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Title
Elucidating the Determinants of Chemotherapy Response: A Single-Cell Transcriptomic Characterization of Chemosensitive and Resistant Tumors from Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Patients
Abstract
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) drives disproportionate mortality, yet only ~50% of patients achieve pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and tumor-intrinsic determinants of resistance remain undefined. We performed single-cell single-cell transcriptomic profiling of grade 3 TNBC core-needle biopsies), comparing chemotherapy-sensitive (n=4) and chemotherapy-resistant (n=4) tumors. InferCNV confirmed malignant identity and revealed broad genomic alterations; differential expression and pathway enrichment identified distinct tumor-intrinsic states separating resistant from sensitive tumors, while spatial analysis localized resistant states within the tumor ecosystem. These findings establish a framework for stratifying TNBC by tumor-intrinsic molecular vulnerability rather than histopathologic subtype alone.
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Justin M. Kim
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Marygrace C. Trousdell
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Claire Gould
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Matthew Manwaring
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Yihong Wang
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Ying Ma
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Aditi Marehalli
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Nick Kuburich
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Patrick Schupp
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Petra den Hollander
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Sendurai A. Mani
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Subject
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Breast cancer
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Triple-negative breast cancer
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Single-cell
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Chemotherapy resistance
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
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Tumor heterogeneity
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Spatial transcriptomics
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Providence, Rhode Island
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Brown University Library
Date Created (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
2026
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2026-06-04
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1 document
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Identifier: DOI
10.26300/r4rt-7171