Breast Cancer Research

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High-resolution genomic and expression analyses of copy number alterations in HER2-amplified breast cancer

Johan Staaf1,2*, Göran Jönsson1,2, Markus Ringnér1,2, Johan Vallon-Christersson1,2, Dorthe Grabau3, Adalgeir Arason4, Haukur Gunnarsson4, Bjarni A Agnarsson4,5, Per-Olof Malmström1, Oskar T Johannsson5,6, Niklas Loman1, Rosa B Barkardottir4,5 and Åke Borg1,2,7

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1 Department of Oncology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Barngatan 2B, SE 22185 Lund, Sweden

2 CREATE Health Strategic Center for Translational Cancer Research, Lund University, BMC C13, SE 22184, Lund, Sweden

3 Department of Pathology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University, University Hospital, SE 22185 Lund, Sweden

4 Department of Pathology, Landspitali-University Hospital, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland

5 Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland

6 Department of Oncology, Landspitali-University Hospital, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland

7 Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, BMC B10, SE 22184, Lund, Sweden

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Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R25 doi:10.1186/bcr2568


See related editorial by Theillet, http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/12/3/107

Published: 6 May 2010

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Patient and tumor characteristics for HER2-amplified tumors. An Excel table containing clinical and experimental data on the 200 HER2-amplified tumors.

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Supplementary methods. A Word document containing supplementary information about used methods and data processing.

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Patient and tumor characteristics for HER2-negative tumors. A Word document containing a table of clinical data for HER2- tumors in the reference breast cancer data set.

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HER2 copy number evaluation and TOP2A mRNA expression levels. A pdf file containing figures of the result of the comparison of HER2 copy number estimates between aCGH and FISH for 13 FFPE samples (S1A) and mRNA expression levels and S-phase fractions for HER2+ and HER2- tumors in the Jönsson et al. data set (S1B).

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Significant GISTIC regions in HER2-amplified breast cancer. An Excel table presenting the 117 GISTIC regions, including genes significantly correlated between mRNA expression levels and copy numbers, and frequency of high-level amplifications on chromosome 17q. Additionally, the frequency of GISTIC regions in HER2+ tumors overall and stratified by ER status is presented and compared to corresponding frequencies in HER2- tumors stratified by ER status.

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Recurrent high-level amplifications in HER2-amplified breast cancer. A Word file describing recurrent high-level amplifications, excluding chromosome 17, in HER2+ breast tumors including genes in amplicons significantly correlated between mRNA expression levels and copy numbers.

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Frequency of GISTIC regions in HER2-amplified and HER2-negative breast cancer. An Excel table containing the results from the comparison of frequencies of the identified GISTIC regions in HER2-amplified breast cancer compared to HER2- tumors classified according to gene expression subtypes.

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Expression of ER gene expression modules in HER2-amplified and HER2-negative breast cancer. A pdf file containing two subpanels illustrating: (1) differences in expression of two ER gene expression modules in the Jönsson et al. data set for HER2+ tumors stratified according to ER status, and (2) HER2- tumors classified according to gene expression subtypes.

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Frequency of GISTIC regions in HER2-amplified and HER2-negative breast cancer according to gene expression subtypes. A pdf file containing two panels illustrating: (1) GISTIC regions significantly different between HER2+ tumors classified to the ERBB2 gene expression subtype, compared to HER2- tumors classified as basal-like, luminal A, luminal B and normal-like subtype, and (2) CNA frequency in HER2- basal-like classified tumors.

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Copy number alterations in HER2-amplified breast cancer stratified by ER status. A pdf file containing two subpanels illustrating CNA frequencies in HER2+/ER- tumors and HER2+/ER+ tumors, respectively.

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Global correlation of mRNA expression and gene dosage in HER2-amplified breast cancer. An Excel table listing genes that are found significantly correlated between gene expression data and aCGH in HER2+ tumors using a global matching.

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