated with transcriptional repression and is an important mechanism of inactivation of tumor suppressor genes in neoplastic cells. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (116, 121)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('116', '132')) ('transcriptional', 'MPA', (40, 55)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (116, 121)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('116', '132')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (116, 121)) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (4, 20)) 12119 24204800 Pairwise comparisons revealed genes aberrantly hypermethylated in a tumor type but unmethylated in normal, and often unmethylated in the other renal tumor types. ('tumor', 'Disease', (68, 73)) ('renal tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (143, 154)) ('renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (143, 154)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (149, 154)) ('renal tumor', 'Disease', (143, 154)) ('aberrantly', 'Var', (36, 46)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (149, 154)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (68, 73)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (149, 154)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (68, 73)) 12131 24204800 Present knowledge of the molecular basis of cancer indicates that epigenetic alterations, e.g. ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (66, 88)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (44, 50)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (44, 50)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (44, 50)) 12132 24204800 aberrant promoter methylation, make an important contribution to the biological behavior of a tumor. ('promoter', 'Protein', (9, 17)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (94, 99)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (94, 99)) ('aberrant', 'Var', (0, 8)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (94, 99)) ('contribution', 'Reg', (49, 61)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('18', '29')) 12133 24204800 Epigenetic inactivation by aberrant methylation of promoter CpG islands in the classical tumor suppressor genes VHL and CDKN2A or other genes such as RASSF1A, GSTP1, MGMT and SFRP1 have been identified in RCC generally by a candidate approach. ('SFRP1', 'Gene', (175, 180)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (205, 208)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (112, 115)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (120, 126)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('89', '105')) ('MGMT', 'Gene', '4255', (166, 170)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('36', '47')) ('SFRP1', 'Gene', '6422', (175, 180)) ('Epigenetic', 'MPA', (0, 10)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (89, 94)) ('GSTP1', 'Gene', '2950', (159, 164)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (150, 157)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('89', '105')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (89, 94)) ('GSTP1', 'Gene', (159, 164)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (120, 126)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (150, 157)) ('MGMT', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003908', ('166', '170')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (205, 208)) ('MGMT', 'Gene', (166, 170)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (112, 115)) ('aberrant methylation', 'Var', (27, 47)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (89, 94)) 12159 24204800 An internal control, a C not in a CG dinucleotide, for the efficiency of modification was included in the assay for the ATP2A3 gene promoter. ('ATP2A3', 'Gene', (120, 126)) ('ATP2A3', 'Gene', '489', (120, 126)) ('CG dinucleotide', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C015772', (34, 49)) ('modification', 'Var', (73, 85)) 12180 24204800 Three main groups were evident on the heatmap (Figure S2), one with frequent methylation, one with infrequent methylation, and an intermediate group, similar to analysis of CIMP with HM27 in studies of colorectal, brain, and breast cancer. ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('110', '121')) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('77', '88')) ('methylation', 'Var', (77, 88)) ('brain', 'Disease', (214, 219)) ('HM27', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:8807', (183, 187)) ('CIMP', 'Chemical', '-', (173, 177)) ('colorectal', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (202, 212)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (232, 238)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (225, 238)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (225, 238)) ('colorectal', 'Disease', (202, 212)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (225, 238)) 12182 24204800 This may provide preliminary evidence for association of CIMP with clinicopathological parameters or might reflect the accumulation of aberrant methylation with a more advanced grade or stage of malignancy as noted by TCGA. ('malignancy', 'Disease', (195, 205)) ('association', 'Interaction', (42, 53)) ('CIMP', 'Chemical', '-', (57, 61)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('144', '155')) ('malignancy', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (195, 205)) ('aberrant', 'Var', (135, 143)) ('methylation', 'MPA', (144, 155)) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (119, 131)) ('CIMP', 'Disease', (57, 61)) 12184 24204800 The definition of CIMP in colorectal cancer was greatly aided by clear association with point mutation of BRAF . ('CIMP', 'Chemical', '-', (18, 22)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Disease', (26, 43)) ('BRAF', 'Gene', '673', (106, 110)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (26, 43)) ('BRAF', 'Gene', (106, 110)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (37, 43)) ('association', 'Interaction', (71, 82)) ('point mutation', 'Var', (88, 102)) ('colorectal cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003003', (26, 43)) 12187 24204800 This tumor had been noted by the pathologist to have an atypical karyotype (35, -X, -1, -4, -6, -8, -9, -13, -14, -15, -18, -22) i.e. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (5, 10)) ('35', 'Var', (76, 78)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (5, 10)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (5, 10)) 12188 24204800 monosomy of several chromosomes more similar to chrRCC than to pRCC. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (63, 67)) ('monosomy', 'Var', (0, 8)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (63, 67)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (64, 67)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (64, 67)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (51, 54)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (51, 54)) 12189 24204800 We first examined probes with the most differential methylation between NRP cells from age-matched individuals with no history or evidence of RCC or oncocytoma and the three subtypes of RCC grouped together by the Wilcoxon Rank sum test in a two group comparison with p<0.05 considered significant. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (142, 145)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (149, 159)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (142, 145)) ('NRP', 'biological_process', 'GO:0085015', ('72', '75')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (186, 189)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (186, 189)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('52', '63')) ('methylation', 'Var', (52, 63)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (149, 159)) 12191 24204800 First because Illumina reported that a Deltass detection sensitivity of 0.2 could be detected with 95% confidence across more than 90% of probes in HM27 and also that the Deltass sensitivity was higher (0.15) at the unmethylated state. ('probes', 'Var', (138, 144)) ('HM27', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:8807', (148, 152)) ('HM27', 'Gene', (148, 152)) 12193 24204800 If 1 of 2 alleles of VHL were hypermethylated and the other allele inactivated by point mutation (and unmethylated) in a primary ccRCC specimen with typical 30% normal cell contamination then the maximum percentage of methylated alleles would be 35%. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (131, 134)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (131, 134)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (30, 45)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (21, 24)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (21, 24)) ('point mutation', 'Var', (82, 96)) 12194 24204800 The Wilcoxon test with these cut-offs generated a list of 335 probes hypermethylated in all RCC but unmethylated in NRP (p<0.05). ('RCC', 'Disease', (92, 95)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (69, 84)) ('NRP', 'biological_process', 'GO:0085015', ('116', '119')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (92, 95)) 12199 24204800 Approximately 1.7% (in ccRCC) to 0.4% (in chrRCC) of genes analyzed after filtering were hypermethylated. ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (89, 104)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (25, 28)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (45, 48)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (25, 28)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (45, 48)) 12204 24204800 Importantly, for each tumor type the majority of aberrantly hypermethylated genes were unique to that type (Figure 2). ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (22, 27)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (22, 27)) ('aberrantly hypermethylated genes', 'Var', (49, 81)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (22, 27)) 12206 24204800 Among the most frequently hypermethylated genes was ZNF177, which may be involved in regulation of transcription, hypermethylated in 20/49 (41%) RCC (Figure 3). ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('85', '95')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (145, 148)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (145, 148)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('99', '112')) ('ZNF177', 'Gene', '7730', (52, 58)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (114, 129)) ('ZNF177', 'Gene', (52, 58)) 12207 24204800 The GRIK1 gene was hypermethylated in 14/25 (56%) ccRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (52, 55)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (52, 55)) ('GRIK1', 'Gene', (4, 9)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (19, 34)) ('GRIK1', 'Gene', '2897', (4, 9)) 12211 24204800 However, another ionotrophic glutamate receptor GRIN2A was recently found to have frequent point mutation in melanoma though its function in this disease is unknown. ('melanoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008545', (109, 117)) ('melanoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002861', (109, 117)) ('melanoma', 'Disease', (109, 117)) ('glutamate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D018698', (29, 38)) ('GRIN2A', 'Gene', (48, 54)) ('point mutation', 'Var', (91, 105)) ('GRIN2A', 'Gene', '2903', (48, 54)) 12212 24204800 Another frequently hypermethylated gene was CHODL the transmembrane protein chondrolectin hypermethylated in 14/25 (56%) ccRCC (Figure 3). ('CHODL', 'Gene', (44, 49)) ('transmembrane', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0044214', ('54', '67')) ('CHODL', 'Gene', '140578', (44, 49)) ('transmembrane', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0016021', ('54', '67')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (123, 126)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('68', '75')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (123, 126)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (90, 105)) 12213 24204800 The Brevican (BCAN) gene was hypermethylated in 13 of 14 (93%) pRCC. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (63, 67)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (29, 44)) ('Brevican', 'Gene', '63827', (4, 12)) ('BCAN', 'Gene', '63827', (14, 18)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (63, 67)) ('BCAN', 'Gene', (14, 18)) ('Brevican', 'Gene', (4, 12)) 12215 24204800 The secretagogin protein (SCGN) was hypermethylated in 3/10 (30%) chrRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (69, 72)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (69, 72)) ('secretagogin', 'Gene', (4, 16)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (36, 51)) ('SCGN', 'Gene', '10590', (26, 30)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('17', '24')) ('SCGN', 'Gene', (26, 30)) ('secretagogin', 'Gene', '10590', (4, 16)) 12222 24204800 Several genes with significant hypermethylation were previously reported to be aberrantly methylated in cancers other than RCC e.g. ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (31, 47)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (104, 110)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (123, 126)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (123, 126)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (104, 111)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (104, 111)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (104, 111)) 12226 24204800 In our study, although VHL was hypermethylated as expected in 2/25 (8%) ccRCC it was not statistically significant (p = 0.094). ('VHL', 'Gene', (23, 26)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (74, 77)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (74, 77)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (23, 26)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (31, 46)) 12227 24204800 Two of the novel genes reported to have point mutation in ccRCC by TCGA showed aberrant hypermethylation in our study. ('TCGA', 'Gene', (67, 71)) ('hypermethylation', 'MPA', (88, 104)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (60, 63)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (60, 63)) ('point mutation', 'Var', (40, 54)) 12231 24204800 The other study identified 205 genes as hypermethylated in 38 RCC, described as clear cell or papillary without information on size, grade or stage. ('RCC', 'Disease', (62, 65)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (40, 55)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (62, 65)) 12241 24204800 Gene Ontology (GO) biological processes highlighted by DAVID as enriched (p<0.05) in the analysis of genes hypermethylated in all RCC included regulation of transcription, cell motility and migration, negative regulation of metabolic and biosynthetic processes, and angiogenesis or blood vessel development. ('transcription', 'MPA', (157, 170)) ('blood vessel development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001568', ('282', '306')) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('157', '170')) ('angiogenesis', 'CPA', (266, 278)) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('143', '153')) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('210', '220')) ('cell motility', 'biological_process', 'GO:0048870', ('172', '185')) ('cell motility', 'CPA', (172, 185)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('266', '278')) ('Gene Ontology', 'biological_process', 'GO:0003673', ('0', '13')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (130, 133)) ('negative regulation', 'NegReg', (201, 220)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (130, 133)) ('blood vessel development', 'CPA', (282, 306)) ('regulation', 'MPA', (143, 153)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (107, 122)) 12242 24204800 It has been reported by several groups that stem cell polycomb group (PcG) target genes are over-represented in the set of genes that show aberrant hypermethylation in cancer. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (168, 174)) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (148, 164)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (168, 174)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (168, 174)) 12243 24204800 Most studies have used the list of genes with the polycomb occupancy marks of the PRC2 subunits SUZ12 and EED associated with H3K27 methylation in human ES cells from Lee et al 2006 where ~4% (654 of 16,710) genes had all of the 3 marks examined (SUZ12, EED, H3K27) and 9.5% (1591 of 16,710) genes had 1 or more marks. ('SUZ12', 'Gene', '23512', (96, 101)) ('H3K27', 'Var', (259, 264)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (147, 152)) ('SUZ12', 'Gene', '23512', (247, 252)) ('EED', 'Gene', '8726', (106, 109)) ('SUZ12', 'Gene', (247, 252)) ('EED', 'Gene', '8726', (254, 257)) ('SUZ12', 'Gene', (96, 101)) ('EED', 'Gene', (106, 109)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('132', '143')) ('EED', 'Gene', (254, 257)) 12245 24204800 A recent study of the module of stem or progenitor cell genes with aberrant hypermethylation and downregulation in cancer noted the prominence of genes involved in neuronal development. ('cancer', 'Disease', (115, 121)) ('aberrant hypermethylation', 'Var', (67, 92)) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (76, 92)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (115, 121)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (115, 121)) ('downregulation', 'NegReg', (97, 111)) 12247 24204800 De Carvalho et al examined the remaining DNA methylation in DKO cells compared to the parental HCT116 cells as an indicator of the minimum gene methylation, and therefore potential driver epigenetic alterations, necessary for tumor cell survival. ('HCT116', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:0291', (95, 101)) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('41', '56')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (226, 231)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('41', '44')) ('methylation', 'Var', (45, 56)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('144', '155')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (226, 231)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (226, 231)) 12249 24204800 De Carvalho et al noted that many driver genes hypermethylated in the colorectal tumor cells were GPCRs and, while this family of genes is large, it was also significantly overrepresented in our analysis of genes hypermethylated in RCC. ('colorectal tumor', 'Disease', (70, 86)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (232, 235)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (232, 235)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (47, 62)) ('colorectal tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (70, 86)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (81, 86)) 12251 24204800 We performed pairwise comparison between the tumor groups using the beta<0.15 cut-off for genes unmethylated in every tumor of one group but hypermethylated in at least one tumor from the other group. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (173, 178)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (45, 50)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (118, 123)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (45, 50)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (118, 123)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (173, 178)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (173, 178)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (118, 123)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (141, 156)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (45, 50)) 12252 24204800 The Wilcoxon test was significant for 538 probes from 497 genes hypermethylated in RCC and unmethylated in oncocytoma (Table S4). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (83, 86)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (83, 86)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (107, 117)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (64, 79)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (107, 117)) 12253 24204800 The oxidation resistance protein 1 (OXR1) gene was hypermethylated in 24/39 (62%) ccRCC and pRCC but unmethylated in chrRCC or oncocytoma (Figure 5). ('pRCC', 'Gene', (92, 96)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (93, 96)) ('oxidation resistance protein 1', 'Gene', '55074', (4, 34)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (93, 96)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (84, 87)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (92, 96)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (84, 87)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('oxidation resistance protein 1', 'Gene', (4, 34)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (120, 123)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (120, 123)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (127, 137)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('25', '32')) ('OXR1', 'Gene', '55074', (36, 40)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (127, 137)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (51, 66)) 12256 24204800 One top-ranked gene was GRIK1 hypermethylated in 14/25 (56%) ccRCC and unmethylated in oncocytoma (Figure 5). ('RCC', 'Disease', (63, 66)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (87, 97)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (87, 97)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (30, 45)) ('GRIK1', 'Gene', (24, 29)) ('GRIK1', 'Gene', '2897', (24, 29)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (63, 66)) 12259 24204800 The UCHL1 gene previously reported as methylated in RCC was hypermethylated in 4/25 (16%) ccRCC and unmethylated in oncocytoma. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (52, 55)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (52, 55)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (60, 75)) ('UCHL1', 'Gene', '7345', (4, 9)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (92, 95)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (116, 126)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (116, 126)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (92, 95)) ('UCHL1', 'Gene', (4, 9)) 12260 24204800 Sixty genes were hypermethylated in oncocytoma but unmethylated in RCC (Table S6). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (67, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (67, 70)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (36, 46)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (36, 46)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (17, 32)) 12265 24204800 A further 80 genes were hypermethylated in oncocytoma and unmethylated in 10 chrRCC (Table S6) including RAC2 hypermethylated in 6/25 (24%) of oncocytoma (Figure 6). ('RCC', 'Disease', (80, 83)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (43, 53)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (80, 83)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (43, 53)) ('RAC2', 'Gene', '5880', (105, 109)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', (143, 153)) ('oncocytoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018249', (143, 153)) ('RAC2', 'Gene', (105, 109)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (110, 125)) 12272 24204800 Top-ranked genes included the FBLIM1 gene, located at chromosome 1p36.21, hypermethylated in 68% (17/25) ccRCC but unmethylated in 10 chrRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (107, 110)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('54', '64')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (107, 110)) ('FBLIM1', 'Gene', (30, 36)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (74, 89)) ('FBLIM1', 'Gene', '54751', (30, 36)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (137, 140)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (137, 140)) 12275 24204800 The tripartite motif containing 58 (TRIM58) gene was hypermethylated in 13/25 (52%) ccRCC and unmethylated in pRCC (Figure 6). ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (53, 68)) ('tripartite motif containing 58', 'Gene', '25893', (4, 34)) ('tripartite motif containing 58', 'Gene', (4, 34)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (111, 114)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (111, 114)) ('TRIM58', 'Gene', '25893', (36, 42)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (110, 114)) ('TRIM58', 'Gene', (36, 42)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (86, 89)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (86, 89)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (110, 114)) 12279 24204800 The OXR1 gene was hypermethylated in 12/14 (86%) of pRCC and unmethylated in 10 chrRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (83, 86)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (83, 86)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', (4, 8)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (52, 56)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (53, 56)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (53, 56)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('OXR1', 'Gene', '55074', (4, 8)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (18, 33)) 12280 24204800 The ABCA3 gene was hypermethylated in 8/10 (80%) chrRCC and unmethylated in all 14 pRCC (Figure 6) (Table S7). ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (83, 87)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (52, 55)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (52, 55)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (19, 34)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (84, 87)) ('ABCA3', 'Gene', (4, 9)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (84, 87)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (83, 87)) ('ABCA3', 'Gene', '21', (4, 9)) 12292 24204800 In all RCC, 48 probes were hypomethylated compared with NRP, 18 of which were located within a CpG island and 11 of these within 1 kb of the TSS (Table S10). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (7, 10)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (7, 10)) ('NRP', 'biological_process', 'GO:0085015', ('56', '59')) ('hypomethylated', 'Var', (27, 41)) 12296 24204800 CXCR5 was hypomethylated in 6/25 (24%) ccRCC and 6/14 (43%) pRCC. ('CXCR5', 'Gene', '643', (0, 5)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (60, 64)) ('CXCR5', 'Gene', (0, 5)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (60, 64)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (61, 64)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (61, 64)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (41, 44)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (41, 44)) ('hypomethylated', 'Var', (10, 24)) 12298 24204800 None appeared frequently methylated in RCC compared to NRP. ('RCC', 'Disease', (39, 42)) ('NRP', 'biological_process', 'GO:0085015', ('55', '58')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (39, 42)) ('methylated', 'Var', (25, 35)) 12299 24204800 The most hypermethylated miRNA was miR-564 hypermethylated (ss = 0.63) in 1 ccRCC and unmethylated in NRP (ss = 0.05-0.07). ('NRP', 'biological_process', 'GO:0085015', ('102', '105')) ('miR-564', 'Gene', '693149', (35, 42)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (43, 58)) ('miR-564', 'Gene', (35, 42)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (78, 81)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (78, 81)) ('hypermethylated', 'PosReg', (9, 24)) 12309 24204800 Because cancer is generally believed to progress through the sequential accumulation of mutations, more advanced, i.e high grade and high stage RCC, might be expected to show higher frequencies of aberrant promoter methylation and/or may have additional genes methylated. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (144, 147)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (8, 14)) ('mutations', 'Var', (88, 97)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('215', '226')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (8, 14)) ('aberrant', 'Var', (197, 205)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (144, 147)) ('promoter methylation', 'MPA', (206, 226)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (8, 14)) 12315 24204800 Between 0.4-1.7% of genes were aberrantly hypermethylated in the renal tumor types, a proportion in line with the number of genes with exonic point mutation in ccRCC and other types of epithelial cancer. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (196, 202)) ('epithelial cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000077216', (185, 202)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (162, 165)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (162, 165)) ('renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (65, 76)) ('aberrantly hypermethylated', 'Var', (31, 57)) ('renal tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (65, 76)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (71, 76)) ('renal tumor', 'Disease', (65, 76)) ('epithelial cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0031492', (185, 202)) ('epithelial cancer', 'Disease', (185, 202)) 12316 24204800 Fewer genes still were commonly methylated (>=5% of tumors). ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (52, 57)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (52, 58)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (52, 58)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (52, 58)) ('methylated', 'Var', (32, 42)) 12317 24204800 Furthermore, it seems likely that a proportion of the gene hypermethylation will be passenger rather than driver events in the renal tumor cell. ('renal tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (127, 138)) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (59, 75)) ('renal tumor', 'Disease', (127, 138)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (133, 138)) ('renal tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (127, 138)) 12318 24204800 The majority of genes identified as hypermethylated are novel with several examples of involvement in pathways known to be important in RCC. ('involvement', 'Reg', (87, 98)) ('hypermethylated', 'Var', (36, 51)) ('pathways', 'Pathway', (102, 110)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (136, 139)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (136, 139)) 12319 24204800 Novel pathways of metabolism, signal transduction and GPCRs, tissue response to injury, stem cell development and EMT are implicated by aberrant gene methylation. ('aberrant gene methylation', 'Var', (136, 161)) ('stem cell development', 'CPA', (88, 109)) ('EMT', 'CPA', (114, 117)) ('signal transduction', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('30', '49')) ('injury', 'Disease', (80, 86)) ('stem cell development', 'biological_process', 'GO:0048864', ('88', '109')) ('metabolism', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008152', ('18', '28')) ('injury', 'Disease', 'MESH:D058186', (80, 86)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('150', '161')) ('EMT', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001837', ('114', '117')) 12320 24204800 Functional validation of hypermethylated genes will first require evidence of association of hypermethylation with down-regulation of transcription in tumor cells and further analysis by standard growth and invasion assays will be necessary to provide support for a role in the biology of RCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (289, 292)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (151, 156)) ('transcription', 'MPA', (134, 147)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (289, 292)) ('down-regulation', 'NegReg', (115, 130)) ('hypermethylation', 'Var', (93, 109)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (151, 156)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('134', '147')) ('regulation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065007', ('120', '130')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (151, 156)) 12326 24204800 Because there is no defined precursor of RCC, aberrantly hypermethylated genes in small T1a tumors likely represent early events in the development of RCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (41, 44)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (92, 98)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (92, 97)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (151, 154)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (92, 98)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (151, 154)) ('aberrantly hypermethylated genes', 'Var', (46, 78)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (41, 44)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (92, 98)) 12327 24204800 Because RCC is generally only curable if detected before metastasis, we and others have previously demonstrated sensitive and specific detection of aberrant gene hypermethylation in urine and blood from patients with RCC as a strategy for early detection. