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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer J. 2012 Nov-Dec;18(6):492–501. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e31827459b6

TABLE 1.

Somatic Mutation Prevalence of Commonly Altered Genes in Pancreatic Neoplasms

Neoplasm Chromosome(s) Gene(s) Alteration Prevalence Gene Function
PDA 12 KRAS 95% Cell signaling (mitogen-activated protein kinase [MAPK] pathway, etc)
9 P16/CDKN2A 95% Cell cycle regulation
17 TP53 75% Cellular stress response
18 SMAD4/DPC4 55% Cell signaling (TGF-β receptor pathway)
IPMN 12 KRAS 80% Cell signaling (MAPK pathway etc)
17 RNF43 75% Ubiquitin ligase
20 GNAS 60% Cell signaling (adenylyl cyclase pathway, etc)
9 P16/CDKN2A Only in HGD/carcinoma Cell cycle regulation
17 TP53 Only in HGD/carcinoma Cellular stress response
18 SMAD4/DPC4 Only in HGD/carcinoma Cell signaling (TGF-β receptor pathway)
3 PIK3CA 10% Cell signaling (PI3K [phosphatidylinositol 3-OH kinase] pathway)
MCN 12 KRAS 80% Cell signaling (MAPK pathway, etc)
17 RNF43 40% Ubiquitin ligase
9 P16/CDKN2A Only in HGD/carcinoma Cell cycle regulation
17 TP53 Only in HGD/carcinoma Cellular stress response
18 SMAD4/DPC4 Only in HGD/carcinoma Cell signaling (TGF-β receptor pathway)
SCA 3 VHL 50% Ubiquitin ligase (HIE-1α pathway)
SPN 3 CTNNB1 95% Cell signaling (WNT pathway), cell adhesion
PanNET 11 MEN1 45% Unknown
6/X DAXX/ATRX 45% Chromatin remodeling (alternative lengthening of telomeres)
Multiple mTOR pathway 15% Cell signaling (PI3K pathway)
ACC 3 CTNNB1 5% Cell signaling (WNT pathway), cell adhesion
5 APC 15% Cell signaling (WNT pathway), cell adhesion
PB 3 CTNNB1 55% Cell signaling (WNT pathway), cell adhesion
5 APC 10% Cell signaling (WNT pathway), cell adhesion
11 Unknown 85% Unknown

PDA indicates pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; ACC, acinar cell carcinoma; PB, pancreatoblastoma; HGD, high-grade dysplasia; carcinoma: invasive carcinoma; MCN, mucinous cystic neoplasm; PanNET, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor; SCA, serous cystic neoplasm; SPN, solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm.