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Table 1 Features of canine mammary tumor subtypes and subgroups

From: Human basal-like breast cancer is represented by one of the two mammary tumor subtypes in dogs

Subtype

cBLMT1

cNBLMT2

Subgroup

ER−PR−

ER−PR+ 

ER+PR+

ER+PR−

96% ER+PR+

Basal-like

17

18

6

3

5

Luminal A

0

0

4

2

55

Luminal B

2

1

6

1

8

HER2-enriched

1

3

2

0

2

Normal-like

0

1

2

0

4

Enriched functions of upregulated genes in subgroup

Hedgehog signaling; EMT; Wnt/β-catenin signaling

Interferon-γ response; IL6/JAK/STAT3 Signaling; Wnt & pluripotency

Interferon-γ response; Hedgehog signaling

ND3

 

Histological & clinical features

Simple adenoma/carcinoma enriched; tumor with lymph node invasion enriched

Complex or mixed tumors enriched

Enriched functions of upregulated genes in subtype

Cell cycle; proliferation; MYC target; Wnt signaling; EMT; basal-like upregulation

Ion transport; ESR1 targets; basal-like downregulation

Mutation enrichment

TP53 mutation

PIK3CA H1047R/L; KAT6B mutation; PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway alteration

Cross-species PAM50

Clustered with hBLBC

Not clustered with any human breast cancer subtype

  1. 1cBLMT Canine basal-like mammary tumor
  2. 2cNBLMT canine non-basal-like mammary tumor
  3. 3cBLMT ER+PR- subgroup has a small sample size and is not investigated