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ArticleNature communications2025

Expression of antibody-drug conjugate targets in post-mortem samples of breast cancer metastases and normal tissue.

Kristien Borremans, Anirudh Pabba, Gitte Zels, Amena Mahdami, Camille Carette, Marion Maetens, Karen Van Baelen, Josephine Van Cauwenberge, Ha Linh Nguyen, Hava Izci and 17 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04531696 (UZ/KU Leuven Program for Post-mortem Tissue Donation to Enhance Research), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04531696 narecruitingnot on this map

UZ/KU Leuven Program for Post-mortem Tissue Donation to Enhance Research

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversitaire Ziekenhuizen KU LeuvenRan2020 to 2035Enrolled100ConditionsBreast Cancer, Hereditary DiseasesArmsBlood draw, Post-mortem tissue collection
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A modular framework for antibody-drug conjugate biomarkers.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2026
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  2. Toward targeted therapeutics for lobular breast cancer.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Kristien Borremans *Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7047-1543
Anirudh Pabba *Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Gitte Zels *Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Amena MahdamiLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Camille CaretteLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-7921-212X
Marion MaetensLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Karen Van BaelenLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Josephine Van CauwenbergeLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9802-186X
Ha Linh NguyenLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2538-7657
Hava IzciLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sophia LeducLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sigrid HatseLaboratory of Experimental Oncology (LEO), Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6764-2628
Madita NysenLaboratory of Experimental Oncology (LEO), Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Bram BoeckxLaboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0296-6680
Evy VanderheydenLaboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Thomas Van BrusselLaboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Françoise DerouaneGeneral Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0199-1366
Kevin PunieDepartment of Medical Oncology, Oncology Center Antwerp, Ziekenhuis aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium.
Wouter Van Den BogaertForensic Biomedical Sciences Unit, Department of Imaging & Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5803-3409
Peter VermeulenLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Elia BiganzoliLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-5873
Diether LambrechtsLaboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3429-302X
Patrick NevenGynecological Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1434-9460
Hans WildiersGeneral Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-7837
Giuseppe FlorisDepartment of Pathology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2391-5425
François RichardLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4353-3619
Christine DesmedtLaboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. christine.desmedt@kuleuven.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5223-5579

Funding

Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) BCRF-24-212Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) G082524NKatholieke Universiteit Leuven | Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, KU Leuven (University Hospital Leuven, KU Leuven) KOOR Uitzonderlijke Financiering 2020KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) C14/21/114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While many Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are investigated in solid tumors, their target expression and heterogeneity is poorly documented in metastatic breast cancer. Here, we perform RNA sequencing to investigate expression of 72 ADC targets in 909 samples from 30 female patients from our post-mortem tissue donation program UPTIDER (NCT04531696). We report that the highest median expression in metastases is seen for FN1, MUC1, LAMP1, HER3 and SLC39A6. TROP2 and HER2 have the 9

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsImmunoconjugatesAgedAntigens, NeoplasmAutopsyBiomarkers, TumorCell Adhesion MoleculesErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiddle AgedNectinsNeoplasm MetastasisAntigens, NeoplasmBiomarkers, TumorCell Adhesion MoleculesErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunoconjugatesNECTIN4 protein, humanNectinsTACSTD2 protein, human

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PMID41449182
PMCPMC12852894

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