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (217, 220)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (8, 11)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (217, 220)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (8, 11)) ('aberrant gene hypermethylation', 'Var', (148, 178)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (203, 211)) 12335 24204800 CIMP-positive RCC, may indicate subsets of patients as candidates for epigenetic therapy. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (14, 17)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (14, 17)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (43, 51)) ('CIMP-positive', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('CIMP', 'Chemical', '-', (0, 4)) 12460 30740580 Although being T2 hypointense may mimic a pRCC, the specificity and accuracy for discriminating angiomyolipoma from RCC using T2 hypointensity combined with the enhancement pattern has been described as 99% and 96%, respectively. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (42, 46)) ('T2 hypointensity', 'Var', (126, 142)) ('angiomyolipoma', 'Disease', (96, 110)) ('angiomyolipoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018207', (96, 110)) ('angiomyolipoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006772', (96, 110)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (43, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (43, 46)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (42, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (116, 119)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (116, 119)) 12501 21057600 The most common subtypes seen preferentially in children are the translocation-associated tumors, papillary renal cell carcinoma, renal medullary carcinoma, and oncocytic renal cell carcinoma following neuroblastoma. ('translocation-associated', 'Var', (65, 89)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (108, 128)) ('neuroblastoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003006', (202, 215)) ('renal medullary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (130, 155)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (90, 96)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (171, 191)) ('renal medullary carcinoma', 'Disease', (130, 155)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (98, 128)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (119, 128)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (182, 191)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (98, 128)) ('children', 'Species', '9606', (48, 56)) ('oncocytic renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (161, 191)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (90, 96)) ('oncocytic renal cell carcinoma following neuroblastoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (161, 215)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (146, 155)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (98, 128)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (90, 95)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (90, 96)) 12521 21057600 Furthermore, the histologic spectrum that may be seen in all the translocation variants is quite broad, even within individual tumors (Figure 2). ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (127, 132)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (127, 133)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (127, 133)) ('translocation', 'Var', (65, 78)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (127, 133)) 12535 21057600 Translocation-RCCs may also have a histologic appearance that is remarkably similar to epithelioid angiomyolipomas. ('Translocation-RCCs', 'Var', (0, 18)) ('epithelioid angiomyolipomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018207', (87, 114)) ('epithelioid angiomyolipomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006772', (87, 114)) ('epithelioid angiomyolipomas', 'Disease', (87, 114)) 12543 21057600 However, some TFE3/PRCC translocation-associated RCC contain relatively little cytoplasm and demonstrate a more consolidated, homogeneous histology that may overlap with that of type 2 PRCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', (49, 52)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (185, 189)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (14, 18)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('79', '88')) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (185, 189)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (19, 23)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (19, 23)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (14, 18)) ('translocation-associated', 'Var', (24, 48)) 12574 21057600 Seventy-five per cent (24/32) presented with disease limited to the kidney, and 22 of the 24 were free of disease; death from disease occurred in one T2N0MX tumor and the other died from other causes. ('tumor', 'Disease', (157, 162)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (157, 162)) ('T2N0MX', 'Var', (150, 156)) ('death', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003643', (115, 120)) ('death', 'Disease', (115, 120)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (157, 162)) 12575 21057600 Of the remaining eight patients with higher stage disease, three (T4N0MX, T3N1M0, T2,N2,M0) died of their disease. ('T3N1M0', 'Var', (74, 80)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (23, 31)) ('T4N0MX', 'Var', (66, 72)) 12584 21057600 Translocation-associated renal cell carcinoma Tubular, papillary, or tubulopapillary architecture positivity for EMA, RCC antigen, AMACR, CD10 negativity for TFE3 Type 1: Low-grade nuclear cytology, scant cytoplasm; diffuse positivity for cytokeratin 7. ('EMA', 'Gene', '4582', (115, 118)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (160, 164)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (25, 45)) ('AMACR', 'Gene', (133, 138)) ('Translocation-associated', 'Var', (0, 24)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('207', '216')) ('cytokeratin 7', 'Gene', '3855', (241, 254)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (36, 45)) ('EMA', 'Gene', (115, 118)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (25, 45)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (160, 164)) ('AMACR', 'Gene', '23600', (133, 138)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (25, 45)) ('CD10', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004245', ('140', '144')) ('CD10', 'Gene', '4311', (140, 144)) ('cytokeratin 7', 'Gene', (241, 254)) ('CD10', 'Gene', (140, 144)) 12588 33977078 Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma in Lynch/Muir-Torre Syndrome with Germline Pathogenic Variant in MSH6 and Molecular Analysis: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder due to pathogenic variations in the mismatch repair genes, which predisposes to malignancies, most commonly colon and endometrial carcinoma. ('Lynch syndrome', 'Disease', (171, 185)) ('Variant', 'Var', (85, 92)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (365, 374)) ('endometrial carcinoma', 'Disease', (353, 374)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (10, 30)) ('Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (21, 30)) ('Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 30)) ('Lynch syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003123', (171, 185)) ('autosomal dominant inherited disorder', 'Disease', 'MESH:D030342', (197, 234)) ('colon', 'Disease', (343, 348)) ('endometrial carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (353, 374)) ('Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (0, 30)) ('autosomal dominant inherited disorder', 'Disease', (197, 234)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (96, 100)) ('endometrial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (353, 374)) ('variations', 'Var', (253, 263)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (315, 327)) ('mismatch repair', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('271', '286')) ('mismatch repair genes', 'Gene', (271, 292)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', (315, 327)) ('Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (0, 30)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (96, 100)) 12593 33977078 The LS was diagnosed when he presented with multiple sebaceous adenomas and genetic testing showed a pathogenic variant in MSH6 mismatch repair gene. ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (123, 127)) ('pathogenic', 'Reg', (101, 111)) ('sebaceous adenoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009720', (53, 70)) ('sebaceous adenomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009720', (53, 71)) ('variant', 'Var', (112, 119)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (123, 127)) ('adenomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000236', (63, 71)) ('mismatch repair', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('128', '143')) ('adenomas', 'Disease', (63, 71)) 12601 33977078 These tumors showed MLH1 mutation most commonly, unlike the urothelial malignancies in LS which involve MSH2. ('urothelial malignancies', 'Disease', (60, 83)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 12)) ('mutation', 'Var', (25, 33)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (6, 12)) ('MLH1', 'Gene', (20, 24)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (104, 108)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (6, 12)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (104, 108)) ('urothelial malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (60, 83)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (6, 11)) 12602 33977078 Among the 4 cases of RCC with MSH6 mutation, three were in females, indicating some gender differences. ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (30, 34)) ('mutation', 'Var', (35, 43)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (21, 24)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (21, 24)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (30, 34)) 12604 33977078 It is associated with germline pathogenic variants in the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes including MLH1 (mutL homolog 1), MSH2/MSH6 (mutS homolog 2 or 6), and PMS2 (PMS1 homologue 2). ('PMS1 homologue 2', 'Gene', (166, 182)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (123, 127)) ('DNA', 'Gene', (58, 61)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (123, 127)) ('associated', 'Reg', (6, 16)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (128, 132)) ('variants', 'Var', (42, 50)) ('mismatch repair', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('62', '77')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('58', '61')) ('mutL homolog 1', 'Gene', '4292', (106, 120)) ('MMR', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('79', '82')) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (128, 132)) ('PMS2', 'Gene', (160, 164)) ('mutL homolog 1', 'Gene', (106, 120)) ('PMS2', 'Gene', '5395', (160, 164)) ('MLH1', 'Gene', (100, 104)) ('PMS1 homologue 2', 'Gene', '5395;5378', (166, 182)) ('MMR', 'Gene', (79, 82)) 12605 33977078 Rarely, it can also be caused by a deletion in the EPCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule) gene, which leads to epigenetic silencing of MSH2. ('epigenetic silencing', 'MPA', (114, 134)) ('cell adhesion', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007155', ('69', '82')) ('EPCAM', 'Gene', '4072', (51, 56)) ('epithelial cell adhesion molecule', 'Gene', (58, 91)) ('caused by', 'Reg', (23, 32)) ('epithelial cell adhesion molecule', 'Gene', '4072', (58, 91)) ('cell adhesion molecule', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0098631', ('69', '91')) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (138, 142)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (138, 142)) ('EPCAM', 'Gene', (51, 56)) ('deletion', 'Var', (35, 43)) 12608 33977078 The routine screening for genetic colorectal adenocarcinoma by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and/or Microsatellite instability (MSI) testing has led to better detection and an increased understanding of LS. ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (50, 59)) ('Microsatellite', 'Var', (97, 111)) ('colorectal adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (34, 59)) ('colorectal adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (34, 59)) 12610 33977078 Most commonly, the germline defect involves pathogenic variants in MLH1 or MSH2 genes. ('MLH1', 'Gene', (67, 71)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (75, 79)) ('variants', 'Var', (55, 63)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (75, 79)) ('pathogenic', 'Reg', (44, 54)) ('germline defect', 'Disease', (19, 34)) 12612 33977078 Although LS and MTS share a defect in one of the 4 MMR genes, a few studies have shown that the frequency of the MMR defect in patients with MTS mostly involves MSH2. ('defect', 'Var', (117, 123)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (161, 165)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (161, 165)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (127, 135)) ('MMR', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('113', '116')) ('MMR', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('51', '54')) 12614 33977078 Recent studies have shown increased frequency of pathogenic variants in MSH2 in urological malignancies. ('malignancies', 'Disease', (91, 103)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (72, 76)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (72, 76)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (91, 103)) ('variants', 'Var', (60, 68)) 12617 33977078 Here, we encountered a case of papillary RCC (PRCC) in a LS/MTS patient with germline MSH6 pathogenic variant. ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (64, 71)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (86, 90)) ('papillary RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (31, 44)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (46, 50)) ('papillary RCC', 'Disease', (31, 44)) ('variant', 'Var', (102, 109)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (86, 90)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (46, 50)) 12622 33977078 Genetic testing showed a pathogenic variant in MSH6 Exon 9 (c.3980_3983, dupATCA (p.L1330Vfs'12)). ('p.L1330V', 'SUBSTITUTION', 'None', (82, 90)) ('dupATCA', 'Disease', (73, 80)) ('p.L1330V', 'Var', (82, 90)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (47, 51)) ('c.3980_3983', 'Var', (60, 71)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (47, 51)) ('c.3980_3983, dupATCA', 'Mutation', 'rs267608121', (60, 80)) ('pathogenic', 'Reg', (25, 35)) 12623 33977078 In addition a heterozygous novel variant of uncertain significance (c.8419A>G(p.T2807A) in the APC gene was also detected. ('c.8419A>G', 'Mutation', 'rs147287751', (68, 77)) ('APC', 'Disease', (95, 98)) ('APC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005680', ('95', '98')) ('p.T2807A', 'Mutation', 'rs894164638', (78, 86)) ('c.8419A>G', 'Var', (68, 77)) ('APC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011125', (95, 98)) 12624 33977078 Since he did not have the typical presentation of polyposis and lack of certainty regarding pathogenicity of the APC variant as well as presence of pathogenic variant in the MSH6 gene, a diagnosis of LS was made. ('APC', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011125', (113, 116)) ('APC', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005680', ('113', '116')) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (174, 178)) ('APC', 'Disease', (113, 116)) ('variant', 'Var', (117, 124)) ('variant', 'Var', (159, 166)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (174, 178)) 12626 33977078 The subsequent subtotal colectomy showed a T3N0 mucin-producing adenocarcinoma in the cecum. ('adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (64, 78)) ('T3N0', 'Var', (43, 47)) ('mucin', 'Gene', (48, 53)) ('adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000230', (64, 78)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (69, 78)) ('mucin', 'Gene', '100508689', (48, 53)) 12650 33977078 The genomic abnormalities included ARID1A S90fs*11, MSH6 L1330fs*12, SETD2 N1725fs*3, and STAG2 E143fs*3. ('S90fs', 'Mutation', 'p.S90fsX', (42, 47)) ('S90fs*11', 'Var', (42, 50)) ('E143fs', 'Mutation', 'p.E143fsX', (96, 102)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('STAG2', 'Gene', (90, 95)) ('STAG2', 'Gene', '10735', (90, 95)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (52, 56)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (69, 74)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', '8289', (35, 41)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', (35, 41)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (69, 74)) ('N1725fs*3', 'Var', (75, 84)) ('L1330fs*12', 'Var', (57, 67)) ('E143fs*3', 'Var', (96, 104)) 12651 33977078 In addition, variants of unknown significance (VUS) were detected in the tumor. ('variants', 'Var', (13, 21)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (73, 78)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 78)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (73, 78)) 12654 33977078 There has been an increasing understanding of LS attributed to pathogenic variants in one of the four mismatch repair (MMR) genes, namely, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2. ('PMS2', 'Gene', (161, 165)) ('MLH1', 'Gene', (139, 143)) ('PMS2', 'Gene', '5395', (161, 165)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (151, 155)) ('MMR', 'Gene', (119, 122)) ('mismatch repair', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('102', '117')) ('variants', 'Var', (74, 82)) ('MMR', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('119', '122')) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (145, 149)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (151, 155)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (145, 149)) 12656 33977078 These include three dinucleotide repeats (D2S123, D5S346, and D17S250) and two mononucleotide repeats (BAT25, BAT26). ('dinucleotide', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D015226', (20, 32)) ('D5S346', 'Var', (50, 56)) ('mononucleotide', 'Chemical', '-', (79, 93)) ('D17S250', 'Var', (62, 69)) ('D2S123', 'Var', (42, 48)) 12671 33977078 Unlike the upper tract urothelial carcinoma, which are more commonly associated with MSH2 variants, RCC was associated with MLH1 variants, which was seen in 16 cases (57.1%). ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (34, 43)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (85, 89)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (85, 89)) ('urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', (23, 43)) ('associated', 'Reg', (69, 79)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (100, 103)) ('variants', 'Var', (90, 98)) ('associated', 'Reg', (108, 118)) ('urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D014523', (23, 43)) ('MLH1', 'Gene', (124, 128)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (100, 103)) ('variants', 'Var', (129, 137)) 12672 33977078 Variants in MSH2 were seen in 7 cases (25%) and in MSH6 in 4 cases (14.8%). ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (12, 16)) ('Variants', 'Var', (0, 8)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (51, 55)) ('seen', 'Reg', (22, 26)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (12, 16)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (51, 55)) 12673 33977078 Interestingly, three out of four patients with the MSH6 variants were females. ('variants', 'Var', (56, 64)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (33, 41)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (51, 55)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (51, 55)) 12676 33977078 Abnormalities in the MSH6 gene were first discovered in studies involving hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancers, from 5 Japanese families who did not fulfill the Amsterdam criteria and had no pathogenic variants in MLH1 and MSH2 but had a family history of endometrial and ovarian cancers. ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (229, 233)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (109, 115)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (278, 293)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (109, 116)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (21, 25)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (286, 292)) ('MLH1', 'Gene', (220, 224)) ('variants', 'Var', (208, 216)) ('hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancers', 'Disease', (74, 116)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (21, 25)) ('hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003123', (74, 116)) ('endometrial and ovarian cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D004714', (262, 293)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (229, 233)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (286, 293)) 12679 33977078 When a pathogenic variant in the MSH6 gene is suspected, a panel of five mononucleotides (NR21, BAT25, BAT26, NR24, and NR22) is recommended to assess the MSI status. ('MSH6', 'Gene', (33, 37)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (134, 137)) ('mononucleotides', 'Chemical', '-', (73, 88)) ('pathogenic', 'Reg', (7, 17)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (33, 37)) ('variant', 'Var', (18, 25)) 12680 33977078 There have been relatively few publications of isolated MSH6 variants. ('MSH6', 'Gene', (56, 60)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (56, 60)) ('variants', 'Var', (61, 69)) 12681 33977078 A large study of 113 families with MSH6 variant carriers from multiple countries has shown some differences in presentations and in malignancies associated with MSH6. ('variant', 'Var', (40, 47)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (161, 165)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (35, 39)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (132, 144)) ('presentations', 'MPA', (111, 124)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (35, 39)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (161, 165)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', (132, 144)) 12683 33977078 These studies suggest long-term screening requirement for patients with the MSH6 pathogenic variant. ('men', 'Species', '9606', (49, 52)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (76, 80)) ('variant', 'Var', (92, 99)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (76, 80)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (58, 66)) 12684 33977078 Endometrial carcinoma is the most common presentation among women with pathogenic variants in this gene, and the women have a sixfold increased incidence of other cancers associated with LS including ovary, stomach, kidney, ureter, or brain. ('variants', 'Var', (82, 90)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (163, 170)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (163, 170)) ('brain', 'Disease', (235, 240)) ('Endometrial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (0, 21)) ('women', 'Species', '9606', (60, 65)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (12, 21)) ('stomach', 'Disease', (207, 214)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (163, 169)) ('kidney', 'Disease', (216, 222)) ('ureter', 'Disease', (224, 230)) ('women', 'Species', '9606', (113, 118)) ('Endometrial carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (0, 21)) ('ovary', 'Disease', (200, 205)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (163, 170)) ('Endometrial carcinoma', 'Disease', (0, 21)) 12686 33977078 The reported studies also show occurrence of other malignancies such as lymphoma, leukemia, Langerhan's cell histiocytosis, and testicular germ cell tumors with MSH6 variants. ("Langerhan's cell histiocytosis", 'Disease', (92, 122)) ('leukemia', 'Disease', (82, 90)) ('lymphoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002665', (72, 80)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (51, 63)) ('lymphoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008223', (72, 80)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (161, 165)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (149, 154)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (149, 155)) ('lymphoma', 'Disease', (72, 80)) ('variants', 'Var', (166, 174)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', (51, 63)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (149, 155)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (149, 155)) ('histiocytosis', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100727', (109, 122)) ('germ cell tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100728', (139, 155)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (161, 165)) ('leukemia', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001909', (82, 90)) ('leukemia', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007938', (82, 90)) 12687 33977078 These studies suggest a different set of malignancies must be considered in the screening of patients with MSH6 pathogenic variant. ('malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (41, 53)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (107, 111)) ('variant', 'Var', (123, 130)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', (41, 53)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (107, 111)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (93, 101)) 12688 33977078 There were six cases of kidney tumors in the study of pure MSH6 variants by Baglietto et al., but the type of tumor, whether urothelial carcinoma or RCC, was not specified. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (31, 37)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (136, 145)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (31, 36)) ('kidney tumors', 'Disease', (24, 37)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (110, 115)) ('not specified', 'Species', '32644', (158, 171)) ('urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D014523', (125, 145)) ('pure', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0034023', ('54', '58')) ('variants', 'Var', (64, 72)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (59, 63)) ('urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', (125, 145)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (59, 63)) ('kidney tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (24, 37)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (149, 152)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (31, 36)) ('kidney tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (24, 37)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (110, 115)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (31, 36)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (149, 152)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (110, 115)) 12691 33977078 Similarly, in our review, there were four RCCs associated with MSH6 variants including the current case. ('MSH6', 'Gene', (63, 67)) ('variants', 'Var', (68, 76)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (42, 45)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (63, 67)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (42, 45)) 12693 33977078 This current report is the only case of PRCC in a male with MTS and a pathogenic variant in MSH6. ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (40, 44)) ('variant', 'Var', (81, 88)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (92, 96)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (40, 44)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (92, 96)) 12696 33977078 However, the loss of expression of the MSH6 protein by IHC and the MSH6 variant in this papillary tumor as confirmed by the tumor NGS analysis, confirms this to be definitively associated with MSH6. ('tumor', 'Disease', (124, 129)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (39, 43)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (98, 103)) ('variant', 'Var', (72, 79)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (124, 129)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (39, 43)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (98, 103)) ('papillary tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (88, 103)) ('papillary tumor', 'Disease', (88, 103)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (124, 129)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (193, 197)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (98, 103)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (193, 197)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (67, 71)) ('protein', 'Protein', (44, 51)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (67, 71)) ('expression', 'MPA', (21, 31)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (13, 17)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('44', '51')) 12699 33977078 In one case with LS due to the MSH2 variant, loss of the MSH2 expression and MSI were present in the colon, ureter, and cervical adenocarcinoma, but the PRCC of the kidney was microsatellite stable and did not show any loss of the MMR proteins. ('adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', (129, 143)) ('variant', 'Var', (36, 43)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (57, 61)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', '4436', (31, 35)) ('expression', 'MPA', (62, 72)) ('adenocarcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000230', (129, 143)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (134, 143)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (153, 157)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (31, 35)) ('MSI', 'MPA', (77, 80)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (45, 49)) ('MMR', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006298', ('231', '234')) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (153, 157)) ('MSH2', 'Gene', (57, 61)) 12704 33977078 Our case is the first report of PRCC associated with pathogenic variants in MSH6 in LS/MTS. ('MSH6', 'Gene', (76, 80)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (32, 36)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (76, 80)) ('associated', 'Reg', (37, 47)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('variants', 'Var', (64, 72)) 12705 33977078 The MSH6 abnormality (L1330fs*12) was also seen in the papillary carcinoma. ('L1330fs*12', 'Var', (22, 32)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (65, 74)) ('papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', (55, 74)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (4, 8)) ('papillary carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (55, 74)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (4, 8)) 12706 33977078 Other abnormalities included ARID1A S90fs*11, SETD2 N1725fs*3, and STAG2 E143fs*3. ('SETD2', 'Gene', (46, 51)) ('S90fs*11', 'Var', (36, 44)) ('N1725fs*3', 'Var', (52, 61)) ('E143fs', 'Mutation', 'p.E143fsX', (73, 79)) ('E143fs*3', 'Var', (73, 81)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (46, 51)) ('S90fs', 'Mutation', 'p.S90fsX', (36, 41)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', '8289', (29, 35)) ('STAG2', 'Gene', (67, 72)) ('STAG2', 'Gene', '10735', (67, 72)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', (29, 35)) 12720 33977078 The MiT family translocation carcinomas include tumors with gene fusions involving the TFE3 or TFEB locus. