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Table 2 Key protein signalling pathways and phosphorylated proteins characteristics of each triple negative breast cancer subtype as derived from phospho-proteomics

From: Heterogeneity of triple negative breast cancer: Current advances in subtyping and treatment implications

TNBC subtype

Key phospho-proteomic characteristics

Luminal androgen receptor

PI3K/AKT signalling (AKT1, AKT2)

RB (retaining low levels of E2F)

MAP2K4

Androgen receptor activity (AR, SREBF1)

Fatty acid metabolism

Mesenchymal

DNA repair signalling (ATM, ATR)

Basal-like immune suppressed

Cell cycle (CDK1)

VRK1

Basal-like immune

activated

PKN1

PRKD2

STAT signalling (STAT1, STAT2, STAT5A)

  1. Data in the table are aggregated from Lehmann et al. [58] and Gong et al. [76]. Abbreviations: TNBC triple negative breast cancer