Author AKT1 E17K # Mutations/ Cases tested % Methods Clinicopathologic correlation
Carpten 2007 [36] 5/61 8.2% Complete sequencing 4/5 mutants ER+
Bleeker 2008 [67] 16/273 5.8% Sequence hotspot No clinical/hormonal data
Kim 2008 [106] 4/78 5.1% SSCP No clinical/hormonal data DCIS: 0/15
Stemke-Hale 2008 [56] 6/418 1.4% PCR-mass-spec All mutants ER+
Kalinsky 2009 [71] 21/590 3.6% PCR-mass-spec Mostly ER+
Kadota 2009 [10] 11/161 6.8%    
Lauring 2010 [34] 3/100 3% Sequence hotspot (frozen tissue) All mutants ER+
Dunlap 2010 [79] 3/78 3.8% Sequence hotspot All mutants ER+
Kan 2010 [50] 4/183 2.2% Mismatch Repair Detection (frozen tissue)  
Boyault 2011 [103] 5/120 4.2% Sequence hotspot (frozen tissue) 4 of 5 ER+PR+
Total 78/2062 3.8%    
COSMIC database (Catalog of Somatic Mutations in Cancer; http://www.sanger.ac.uk/genetics/CGP/cosmic/) lists 57 mutations in 1618 tested breast carcinomas as of 10/30/11 (overall 3.5% mutation), including all of the above except Lauring 2010, Kalinsky 2009, Boyault 2011.
SSCP-Single strand conformation polymorphism
ER-Estrogen receptor, PR-Progesterone receptor
Table 2: Literature review of AKT1 mutations in primary invasive breast carcinomas.