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (87, 91)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (29, 38)) ('carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (29, 39)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (95, 99)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (48, 54)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (48, 54)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 54)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (95, 99)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (29, 39)) ('carcinomas', 'Disease', (29, 39)) ('gene fusions', 'Var', (60, 72)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (87, 91)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (48, 53)) 12731 33977078 The next-generation sequencing of 10 of these tumors performed by the same group showed KRAS missense variants in eight tumors. ('tumors', 'Disease', (120, 126)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (120, 126)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (120, 126)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (46, 51)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (46, 52)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', (88, 92)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', '3845', (88, 92)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (120, 125)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (46, 52)) ('missense variants', 'Var', (93, 110)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (46, 52)) 12733 33977078 One case of GATA3-positive papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity with KRAS and PIK3CA mutation is also described by Lee et al.. ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (88, 94)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', '3845', (79, 83)) ('GATA3', 'Gene', (12, 17)) ('papillary renal neoplasm', 'Disease', (27, 51)) ('papillary renal neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (27, 51)) ('renal neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (37, 51)) ('papillary renal neoplasm', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (27, 51)) ('GATA3', 'Gene', '2625', (12, 17)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (88, 94)) ('neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (43, 51)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', (79, 83)) ('mutation', 'Var', (95, 103)) 12734 33977078 Similarly, KRAS mutations were also observed by Kim and Tong et al. ('KRAS', 'Gene', (11, 15)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', '3845', (11, 15)) ('mutations', 'Var', (16, 25)) 12735 33977078 who have described KRAS mutations in papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity, but GATA3 immunohistochemical stain was not performed in these two studies. ('GATA3', 'Gene', '2625', (89, 94)) ('papillary renal neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (37, 61)) ('papillary renal neoplasm', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (37, 61)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', (19, 23)) ('renal neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (47, 61)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', '3845', (19, 23)) ('GATA3', 'Gene', (89, 94)) ('neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 61)) ('mutations', 'Var', (24, 33)) ('papillary renal neoplasm', 'Disease', (37, 61)) 12738 33977078 These studies indicate that the KRAS mutation is seen in oncocytic papillary neoplasms. ('seen', 'Reg', (49, 53)) ('mutation', 'Var', (37, 45)) ('neoplasms', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (77, 86)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', (32, 36)) ('oncocytic papillary neoplasms', 'Disease', (57, 86)) ('oncocytic papillary neoplasms', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535584', (57, 86)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', '3845', (32, 36)) ('neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (77, 85)) 12741 33977078 Interestingly, a KRAS variant was detected in this tumor as in papillary tumors with reverse polarity. ('papillary tumors', 'Disease', (63, 79)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (73, 78)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 56)) ('variant', 'Var', (22, 29)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 78)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (51, 56)) ('papillary tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0007482', (63, 79)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (73, 79)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (73, 78)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', (17, 21)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (51, 56)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', '3845', (17, 21)) ('papillary tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002291', (63, 79)) 12745 33977078 The presence of KRAS mutation in this tumor suggests that this mutation may not be restricted to the papillary renal neoplasm with reverse polarity and this entity should be better defined with the study of large number of cases. ('renal neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (111, 125)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (38, 43)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (38, 43)) ('papillary renal neoplasm', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (101, 125)) ('neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (117, 125)) ('mutation', 'Var', (21, 29)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (38, 43)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', (16, 20)) ('papillary renal neoplasm', 'Disease', (101, 125)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', '3845', (16, 20)) ('papillary renal neoplasm', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (101, 125)) 12757 33977078 We describe the first case of PRCC in a patient with Lynch/MTS with the MSH6 pathogenic variant. ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (40, 47)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (30, 34)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', (72, 76)) ('variant', 'Var', (88, 95)) ('MSH6', 'Gene', '2956', (72, 76)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (30, 34)) 12759 33977078 There was also KRAS mutation, but the tumor was microsatellite stable. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (38, 43)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (38, 43)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', (15, 19)) ('mutation', 'Var', (20, 28)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (38, 43)) ('KRAS', 'Gene', '3845', (15, 19)) 12940 25357116 Germline mutation in the fumarate hydratase gene is the underlying genetic alteration of hereditary leiomyomatosis and RCC. ('hereditary leiomyomatosis', 'Disease', (89, 114)) ('hereditary leiomyomatosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018231', (89, 114)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (25, 43)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (119, 122)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (119, 122)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (119, 122)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (25, 43)) ('Germline mutation', 'Var', (0, 17)) 12950 25357116 A number of translocations involving TFE3 resulting in fusion with other genes have been reported. ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (37, 41)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (37, 41)) ('fusion', 'Interaction', (55, 61)) ('translocations', 'Var', (12, 26)) 12960 25357116 In a study by Martignoni et al, cathepsin K immunoreactivity was demonstrated in 60% of Xp11.2 and 100% of t(6;11) carcinomas, and not seen in other types of RCC. ('carcinomas', 'Disease', (116, 126)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (159, 162)) ('Xp11.2', 'Var', (89, 95)) ('cathepsin K', 'Gene', '1513', (33, 44)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (116, 125)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (116, 126)) ('cathepsin K', 'Gene', (33, 44)) ('carcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (116, 126)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (159, 162)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (159, 162)) 12964 25357116 Molecularly, t(6;11) carcinoma is less heterogeneous than Xp11.2, and the underlying abnormality is alpha-TFEB gene fusion. ('alpha-TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (100, 110)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', (21, 30)) ('gene fusion', 'Var', (111, 122)) ('carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002277', (21, 30)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (21, 30)) ('alpha-TFEB', 'Gene', (100, 110)) 12990 17645803 Epigenetic alterations and gene promoter hypermethylation in particular, provide an emerging class of cancer biomarkers, holding the promise of sensitive and accurate disease detection even at the earliest stages. ('Epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (0, 22)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (102, 108)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (102, 108)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (102, 108)) 12991 17645803 The power of epigenetic markers for molecular detection of the most common urological malignancy (i.e., prostate cancer) has been demonstrated in previous studies from our research team and others. ('malignancy', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (86, 96)) ('prostate cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011471', (104, 119)) ('epigenetic markers', 'Var', (13, 31)) ('malignancy', 'Disease', (86, 96)) ('prostate cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012125', (104, 119)) ('prostate cancer', 'Disease', (104, 119)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (113, 119)) 12993 17645803 Thus, it might be stated that the discovery of methylation markers in RCC provides an attractive and still largely unexplored field for biomedical research. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (70, 73)) ('methylation', 'Var', (47, 58)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (70, 73)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('47', '58')) 13024 17645803 However, RASSF1A methylation stands as the most distinctive feature of pRCC in this epigenetic profile. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (71, 75)) ('methylation', 'Var', (17, 28)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (71, 75)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('17', '28')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (9, 16)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (9, 16)) 13039 17645803 Whereas we confirmed the high RASSF1A promoter methylation levels in pRCC previously reported by Gonzalgo and co-workers, we additionally found that PTGS2 promoter methylation as a likely candidate marker for ccRCC, something that might permit a more accurate detection of this tumor type in limited tissue or needle-aspirate samples. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (278, 283)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (70, 73)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (211, 214)) ('PTGS2', 'Gene', '5743', (149, 154)) ('PTGS', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016441', ('149', '153')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (70, 73)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('164', '175')) ('methylation', 'Var', (164, 175)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (211, 214)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (69, 73)) ('promoter methylation levels', 'MPA', (38, 65)) ('marker', 'Reg', (198, 204)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (278, 283)) ('PTGS2', 'Gene', (149, 154)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (278, 283)) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', '11186', (30, 37)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (69, 73)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('47', '58')) ('RASSF1A', 'Gene', (30, 37)) 13050 17645803 Based on these findings, we are tempted to speculate that, at least in some cases, morphologically normal renal tissue might acquire aberrant methylation (eventually age-related) at some gene promoters owing to a "field-effect" phenomenon, with additional epigenetic or cytogenetic alterations then fostering tumor development. ('tumor', 'Disease', (309, 314)) ('fostering', 'PosReg', (299, 308)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('142', '153')) ('methylation', 'MPA', (142, 153)) ('epigenetic', 'Var', (256, 266)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (309, 314)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (322, 325)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (309, 314)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (233, 236)) 13089 32340156 Thus, we sought to uncover the effect of lactate in epigenetic modulation of RCC aggressiveness, as well as the ability to epigenetically modulate adjacent normal cells. ('RCC aggressiveness', 'Disease', (77, 95)) ('RCC aggressiveness', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (77, 95)) ('aggressiveness', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (81, 95)) ('lactate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019344', (41, 48)) ('epigenetic', 'Var', (52, 62)) 13165 32340156 In addition, NAM promoted a decrease on global sirtuin activity in RCC, except for Caki2 cell line and normal kidney cells (Figure S2C). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (67, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (67, 70)) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (28, 36)) ('NAM', 'Var', (13, 16)) ('NAM', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D009536', (13, 16)) ('global sirtuin activity', 'MPA', (40, 63)) 13203 32340156 In fact, it has been demonstrated that high lactate levels are associated with higher incidence of distant metastasis in different cancer types, although the mechanism is not completely understood. ('cancer', 'Disease', (131, 137)) ('high', 'Var', (39, 43)) ('lactate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019344', (44, 51)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (131, 137)) ('lactate levels', 'MPA', (44, 58)) ('distant metastasis', 'CPA', (99, 117)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (131, 137)) 13227 32340156 Conversely, SIRT1 loss of expression promoted SMAD4 hyperacetylation; increased MMP7 levels; and, consequently, caused reduction of E-cadherin expression, and SIRT1 knockdown (KD) prevented beta-catenin degradation by promoting its translocation to the nucleus (a mesenchymal feature). ('increased', 'PosReg', (70, 79)) ('cadherin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008014', ('134', '142')) ('translocation to the nucleus', 'MPA', (232, 260)) ('E-cadherin', 'Gene', (132, 142)) ('SIRT1', 'Gene', (12, 17)) ('E-cadherin', 'Gene', '999', (132, 142)) ('hyperacetylation', 'MPA', (52, 68)) ('loss of expression', 'NegReg', (18, 36)) ('SMAD4', 'Gene', '4089', (46, 51)) ('beta-catenin', 'Gene', (190, 202)) ('promoting', 'PosReg', (218, 227)) ('MMP7', 'Gene', (80, 84)) ('beta-catenin', 'Gene', '1499', (190, 202)) ('prevented', 'NegReg', (180, 189)) ('MMP7', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004235', ('80', '84')) ('expression', 'MPA', (143, 153)) ('promoted', 'PosReg', (37, 45)) ('degradation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009056', ('203', '214')) ('SIRT1', 'Gene', (159, 164)) ('nucleus', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005634', ('253', '260')) ('KD', 'Disease', 'MESH:C537017', (176, 178)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (165, 174)) ('reduction', 'NegReg', (119, 128)) ('SMAD4', 'Gene', (46, 51)) ('MMP7', 'Gene', '4316', (80, 84)) 13234 32340156 Because CHC also inhibits lactate efflux with consequent reduction of glycolytic metabolism, NAD+ availability is augmented allowing for SIRT1 reactivation. ('inhibits', 'NegReg', (17, 25)) ('NAD+', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D009243', (93, 97)) ('lactate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019344', (26, 33)) ('lactate efflux', 'MPA', (26, 40)) ('NAD+', 'MPA', (93, 97)) ('metabolism', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008152', ('81', '91')) ('efflux', 'biological_process', 'GO:0140115', ('34', '40')) ('CHC', 'Var', (8, 11)) ('efflux', 'biological_process', 'GO:0140352', ('34', '40')) ('reduction of glycolytic metabolism', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007022', (57, 91)) ('reduction of glycolytic metabolism', 'Disease', (57, 91)) 13277 29462091 DNA samples extracted from macro- or microdissected tumor areas were analyzed for genome-wide copy number alterations using an SNP-array platform suitable for clinical archival material. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (52, 57)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (52, 57)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('0', '3')) ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (94, 117)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (52, 57)) 13279 29462091 In contrast, cases with overlapping morphologic features of MTSCC and PRCC predominantly showed multiple chromosomal gains, most frequently involving chromosomes 7, 16, 17, and 20, similar to the chromosomal alteration pattern that was seen in the solid variant of type 1 PRCC cases. ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (70, 74)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (272, 276)) ('MTSCC', 'Disease', (60, 65)) ('MTSCC', 'Chemical', '-', (60, 65)) ('chromosomal', 'Var', (105, 116)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (272, 276)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (70, 74)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (71, 74)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (273, 276)) ('multiple chromosomal gains', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0040012', (96, 122)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (272, 276)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (70, 74)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (117, 122)) 13281 29462091 Characteristic patterns of genome-wide copy number alterations strongly support MTSCC and PRCC as distinct entities despite their immunohistochemical and certain morphologic overlap, and help define histologic features useful for the classification of questionable cases. ('MTSCC', 'Chemical', '-', (80, 85)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (90, 94)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (90, 94)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (91, 94)) ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (39, 62)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (90, 94)) ('MTSCC', 'Disease', (80, 85)) 13288 29462091 have reported a unique pattern of losses of chromosomes 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, and 22 in all six MTSCC tumors analyzed by comparative genome hybridization (CGH) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analyses. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (107, 112)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (107, 113)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (107, 113)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (107, 113)) ('losses', 'NegReg', (34, 40)) ('loss of heterozygosity', 'Var', (169, 191)) ('MTSCC', 'Disease', (101, 106)) ('MTSCC', 'Chemical', '-', (101, 106)) 13290 29462091 On the other hand, studies of the solid variant of PRCC and PRCC with low-grade spindle cell foci examined trisomies 7 and 17 by FISH analysis, with most identifying the presence of trisomy 7 and/or trisomy 17. ('PRCC', 'Gene', (60, 64)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (51, 55)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (52, 55)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (61, 64)) ('trisomy 7', 'Var', (182, 191)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (60, 64)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (51, 55)) ('trisomy 17', 'Var', (199, 209)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (51, 55)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (60, 64)) ('trisomies', 'Var', (107, 116)) ('spindle', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005819', ('80', '87')) 13291 29462091 Using whole-exome sequencing, a very recent study of MTSCC with classic morphology revealed monosomy of chromosomes 1, 6, 9, 14, 15, and 22 in 100% of 22 cases, and frequent loss of chromosomes 4, 8, and 13 in 80-90% of cases. ('MTSCC', 'Chemical', '-', (53, 58)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (174, 178)) ('monosomy', 'Var', (92, 100)) 13331 29462091 On the other hand, the 7 samples from 6 PRCC cases exhibited a consistently distinct pattern that predominantly included chromosomal gains of 7 (100%), 16 (71%), 17 (100%), and 20 (71%). ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (40, 44)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (40, 44)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (40, 44)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (41, 44)) ('chromosomal', 'Var', (121, 132)) 13334 29462091 Interestingly, all 14 samples from 9 cases in the IND group with overlapping histologic features showed multiple chromosomal gains that most frequently involved 7 (79%), 16 (57%), 17 (100%), and 20 (93%), a pattern similar to the PRCC group (Fig. ('IND', 'Chemical', '-', (50, 53)) ('gains', 'PosReg', (125, 130)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (231, 234)) ('chromosomal', 'Var', (113, 124)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (230, 234)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (230, 234)) ('multiple chromosomal gains', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0040012', (104, 130)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (230, 234)) 13338 29462091 Overall, despite the morphologic ambiguity, the copy number alterations detected in these IND cases strongly support their classification as PRCC. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (142, 145)) ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (48, 71)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (141, 145)) ('IND', 'Chemical', '-', (90, 93)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (141, 145)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (141, 145)) 13359 29462091 In this study, we investigated genome-wide copy number alterations in MTSCC, solid variant of type 1 PRCC, and indeterminate cases with overlapping histologic features to elucidate molecular attributes that can be used in this differential diagnosis. ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (43, 66)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (101, 105)) ('MTSCC', 'Gene', (70, 75)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (101, 105)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (102, 105)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (101, 105)) ('MTSCC', 'Chemical', '-', (70, 75)) 13363 29462091 One unique feature of our study is that we examined intratumoral morphologic heterogeneity and showed that the overall patterns of chromosomal copy number alteration are identical or very similar among morphologically distinct areas within a given tumor. ('tumor', 'Disease', (248, 253)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (57, 62)) ('chromosomal copy number alteration', 'Var', (131, 165)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (57, 62)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (248, 253)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (57, 62)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (248, 253)) 13367 29462091 One recent study included 6 such cases and found one case showing MTSCC-type multiple chromosomal losses, 2 with PRCC-type multiple gains, and 1 case without any abnormality, although details on morphologic and molecular correlation were not provided. ('PRCC', 'Gene', (113, 117)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (114, 117)) ('MTSCC-type', 'Var', (66, 76)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (113, 117)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (113, 117)) ('MTSCC', 'Chemical', '-', (66, 71)) 13368 29462091 In this study, we found that all cases from our IND group harbored copy number alterations characteristic of PRCC. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (110, 113)) ('PRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (109, 113)) ('IND', 'Chemical', '-', (48, 51)) ('harbored', 'Reg', (58, 66)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (109, 113)) ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (67, 90)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (109, 113)) 13375 29462091 Hippo pathway dysregulation has recently been suggested as a common molecular basis for MTSCC, with up to 90% cases exhibiting increased nuclear YAP1 protein expression in one study. ('MTSCC', 'Disease', (88, 93)) ('MTSCC', 'Chemical', '-', (88, 93)) ('YAP', 'Gene', (145, 148)) ('dysregulation', 'Var', (14, 27)) ('YAP', 'Gene', '363014', (145, 148)) ('Hippo pathway', 'Pathway', (0, 13)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('150', '157')) ('increased', 'PosReg', (127, 136)) 13384 29462091 However, in cases with more complex high-grade features or sarcomatoid change, chromosomal gains or additional LOH may be detected, although data in this regard are very limited. ('sarcomatoid change', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100242', (59, 77)) ('sarcomatoid change', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (59, 77)) ('sarcomatoid change', 'Disease', (59, 77)) ('chromosomal', 'Var', (79, 90)) 13394 32638386 Overall, BMI was associated positively with ccRCC risk, but inversely with pRCC risk. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (76, 79)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (76, 79)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (46, 49)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (46, 49)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (75, 79)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (76, 79)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (44, 49)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (46, 49)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (75, 79)) ('BMI', 'Var', (9, 12)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (75, 79)) 13408 32638386 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 Furthermore, alcohol consumption has been associated with a decreased RCC risk in multiple prospective epidemiological studies. ('RCC', 'Disease', (98, 101)) ('alcohol', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000438', (41, 48)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (98, 101)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (88, 97)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (98, 101)) ('alcohol consumption', 'Var', (41, 60)) 13456 32638386 BMI change per 1 kg/m2 increment since age 20 was associated with a nonstatistically significantly increased RCC risk. ('men', 'Species', '9606', (28, 31)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (109, 112)) ('change', 'Var', (4, 10)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (109, 112)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (109, 112)) 13464 32638386 Furthermore, an increase in change in BMI since age 20 was associated with an increase in risk for ccRCC, and a decrease in pRCC risk. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (124, 128)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (124, 128)) ('decrease', 'NegReg', (112, 120)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (125, 128)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (125, 128)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (101, 104)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (101, 104)) ('BMI', 'Gene', (38, 41)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (101, 104)) ('change', 'Var', (28, 34)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (125, 128)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (99, 104)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (124, 128)) 13465 32638386 Trouser size in men was associated with a statistically significantly increased ccRCC risk per size increase, while no association was found with pRCC risk. ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (146, 150)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (146, 150)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (70, 79)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (80, 85)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (16, 19)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (82, 85)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (82, 85)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (82, 85)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (147, 150)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (147, 150)) ('Trouser', 'Var', (0, 7)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (146, 150)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (147, 150)) 13512 32638386 35 Therefore, the inactivation of VHL in ccRCC and the obesity-related increase in IGF-I may amplify the process of tumorigenesis. ('obesity', 'Disease', (56, 63)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (117, 122)) ('IGF-I', 'Gene', (84, 89)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (72, 80)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (117, 122)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (44, 47)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (42, 47)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (44, 47)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (117, 122)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (44, 47)) ('amplify', 'PosReg', (94, 101)) ('obesity', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001513', (56, 63)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (35, 38)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (19, 31)) ('obesity', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009765', (56, 63)) ('IGF-I', 'Gene', '3479', (84, 89)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (35, 38)) 13553 29843367 The combination of low CD151 expression and high RNASEH2A expression resulted in impaired proliferation in four kidney cancer cell lines, suggesting potential synthetic dosage lethality (SDL) interactions between the two genes. ('high', 'Var', (44, 48)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (49, 57)) ('proliferation', 'CPA', (90, 103)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (112, 125)) ('low', 'NegReg', (19, 22)) ('CD151', 'Gene', (23, 28)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (49, 57)) ('impaired', 'NegReg', (81, 89)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (64, 66)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (112, 125)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (112, 125)) ('expression', 'MPA', (29, 39)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (35, 37)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (119, 125)) 13557 29843367 Genomic instability facilitates tumor initiation and progression. ('progression', 'CPA', (53, 64)) ('facilitates', 'PosReg', (20, 31)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (32, 37)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (60, 62)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (32, 37)) ('Genomic instability', 'Var', (0, 19)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (32, 37)) 13559 29843367 Loss-of-function mutations in the nucleotide degrading enzymes sterile alpha motif (SAM) domain and HD domain-containing protein 1 (SAMHD1), Three prime repair exonuclease 1 (TREX1), and ribonuclease H2 subunits A, B, and C (RNASEH2A, RNASEH2B, RNASEH2C) in human germline mainly result in a hyper-inflammatory Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome (AGS), and in the development of malignancy in AGS patient is rare. ('HD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006816', (100, 102)) ('AGS', 'Disease', (339, 342)) ('hyper-inflammatory Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535607', (292, 337)) ('SAMHD1', 'Gene', '25939', (132, 138)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (389, 396)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (225, 233)) ('SAMHD1', 'Gene', (132, 138)) ('mutations', 'Var', (17, 26)) ('malignancy', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (371, 381)) ('result in', 'Reg', (280, 289)) ('RNASEH2C', 'Gene', (245, 253)) ('RNASEH2B', 'Gene', '79621', (235, 243)) ('AGS', 'Disease', (385, 388)) ('hyper-inflammatory Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome', 'Disease', (292, 337)) ('AGS', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535607', (339, 342)) ('TREX1', 'Gene', '11277', (175, 180)) ('RNASEH2C', 'Gene', '84153', (245, 253)) ('RNASEH2B', 'Gene', (235, 243)) ('Three prime repair exonuclease 1', 'Gene', (141, 173)) ('malignancy', 'Disease', (371, 381)) ('HD', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006816', (135, 137)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (225, 233)) ('TREX1', 'Gene', (175, 180)) ('AGS', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535607', (385, 388)) ('Three prime repair exonuclease 1', 'Gene', '11277', (141, 173)) ('Loss-of-function', 'NegReg', (0, 16)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (258, 263)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('121', '128')) 13569 29843367 It has been reported that certain genes have synthetic dosage lethality (SDL) interactions with genes that are frequently overexpressed in tumors and that inhibition of the SDL partners can decrease cancer proliferation. ('decrease', 'NegReg', (190, 198)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (199, 205)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (139, 144)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (199, 205)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (139, 145)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (199, 205)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (139, 145)) ('inhibition', 'Var', (155, 165)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (139, 145)) ('interactions', 'Interaction', (78, 90)) 13578 29843367 In search of an alternative pathway that promotes tumor proliferation, we performed gene correlation studies in five kidney cancer patient samples with high RNASEH2A expression, low CDK1 expression, and bad clinical outcomes (death). ('death', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003643', (226, 231)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (193, 195)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (157, 165)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (50, 55)) ('death', 'Disease', (226, 231)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (117, 130)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (50, 55)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (172, 174)) ('expression', 'MPA', (166, 176)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (157, 165)) ('low', 'NegReg', (178, 181)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (117, 130)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (124, 130)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (117, 130)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', '983', (182, 186)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (50, 55)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (131, 138)) ('expression', 'MPA', (187, 197)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', (182, 186)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('182', '185')) ('high', 'Var', (152, 156)) 13582 29843367 To study the interactions among RNASEH2A, CDK1, and CD151 and their impact on tumor proliferation, we performed si-RNA knockdown studies on three ccRCC cell lines (786O, A704, KMRC3, all with VHL mutation) and one kidney urothelial carcinoma cell line (BFTC909, without VHL mutation). ('RCC', 'Disease', (148, 151)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (112, 114)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (78, 83)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (232, 241)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (192, 195)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (148, 151)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', '983', (42, 46)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (32, 40)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', (42, 46)) ('BFTC909', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1084', (253, 260)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (270, 273)) ('kidney urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007674', (214, 241)) ('kidney urothelial carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030409', (214, 241)) ('kidney urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', (214, 241)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (78, 83)) ('RNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005562', ('115', '118')) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (192, 195)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('42', '45')) ('mutation', 'Var', (196, 204)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (78, 83)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (32, 40)) ('one kidney', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000122', (210, 220)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (146, 151)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (270, 273)) 13583 29843367 As shown in Figure 3A, CDK1 knockdown resulted in the upregulation of RNASEH2A and CD151 in all cell lines, however it did not significantly impair tumor proliferation (except for a mild effect on A704). ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (148, 153)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', (23, 27)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', '983', (23, 27)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (70, 78)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (148, 153)) ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (54, 66)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (70, 78)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (127, 129)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (28, 37)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('23', '26')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (148, 153)) ('CD151', 'Gene', (83, 88)) 13584 29843367 Interestingly, in BFTC909, CDK1 could not be knocked down after a 96-hour si-CDK1 transfection, and the tumor survival rate even increased. ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('77', '80')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (104, 109)) ('transfection', 'Var', (82, 94)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', (77, 81)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', '983', (77, 81)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (104, 109)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (129, 138)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (74, 76)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', '983', (27, 31)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', (27, 31)) ('BFTC909', 'CellLine', 'CVCL:1084', (18, 25)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('27', '30')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (104, 109)) 13585 29843367 Furthermore, RNASEH2A knockdown resulted in CD151 upregulation and decreased proliferation in all ccRCC cell lines. ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (98, 103)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (13, 21)) ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (50, 62)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (100, 103)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (22, 31)) ('CD151', 'Gene', (44, 49)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (67, 76)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (13, 21)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (100, 103)) ('proliferation', 'CPA', (77, 90)) 13588 29843367 Cell viability assays were performed in ccRCC cell line 786O after transfection with si-CDK1, si-RNASEH2A, and si-CD151, which showed comparable results to the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays (Figure 4). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (42, 45)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', '983', (88, 92)) ('MTT', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C070243', (222, 225)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (111, 113)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', (88, 92)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (97, 105)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (40, 45)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('88', '91')) ('3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C022616', (160, 220)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (85, 87)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (97, 105)) ('si-CD151', 'Var', (111, 119)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (42, 45)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (94, 96)) 13593 29843367 In KIRC, patients with scores lower than the cutoff (-1.925) had a significantly worse overall survival rate compared to those with scores above the cutoff value (mean survival of 955.3 days versus 2242.2 days, hazard ratio (HR) = 4.53 (3.05-6.73), p = 2.2 x 10-16, Figure 6A). ('lower', 'NegReg', (30, 35)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (9, 17)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (67, 69)) ('overall survival', 'CPA', (87, 103)) ('scores', 'Var', (23, 29)) ('worse', 'NegReg', (81, 86)) 13595 29843367 In another ccRCC cohort, namely, the E-GEOD-22541 expression array data (n = 44), patients with scores lower than -1.596 also showed lower disease-free survival when compared to those with higher scores (mean survival of 390.0 days versus 1889.2 days, HR = 2.99 (1.07-8.35), p = 7.1 x 10-4, Figure 6C). ('lower', 'NegReg', (133, 138)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (82, 90)) ('scores lower than -1.596', 'Var', (96, 120)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (13, 16)) ('ccRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (11, 16)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (13, 16)) ('disease-free survival', 'CPA', (139, 160)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (56, 58)) 13603 29843367 Similarly, in our study, CDK1 knockdown in RCC cell lines did not have a pronounced effect on tumor growth. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (94, 99)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (94, 99)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (94, 99)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', (25, 29)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (43, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (43, 46)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', '983', (25, 29)) ('knockdown', 'Var', (30, 39)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('25', '28')) 13606 29843367 In contrast to CDK1 knockdown, transfection of RCC cell lines with either si-RNASEH2A or si-CD151 resulted in impaired tumor proliferation. ('CDK1', 'Gene', '983', (15, 19)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (77, 85)) ('CDK1', 'Gene', (15, 19)) ('impaired tumor', 'Disease', (110, 124)) ('si-CD151', 'Var', (89, 97)) ('CDK', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004693', ('15', '18')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (119, 124)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (74, 76)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (89, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (47, 50)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (47, 50)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (77, 85)) ('impaired tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015417', (110, 124)) 13607 29843367 Upregulation of CD151 and RNASEH2A was noted 48 h after si-RNASEH2A and si-CD151 knockdown, respectively, in all kidney cancer cell lines. ('Upregulation', 'PosReg', (0, 12)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (120, 126)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (113, 126)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (59, 67)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (26, 34)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', (113, 126)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (59, 67)) ('CD151', 'Gene', (16, 21)) ('si-CD151', 'Var', (72, 80)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (72, 74)) ('si', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012825', (56, 58)) ('kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (113, 126)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (26, 34)) 13615 29843367 Furthermore, according to the potential SDL relationships between CD151 and RNASEH2A identified by this study, CD151-high RCCs could be treated with RNASEH2A inhibitors. ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (76, 84)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', (149, 157)) ('CD151-high', 'Var', (111, 121)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (76, 84)) ('RNASEH2A', 'Gene', '10535', (149, 157)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (122, 126)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (122, 125)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (122, 125)) 13669 28252459 Inactivation of VHL either by mutation or epigenetic silencing occurs in over 90% cases of sporadic ccRCC. ('VHL', 'Gene', (16, 19)) ('epigenetic silencing', 'Var', (42, 62)) ('mutation', 'Var', (30, 38)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (16, 19)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (102, 105)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (102, 105)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (102, 105)) ('Inactivation', 'NegReg', (0, 12)) 13670 28252459 Additionally, TCGA analysis has demonstrated recurrent mutations in several chromatin remodeling genes, including PBRM1 (32.9%), SETD2 (11.5%), and BAP1 (10.1%). ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (129, 134)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (114, 119)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('76', '85')) ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('76', '96')) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (129, 134)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (148, 152)) ('mutations', 'Var', (55, 64)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (148, 152)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (114, 119)) 13674 28252459 The study affirmed differences in type 1 and type 2 pRCC, and found 4 distinct molecular subgroups with progressively worse survival (C1, C2a, C2b, and C2c). ('C2a', 'Var', (138, 141)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (52, 56)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (53, 56)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('C2b', 'Var', (143, 146)) ('worse', 'NegReg', (118, 123)) 13675 28252459 C1 consisted of mostly type 1 pRCC tumors, characterized by gain of chromosome 7 and 17, as well as alterations in MET. ('MET', 'MPA', (115, 118)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (35, 40)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('68', '78')) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (35, 41)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (30, 34)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (31, 34)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (35, 41)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (35, 41)) ('gain', 'PosReg', (60, 64)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (30, 34)) ('alterations', 'Var', (100, 111)) 13676 28252459 In contrast to the hereditary form of pRCC, Hereditary Papillary Renal Cancer (HPRC) which is characterized by germline MET mutations, somatic alterations of MET in non-hereditary pRCC was less common, occurring in ~15% of cases. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (38, 42)) ('MET', 'Gene', (158, 161)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (38, 42)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (180, 184)) ('Renal Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (65, 77)) ('Hereditary Papillary Renal Cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007681', (44, 77)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (39, 42)) ('Hereditary Papillary Renal Cancer', 'Disease', (44, 77)) ('Papillary Renal Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (55, 77)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (180, 184)) ('alterations', 'Var', (143, 154)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (181, 184)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (71, 77)) 13678 28252459 C2a consisted of early stage tumors, while C2b consisted of later stage tumors and was characterized by mutations in SETD2. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (72, 77)) ('mutations', 'Var', (104, 113)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (29, 35)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (29, 34)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (72, 78)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (72, 78)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (72, 78)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (117, 122)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (29, 35)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (29, 35)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (117, 122)) ('C2a', 'Disease', (0, 3)) 13679 28252459 Other alterations in type 2 pRCC included loss of CDKN2a, activation of the NRF2 oxidative stress pathway, mutations of FH, gene fusions involving the MiTF gene family members TFE3 and TFEB, and mutations in chromatin remodeling genes. ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (76, 80)) ('oxidative stress', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0025464', (81, 97)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (29, 32)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (28, 32)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (58, 68)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (176, 180)) ('gene fusions', 'Var', (124, 136)) ('MiTF gene', 'Gene', (151, 160)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (76, 80)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (176, 180)) ('CDKN2a', 'Gene', (50, 56)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (42, 46)) ('mutations', 'Var', (195, 204)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (185, 189)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('208', '217')) ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('208', '228')) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (28, 32)) ('mutations', 'Var', (107, 116)) ('CDKN2a', 'Gene', '1029', (50, 56)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (185, 189)) 13682 28252459 The analysis from TCGA demonstrated that chRCC exhibit alterations in mitochondrial DNA and that 10% of cases had rearrangement in the TERT promoter. ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (135, 139)) ('mitochondrial DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('70', '87')) ('mitochondrial DNA', 'MPA', (70, 87)) ('alterations', 'Reg', (55, 66)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (43, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (43, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (43, 46)) ('rearrangement', 'Var', (114, 127)) ('TERT', 'Gene', (135, 139)) 13683 28252459 Furthermore, TP53 was mutated in 32% of cases, and mTOR pathway changes occurred in 23% of cases. ('mTOR', 'Gene', (51, 55)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (13, 17)) ('changes', 'Reg', (64, 71)) ('mutated', 'Var', (22, 29)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (13, 17)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (51, 55)) 13691 28252459 AXL is activated by HIF-1 and HIF-2, and inactivation of AXL decreases lung metastases in mice xenograft models of RCC. ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (115, 118)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (115, 118)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (115, 118)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (41, 53)) ('HIF-1 and HIF-2', 'Disease', 'MESH:D003924', (20, 35)) ('AXL decreases lung metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (57, 86)) ('mice', 'Species', '10090', (90, 94)) ('AXL decreases lung metastases', 'Disease', (57, 86)) 13699 28252459 In a randomized phase II trial comparing cabozantinib and sunitinib in the first-line setting (CABOSUN) in 157 patients with intermediate or poor-risk mRCC, cabozantinib was associated with increased median PFS (8.2 v 5.6 months; HR 0.66; 95% CI, 0.46-0.95; one-sided p= .012), OS (30.3 vs 21.8 months; HR 0.8; 95% CI 0.5-1.26) and ORR (46%; 95% CI, 34-57 versus 18%; 95% CI, 10-28) with a similar incidence of grade 3-4 AEs (67% for cabozantinib and 68% for sunitinib). ('PFS', 'CPA', (207, 210)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (58, 67)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (152, 155)) ('cabozantinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C558660', (41, 53)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (152, 155)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (152, 155)) ('ORR', 'Disease', (332, 335)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (459, 468)) ('cabozantinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C558660', (434, 446)) ('cabozantinib', 'Var', (157, 169)) ('cabozantinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C558660', (157, 169)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (111, 119)) 13707 28252459 Cho and colleagues showed that PT2300 inhibits growth of VHL-deficient ccRCC cell lines in vitro and in mouse xenografts. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (73, 76)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (73, 76)) ('VHL-deficient', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (57, 70)) ('inhibits', 'NegReg', (38, 46)) ('growth', 'MPA', (47, 53)) ('VHL-deficient', 'Disease', (57, 70)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (104, 109)) ('PT2300', 'Var', (31, 37)) ('Cho', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0043848', ('0', '3')) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (73, 76)) 13727 28252459 There is significant interest in combining PD1/PDL-1 inhibitors with other agents, including other checkpoint inhibitors, VEGF inhibitors, HDAC inhibitors, and vaccines (Table 3). ('inhibitors', 'Var', (53, 63)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', '7422', (122, 126)) ('PDL-1', 'Gene', (47, 52)) ('PD1', 'Gene', '5133', (43, 46)) ('VEGF', 'Gene', (122, 126)) ('PD1', 'Gene', (43, 46)) ('PDL-1', 'Gene', '29126', (47, 52)) 13736 28252459 Indeed, VEGF-pathway inhibitors seem to have an immunomodulatory effect. ('inhibitors', 'Var', (21, 31)) ('VEGF-', 'Gene', '7422', (8, 13)) ('VEGF-', 'Gene', (8, 13)) 13761 28252459 A second randomized phase 2 study, ASPEN (Phase II Study of Afinitor Vs. Sutent in Patients with Metastatic Non-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma), in 108 patients with treatment-naive metastatic pRCC, chRCC or unclassified non-ccRCC subtypes demonstrated that Sunitnib was associated with an improved PFS (8.3 vs 5.6 mo; HR 1.4; p=0.16) compared to everolimus. ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (123, 143)) ('Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (134, 143)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (228, 231)) ('Metastatic Non-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', (97, 143)) ('PFS', 'MPA', (300, 303)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (195, 198)) ('Sunitnib', 'Chemical', '-', (259, 267)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (202, 205)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (202, 205)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (195, 198)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (194, 198)) ('Metastatic Non-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538445', (97, 143)) ('-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006770', (111, 143)) ('Sutent', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (73, 79)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (202, 205)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (195, 198)) ('Sunitnib', 'Var', (259, 267)) ('improved', 'PosReg', (291, 299)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (153, 161)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (228, 231)) ('everolimus', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000068338', (348, 358)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (228, 231)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (194, 198)) ('Patients', 'Species', '9606', (83, 91)) 13765 28252459 Other ongoing trials in pRCC include phase 2 studies of selective Met inhibitors, including INC280 and AZD6094, and the combination of the EGFR inhibitor erlotinib with bevacizumab, as summarized in Table 4. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (24, 28)) ('bevacizumab', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000068258', (169, 180)) ('AZD6094', 'Var', (103, 110)) ('INC280', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000613976', (92, 98)) ('EGFR', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005006', ('139', '143')) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (24, 28)) ('EGFR', 'Gene', '1956', (139, 143)) ('AZD6094', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C000593259', (103, 110)) ('erlotinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000069347', (154, 163)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (25, 28)) ('EGFR', 'Gene', (139, 143)) 13769 28252459 This phase III trial of 1943 patients with high-grade T1b or higher non-metastatic RCC randomized to receive 54 weeks of sunitinib, sorafenib or placebo demonstrated no improvement in outcome with adjuvant VEGFR TKIs (median PFS 5.8 years; HR 1.02; p=0.8 for sunitinib vs 6.1 years; HR 0.97; p=0.7 for sorafenib vs 6.6 years for placebo). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (83, 86)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (83, 86)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (29, 37)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (83, 86)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (121, 130)) ('T1b', 'Gene', (54, 57)) ('sorafenib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077157', (302, 311)) ('sorafenib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077157', (132, 141)) ('high-grade', 'Var', (43, 53)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', '3791', (206, 211)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (259, 268)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', (206, 211)) 13771 28252459 In contrast, results from S-TRAC (Sunitinib as Adjuvant treatment for patients at high risk of recurrence of renal cell carcinoma following nephrectomy), a phase III trial that randomized 615 patients with T3 or greater RCC to sunitinib vs placebo for 1 year suggest that sunitinib was associated with improved DFS compared to placebo (6.8 vs 5.8 years, p = 0.03). ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (70, 78)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (272, 281)) ('DFS', 'MPA', (311, 314)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (109, 129)) ('sunitinib', 'Var', (272, 281)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (227, 236)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (109, 129)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (192, 200)) ('improved', 'PosReg', (302, 310)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (120, 129)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (220, 223)) ('TRAC', 'Gene', '28755', (28, 32)) ('Sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (34, 43)) ('TRAC', 'Gene', (28, 32)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (109, 129)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (220, 223)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (220, 223)) 13783 28252459 In 104 patients who received pazopanib, 61% went on to undergo nephrectomy. ('pazopanib', 'Var', (29, 38)) ('pazopanib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C516667', (29, 38)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (7, 15)) ('nephrectomy', 'Disease', (63, 74)) 13788 28252459 While VEGFR inhibitors remain the standard first-line treatment for the majority of patients, this paradigm is being challenged by ongoing studies. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (84, 92)) ('inhibitors', 'Var', (12, 22)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', (6, 11)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', '3791', (6, 11)) 13802 26233890 The phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway is activated by gene mutations and copy number alterations (CNAs) in more pathway components and in more tumor types than any other signaling pathways involved in cancer. ('copy number alterations', 'Var', (88, 111)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (158, 163)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (216, 222)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (158, 163)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (216, 222)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('185', '194')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (41, 44)) ('phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase', 'Gene', '5293', (4, 33)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (158, 163)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (216, 222)) ('phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase', 'Gene', (4, 33)) ('activated', 'PosReg', (56, 65)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (41, 44)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('35', '39')) 13804 26233890 More importantly, genetic mutations result in activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway, which is composed of multiple bifurcating and converging kinase cascades, representing a "target-rich" environment for cancer therapy. