The diversity of tumours with microsatellite instability: Molecular mechanisms and impact upon microsatellite instability testing and mismatch repair protein immunohistochemistry Review


Author: Shia, J.
Review Title: The diversity of tumours with microsatellite instability: Molecular mechanisms and impact upon microsatellite instability testing and mismatch repair protein immunohistochemistry
Abstract: Microsatellite instability (MSI) as a distinct molecular phenotype in human neoplasms was first recognised in 1993. Since then there has been tremendous progress in our understanding of this phenotype, including its genomic drivers and functional consequences. Currently, the multiple lines of investigation on MSI seem to have converged upon one important facet: its diversity, both genotypically and phenotypically, and both within and across tumour types. This review article offers a pathologist’s perspective on our current understanding of this diversity, and highlights its potentially significant impact on the effective use of our current MSI detection tools: PCR- or sequencing-based MSI testing and mismatch repair protein immunohistochemistry. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Keywords: immunotherapy; lynch syndrome; mmr-deficient crypts; mmr immunohistochemistry; msi heterogeneity
Journal Title: Histopathology
Volume: 78
Issue: 4
ISSN: 0309-0167
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell  
Date Published: 2021-03-01
Start Page: 485
End Page: 497
Language: English
DOI: 10.1111/his.14271
PUBMED: 33010064
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 1 March 2021 -- Source: Scopus
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