Table 3.
The Aarhus group classification | Class I | Class IIa | Class IIb | Class III |
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Gen e expression |
Uroplakins |
Uroplakins KRT20 KRT14 |
Uroplakins KRT20 KRT14 |
KRT5 KRT15 KRT14 CD44 GATA3 |
Regulon activity |
FOXM1 ESR2 ERBB2 ERBB3 |
ESR1 FGFR1 RARB STAT3 PGR |
AR GATA3 |
|
Molecular feature | Early stage, high expression of early cell cycle genes | High expression of late cell cycle genes | The highest immune infiltration of NMIBC | Dormant state of disease |
Prognosis | Good | The poorest | Poor |
Lund taxonomy applied to NMIBC | UroA | UroB | UroC | GU |
---|---|---|---|---|
Expression | Urothelial differentiation signature, FGFR3 |
KRT5 CDH3 MYC |
MYCL MYCN |
MYCL MYCN |
Genomic alternation |
FGFR3 KDM6A RAS TERT PIK3CA |
RAS CDKN2A deletion Loss of TP53 TERT PIK3CA |
TP53 TERT PIK3CA |
RB1 TP53 Loss of TP53 Loss of RB1 E2F3 amplification TERT PIK3CA |
T1E4 and part of T1E2 cases are classified as IIa. T1E3 cases are classified as class IIb