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (201, 207)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('64', '68')) ('AKT', 'Gene', (69, 72)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (201, 207)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (46, 56)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (201, 207)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (69, 72)) ('genetic mutations', 'Var', (18, 35)) 13815 26233890 Class I PI3Ks are heterodimers of a 110-kDa catalytic subunit (p110) and a regulatory subunit (i.e., p85). ('PI3Ks', 'Var', (8, 13)) ('p110', 'Gene', (63, 67)) ('p85', 'Gene', '5296', (101, 104)) ('p110', 'Gene', '9733', (63, 67)) ('p85', 'Gene', (101, 104)) 13820 26233890 In addition to RTKs, G protein coupled receptors are another large group of classic upstream regulators that activate PI3K, most commonly p110beta. ('p110beta', 'Gene', (138, 146)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('23', '30')) ('p110beta', 'Gene', '5291', (138, 146)) ('G protein coupled receptors', 'Protein', (21, 48)) ('activate', 'PosReg', (109, 117)) ('PI3K', 'Var', (118, 122)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('118', '122')) 13825 26233890 A key mediator responding to the PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 signal generated by PI3K is the serine/threonine kinase AKT. ('serine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012694', (81, 87)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('69', '73')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (105, 108)) ('PtdIns(3,4,5)P3', 'Chemical', '-', (33, 48)) ('PI3K', 'Var', (69, 73)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (105, 108)) ('threonine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D013912', (88, 97)) 13828 26233890 In the canonical PI3K/AKT activation model, AKT and its upstream kinase, 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1), are recruited to the inner cell membrane via interactions of their PH domains with PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 generated by PI3K, which initiates AKT phosphorylation at Thr308 (based on AKT1 amino acid sequence unless designated otherwise) in the activation T-loop by PDK1. ('Thr308', 'Chemical', '-', (284, 290)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (261, 264)) ('PDK1', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004740', ('383', '387')) ('PtdIns(3,4,5)P3', 'Chemical', '-', (210, 225)) ('interactions', 'Interaction', (172, 184)) ('3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1', 'Gene', '5170', (73, 118)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (22, 25)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', (301, 305)) ('recruited', 'PosReg', (131, 140)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (301, 304)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (261, 264)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (44, 47)) ('cell membrane', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005886', ('154', '167')) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('265', '280')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (22, 25)) ('Thr308', 'Var', (284, 290)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('102', '109')) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('17', '21')) ('PDK1', 'Gene', '5170', (383, 387)) ('PDK1', 'Gene', (383, 387)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('239', '243')) ('PDK1', 'Gene', '5170', (120, 124)) ('PDK1', 'Gene', (120, 124)) ('PDK1', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004740', ('120', '124')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (44, 47)) ('3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1', 'Gene', (73, 118)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (301, 304)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', '207', (301, 305)) 13829 26233890 mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2) and other potential kinases phosphorylate AKT at Ser473 in the regulatory hydrophobic domain, resulting in optimal activation . ('Ser473', 'Var', (73, 79)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (66, 69)) ('mTORC2', 'Gene', (16, 22)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (139, 149)) ('Ser473', 'Chemical', '-', (73, 79)) ('mTORC2', 'Gene', '74343', (16, 22)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (0, 4)) ('mTORC2', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031932', ('16', '22')) ('mTOR complex', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0038201', ('0', '12')) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('73', '76')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (16, 20)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (16, 20)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (66, 69)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (0, 4)) 13836 26233890 Phosphorylation at Thr305, Thr312, and Tyr474 has been shown to contribute to optimal AKT activation. ('activation', 'PosReg', (90, 100)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (86, 89)) ('Tyr474', 'Chemical', '-', (39, 45)) ('Thr312', 'Chemical', '-', (27, 33)) ('Thr312', 'Var', (27, 33)) ('Phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('0', '15')) ('Thr305', 'Chemical', '-', (19, 25)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (86, 89)) ('Tyr474', 'Var', (39, 45)) 13837 26233890 Thr72 and Ser246 have been proposed to be trans-autophosphorylated, whereas Thr34, Thr450, and Tyr176 phosphorylation is likely mediated by upstream kinases, including atypical protein kinase C, c-Jun N-terminal kinases, and Ack1. ('Ser246', 'Var', (10, 16)) ('Ack1', 'Gene', (225, 229)) ('Thr450', 'Var', (83, 89)) ('Tyr176', 'Chemical', '-', (95, 101)) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('10', '13')) ('Tyr176', 'Var', (95, 101)) ('Thr450', 'Chemical', '-', (83, 89)) ('Ack1', 'Gene', '10188', (225, 229)) ('Thr34', 'Chemical', '-', (76, 81)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('177', '184')) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('102', '117')) ('Ser246', 'Chemical', '-', (10, 16)) ('Thr72', 'Chemical', '-', (0, 5)) ('Thr34', 'Var', (76, 81)) 13839 26233890 For example, AKT1 Ser129, but not the equivalent AKT2 Ser131, is phosphorylated by the casein kinase 2, contributing to AKT1-specific substrate recognition and potentially to differential functions of AKT1 and AKT2. ('AKT1', 'Gene', '207', (13, 17)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', (13, 17)) ('AKT2', 'Gene', '208', (210, 214)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', (120, 124)) ('contributing', 'Reg', (104, 116)) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('18', '21')) ('AKT1', 'Gene', '207', (201, 205)) ('Ser131', 'Chemical', '-', (54, 60)) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('54', '57')) ('AKT1', 'Gene', (201, 205)) ('Ser129', 'Chemical', '-', (18, 24)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', '207', (120, 124)) ('Ser129', 'Var', (18, 24)) ('functions', 'MPA', (188, 197)) ('AKT2', 'Gene', (210, 214)) ('AKT2', 'Gene', (49, 53)) ('AKT2', 'Gene', '208', (49, 53)) 13842 26233890 Following insulin stimulation, a large percentage of AKT1 is phosphorylated at Thr308 and Ser473. ('AKT1', 'Gene', (53, 57)) ('Thr308', 'Var', (79, 85)) ('Ser473', 'Chemical', '-', (90, 96)) ('insulin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016088', ('10', '17')) ('Thr308', 'Chemical', '-', (79, 85)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', '207', (53, 57)) ('insulin', 'Gene', (10, 17)) ('Ser', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005790', ('90', '93')) ('Ser473', 'Var', (90, 96)) ('insulin', 'Gene', '3630', (10, 17)) 13846 26233890 AKT phosphorylates and inhibits tuberous sclerosis (TSC) complex 1/2, a GTPase-activating protein for the Ras-related small G protein RHEB; therefore, AKT phosphorylation activates RHEB, which in turn activates mTORC1 (Fig. ('AKT', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('tuberous sclerosis', 'Disease', 'MESH:D014402', (32, 50)) ('activates', 'PosReg', (201, 210)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (151, 154)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('126', '133')) ('phosphorylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016310', ('155', '170')) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('90', '97')) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', (211, 217)) ('mTORC1', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0031931', ('211', '217')) ('RHEB', 'Protein', (181, 185)) ('TSC', 'Gene', '7248;7249', (52, 55)) ('tuberous sclerosis', 'Disease', (32, 50)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (0, 3)) ('TSC', 'Gene', (52, 55)) ('activates', 'PosReg', (171, 180)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (151, 154)) ('mTORC1', 'Gene', '382056', (211, 217)) ('phosphorylation', 'Var', (155, 170)) 13856 26233890 Genetic alterations of the panel components were identified in every cancer lineage. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (69, 75)) ('Genetic alterations', 'Var', (0, 19)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (69, 75)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (69, 75)) 13857 26233890 The mutation and CNA rates ranged from 6% in thyroid carcinoma to a striking 95% in endometrioid carcinoma (Fig. ('endometrioid carcinoma', 'Disease', (84, 106)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (97, 106)) ('mutation', 'Var', (4, 12)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (53, 62)) ('thyroid carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D013964', (45, 62)) ('endometrioid carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (84, 106)) ('endometrioid carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (84, 106)) ('thyroid carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002890', (45, 62)) ('thyroid carcinoma', 'Disease', (45, 62)) 13858 26233890 The average genetic alteration rate was about 50% across all cancer types. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (61, 67)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (61, 67)) ('genetic alteration', 'Var', (12, 30)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (61, 67)) 13859 26233890 Genetic alterations were identified in every layer of the PI3K/AKT signaling cascade. ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('58', '62')) ('Genetic alterations', 'Var', (0, 19)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (63, 66)) ('AKT signaling cascade', 'biological_process', 'GO:0043491', ('63', '84')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (63, 66)) 13860 26233890 For example, at the layer of PI3K, PIK3CA gene coding for the catalytic subunit p110alpha has been found to be frequently mutated in cancer, underscoring the importance of this isoform. ('p110alpha', 'Gene', '5290', (80, 89)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('29', '33')) ('p110alpha', 'Gene', (80, 89)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (133, 139)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (133, 139)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (35, 41)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (35, 41)) ('mutated', 'Var', (122, 129)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (133, 139)) 13863 26233890 Strikingly, most of the mutations were observed in two small, highly conserved clusters in the helical and kinase domains of p110alpha, displaying a pattern of activation mutations. ('p110alpha', 'Gene', (125, 134)) ('mutations', 'Var', (24, 33)) ('p110alpha', 'Gene', '5290', (125, 134)) 13864 26233890 Many additional studies revealed PIK3CA mutations in almost all cancer types, including ovarian, head and neck, cervical, endometrial, and kidney cancers. ('cancer', 'Disease', (146, 152)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (33, 39)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (139, 152)) ('neck', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0044326', ('106', '110')) ('kidney cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (139, 153)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (146, 152)) ('endometrial', 'Disease', (122, 133)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (64, 70)) ('mutations', 'Var', (40, 49)) ('revealed', 'Reg', (24, 32)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (33, 39)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (64, 70)) ('cervical', 'Disease', (112, 120)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (146, 152)) ('ovarian', 'Disease', (88, 95)) ('ovarian', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (88, 95)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (64, 70)) ('kidney cancers', 'Disease', (139, 153)) ('kidney cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007680', (139, 153)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (146, 153)) 13865 26233890 The recurrent mutations of PIK3CA were demonstrated to be oncogenic. ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (27, 33)) ('mutations', 'Var', (14, 23)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (27, 33)) 13866 26233890 Intriguingly, PIK3CA mutations are generally mutually exclusive with mutations in other members of the pathway with the exception of endometrial cancer and a subset of bowel cancers where mutations in multiple pathway members are common. ('bowel cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (168, 181)) ('bowel cancers', 'Disease', (168, 181)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (133, 151)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (133, 151)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (174, 181)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (145, 151)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (14, 20)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', (133, 151)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (14, 20)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (174, 180)) ('mutations', 'Var', (21, 30)) 13868 26233890 However, the latest TCGA data indicate that PIK3CA is actually the most altered oncogene targeted by mutations and amplifications across all cancers, and PIK3CA mutation is particularly prevalent in endometrial cancer (57%), lung squamous cell carcinoma (48%), cervical cancer (42%), invasive breast cancer (39%), head and neck cancer (35%), colon cancer (30%), and ovarian cancer (30%; www.cbioportal.org). ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (199, 217)) ('cervical cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002583', (261, 276)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002294', (225, 253)) ('cervical cancer', 'Disease', (261, 276)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (293, 306)) ('invasive breast cancer', 'Disease', (284, 306)) ('squamous cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002860', (230, 253)) ('lung squamous cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (225, 253)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (44, 50)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (328, 334)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (366, 380)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (154, 160)) ('neck cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006258', (323, 334)) ('colon cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003003', (342, 354)) ('neck cancer', 'Disease', (323, 334)) ('mutation', 'Var', (161, 169)) ('neck', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0044326', ('323', '327')) ('invasive breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (284, 306)) ('head and neck cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012288', (314, 334)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (141, 148)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (270, 276)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (244, 253)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (141, 148)) ('mutations', 'Var', (101, 110)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (141, 147)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (300, 306)) ('colon cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (342, 354)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', (366, 380)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (366, 380)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (199, 217)) ('prevalent', 'Reg', (186, 195)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (44, 50)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (154, 160)) ('colon cancer', 'Disease', (342, 354)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (211, 217)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (141, 148)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', (199, 217)) 13869 26233890 Likewise, frequent mutations of PIK3R1 gene coding for the p85 regulatory subunit, have also been identified in TCGA, particularly in endometrial cancer (34%), glioblastoma (11%), uterine carcinosarcoma (11%), and bladder urothelial carcinoma (7.8%; www.cbioportal.org). ('endometrial cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (134, 152)) ('p85', 'Gene', '5296', (59, 62)) ('carcinosarcoma', 'Disease', (188, 202)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (146, 152)) ('PIK3R1', 'Gene', '5295', (32, 38)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', (134, 152)) ('carcinosarcoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002296', (188, 202)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (134, 152)) ('p85', 'Gene', (59, 62)) ('bladder urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', (214, 242)) ('uterine carcinosarcoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002891', (180, 202)) ('glioblastoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005909', (160, 172)) ('bladder urothelial carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001749', (214, 242)) ('PIK3R1', 'Gene', (32, 38)) ('glioblastoma', 'Disease', (160, 172)) ('TCGA', 'Disease', (112, 116)) ('glioblastoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012174', (160, 172)) ('mutations', 'Var', (19, 28)) ('identified', 'Reg', (98, 108)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (233, 242)) 13870 26233890 Oncogenic mutations of p85alpha may target PI3K/AKT pathway activation by activating p110 or inhibiting PTEN. ('activating', 'PosReg', (74, 84)) ('p85alpha', 'Gene', (23, 31)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (48, 51)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('43', '47')) ('p85alpha', 'Gene', '5295', (23, 31)) ('p110', 'Gene', '9733', (85, 89)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (60, 70)) ('mutations', 'Var', (10, 19)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (48, 51)) ('inhibiting', 'NegReg', (93, 103)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (104, 108)) ('p110', 'Gene', (85, 89)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (104, 108)) 13871 26233890 Recently, neomorphic truncation mutations of p85alpha have been discovered to promote the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in cancer, revealing a new category of oncogenic functions for p85alpha mutations. ('p85alpha', 'Gene', (194, 202)) ('promote', 'PosReg', (78, 85)) ('p85alpha', 'Gene', '5295', (194, 202)) ('mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway', 'Pathway', (90, 130)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (134, 140)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (134, 140)) ('p85alpha', 'Gene', (45, 53)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('108', '115')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (134, 140)) ('p85alpha', 'Gene', '5295', (45, 53)) ('neomorphic', 'Var', (10, 20)) 13873 26233890 Frequent mutations and deletions of PTEN have been found in various cancers, including endometrial cancer (67%), glioblastoma (42%), and prostate cancer (22%). ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', (87, 105)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (68, 74)) ('mutations', 'Var', (9, 18)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (36, 40)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (87, 105)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (146, 152)) ('found', 'Reg', (51, 56)) ('prostate cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011471', (137, 152)) ('prostate cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012125', (137, 152)) ('glioblastoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005909', (113, 125)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (36, 40)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (68, 75)) ('prostate cancer', 'Disease', (137, 152)) ('glioblastoma', 'Disease', (113, 125)) ('glioblastoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012174', (113, 125)) ('deletions', 'Var', (23, 32)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (68, 75)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (87, 105)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (68, 75)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (99, 105)) 13874 26233890 In addition to these genetic alterations, PTEN is also targeted by promoter methylation, transcriptional inhibition, microRNA, and posttranslational modifications, resulting in downregulation of PTEN functions and subsequently upregulation of PI3K/AKT pathway signaling in cancer. ('PTEN', 'Gene', (42, 46)) ('downregulation', 'NegReg', (177, 191)) ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (227, 239)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (42, 46)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('260', '269')) ('cancer', 'Disease', (273, 279)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (248, 251)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (273, 279)) ('promoter methylation', 'Var', (67, 87)) ('functions', 'MPA', (200, 209)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('243', '247')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (273, 279)) ('methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0032259', ('76', '87')) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (195, 199)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (248, 251)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (195, 199)) 13876 26233890 At the layer of AKT, the core component of the PI3K/AKT pathway, amplification and mutations of AKT isoforms have been identified in multiple cancer types, although not at high levels. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (142, 148)) ('mutations', 'Var', (83, 92)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (96, 99)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (96, 99)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (16, 19)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (52, 55)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (142, 148)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (16, 19)) ('core', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019013', ('25', '29')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (52, 55)) ('amplification', 'Var', (65, 78)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('47', '51')) ('identified', 'Reg', (119, 129)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (142, 148)) 13877 26233890 Amplification of AKT2 was first identified in ovarian cancer and then in multiple other cancers, including pancreatic, gastric, liver, and lung cancers. ('liver', 'Disease', (128, 133)) ('lung cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008175', (139, 151)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', (46, 60)) ('lung cancers', 'Disease', (139, 151)) ('AKT2', 'Gene', '208', (17, 21)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (88, 94)) ('lung cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (139, 150)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (46, 60)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (144, 150)) ('pancreatic', 'Disease', (107, 117)) ('lung cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100526', (139, 151)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (88, 95)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (88, 95)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (144, 151)) ('AKT2', 'Gene', (17, 21)) ('identified', 'Reg', (32, 42)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (144, 151)) ('gastric', 'Disease', (119, 126)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (54, 60)) ('Amplification', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (46, 60)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (88, 95)) ('pancreatic', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010195', (107, 117)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (144, 151)) 13878 26233890 The latest TCGA data show that AKT amplifications are prevalent in ovarian (21%), uterine (20%), invasive breast (18%), liver (15%), and bladder (12%) cancers. ('invasive breast', 'Disease', (97, 112)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (31, 34)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (151, 157)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (31, 34)) ('prevalent', 'Reg', (54, 63)) ('liver', 'Disease', (120, 125)) ('uterine', 'Disease', (82, 89)) ('amplifications', 'Var', (35, 49)) ('bladder', 'Disease', (137, 144)) ('ovarian', 'Disease', (67, 74)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (151, 158)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (151, 158)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (151, 158)) ('ovarian', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (67, 74)) 13881 26233890 E17K mutation was first identified in AKT1 in breast, colorectal, and ovarian cancers as an oncogenic mutation, and was then identified in more cancer types and in the AKT3 isoform. ('AKT3', 'Gene', (168, 172)) ('colorectal', 'Disease', 'MESH:D015179', (54, 64)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', '207', (38, 42)) ('E17K mutation', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (78, 84)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (70, 84)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (144, 150)) ('breast', 'Disease', (46, 52)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Disease', (70, 85)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (144, 150)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (70, 85)) ('E17K', 'Mutation', 'rs121434592', (0, 4)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', (38, 42)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (144, 150)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (78, 84)) ('colorectal', 'Disease', (54, 64)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (78, 85)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (70, 85)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (78, 84)) ('AKT3', 'Gene', '10000', (168, 172)) 13882 26233890 This mutation enhances the association of AKT with the cell membrane, promoting AKT activation. ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (80, 83)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (42, 45)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (84, 94)) ('association', 'Interaction', (27, 38)) ('promoting', 'PosReg', (70, 79)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (80, 83)) ('enhances', 'PosReg', (14, 22)) ('cell membrane', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005886', ('55', '68')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (42, 45)) ('mutation', 'Var', (5, 13)) 13883 26233890 At the layer downstream of AKT, mutations in TSC1/TSC2 have been identified but are relatively rare. ('AKT', 'Gene', (27, 30)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (50, 54)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (45, 49)) ('mutations', 'Var', (32, 41)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (27, 30)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (45, 49)) 13886 26233890 More recently, a recurring activation mutation (Y35N) was identified in endometrial cancer and ccRCC, validating the oncogenic role of RHEB in the PI3K/AKT pathway. ('Y35N', 'Mutation', 'rs1057519949', (48, 52)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (97, 100)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (97, 100)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (152, 155)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', (72, 90)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (97, 100)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0012114', (72, 90)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (152, 155)) ('endometrial cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D016889', (72, 90)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (84, 90)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('147', '151')) ('activation', 'PosReg', (27, 37)) ('Y35N', 'Var', (48, 52)) 13887 26233890 In summary, most components of the PI3K/AKT pathway harbor genetic alterations that activate the pathway across cancer lineages. ('cancer', 'Disease', (112, 118)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (112, 118)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (40, 43)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (40, 43)) ('activate', 'PosReg', (84, 92)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (112, 118)) ('genetic alterations', 'Var', (59, 78)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('35', '39')) 13888 26233890 Next, we summarize the genetic alterations of the PI3K/AKT pathway specifically in the three major types of RCC. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (108, 111)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (108, 111)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (108, 111)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (55, 58)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('50', '54')) ('genetic alterations', 'Var', (23, 42)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (55, 58)) 13900 26233890 However, loss of VHL function alone is not sufficient for ccRCC initiation. ('VHL', 'Disease', (17, 20)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (17, 20)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (60, 63)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (60, 63)) ('loss', 'Var', (9, 13)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (60, 63)) 13903 26233890 In the TCGA ccRCC dataset, the overall genetic alteration rate of the 20 representative PI3K/AKT pathway panel components in our analysis was 27.7% (Fig. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (14, 17)) ('genetic alteration', 'Var', (39, 57)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (14, 17)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (93, 96)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('88', '92')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (93, 96)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (14, 17)) 13904 26233890 Most of the components were identified with genetic alterations, including GNB2L1 amplification (6%), PIK3CA amplifications or mutations (5%), PTEN deletions or mutations (5%), or MTOR mutations (6%), in a largely mutually exclusive manner (Fig. ('amplification', 'PosReg', (82, 95)) ('amplifications', 'PosReg', (109, 123)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (180, 184)) ('GNB2L1', 'Gene', '10399', (75, 81)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', (102, 108)) ('GNB2L1', 'Gene', (75, 81)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (143, 147)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (180, 184)) ('PIK3CA', 'Gene', '5290', (102, 108)) ('deletions', 'Var', (148, 157)) ('mutations', 'Var', (161, 170)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (143, 147)) ('mutations', 'Var', (185, 194)) ('mutations', 'Var', (127, 136)) 13905 26233890 MTOR mutations are highly clustered in small regions in ccRCC, conferring mTOR hyperactivation. ('hyperactivation', 'PosReg', (79, 94)) ('mutations', 'Var', (5, 14)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (74, 78)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (74, 78)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (58, 61)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (58, 61)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (58, 61)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (0, 4)) 13906 26233890 Seven AKT mutations (~2%) were identified, including a known E40K activation mutation in AKT1 and an E17K activation mutation in AKT3. ('AKT', 'Gene', (6, 9)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', '207', (89, 93)) ('E40K', 'Var', (61, 65)) ('E17K', 'Mutation', 'rs121434592', (101, 105)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (129, 132)) ('E40K', 'Mutation', 'p.E40K', (61, 65)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', (89, 93)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (89, 92)) ('E17K', 'Var', (101, 105)) ('AKT3', 'Gene', (129, 133)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (6, 9)) ('AKT3', 'Gene', '10000', (129, 133)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (89, 92)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (129, 132)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (66, 76)) 13907 26233890 Three recurrent Y35N mutations in RHEB were identified, consistent with activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway. ('activation', 'PosReg', (72, 82)) ('RHEB', 'Gene', (34, 38)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (95, 98)) ('Y35N', 'Var', (16, 20)) ('Y35N', 'Mutation', 'rs1057519949', (16, 20)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (95, 98)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('90', '94')) 13910 26233890 Furthermore, considering the dysregulation of the PI3K/AKT pathway at epigenetic, posttranscriptional, and posttranslational levels, the aberrant pathway activation is likely more prevalent in ccRCC. ('AKT', 'Gene', (55, 58)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('50', '54')) ('activation', 'PosReg', (154, 164)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (195, 198)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (55, 58)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (195, 198)) ('aberrant', 'Var', (137, 145)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (195, 198)) 13921 26233890 In addition to alterations in the VHL/HIF and PI3K/AKT pathways, high frequencies of gene mutations or deletions of PBRM1 (36%), SETD2 (15%), BAP1 (13%), and KDM5C (7%) have also been identified in the ccRCC TCGA dataset and other studies (Varela et al., 2011). ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (129, 134)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('46', '50')) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (116, 121)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (129, 134)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (142, 146)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (51, 54)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (204, 207)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (204, 207)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (116, 121)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (34, 37)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (34, 37)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', (158, 163)) ('alterations', 'Reg', (15, 26)) ('deletions', 'Var', (103, 112)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (142, 146)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (204, 207)) ('KDM5C', 'Gene', '8242', (158, 163)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (51, 54)) 13922 26233890 Notably, all of these genes play important roles in chromatin remodeling, indicating that dysregulation of chromatin remodeling is a generalizable event in ccRCC. ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('52', '72')) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (158, 161)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('52', '61')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (158, 161)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (158, 161)) ('dysregulation', 'Var', (90, 103)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('107', '116')) ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('107', '127')) 13925 26233890 In the TCGA pRCC dataset, the overall genetic alteration rate of the PI3K/AKT pathway panel components was 28% (Fig. ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('69', '73')) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (74, 77)) ('genetic alteration', 'Var', (38, 56)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (12, 16)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (13, 16)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (74, 77)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (12, 16)) 13926 26233890 2), including amplifications of GNB2L1, PDK1, and RPTOR and mutations of PTEN and the PI3K subunits, many of which are known to activate the signaling pathway. ('PTEN', 'Gene', (73, 77)) ('PDK1', 'Gene', (40, 44)) ('RPTOR', 'Gene', '57521', (50, 55)) ('GNB2L1', 'Gene', (32, 38)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (73, 77)) ('signaling pathway', 'Pathway', (141, 158)) ('GNB2L1', 'Gene', '10399', (32, 38)) ('amplifications', 'Var', (14, 28)) ('activate', 'PosReg', (128, 136)) ('PDK1', 'Gene', '5170', (40, 44)) ('signaling pathway', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007165', ('141', '158')) ('mutations', 'Var', (60, 69)) ('PDK1', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004740', ('40', '44')) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('86', '90')) ('RPTOR', 'Gene', (50, 55)) 13928 26233890 Studies of hereditary pRCC revealed that type 1 pRCC is associated with mutations of the mesenchymal epithelial transition (MET) gene. ('mutations', 'Var', (72, 81)) ('mesenchymal epithelial transition', 'biological_process', 'GO:0060231', ('89', '122')) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (48, 52)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (22, 26)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (23, 26)) ('MET', 'Gene', (124, 127)) ('associated', 'Reg', (56, 66)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (22, 26)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (48, 52)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (49, 52)) 13930 26233890 Activation mutations of MET found in type 1 pRCC lead to increased proliferation, invasion, and metastases, owing at least in part to activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway. ('pRCC', 'Gene', (44, 48)) ('mutations', 'Var', (11, 20)) ('metastases', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009362', (96, 106)) ('invasion', 'CPA', (82, 90)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('152', '156')) ('activation', 'PosReg', (134, 144)) ('MET', 'Gene', (24, 27)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (157, 160)) ('proliferation', 'CPA', (67, 80)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (44, 48)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (57, 66)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (157, 160)) ('metastases', 'Disease', (96, 106)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (45, 48)) 13931 26233890 Kinases activated by gene fusions are found in most cancer types, including pRCC. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (52, 58)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (76, 80)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (77, 80)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (76, 80)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (52, 58)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (52, 58)) ('gene fusions', 'Var', (21, 33)) 13933 26233890 Type 2 pRCC was found to be associated with mutations in fumarate hydratase (FH). ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (8, 11)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (57, 75)) ('associated', 'Reg', (28, 38)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (77, 79)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (7, 11)) ('mutations', 'Var', (44, 53)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (57, 75)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (7, 11)) 13935 26233890 Loss of FH function owing to mutations results in accumulation of fumarate, leading to upregulation of HIF1alpha, which mimics the loss of VHL in ccRCC. ('VHL', 'Disease', (139, 142)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (148, 151)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (148, 151)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (148, 151)) ('mutations', 'Var', (29, 38)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (8, 10)) ('HIF1alpha', 'Gene', (103, 112)) ('Loss', 'NegReg', (0, 4)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (66, 74)) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (50, 62)) ('HIF1alpha', 'Gene', '3091', (103, 112)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (139, 142)) ('fumarate', 'MPA', (66, 74)) ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (87, 99)) 13940 26233890 Mutations and CNAs have also been identified in multiple other components, including PDK1, AKT1, TSC1/TSC2, and mTOR. ('TSC2', 'Gene', (102, 106)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', '207', (91, 95)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', (97, 101)) ('AKT1', 'Gene', (91, 95)) ('PDK1', 'Gene', '5170', (85, 89)) ('PDK1', 'Gene', (85, 89)) ('PDK1', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004740', ('85', '89')) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (112, 116)) ('TSC2', 'Gene', '7249', (102, 106)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (112, 116)) ('identified', 'Reg', (34, 44)) ('TSC1', 'Gene', '7248', (97, 101)) 13948 26233890 AKT is selectively phosphorylated on Thr308 through enhanced protein complex formation with PDK1 and 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein under glucose-deprivation conditions, which likely represents a novel AKT activation mechanism in RCC, as well as in other cancers when metabolic stress is present. ('AKT', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (257, 263)) ('78-kDa glucose-regulated protein', 'Gene', '3309', (101, 133)) ('protein complex formation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0065003', ('61', '86')) ('PDK1', 'Gene', '5170', (92, 96)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (232, 235)) ('PDK1', 'Gene', (92, 96)) ('glucose-deprivation conditions', 'Disease', 'MESH:D012892', (140, 170)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (232, 235)) ('78-kDa glucose-regulated protein', 'Gene', (101, 133)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (0, 3)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (204, 207)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (257, 264)) ('glucose-deprivation conditions', 'Disease', (140, 170)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('126', '133')) ('protein complex', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0032991', ('61', '76')) ('Thr308', 'Var', (37, 43)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (232, 235)) ('PDK1', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004740', ('92', '96')) ('protein', 'Protein', (61, 68)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (204, 207)) ('enhanced', 'PosReg', (52, 60)) ('Thr308', 'Chemical', '-', (37, 43)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (257, 264)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (257, 264)) 13969 26233890 A new class of mTOR inhibitors that directly target mTOR kinase activity, including AZD8055, MLN0128, and OSI-027, are in clinical development and clinical trials for the treatment of ccRCC. ('mTOR', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (52, 56)) ('MLN0128', 'Var', (93, 100)) ('AZD8055', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C546624', (84, 91)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (186, 189)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (15, 19)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (186, 189)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (186, 189)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (15, 19)) ('MLN0128', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C572449', (93, 100)) ('kinase activity', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016301', ('57', '72')) ('AZD8055', 'Var', (84, 91)) ('OSI-027', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C568605', (106, 113)) 13972 26233890 Numerous pan or isoform specific PI3K inhibitors are in clinical development or clinical trials in RCC including GDC0941, XL147, BKM120, NVP-BYL719 (p110alpha specific), SAR260301 (p110beta specific), and TGR-1202 (p110beta specific). ('p110beta', 'Gene', '5291', (215, 223)) ('p110alpha', 'Gene', (149, 158)) ('p110alpha', 'Gene', '5290', (149, 158)) ('p110beta', 'Gene', (215, 223)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (99, 102)) ('p110beta', 'Gene', '5291', (181, 189)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (99, 102)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (99, 102)) ('SAR260301', 'Var', (170, 179)) ('GDC0941', 'Var', (113, 120)) ('p110beta', 'Gene', (181, 189)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('33', '37')) 13975 26233890 Allosteric AKT inhibitors (such as MK2206) and kinase inhibitors (such as GDC0068 and AZD5663) are being tested in ccRCC clinical trials. ('AKT', 'Gene', (11, 14)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (117, 120)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (117, 120)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (117, 120)) ('AZD5663', 'Chemical', '-', (86, 93)) ('MK2206', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C548887', (35, 41)) ('GDC0068', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C583616', (74, 81)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (11, 14)) ('MK2206', 'Var', (35, 41)) 13983 26233890 Considering that one-third of all VHL mutations in ccRCC are missense point mutations, generating a full-length unstable protein with residual functionality, we proposed that destabilized VHL could be refunctionalized by modulating the proteostasis of missense point mutated VHL, and we provided evidence that the proteasome inhibitors bortezomib and carfilzomib, which are currently in clinical use, stabilize VHL-R167Q, the most common hereditary mutation, and increase its ability to downregulate HIF2alpha. ('proteasome', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0004299', ('314', '324')) ('bortezomib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000069286', (336, 346)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (53, 56)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (53, 56)) ('carfilzomib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C524865', (351, 362)) ('HIF2alpha', 'Gene', '2034', (500, 509)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (188, 191)) ('proteasome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000502', ('314', '324')) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (411, 414)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (275, 278)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (34, 37)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (53, 56)) ('mutations', 'Var', (38, 47)) ('downregulate', 'NegReg', (487, 499)) ('R167Q', 'Mutation', 'rs5030821', (415, 420)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (188, 191)) ('VHL', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (34, 37)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (411, 414)) ('VHL', 'Disease', (275, 278)) ('HIF2alpha', 'Gene', (500, 509)) ('stabilize', 'PosReg', (401, 410)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('121', '128')) 14016 25568749 Chromosomal and cytogenetic analyses have revealed gain of chromosomes 7 and 17, loss of Y chromosome, and additional gains (chromosome 3q,8p,12q,16q, and 20q) in type I pRCC, but the chromosomal aberrations of type II pRCC seems to be more heterogeneous. ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (219, 223)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('125', '135')) ('gain', 'PosReg', (51, 55)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (219, 223)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (170, 174)) ('Y chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000806', ('89', '101')) ('gains', 'PosReg', (118, 123)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (170, 174)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (219, 223)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (171, 174)) ('chromosomal aberrations', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0040012', (184, 207)) ('RCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (220, 223)) ('loss', 'NegReg', (81, 85)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (170, 174)) ('chromosome 3q,8p,12q,16q', 'Var', (125, 149)) 14092 24675233 Large-scale genetic sequencing of ccRCC tumors has identified a high frequency of mutations in several genes that are involved in the chromatin remodeling process. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (36, 39)) ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('134', '154')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (36, 39)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('134', '143')) ('mutations', 'Var', (82, 91)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (40, 45)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (40, 46)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (40, 46)) 14095 24675233 In a second study, mutations in the genes encoding the SET domain containing 2 (SETD2) and BRCA-1 associated protein-1 (BAP1) were found in 4% and 8%, respectively, of 98 ccRCC tumors evaluated. ('found', 'Reg', (131, 136)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (173, 176)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (80, 85)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (177, 183)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (173, 176)) ('BRCA-1 associated protein-1', 'Gene', (91, 118)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('109', '116')) ('mutations', 'Var', (19, 28)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (177, 183)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (177, 182)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (120, 124)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (177, 183)) ('BRCA-1 associated protein-1', 'Gene', '8314', (91, 118)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (80, 85)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (120, 124)) 14097 24675233 In one study, targeted sequencing on 185 ccRCC and matched normal tissue confirmed that PBRM1, BAP1, and SETD2 were mutated in 29%, 6%, and 8% of the cases, respectively. ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (105, 110)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (88, 93)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (88, 93)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (95, 99)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (105, 110)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (43, 46)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (43, 46)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (95, 99)) ('mutated', 'Var', (116, 123)) 14099 24675233 Tumors with mutations in any one of these genes were more likely to present with stage III disease or higher (P=0.01 and P=0.001, respectively). ('mutations', 'Var', (12, 21)) ('Tumors', 'Disease', (0, 6)) ('Tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (0, 6)) ('Tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (0, 6)) ('stage III disease', 'Disease', (81, 98)) 14100 24675233 BAP1 mutations tend to occur in Fuhrman grade III-IV tumors (P=0.052) and are associated with worse cancer specific survival. ('associated', 'Reg', (78, 88)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (100, 106)) ('mutations', 'Var', (5, 14)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 58)) ('III-IV tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (46, 59)) ('III-IV tumors', 'Disease', (46, 59)) ('worse', 'NegReg', (94, 99)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (53, 59)) ('occur', 'Reg', (23, 28)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (100, 106)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (100, 106)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (0, 4)) 14101 24675233 Another study evaluating PBRM1 and BAP1 mutations in 145 patients with ccRCC reported that median overall survival (OS) was significantly shorter for patients with BAP1 mutation than for patients with PBRM1 mutation (4.6 vs. 10.6 years, HR 2.7, 95%CI 0.99-7.6, P=0.044); These findings were validated in an independent cohort from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) study (Median OS 1.9 vs. 5.4 years, for BAP 1 and PBRM1 respectively, HR 2.8, 95%CI 1.4-5.9; P=0.004). ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (201, 206)) ('Cancer Genome Atlas', 'Disease', (335, 354)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (150, 158)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (35, 39)) ('BAP 1', 'Gene', '8314', (402, 407)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (25, 30)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (201, 206)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (187, 195)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (335, 341)) ('shorter', 'NegReg', (138, 145)) ('mutations', 'Var', (40, 49)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (25, 30)) ('BAP 1', 'Gene', (402, 407)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (412, 417)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (164, 168)) ('mutation', 'Var', (169, 177)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (73, 76)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (412, 417)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (73, 76)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (57, 65)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (164, 168)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (35, 39)) ('Cancer Genome Atlas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (335, 354)) ('overall survival', 'MPA', (98, 114)) 14102 24675233 Patients with mutations in both PBRM1 and BAP1 had the worst OS in both cohorts (median 2.1 years, 95%CI 0.3-3.8 for study cohort, and 0.2 years, 95%CI 0-1.2 for the TCGA cohort). ('BAP1', 'Gene', '8314', (42, 46)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (32, 37)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (32, 37)) ('BAP1', 'Gene', (42, 46)) ('Patients', 'Species', '9606', (0, 8)) ('mutations', 'Var', (14, 23)) 14104 24675233 In an analysis of primary ccRCC tumors obtained from over 400 nephrectomy specimens, this study confirmed the presence of previously described mutations in VHL and in genes encoding chromatin remodeling proteins. ('men', 'Species', '9606', (79, 82)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (28, 31)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (156, 159)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (156, 159)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (32, 38)) ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('182', '202')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (32, 37)) ('chromatin', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000785', ('182', '191')) ('tumors', 'Disease', (32, 38)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (28, 31)) ('mutations', 'Var', (143, 152)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (32, 38)) 14107 24675233 While identification of genetic and epigenetic alterations beyond those affecting VHL activity is a step forward in furthering our understanding of the complex molecular changes underlying ccRCC, it must be emphasized that the precise role of these aberrations remain unclear. ('RCC', 'Disease', (191, 194)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (191, 194)) ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (36, 58)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (82, 85)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (82, 85)) 14115 24675233 In contrast, there was a higher discontinuation rate in the pazopanib group (24%) compared to the sunitinib group (20%), which was primarily due to a significantly higher rate of liver function abnormalities. ('pazopanib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C516667', (60, 69)) ('discontinuation', 'MPA', (32, 47)) ('liver function abnormalities', 'Disease', (179, 207)) ('higher', 'PosReg', (164, 170)) ('pazopanib', 'Var', (60, 69)) ('liver function abnormalities', 'Disease', 'MESH:D056486', (179, 207)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (98, 107)) ('higher rate of liver function abnormalities', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002910', (164, 207)) 14132 24675233 791 patients with previously untreated metastatic ccRCC were randomized to one of the aforementioned groups; the primary endpoint was PFS. ('PFS', 'Var', (134, 137)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (52, 55)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (52, 55)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (91, 94)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (4, 12)) 14164 24675233 A phase I dose escalating trial with BMS-936559, a PD-L1 specific monoclonal antibody, was conducted in patients with advanced solid tumors. ('BMS-936559', 'Var', (37, 47)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (133, 139)) ('solid tumors', 'Disease', (127, 139)) ('antibody', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0003823', ('77', '85')) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0042571', ('77', '85')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (133, 138)) ('solid tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (127, 139)) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019815', ('77', '85')) ('antibody', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0019814', ('77', '85')) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (104, 112)) 14174 24675233 The role of this pathway in sporadic forms of pRCC remains under investigation, but somatic mutations of MET, as well as duplication of the chromosome bearing both MET and its ligand HGF(chromosome 7), have been seen in these tumors. ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (226, 232)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (226, 232)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (226, 232)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (46, 50)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('187', '197')) ('mutations', 'Var', (92, 101)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('140', '150')) ('HGF', 'Gene', (183, 186)) ('duplication', 'Var', (121, 132)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (226, 231)) ('seen', 'Reg', (212, 216)) ('HGF', 'Gene', '3082', (183, 186)) ('ligand', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005488', ('176', '182')) ('MET', 'Gene', (105, 108)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (46, 50)) 14175 24675233 A second form of hereditary pRCC is associated with alterations in the fumarate hydratase gene (FH), which encodes a TCA cycle enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of fumarate to malate. ('malate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C030298', (179, 185)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (71, 89)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (28, 32)) ('alterations', 'Var', (52, 63)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (71, 79)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (167, 175)) ('FH', 'Gene', (96, 98)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (28, 32)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('117', '126')) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (117, 120)) ('associated', 'Reg', (36, 46)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (71, 89)) 14176 24675233 Germline FH mutations are seen in patients with hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC), a condition associated with a highly aggressive variant of type II pRCC. ('hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535516', (48, 95)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (172, 176)) ('renal cell cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (78, 95)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (173, 176)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (173, 176)) ('mutations', 'Var', (12, 21)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (99, 102)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (172, 176)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (99, 102)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (34, 42)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (89, 95)) 14177 24675233 Loss of FH activity promotes a metabolic shift in these tumors, characterized by disruption of the Krebs cycle and a consequent reliance on aerobic glycolysis to satisfy cellular bioenergetic requirements. ('Krebs', 'Pathway', (99, 104)) ('men', 'Species', '9606', (199, 202)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (56, 61)) ('metabolic', 'MPA', (31, 40)) ('glycolysis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006096', ('148', '158')) ('Krebs', 'Chemical', '-', (99, 104)) ('FH activity', 'Gene', (8, 19)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (56, 62)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (56, 62)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (56, 62)) ('Krebs cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('99', '110')) ('Loss', 'Var', (0, 4)) 14178 24675233 It has long been recognized that accumulation of fumarate, resulting from FH inactivation, leads to a VHL-independent upregulation of intracellular HIF, and transcriptional activation of downstream proangiogenic and growth factors. ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (118, 130)) ('intracellular HIF', 'MPA', (134, 151)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (173, 183)) ('intracellular', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005622', ('134', '147')) ('VHL', 'Gene', (102, 105)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (49, 57)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (102, 105)) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (33, 45)) ('transcriptional', 'MPA', (157, 172)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (77, 89)) 14202 24675233 Selective VEGFR inhibitors might be better tolerated compared to first generation agents such as sunitinib, without significant differences in clinical activity. ('VEGFR', 'Gene', '3791', (10, 15)) ('sunitinib', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D000077210', (97, 106)) ('inhibitors', 'Var', (16, 26)) ('VEGFR', 'Gene', (10, 15)) 14229 33819300 Both betaglycan and endoglin knockouts (KOs) are lethal during embryonic development due to heart and liver defects and defective vascular development, respectively, highlighting the shared physiological importance of these coreceptors. ('betaglycan', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0070123', ('5', '15')) ('endoglin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0070123', ('20', '28')) ('endoglin', 'Gene', '2022', (20, 28)) ('knockouts', 'Var', (29, 38)) ('defective', 'NegReg', (120, 129)) ('liver defects', 'Disease', (102, 115)) ('liver defects', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001392', (102, 115)) ('betaglycan', 'Gene', (5, 15)) ('endoglin', 'Gene', (20, 28)) ('embryonic', 'Disease', 'MESH:D020964', (63, 72)) ('betaglycan', 'Gene', '7049', (5, 15)) ('liver defects', 'Disease', 'MESH:D056486', (102, 115)) ('embryonic', 'Disease', (63, 72)) 14235 33819300 Evidence in ovarian cancer also suggests that endoglin expression may impact metastasis. