@article{73486306e855479b89e99f4652496048,
title = "Ampullary Cancers Harbor ELF3 Tumor Suppressor Gene Mutations and Exhibit Frequent WNT Dysregulation",
abstract = "The ampulla of Vater is a complex cellular environment from which adenocarcinomas arise to form a group of histopathologically heterogenous tumors. To evaluate the molecular features of these tumors, 98 ampullary adenocarcinomas were evaluated and compared to 44 distal bile duct and 18 duodenal adenocarcinomas. Genomic analyses revealed mutations in the WNT signaling pathway among half of the patients and in all three adenocarcinomas irrespective of their origin and histological morphology. These tumors were characterized by a high frequency of inactivating mutations of ELF3, a high rate of microsatellite instability, and common focal deletions and amplifications, suggesting common attributes in the molecular pathogenesis are at play in these tumors. The high frequency of WNT pathway activating mutation, coupled with small-molecule inhibitors of β-catenin in clinical trials, suggests future treatment decisions for these patients may be guided by genomic analysis.",
author = "Gingras, \{Marie Claude\} and Covington, \{Kyle R.\} and Chang, \{David K.\} and Donehower, \{Lawrence A.\} and Gill, \{Anthony J.\} and Ittmann, \{Michael M.\} and Creighton, \{Chad J.\} and Johns, \{Amber L.\} and Eve Shinbrot and Ninad Dewal and Fisher, \{William E.\} and \{Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative\} and Jones, \{Marc D.\} and Amanda Mawson and Scarlett, \{Christopher J.\} and Brancato, \{Mary Anne L.\} and Rowe, \{Sarah J.\} and Simpson, \{Skye H.\} and \{Smith Martyn\}, Mona and Thomas, \{Michelle T.\} and Chantrill, \{Lorraine A.\} and Chin, \{Venessa T.\} and Chou Angela and Cowley, \{Mark J.\} and Humphris, \{Jeremy L.\} and Scott Mead and Nagrial, \{Adnan M.\} and Marina Pajic and Jessica Pettit and Mark Pinese and Ilse Rooman and Jianmin Wu and Jiang Tao and Renee DiPietro and Clare Watson and Angela Steinmann and Lee, \{Hong Ching\} and Rachel Wong and Pinho, \{Andreia V.\} and Marc Giry-Laterriere and Daly, \{Roger J.\} and Musgrove, \{Elizabeth A.\} and Sutherland, \{Robert L.\} and Kassahn, \{Karin S.\} and Miller, \{David K.\} and Wilson, \{Peter J.\} and Patch, \{Ann Marie\} and Sarah Song and Senel Idrisoglu and Craig Nourse and Ehsan Nourbakhsh and Suzanne Manning and Shivangi Wani and Milena Gongora and Matthew Anderson and Oliver Holmes and Conrad Leonard and Darrin Taylor and Scott Wood and Christina Xu and Katia Nones and Fink, \{Lynn J.\} and Angelika Christ and Tim Bruxner and Nicole Cloonan and Felicity Newell and Michael Quinn and Shivashankar Nagaraj and Stephen Kazakoff and Nick Waddell and Keerthana Krisnan and Queelly and David Wood and Nick Pavlakis and Alex Guminski and Christopher Toon and Ray Asghari and Merrett, \{Neil D.\} and Darren Pavey and Amitabha Das and Cosman, \{Peter H.\} and Kasim Ismail and Chelsie O'Connnor and Lam, \{Vincent W.\} and Duncan McLeod and Pleass, \{Henry C.\} and Arthur Richardson and Virginia James and Kench, \{James G.\} and Cooper, \{Caroline L.\} and David Joseph and Charbel Sandroussi and Michael Crawford and James Gallagher and Michael Texler and Cindy Forest and Andrew Laycock and Epari, \{Krishna P.\} and Mo Ballal and Fletcher, \{David R.\} and Sanjay Mukhedkar and Spry, \{Nigel A.\} and Bastiaan DeBoer and Ming Chai and Nikolajs Zeps and Maria Beilin and Kynan Feeney and Nguyen, \{Nan Q.\} and Ruszkiewicz, \{Andrew R.\} and Chris Worthley and Tan, \{Chuan P.\} and Tamara Debrencini and John Chen and Brooke-Smith, \{Mark E.\} and Virginia Papangelis and Henry Tang and Barbour, \{Andrew P.\} and Clouston, \{Andrew D.\} and Patrick Martin and O'Rourke, \{Thomas J.\} and Amy Chiang and Fawcett, \{Jonathan W.\} and Kellee Slater and Shinn Yeung and Michael Hatzifotis and Peter Hodgkinson and Christopher Christophi and Mehrdad Nikfarjam and Angela Mountain and Eshleman, \{James R.\} and Anirban Maitra and Iacobuzio-Donahue, \{Christine A.\} and Schulick, \{Richard D.\} and Wolfgang, \{Christopher L.\} and Morgan, \{Richard A.\} and Mary Hodgin and Aldo Scarpa and Lawlor, \{Rita T.\} and Stefania Beghelli and Vincenzo Corbo and Maria Scardoni and Claudio Bassi and Tempero, \{Margaret A.\} and Graham, \{Janet S.\} and Christian Pilarsky and Robert Gr{\"u}tzmann and Overman, \{Michael J.\} and Jamieson, \{Nigel B.\} and \{Van Buren II\}, George and Jennifer Drummond and Kimberly Walker and Hampton, \{Oliver A.\} and Liu Xi and Muzny, \{Donna M.\} and Harsha Doddapaneni and Lee, \{Sandra L.\} and Michelle Bellair and Jianhong Hu and Yi Han and Dinh, \{Huyen H.\} and Mike Dahdouli and Samra, \{Jaswinder S.\} and Peter Bailey and Nicola Waddell and Pearson, \{John V.\} and Ivon Harliwong and Huamin Wang and Daniela Aust and Oien, \{Karin A.\} and Hruban, \{Ralph H.\} and Hodges, \{Sally E.\} and Amy McElhany and Charupong Saengboonmee and Duthie, \{Fraser R.\} and Grimmond, \{Sean M.\} and Biankin, \{Andrew V.\} and Wheeler, \{David A.\} and Gibbs, \{Richard A.\}",
year = "2016",
month = feb,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1016/j.celrep.2015.12.005",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "907--919",
journal = "Cell Reports",
issn = "2211-1247",
publisher = "Cell Press",
number = "4",
}