Daniela Di Giacomo

Daniela Di Giacomo


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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7 June 2022 in Life
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DGDaniela Di Giacomo
Daniela Di Giacomo
MDMarco Di Domenico
Marco Di Domenico
SDSabrina Vanessa Patrizia Defourny
Sabrina Vanessa Patrizia Defourny
DMDaniela Malatesta
Daniela Malatesta
GTGiovanni Di Teodoro
Giovanni Di Teodoro
APAntonio Petrini
Antonio Petrini
Mammary carcinomas are the most common neoplasms observed in women and in female dogs. Canine mammary tumors show epidemiological, clinical, genetic, and prognostic characteristics comparable to human breast cancers. The recent introduction of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has greatly improved research and diagnostics for humans, while these new tools still need to be implemented in animal models. In this study we developed and validated an AmpliSeq Panel assay for the identification of BRCA variants in twenty-two different dogs. The amplicon mean coverage was 5499× and uniformity was higher than 98% in all samples. The results of germline single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and insertions/deletions (INDELs) were fully concordant regardless of the types of samples considered (blood, fresh and FFPE tissues). Moreover, despite the high DNA degradation observed in older FFPE blocks (>5 years), the assay allowed full coverage of all amplicons for downstream analyses. We consider the NGS panel developed in this study as a useful tool for expanding information on BRCA genes in the veterinary field and for human health from a comparative oncology perspective.