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (20, 26)) ('endoglin', 'Gene', (46, 54)) ('endoglin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0070123', ('46', '54')) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', (12, 26)) ('metastasis', 'CPA', (77, 87)) ('endoglin', 'Gene', '2022', (46, 54)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (12, 26)) ('impact', 'Reg', (70, 76)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (12, 26)) ('expression', 'Var', (55, 65)) 14243 33819300 Similarly a peptide domain of betaglycan called p144 and soluble betaglycan have been tested in multiple cancer types as an anti-TGF-beta treatment strategy that decreases tumor growth, angiogenesis, metastasis, and augments immunotherapy. ('immunotherapy', 'CPA', (225, 238)) ('angiogenesis', 'CPA', (186, 198)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('186', '198')) ('decreases tumor', 'Disease', (162, 177)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (105, 111)) ('augments', 'NegReg', (216, 224)) ('p144', 'Var', (48, 52)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (150, 153)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (105, 111)) ('betaglycan', 'Gene', (65, 75)) ('TGF-beta', 'Gene', '7039', (129, 137)) ('decreases tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D002303', (162, 177)) ('betaglycan', 'Gene', '7049', (65, 75)) ('betaglycan', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0070123', ('30', '40')) ('TGF-beta', 'Gene', (129, 137)) ('soluble', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005625', ('57', '64')) ('betaglycan', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0070123', ('65', '75')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (172, 177)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (105, 111)) ('betaglycan', 'Gene', (30, 40)) ('betaglycan', 'Gene', '7049', (30, 40)) ('metastasis', 'CPA', (200, 210)) 14253 33819300 The Affymetrix Probe IDs used in gene chip analysis in KM Plotter were: INHA (210141_s_at), INHBA (204926_at), INHBB (205258_at), TGFBR3 (204731_at), and ENG (201808_s_at). ('210141_s_at', 'Var', (78, 89)) ('204926_at', 'Var', (99, 108)) ('INHBA', 'Gene', (92, 97)) ('INHBB', 'Gene', (111, 116)) ('INHBB', 'Gene', '3625', (111, 116)) ('205258_at', 'Var', (118, 127)) ('204731_at', 'Var', (138, 147)) ('INHBA', 'Gene', '3624', (92, 97)) 14275 33819300 To begin to evaluate the impact of this relationship more broadly in cancers we analyzed gene alterations including mutations, amplifications, and deletions for the genes encoding inhibin/activin subunits (Fig 1a) INHA, INHBA, INHBB, and the key coreceptors:TGFBR3, and ENG in all public datasets available in cBioPortal (Fig 1b, S1 Table). ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (69, 76)) ('INHBB', 'Gene', (227, 232)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (69, 76)) ('TGFBR3', 'Gene', (258, 264)) ('activin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005160', ('188', '195')) ('activin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016915', ('188', '195')) ('inhibin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016916', ('180', '187')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (69, 75)) ('inhibin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005160', ('180', '187')) ('activin', 'Gene', (188, 195)) ('deletions', 'Var', (147, 156)) ('INHBA', 'Gene', '3624', (220, 225)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (98, 101)) ('INHBB', 'Gene', '3625', (227, 232)) ('activin', 'Gene', '83729', (188, 195)) ('INHBA', 'Gene', (220, 225)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (69, 76)) 14288 33819300 For these analyses, we used the DepMap project (www.depmap.org) which is a comprehensive library of human genes that have been either knocked down or knocked out through CRISPR technology in 1,776 human cell lines representing multiple cancer types. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (236, 242)) ('knocked', 'Var', (134, 141)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (236, 242)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (100, 105)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (236, 242)) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (197, 202)) ('knocked out', 'NegReg', (150, 161)) 14294 33819300 In an attempt to identify genes most impacted by alteration to each of the individual genes, we examined how RNAi and CRISPR interventions would affect their correlation to specific genes. ('RNAi', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016246', ('109', '113')) ('affect', 'Reg', (145, 151)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (53, 56)) ('alteration', 'Var', (49, 59)) ('N', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D009584', (110, 111)) ('correlation', 'MPA', (158, 169)) 14298 33819300 Since alterations in expression of inhibin, activin, TGFBR3 and ENG exist in human cancers and prior studies have implicated each of these in patient outcomes; we conducted a comprehensive analysis of each of these genes on overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), or relapse free survival (RFS) in a broad panel of cancers. ('alterations', 'Var', (6, 17)) ('activin', 'Gene', (44, 51)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (83, 89)) ('ENG', 'Gene', (64, 67)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (331, 338)) ('relapse', 'Disease', (283, 290)) ('TGFBR3', 'Gene', (53, 59)) ('activin', 'Gene', '83729', (44, 51)) ('activin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005160', ('44', '51')) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (142, 149)) ('overall', 'Disease', (224, 231)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (83, 90)) ('inhibin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016916', ('35', '42')) ('activin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016915', ('44', '51')) ('human', 'Species', '9606', (77, 82)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (331, 338)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (331, 338)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (331, 337)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (83, 90)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (10, 13)) ('inhibin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005160', ('35', '42')) ('cancers', 'Disease', (83, 90)) 14301 33819300 Patients in KM plotter with p53 mutation status known showed 83% were mutated, cBioportal data sets showed 82.5% frequency of p53 mutation, and it has been reported that over 90% of ovarian cancers present p53 mutations. ('p53', 'Gene', (28, 31)) ('p53', 'Gene', (206, 209)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (206, 209)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (126, 129)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (190, 197)) ('mutations', 'Var', (210, 219)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (28, 31)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (182, 196)) ('mutation', 'Var', (130, 138)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (182, 197)) ('Patients', 'Species', '9606', (0, 8)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Disease', (182, 197)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (182, 197)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (190, 196)) ('p53', 'Gene', (126, 129)) 14304 33819300 However, in p53 mutated cancers, INHA was a strong negative predictor of survival for both breast and ovarian cancers (HR = 1.99, p = 0.0056 and HR = 1.55, p = 0.0039, respectively), along with ENG in ovarian cancer (HR = 1.36, p = 0.0098, Figs 2 and 3). ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (201, 215)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 30)) ('negative', 'NegReg', (51, 59)) ('breast and ovarian cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (91, 117)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (110, 117)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 31)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (24, 31)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (110, 117)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D010051', (102, 116)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', (201, 215)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (12, 15)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (110, 116)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (201, 215)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (102, 117)) ('mutated', 'Var', (16, 23)) ('p53', 'Gene', (12, 15)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Disease', (102, 116)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (24, 31)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (102, 116)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (110, 117)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (209, 215)) 14318 33819300 In this analysis, we find that that when separating patients into high or low expressing TGFBR3 or ENG groups (Table 1) in p53 mutated breast cancers, where INHA is a negative predictor of survival in all patients (Fig 2), INHA was only a predictor of poor survival in patients with low TGFBR3 (HR = 2.29, p = 0.015) or low ENG (HR = 2.24, p = 0.035). ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (135, 148)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (205, 213)) ('low', 'Var', (283, 286)) ('mutated', 'Var', (127, 134)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (142, 148)) ('breast cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (135, 149)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (45, 48)) ('breast cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (135, 149)) ('p53', 'Gene', (123, 126)) ('breast cancers', 'Disease', (135, 149)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (142, 149)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (123, 126)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (269, 277)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (52, 60)) 14320 33819300 In contrast to breast and renal clear cell cancers where TGFBR3 and ENG both impacted the effect of INHA on survival, TGFBR3 levels did not change INHA's impact on p53 mutated serous ovarian cancers (Table 1). ('mutated', 'Var', (168, 175)) ('impacted', 'Reg', (77, 85)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (164, 167)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (183, 198)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (191, 198)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (43, 50)) ('serous ovarian cancers', 'Disease', (176, 198)) ('breast and renal clear cell cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (15, 50)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (43, 49)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (191, 197)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (183, 197)) ('p53', 'Gene', (164, 167)) ('serous ovarian cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018284', (176, 198)) ('effect', 'MPA', (90, 96)) 14321 33819300 In ENG high p53 mutated serous ovarian cancer patients, INHA had a more significant negative prediction outcome (HR = 2.12, p = 1.8E-6) compared to ENG low (HR = 0.8, p = 0.18, Table 1). ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (46, 54)) ('ENG', 'Gene', (3, 6)) ('serous ovarian cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018284', (24, 45)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (31, 45)) ('mutated', 'Var', (16, 23)) ('p53', 'Gene', (12, 15)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (12, 15)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (39, 45)) ('high', 'Var', (7, 11)) ('negative', 'NegReg', (84, 92)) ('serous ovarian cancer', 'Disease', (24, 45)) 14323 33819300 However, INHA remained a robust negative predictor of survival in lung adenocarcinomas patients expressing low ENG (HR = 2.12, p = 0.00041) but was not significant in ENG high expressing patients (HR = 1.25, p = 0.14) (Table 1). ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (187, 195)) ('lung adenocarcinomas', 'Disease', (66, 86)) ('lung adenocarcinomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D000077192', (66, 86)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (76, 85)) ('carcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (76, 86)) ('lung adenocarcinomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030078', (66, 86)) ('lung adenocarcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030078', (66, 85)) ('low ENG', 'Var', (107, 114)) ('negative', 'NegReg', (32, 40)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (87, 95)) 14324 33819300 Together, these findings suggest that INHA expression as a predictive tool for survival is influenced by the coreceptors ENG and TGFBR3 in renal clear cell, lung, and p53 mutated breast and ovarian cancers. ('ovarian cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (190, 205)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (198, 205)) ('ENG', 'Gene', (121, 124)) ('influenced', 'Reg', (91, 101)) ('mutated', 'Var', (171, 178)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (167, 170)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (198, 204)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (190, 204)) ('p53', 'Gene', (167, 170)) ('breast and ovarian cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (179, 205)) ('TGFBR3', 'Gene', (129, 135)) ('renal clear cell', 'Disease', (139, 155)) ('lung', 'Disease', (157, 161)) 14369 33819300 In both breast and ovarian cancers, INHA was a negative predictor of survival in patients that had p53 mutations indicating a potential dependency of INHA functions on the p53 status. ('mutations', 'Var', (103, 112)) ('negative', 'NegReg', (47, 55)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (27, 33)) ('ovarian cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (19, 34)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (172, 175)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (81, 89)) ('breast and ovarian cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (8, 34)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (27, 34)) ('ovarian cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0100615', (19, 33)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (99, 102)) ('p53', 'Gene', (99, 102)) ('p53', 'Gene', (172, 175)) 14370 33819300 INHA expression alterations have been observed in p53 mutated adrenocortical tumors and INHA was suggested to be a contributing factor to tumorigenesis in these cancers. ('expression', 'MPA', (5, 15)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (138, 143)) ('adrenocortical tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D018268', (62, 83)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (77, 82)) ('mutated', 'Var', (54, 61)) ('p53', 'Gene', (50, 53)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (161, 168)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (161, 168)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (138, 143)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (77, 83)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (161, 167)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (77, 82)) ('adrenocortical tumors', 'Disease', (62, 83)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (138, 143)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (161, 168)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (20, 23)) ('INHA', 'Gene', (0, 4)) ('alterations', 'Reg', (16, 27)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (50, 53)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (77, 82)) 14371 33819300 One of the most characterized transcriptional activators of INHA is GATA4, which can also regulate p53 in cancer and could contribute to the different survival outcomes observed for INHA in p53 mutated cancers versus wild-type p53 cancers. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (202, 208)) ('p53', 'Gene', (227, 230)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (106, 112)) ('GATA4', 'Gene', (68, 73)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (106, 112)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (231, 238)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (231, 237)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (231, 238)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (190, 193)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (202, 208)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (202, 209)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (231, 237)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (106, 112)) ('p53', 'Gene', (190, 193)) ('GATA4', 'Gene', '2626', (68, 73)) ('mutated', 'Var', (194, 201)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (99, 102)) ('regulate', 'Reg', (90, 98)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (231, 237)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (231, 238)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (227, 230)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (202, 209)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (202, 209)) ('p53', 'Gene', (99, 102)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (202, 208)) 14372 33819300 INHA's link to functional outcomes in the background on p53 mutations remains to be fully elucidated. ('mutations', 'Var', (60, 69)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (56, 59)) ('p53', 'Gene', (56, 59)) 14374 33819300 In p53 mutated cancers, ENG remained a negative predictor. ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (3, 6)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (15, 22)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (15, 22)) ('p53', 'Gene', (3, 6)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (15, 22)) ('mutated', 'Var', (7, 14)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (15, 21)) 14376 33819300 However, a previous study showed that positive ENG expression was associated with increased survival in breast cancer patients who had undergone anthracycline treatment. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (111, 117)) ('anthracycline', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D018943', (145, 158)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001943', (104, 117)) ('positive', 'Var', (38, 46)) ('breast cancer', 'Disease', (104, 117)) ('survival', 'MPA', (92, 100)) ('ENG', 'Protein', (47, 50)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (82, 91)) ('breast cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0003002', (104, 117)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (118, 126)) 14388 33819300 Expression of ENG and TGFBR3 was not significantly different between wild-type and p53 mutated cancers indicating p53 likely does not impact expression itself. ('p53', 'Gene', (83, 86)) ('p53', 'Gene', (114, 117)) ('mutated', 'Var', (87, 94)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (83, 86)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (114, 117)) ('ENG', 'Gene', (14, 17)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 102)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (95, 102)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (95, 102)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 101)) ('TGFBR3', 'Gene', (22, 28)) 14389 33819300 Whether protein secretion of these coreceptors is altered in these cancers is currently unknown, and cannot be ruled out, as previous studies have shown increased endoglin folding and maturation in p53 mutation settings. ('endoglin', 'Gene', (163, 171)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (67, 74)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('8', '15')) ('maturation', 'MPA', (184, 194)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (67, 74)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (67, 74)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (153, 162)) ('endoglin', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0070123', ('163', '171')) ('mutation', 'Var', (202, 210)) ('protein secretion', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009306', ('8', '25')) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (67, 73)) ('altered', 'Reg', (50, 57)) ('p53', 'Gene', (198, 201)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (188, 191)) ('endoglin', 'Gene', '2022', (163, 171)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (198, 201)) 14391 33819300 Alterations in protein maturation could explain the differential patient outcomes observed between wild-type and p53 mutated cancers, when assessing for ENG and TGFBR3, despite changes in expression not being observed. ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (125, 132)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (125, 132)) ('mutated', 'Var', (117, 124)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (125, 132)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (125, 131)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('15', '22')) ('protein maturation', 'MPA', (15, 33)) ('p53', 'Gene', '7157', (113, 116)) ('patient', 'Species', '9606', (65, 72)) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (27, 30)) ('p53', 'Gene', (113, 116)) ('protein maturation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051604', ('15', '33')) ('rat', 'Species', '10116', (4, 7)) ('Alterations', 'Reg', (0, 11)) 14395 33819300 We found INHA to only be a negative predictor of survival in patients expressing low ENG indicating INHA might act independent of either coreceptor in these cancer types. ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (157, 163)) ('low', 'Var', (81, 84)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (61, 69)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (157, 163)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (157, 163)) ('ENG', 'Gene', (85, 88)) 14492 28561705 These metabolic changes can result from genetic aberrations in metabolic enzymes themselves, but can also be a downstream consequence of activating mutations in numerous growth factors and oncogenes, loss of tumor suppressor signaling, or epigenetic alterations, all of which we will discuss in more detail in later sections of this manuscript. ('mutations', 'Var', (148, 157)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('208', '224')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (208, 213)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('225', '234')) ('loss', 'NegReg', (200, 204)) ('genetic aberrations', 'Disease', (40, 59)) ('result', 'Reg', (28, 34)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (208, 213)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('208', '224')) ('epigenetic alterations', 'Var', (239, 261)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (208, 213)) ('genetic aberrations', 'Disease', 'MESH:D030342', (40, 59)) ('metabolic', 'MPA', (6, 15)) 14496 28561705 Interestingly, although the overall mutational burden is relatively low in RCC in comparison to many other tumor types, the vast majority of mutations identified in these tumors are in some way involved in the cell's ability to sense or respond to nutrients, oxygen, iron, or energy, suggesting that metabolic pathway alterations are key drivers of proliferation in all subsets of RCC. ('involved', 'Reg', (194, 202)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (171, 177)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (171, 177)) ('mutations', 'Var', (141, 150)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (107, 112)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (107, 112)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (171, 176)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (171, 176)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (75, 78)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (75, 78)) ('oxygen', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010100', (259, 265)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (107, 112)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (171, 176)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (381, 384)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (381, 384)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (171, 177)) ('iron', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D007501', (267, 271)) 14497 28561705 Mutations resulting in dysregulation of specific steps of glycolysis, the TCA cycle, and the ETC pathways have all been found in subtypes of RCC, illustrating the diversity of metabolic alterations that may contribute to tumorigenesis (Fig. ('ETC pathways', 'Pathway', (93, 105)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (141, 144)) ('dysregulation', 'Var', (23, 36)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (74, 77)) ('contribute', 'Reg', (207, 217)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (221, 226)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (221, 226)) ('found', 'Reg', (120, 125)) ('glycolysis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006096', ('58', '68')) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('glycolysis', 'MPA', (58, 68)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('74', '83')) ('TCA cycle', 'MPA', (74, 83)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (221, 226)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (141, 144)) 14498 28561705 Here, we discuss three examples of mutations that alter different metabolic pathways in RCC. ('alter', 'Reg', (50, 55)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (88, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (88, 91)) ('mutations', 'Var', (35, 44)) ('metabolic pathways', 'Pathway', (66, 84)) 14499 28561705 Mutations in the von-Hippel-Lindau gene (VHL) are associated with a hereditary form of RCC found in patients with germline VHL Disease, but are also observed in nearly 90% of patients with sporadic clear cell kidney cancer (ccRCC). ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (87, 90)) ('VHL Disease', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (123, 134)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (100, 108)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (226, 229)) ('von-Hippel-Lindau', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006623', (17, 34)) ('kidney cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009726', (209, 222)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (216, 222)) ('sporadic clear cell kidney cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008649', (189, 222)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (123, 126)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (226, 229)) ('von-Hippel-Lindau', 'Disease', (17, 34)) ('VHL Disease', 'Disease', (123, 134)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (123, 126)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (41, 44)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (87, 90)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (175, 183)) ('sporadic clear cell kidney cancer', 'Disease', (189, 222)) ('associated', 'Reg', (50, 60)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (41, 44)) 14501 28561705 In the majority of cases of ccRCC, inactivating mutations in VHL inhibit its ability to interact with the HIF proteins, and consequently the HIF proteins are stabilized, even during normoxic conditions. ('HIF proteins', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011488', (141, 153)) ('inactivating mutations', 'Var', (35, 57)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (30, 33)) ('HIF proteins', 'Disease', (141, 153)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (30, 33)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (61, 64)) ('interact', 'Interaction', (88, 96)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (61, 64)) ('inhibit', 'NegReg', (65, 72)) ('HIF proteins', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011488', (106, 118)) ('HIF proteins', 'Disease', (106, 118)) ('ability', 'MPA', (77, 84)) 14503 28561705 The aberrant activation of these proteins and growth factors is believed to contribute to tumor growth and proliferation downstream of inactivating mutations in VHL. ('proliferation', 'CPA', (107, 120)) ('aberrant', 'Var', (4, 12)) ('tumor growth', 'Disease', (90, 102)) ('inactivating mutations', 'Var', (135, 157)) ('tumor growth', 'Disease', 'MESH:D006130', (90, 102)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (90, 95)) ('VHL', 'Gene', (161, 164)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (13, 23)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (161, 164)) ('contribute', 'Reg', (76, 86)) 14516 28561705 Mutations in several TCA cycle enzymes have been observed in papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC). ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (61, 91)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (93, 97)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Disease', (61, 91)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (93, 97)) ('carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (82, 91)) ('renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (71, 91)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (21, 24)) ('papillary renal cell carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (61, 91)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('21', '30')) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (93, 97)) ('observed', 'Reg', (49, 57)) ('TCA cycle', 'Gene', (21, 30)) 14519 28561705 Likewise, germline mutations in fumarate hydratase (FH), the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of fumarate to malate in the TCA cycle, have been found in patients with Herditary Leiomyomatosis Renal Cell Carcinoma (HLRCC) and very rarely, in sporadic cases of pRCC Since both SDH and FH mutations block normal TCA Cycle and ETC activity, cells from these tumors take up almost no oxygen, and rely primarily on glycolysis to supply energy and macromolecules needed for replication and growth. ('Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0030731', (207, 216)) ('glycolysis', 'MPA', (413, 423)) ('block', 'NegReg', (300, 305)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (358, 363)) ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (157, 165)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (358, 364)) ('pRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (263, 267)) ('ETC activity', 'MPA', (327, 339)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (220, 223)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', '2271', (32, 50)) ('TCA Cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('313', '322')) ('TCA Cycle', 'MPA', (313, 322)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (52, 54)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (279, 282)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (358, 364)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (263, 267)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (313, 316)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (101, 109)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (264, 267)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('127', '136')) ('pRCC', 'Gene', (263, 267)) ('malate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:C030298', (113, 119)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (287, 289)) ('oxygen', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010100', (383, 389)) ('Herditary Leiomyomatosis Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', 'MESH:C535516', (171, 216)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (264, 267)) ('Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (196, 216)) ('fumarate hydratase', 'Gene', (32, 50)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (127, 130)) ('mutations', 'Var', (19, 28)) ('Herditary Leiomyomatosis Renal Cell Carcinoma', 'Disease', (171, 216)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (358, 364)) ('mutations', 'Var', (290, 299)) ('glycolysis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006096', ('413', '423')) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (32, 40)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (220, 223)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (279, 282)) 14527 28561705 FH mutations similarly result in the accumulation of both succinate and fumarate due to the malfunction of the FH enzyme in the TCA cycle. ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (0, 2)) ('malfunction', 'MPA', (92, 103)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (111, 113)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (72, 80)) ('succinate', 'MPA', (58, 67)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (128, 131)) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (37, 49)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('128', '137')) ('mutations', 'Var', (3, 12)) ('fumarate', 'MPA', (72, 80)) ('succinate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019802', (58, 67)) 14529 28561705 Similarly to SDH-mutant tumors, pRCC tumors with FH mutations have upregulated expression of the HIF target genes involved in proliferation, glycolysis, and angiogenesis. