2021
Quantitative assessment of the immune microenvironment in African American Triple Negative Breast Cancer: a case–control study
Yaghoobi V, Moutafi M, Aung TN, Pelekanou V, Yaghoubi S, Blenman K, Ibrahim E, Vathiotis IA, Shafi S, Sharma A, O’Meara T, Fernandez AI, Pusztai L, Rimm DL. Quantitative assessment of the immune microenvironment in African American Triple Negative Breast Cancer: a case–control study. Breast Cancer Research 2021, 23: 113. PMID: 34906209, PMCID: PMC8670126, DOI: 10.1186/s13058-021-01493-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative breast cancerT cellsTumor microenvironmentAA patientsImmune cellsAA tumorsBreast cancerPurposeTriple-negative breast cancerAfrican AmericansTriple-negative breast cancerCase-control studySignificant differencesActivated T cellsImmunologic biomarkersPD-L1Lymphocytic infiltrationLymphoid infiltrationImmune microenvironmentControl cohortTNBC tumorsMyeloid markersQuantitative immunofluorescenceMean expression levelPatientsTNBC
2013
Marginal and Joint Distributions of S100, HMB-45, and Melan-A Across a Large Series of Cutaneous Melanomas
Viray H, Bradley WR, Schalper KA, Rimm DL, Rothberg BE. Marginal and Joint Distributions of S100, HMB-45, and Melan-A Across a Large Series of Cutaneous Melanomas. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2013, 137: 1063-73. PMID: 23899062, PMCID: PMC3963468, DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0284-oa.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHMB-45Primary tumorCutaneous melanomaLarge seriesMelanoma-specific survivalMelanoma primary tumorsGroup of antigensLarge tissue microarrayClinicopathologic covariatesClinicopathologic criteriaPrognostic relevanceHistopathologic profileClinicopathologic correlatesAntigen expressionClinicopathologic parametersMelanoma markersTissue microarrayPositive expressionSurvival analysisMelanomaMelanS100Melanoma cellsBivariate associationsSignificant differences