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 29)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (24, 30)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (37, 43)) ('upregulated', 'PosReg', (67, 78)) ('glycolysis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006096', ('141', '151')) ('pRCC tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (32, 43)) ('expression', 'MPA', (79, 89)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (24, 30)) ('pRCC', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0006766', (32, 36)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('157', '169')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (37, 42)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (13, 16)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (37, 43)) ('pRCC tumors', 'Disease', (32, 43)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (37, 43)) ('mutations', 'Var', (52, 61)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (24, 30)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (13, 16)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (49, 51)) 14532 28561705 The malfunctions of mitochondrial respiration and upregulation of glycolysis in these cells appear to be key factors in their proliferation, and thus investigation of these pathways may be important for improving outcome for patients with FH mutations. ('patients', 'Species', '9606', (225, 233)) ('mitochondrial respiration', 'MPA', (20, 45)) ('upregulation', 'PosReg', (50, 62)) ('respiration', 'biological_process', 'GO:0045333', ('34', '45')) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (239, 241)) ('malfunctions', 'Var', (4, 16)) ('glycolysis', 'MPA', (66, 76)) ('upregulation of glycolysis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0045821', ('50', '76')) ('respiration', 'biological_process', 'GO:0007585', ('34', '45')) 14538 28561705 Mitochondrial DNA sequencing has revealed that many chRCC tumors have mutations in genes involved in the ETC complex I, particularly in MT-ND5, and that these mitochondrial gene mutations also correlate with samples exhibiting an eosinophilic histological phenotype. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (58, 63)) ('mutations', 'Var', (70, 79)) ('MT-ND5', 'Gene', (136, 142)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (58, 64)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (58, 64)) ('complex I', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0030964', ('109', '118')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (54, 57)) ('Mitochondrial DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0000262', ('0', '17')) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (58, 64)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (54, 57)) ('MT-ND5', 'Gene', '4540', (136, 142)) ('mutations', 'Var', (178, 187)) 14543 28561705 A number of different kinds of genetic mutations have been associated with the dysregulation of metabolic pathways in various tumor types. ('genetic mutations', 'Var', (31, 48)) ('metabolic pathways', 'Pathway', (96, 114)) ('associated', 'Reg', (59, 69)) ('mutations', 'Var', (39, 48)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (126, 131)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (126, 131)) ('dysregulation', 'MPA', (79, 92)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (126, 131)) 14548 28561705 While mutations in the MTOR gene itself can occur, it is more commonly activated downstream of gain-of-function mutations in the PI3K-AKT pathway or growth factors, or through inactivation of tumor suppressors such as PTEN. ('gain-of-function', 'PosReg', (95, 111)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (134, 137)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (192, 197)) ('activated', 'PosReg', (71, 80)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (23, 27)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (218, 222)) ('mutations', 'Var', (112, 121)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('129', '133')) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (218, 222)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (23, 27)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (176, 188)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (134, 137)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (192, 197)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (192, 197)) 14557 28561705 However, resistance to these inhibitors appears to develop over time, possibly due to the accumulation of additional mutations in the mTOR pathway or through negative feedback of the pathway itself, as inhibiting mTOR signaling can also upregulate AKT signaling through insulin-like growth factor receptor 1 (IGF-1R). ('mTOR', 'Gene', (213, 217)) ('mutations', 'Var', (117, 126)) ('IGF-1R', 'Gene', (309, 315)) ('AKT signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0043491', ('248', '261')) ('AKT', 'Gene', (248, 251)) ('inhibiting', 'Var', (202, 212)) ('IGF-1R', 'Gene', '3480', (309, 315)) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('218', '227')) ('upregulate', 'PosReg', (237, 247)) ('insulin-like growth factor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0005159', ('270', '296')) ('mTOR', 'Gene', (134, 138)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (134, 138)) ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (248, 251)) ('mTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (213, 217)) 14578 28561705 Therefore, mutations in IDH1 and 2 are believed to both alter cellular metabolism and potentially increase rates of DNA damage due to altered NADPH protection. ('mutations', 'Var', (11, 20)) ('rates', 'MPA', (107, 112)) ('IDH1 and 2', 'Gene', '3417;3418', (24, 34)) ('cellular metabolism', 'MPA', (62, 81)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('116', '119')) ('NADPH', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D009249', (142, 147)) ('increase', 'PosReg', (98, 106)) ('altered', 'Reg', (134, 141)) ('alter', 'Reg', (56, 61)) ('cellular metabolism', 'biological_process', 'GO:0044237', ('62', '81')) 14579 28561705 Mutations in IDH1 and 2 have been observed in several types of tumors, including leukemias, lymphomas, and gliomas. ('leukemias', 'Disease', 'MESH:D007938', (81, 90)) ('gliomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D005910', (107, 114)) ('IDH1 and 2', 'Gene', '3417;3418', (13, 23)) ('gliomas', 'Disease', (107, 114)) ('gliomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0009733', (107, 114)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (63, 69)) ('lymphoma', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002665', (92, 100)) ('lymphomas', 'Disease', (92, 101)) ('lymphomas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D008223', (92, 101)) ('Mutations', 'Var', (0, 9)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (63, 69)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (63, 69)) ('leukemias', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0001909', (81, 90)) ('leukemias', 'Disease', (81, 90)) ('observed', 'Reg', (34, 42)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (63, 68)) ('lymphomas', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002665', (92, 101)) 14580 28561705 The mutations identified in IDH1 and 2 in cancers appear to be gain-of-function point mutations that occur at specific arginine residues that presumably alter the structure of these proteins. ('proteins', 'Protein', (182, 190)) ('cancers', 'Disease', (42, 49)) ('arginine', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D001120', (119, 127)) ('alter', 'Reg', (153, 158)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (42, 48)) ('IDH1 and 2', 'Gene', '3417;3418', (28, 38)) ('gain-of-function', 'PosReg', (63, 79)) ('structure', 'MPA', (163, 172)) ('cancers', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (42, 49)) ('mutations', 'Var', (4, 13)) ('cancers', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (42, 49)) 14582 28561705 High levels of D-2HG have been associated with increases in histone and DNA methylation, contributing to tumor progression. ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('72', '75')) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (105, 110)) ('DNA methylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006306', ('72', '87')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (105, 110)) ('DNA methylation', 'MPA', (72, 87)) ('increases', 'PosReg', (47, 56)) ('histone', 'MPA', (60, 67)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (105, 110)) ('D-2HG', 'Var', (15, 20)) 14583 28561705 It has also been shown that mutant IDH1 heterodimerizes with wild-type IDH1, inhibiting the activity of the wild-type enzyme and reducing levels of alpha-KG, which may play a role in the degradation of HIF proteins. ('HIF proteins', 'Disease', (202, 214)) ('IDH1', 'Gene', (35, 39)) ('mutant', 'Var', (28, 34)) ('inhibiting', 'NegReg', (77, 87)) ('HIF proteins', 'Disease', 'MESH:D011488', (202, 214)) ('alpha-KG', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D007656', (148, 156)) ('degradation', 'MPA', (187, 198)) ('levels of alpha-KG', 'MPA', (138, 156)) ('degradation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0009056', ('187', '198')) ('activity', 'MPA', (92, 100)) ('reducing', 'NegReg', (129, 137)) 14584 28561705 Thus, mutant IDH1 may also play a role in the stabilization of HIFs and increased activation of their transcription factors involved in tumorigenesis and angiogenesis. ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('102', '115')) ('transcription', 'MPA', (102, 115)) ('mutant', 'Var', (6, 12)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (136, 141)) ('IDH1', 'Gene', (13, 17)) ('activation', 'PosReg', (82, 92)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (136, 141)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (136, 141)) ('angiogenesis', 'biological_process', 'GO:0001525', ('154', '166')) 14585 28561705 Several targeted chemical inhibitors of the activity of specific IDH1 and IDH2 point mutants have been designed and have been shown to reduce D-2HG and growth in cells and mouse models . ('point mutants', 'Var', (79, 92)) ('IDH2', 'Gene', (74, 78)) ('mouse', 'Species', '10090', (172, 177)) ('growth', 'CPA', (152, 158)) ('D-2HG', 'MPA', (142, 147)) ('IDH1', 'Gene', (65, 69)) ('reduce', 'NegReg', (135, 141)) 14595 28561705 Currently, several chemical inhibitors, as well as genetic ablation of FASN by RNAi, are being tested for effectiveness in reducing tumor cell growth and proliferation. ('FASN', 'Gene', (71, 75)) ('reducing', 'NegReg', (123, 131)) ('FASN', 'Gene', '2194', (71, 75)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (132, 137)) ('cell growth', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016049', ('138', '149')) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (132, 137)) ('genetic ablation', 'Var', (51, 67)) ('RNAi', 'biological_process', 'GO:0016246', ('79', '83')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (132, 137)) 14600 28561705 Thus, epigenetic changes downstream of metabolic alterations can influence the expression levels of many genes in cancer cells, possibly giving them a survival and growth advantage. ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (114, 120)) ('expression levels', 'MPA', (79, 96)) ('giving', 'Reg', (137, 143)) ('survival', 'CPA', (151, 159)) ('epigenetic changes', 'Var', (6, 24)) ('influence', 'Reg', (65, 74)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (114, 120)) ('growth advantage', 'CPA', (164, 180)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (114, 120)) 14603 28561705 Dysregulation of carbon metabolism pathways in cancer can alter the levels of SAM and methyl donors available, thus influencing the epigenetic modifications and expression of genes in these cells . ('carbon', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D002244', (17, 23)) ('SAM', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D012436', (78, 81)) ('influencing', 'Reg', (116, 127)) ('expression of genes', 'MPA', (161, 180)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (47, 53)) ('Dysregulation', 'Var', (0, 13)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (47, 53)) ('carbon', 'Enzyme', (17, 23)) ('metabolism', 'biological_process', 'GO:0008152', ('24', '34')) ('alter', 'Reg', (58, 63)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (47, 53)) ('epigenetic modifications', 'MPA', (132, 156)) ('donor', 'Species', '9606', (93, 98)) 14604 28561705 Another mechanism by which metabolic pathways can effect epigenetics is through the TCA cycle metabolites. ('effect', 'Reg', (50, 56)) ('TCA', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D014238', (84, 87)) ('TCA cycle', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006099', ('84', '93')) ('epigenetics', 'Var', (57, 68)) 14606 28561705 Likewise, D-2HG, the protein made from alpha-KG by cancer cells with IDH1/2 mutations (discussed above), inhibits the activity of alpha-KG-dependent demethylases. ('alpha-KG-dependent demethylases', 'Enzyme', (130, 161)) ('mutations', 'Var', (76, 85)) ('activity', 'MPA', (118, 126)) ('alpha-KG', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D007656', (39, 47)) ('IDH1/2', 'Gene', '3417;3418', (69, 75)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (51, 57)) ('alpha-KG', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D007656', (130, 138)) ('inhibits', 'NegReg', (105, 113)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (51, 57)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (51, 57)) ('protein', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0003675', ('21', '28')) ('IDH1/2', 'Gene', (69, 75)) 14607 28561705 SDH and FH mutations which result in accumulation of succinate and fumarate in cancer cells can also act as competitive antagonists for inhibiting these alpha-KG-dependent demethylases. ('inhibiting', 'NegReg', (136, 146)) ('mutations', 'Var', (11, 20)) ('fumarate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005650', (67, 75)) ('succinate', 'MPA', (53, 62)) ('fumarate', 'MPA', (67, 75)) ('cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (79, 85)) ('alpha-KG', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D007656', (153, 161)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('FH', 'Gene', '2271', (8, 10)) ('succinate', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D019802', (53, 62)) ('alpha-KG-dependent demethylases', 'Enzyme', (153, 184)) ('accumulation', 'PosReg', (37, 49)) ('cancer', 'Disease', (79, 85)) ('cancer', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (79, 85)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (0, 3)) 14615 28561705 The mechanisms behind the metabolic reprogramming that takes place in most tumor cells are diverse, and include oncogenic activation, the repression of tumor suppressor signaling, epigenetic modifications, and mutations in metabolic enzymes themselves. ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (152, 157)) ('mutations', 'Var', (210, 219)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (152, 157)) ('tumor suppressor', 'biological_process', 'GO:0051726', ('152', '168')) ('tumor', 'Disease', (152, 157)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (75, 80)) ('tumor suppressor', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0008181', ('152', '168')) ('signaling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0023052', ('169', '178')) ('epigenetic modifications', 'Var', (180, 204)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (75, 80)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (75, 80)) 14641 29053609 One copy of VHL is either mutated or silenced in 90% of sporadic CCRCCs, whereas another copy is typically lost through 3p deletions, according to the comprehensive molecular profiling of CCRCCs by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). ('VHL', 'Gene', (12, 15)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (12, 15)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (67, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (190, 193)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (67, 70)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (190, 193)) ('silenced', 'NegReg', (37, 45)) ('Cancer', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (202, 208)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (190, 194)) ('Cancer Genome Atlas', 'Disease', (202, 221)) ('mutated', 'Var', (26, 33)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (67, 71)) ('Cancer Genome Atlas', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (202, 221)) 14643 29053609 According to the TCGA, CCRCCs are characterized by recurrent mutations in the PI3K/AKT/MTOR pathway (a potential therapeutic target), mutations in SETD2 (associated with widespread DNA hypomethylation), and mutations involving the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex (PBRM1, ARID1A, and SMARCA4). ('AKT', 'Gene', '207', (83, 86)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (25, 29)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (147, 152)) ('PI3K', 'molecular_function', 'GO:0016303', ('78', '82')) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('181', '184')) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (147, 152)) ('mutations', 'Var', (207, 216)) ('mutations', 'Var', (134, 143)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', (87, 91)) ('chromatin remodeling', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006338', ('239', '259')) ('DNA hypomethylation', 'biological_process', 'GO:0044028', ('181', '200')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (25, 28)) ('chromatin remodeling complex', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0016585', ('239', '267')) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', '55193', (269, 274)) ('SMARCA4', 'Gene', '6597', (288, 295)) ('MTOR', 'Gene', '2475', (87, 91)) ('AKT', 'Gene', (83, 86)) ('mutations', 'Var', (61, 70)) ('PBRM1', 'Gene', (269, 274)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (25, 28)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', (276, 282)) ('ARID1A', 'Gene', '8289', (276, 282)) ('SMARCA4', 'Gene', (288, 295)) 14649 29053609 Hereditary PRCC syndrome with germline mutations in MET is associated with type 1 PRCCs. ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (83, 87)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (82, 86)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (11, 15)) ('Hereditary PRCC syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009386', (0, 24)) ('germline mutations', 'Var', (30, 48)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (11, 15)) ('associated', 'Reg', (59, 69)) ('Hereditary PRCC syndrome', 'Disease', (0, 24)) ('MET', 'Gene', (52, 55)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (82, 86)) 14656 29053609 Of note, CK7 positivity is more prominent in type 1 PRCCs and is often decreased in type 2 PRCCs. ('positivity', 'Var', (13, 23)) ('CK7', 'Gene', (9, 12)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (52, 56)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (91, 95)) ('CK7', 'Gene', '3855', (9, 12)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (53, 57)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (52, 56)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (92, 96)) ('decreased', 'NegReg', (71, 80)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (91, 95)) 14659 29053609 According to the comprehensive molecular profiling of PRCCs by TCGA, type 1 PRCCs are characterized by MET alterations, whereas type 2 PRCCs are characterized by CDKN2A silencing, SETD2 mutations, and increased expression of the NRF2-antioxidant response element pathway. ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (136, 140)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', (162, 168)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (55, 59)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (201, 210)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (135, 139)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (54, 58)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (76, 80)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', '4780', (229, 233)) ('silencing', 'NegReg', (169, 178)) ('CDKN2A', 'Gene', '1029', (162, 168)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (77, 81)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (180, 185)) ('mutations', 'Var', (186, 195)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (76, 80)) ('NRF2', 'Gene', (229, 233)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (180, 185)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (135, 139)) ('expression', 'MPA', (211, 221)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (54, 58)) 14663 29053609 C2b PRCCs are associated with later stages of tumor development and SETD2 mutations. ('PRCC', 'Gene', '5546', (4, 8)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (46, 51)) ('PRCC', 'Gene', (4, 8)) ('mutations', 'Var', (74, 83)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (46, 51)) ('associated', 'Reg', (14, 24)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', '29072', (68, 73)) ('C2b', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (5, 9)) ('SETD2', 'Gene', (68, 73)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (46, 51)) 14665 29053609 Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome with FLCN mutations is associated with a higher incidence of ChRCCs. ('FLCN', 'Gene', '201163', (29, 33)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (87, 91)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (87, 90)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (87, 90)) ('FLCN', 'Gene', (29, 33)) ('Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome', 'Disease', (0, 23)) ('mutations', 'Var', (34, 43)) ('Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome', 'Disease', 'MESH:D058249', (0, 23)) 14672 29053609 Recurrent DNA rearrangement breakpoints within the TERT promoter region in 10% of examined cases of ChRCCs, which are associated with high TERT expression and manifestation of kataegis, represent a mechanism for increased TERT expression in these tumors, differing from the point mutations of TERT observed in various malignancies. ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (247, 252)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (247, 253)) ('TERT', 'Gene', (222, 226)) ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (222, 226)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (102, 105)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (318, 330)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (247, 253)) ('malignancies', 'Disease', (318, 330)) ('TERT', 'Gene', (51, 55)) ('DNA', 'Gene', (10, 13)) ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (51, 55)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (102, 106)) ('TERT', 'Gene', (139, 143)) ('rearrangement breakpoints', 'Var', (14, 39)) ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (139, 143)) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (247, 253)) ('DNA', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005574', ('10', '13')) ('RCC', 'Disease', (102, 105)) ('TERT', 'Gene', (293, 297)) ('TERT', 'Gene', '7015', (293, 297)) ('increased', 'PosReg', (212, 221)) 14673 29053609 A recent study has demonstrated that metastatic ChRCCs were characterized by TP53 mutations (58%), PTEN mutations (24%), and imbalanced chromosome duplication (ICD) (25%), suggesting these genomic changes are involved in metastatic evolution for ChRCCs. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (248, 251)) ('mutations', 'Var', (104, 113)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (248, 251)) ('ICD', 'Disease', 'OMIM:252500', (160, 163)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (248, 252)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (50, 54)) ('ICD', 'Disease', (160, 163)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (50, 53)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (50, 53)) ('imbalanced chromosome duplication', 'Var', (125, 158)) ('mutations', 'Var', (82, 91)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('136', '146')) ('PTEN', 'Gene', (99, 103)) ('TP53', 'Gene', '7157', (77, 81)) ('PTEN', 'Gene', '5728', (99, 103)) ('TP53', 'Gene', (77, 81)) 14678 29053609 Similar to CCRCC, chromosome 3p deletions and VHL mutations were found in 74% and 25% of these tumors, respectively. ('VHL', 'Gene', (46, 49)) ('tumors', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (95, 101)) ('mutations', 'Var', (50, 59)) ('VHL', 'Gene', '7428', (46, 49)) ('chromosome', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005694', ('18', '28')) ('tumors', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 101)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (13, 16)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (13, 16)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (95, 100)) ('found', 'Reg', (65, 70)) ('tumors', 'Disease', (95, 101)) 14679 29053609 Xp11 TRCC was established as an RCC subtype in the 2004 WHO classification. ('Xp11', 'Var', (0, 4)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (32, 35)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (32, 35)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (6, 9)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (6, 9)) 14681 29053609 Both Xp11 translocation and t(6;11) RCC are characterized by the rearrangement of the MiT transcription factors, TFE3 and TFEB. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (113, 117)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (122, 126)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (36, 39)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (36, 39)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (122, 126)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (113, 117)) ('transcription', 'biological_process', 'GO:0006351', ('90', '103')) ('Xp11 translocation', 'Var', (5, 23)) 14682 29053609 Xp11 TRCC comprises 20-40% of pediatric RCCs and 1-4% of adult RCCs, with an average age of onset of 50 years. ('RCC', 'Disease', (63, 66)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (63, 67)) ('Xp11', 'Var', (0, 4)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (40, 43)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (40, 44)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (40, 43)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (6, 9)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (6, 9)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (63, 66)) 14685 29053609 Morphologically, Xp11 TRCC is typically composed of cells with clear/eosinophilic cytoplasm with papillary and nested structures and psammoma bodies. ('Xp11', 'Var', (17, 21)) ('psammoma bodies', 'Disease', 'MESH:D001835', (133, 148)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (23, 26)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (23, 26)) ('psammoma bodies', 'Disease', (133, 148)) ('cytoplasm', 'cellular_component', 'GO:0005737', ('82', '91')) 14689 29053609 Specifically, Xp11 TRCC and t(6;11) RCC display positive nuclear immunostaining for TFE3 and TFEB, respectively. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (36, 39)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (84, 88)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (36, 39)) ('Xp11', 'Var', (14, 18)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (84, 88)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (93, 97)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (20, 23)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (93, 97)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (20, 23)) 14690 29053609 Xp11/TFEB TRCC is diagnosed by the utilization of TFE3/TFEB immunohistochemistry or break-apart TFE3/TFEB fluorescence in in situ hybridization in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (50, 54)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (5, 9)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (5, 9)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (96, 100)) ('paraffin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D010232', (162, 170)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (50, 54)) ('formalin', 'Chemical', 'MESH:D005557', (147, 155)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', (96, 100)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (55, 59)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (101, 105)) ('break-apart', 'Var', (84, 95)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (55, 59)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (11, 14)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (101, 105)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (11, 14)) 14692 29053609 Another recent study demonstrated that TFEB-amplified RCCs with or without TFEB translocation were characterized by aggressive clinical behavior, variable morphology, aberrant melanocytic marker expression, and high frequency of immunohistochemical positivity for TFEB. ('aberrant', 'Var', (167, 175)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (39, 43)) ('expression', 'MPA', (195, 205)) ('aggressive clinical behavior', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0000718', (116, 144)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (39, 43)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (75, 79)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (54, 57)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (75, 79)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (54, 58)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (54, 57)) ('translocation', 'Var', (80, 93)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (264, 268)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (264, 268)) 14725 29053609 Genetically, the defining molecular abnormality in SDH-deficient RCC is the double-hit inactivation of one of the SDH genes, most commonly SDHB. ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (51, 54)) ('SDH-deficient RCC', 'Disease', (51, 68)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (139, 142)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (114, 117)) ('SDH-deficient RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (51, 68)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', '6390', (139, 143)) ('SDHB', 'Gene', (139, 143)) ('inactivation', 'Var', (87, 99)) ('SDH', 'Gene', '6390', (139, 142)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (51, 54)) ('SDH', 'Gene', (114, 117)) 14730 29053609 A diagnosis of HLRCC-associated RCC is confirmed by the presence of germline FH mutations. ('mutations', 'Var', (80, 89)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (32, 35)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (32, 35)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (17, 20)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (17, 20)) 14747 29053609 Genetically, a subgroup of this tumor demonstrates a TFE3/TFEB rearrangement. ('TFE3', 'Gene', (53, 57)) ('rearrangement', 'Var', (63, 76)) ('tumor', 'Disease', 'MESH:D009369', (32, 37)) ('tumor', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0002664', (32, 37)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', '7942', (58, 62)) ('TFE3', 'Gene', '7030', (53, 57)) ('TFEB', 'Gene', (58, 62)) ('tumor', 'Disease', (32, 37)) 14755 29053609 ALK rearrangement-associated RCC occurs in children and adults, with or without sickle cell trait, comprising approximately 0.4% of all adult RCCs. ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (142, 145)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (142, 145)) ('RCCs', 'Phenotype', 'HP:0005584', (142, 146)) ('RCC', 'Disease', (29, 32)) ('children', 'Species', '9606', (43, 51)) ('rearrangement-associated', 'Var', (4, 28)) ('ALK', 'Gene', (0, 3)) ('RCC', 'Disease', 'MESH:C538614', (29, 32)) ('ALK', 'Gene', '238', (0, 3)) 14766 29053609 Immunohistochemically, the epithelia