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  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
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12 Pages

Implications of Fumarate Hydratase Deficiency (FHD) and Cancer Risk: A Window into the Clinical and Oncological Implications of a Rare Disorder in Gynecology

  • Marco D’Indinosante,
  • Sara Lardino,
  • Matteo Bruno,
  • Guglielmo Stabile,
  • Matteo Pavone,
  • Gaia Giannone,
  • Pasquale Lombardi,
  • Gennaro Daniele,
  • Francesco Fanfani and
  • Francesca Ciccarone
  • + 1 author

8 February 2025

Fumarate hydratase (FH) deficiency is a rare, yet impactful metabolic disorder caused by mutations in the FH gene, affecting the Krebs cycle, leading to the accumulation of fumarate and pseudohypoxic states. This metabolic shift promotes cell signali...

  • Article
  • Open Access
155 Views
15 Pages

Diagnostic Value and Interobserver Reproducibility of Histopathological Features in Fumarate Hydratase-Deficient Uterine Leiomyomas

  • Aleksandra Rogozhina,
  • Alina Badlaeva,
  • Anna Tregubova,
  • Aleksandra Asaturova,
  • Maria Kuznetsova and
  • Gennady Sukhikh

26 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Fumarate hydratase-deficient leiomyomas (dFH-LMs) are a rare subtype of uterine smooth muscle tumors (USMTs) with implications for hereditary leiomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC). Although several morphologic clues have...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,657 Views
9 Pages

Investigating Fumarate Hydratase-Deficient Uterine Fibroids: A Case Series

  • Samar Alkhrait,
  • Munira Ali,
  • Elizabeth Kertowidjojo,
  • Iris L Romero,
  • Feighanne Hathaway and
  • Obianuju Sandra Madueke-Laveaux

22 August 2023

Uterine leiomyomas or uterine fibroids are the most common benign soft tissue tumor in reproductive-aged women. Fumarate hydratase deficient (FH-d) uterine fibroids are a rare subtype that is diagnosed only on pathologic evaluation. FH-d uterine fibr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,935 Views
30 Pages

Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Kidney Disease: Integrating Renal Tumorigenesis of Hereditary Cancer Syndrome

  • Rossella Cicchetti,
  • Martina Basconi,
  • Giulio Litterio,
  • Marco Mascitti,
  • Flavia Tamborino,
  • Angelo Orsini,
  • Alessio Digiacomo,
  • Matteo Ferro,
  • Luigi Schips and
  • Michele Marchioni

21 August 2024

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) comprises various histologically distinct subtypes, each characterized by specific genetic alterations, necessitating individualized management and treatment strategies for each subtype. An exhaustive search of the PubMed d...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,583 Views
9 Pages

Uterine Leiomyomas with Specific Histology Features of Two Fumarate Hydratase/Succinate Dehydrogenase-Deficient Tumors: A Double Case Report

  • Ljubiša Jovanović,
  • Svetlana Milenković,
  • Luka Andrić,
  • Radomir Stefanović,
  • Branislav Milošević,
  • Jelena Micić,
  • Igor Pilić,
  • Aleksandra Beleslin,
  • Olga Mihaljević and
  • Milan Dokić

Background and Objectives: Mutations in succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and fumarate hydratase (FH) give rise to various familial cancer syndromes, with these alterations being characteristic of certain types of histomorphologically specific leiomyomas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
997 Views
17 Pages

Revealing the Angiogenic Signature of FH-Deficient Breast Cancer: Genomic Profiling and Clinical Implications

  • Liat Anabel Sinberger,
  • Noa Keren-Khadmy,
  • Assaf Goldberg,
  • Tamar Peretz-Yablonski,
  • Amir Sonnenblick and
  • Mali Salmon-Divon

9 September 2025

Background: Fumarate hydratase (FH) deficiency is a rare metabolic alteration in breast cancer that may drive tumor progression through angiogenic remodeling. However, its role in shaping the tumor microenvironment remains poorly defined, limiting ou...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,665 Views
10 Pages

Germline Whole-Gene Deletion of FH Diagnosed from Tumor Profiling

  • Arisa Ueki,
  • Kokichi Sugano,
  • Kumiko Misu,
  • Eriko Aimono,
  • Kohei Nakamura,
  • Shigeki Tanishima,
  • Nobuyuki Tanaka,
  • Shuji Mikami,
  • Akira Hirasawa and
  • Miho Ando
  • + 4 authors

Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HL (RCC)) entails cutaneous and uterine leiomyomatosis with aggressive type 2 papillary RCC-like histology. HLRCC is caused by pathogenic variants in the FH gene, which encodes fumarate hydratase (F...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,691 Views
13 Pages

Mitochondrial Deficiencies in the Predisposition to Paraganglioma

  • Charlotte Lussey-Lepoutre,
  • Alexandre Buffet,
  • Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo and
  • Judith Favier

Paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours with a very strong genetic component. It is estimated that around 40% of all cases are caused by a germline mutation in one of the 13 predisposing genes identified so far. Half of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,010 Views
18 Pages

Fumarate Hydratase Enhances the Therapeutic Effect of PD-1 Antibody in Colorectal Cancer by Regulating PCSK9

  • Le Qin,
  • Liang Shi,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Haixin Yu,
  • Zhouyuan Du,
  • Mian Chen,
  • Yuxuan Cai,
  • Yinghao Cao,
  • Shenghe Deng and
  • Jun Wang
  • + 5 authors

8 February 2024

Despite the notable achievements of programmed death 1 (PD-1) antibodies in treating various cancers, the overall efficacy remains limited in the majority of colorectal cancer (CRC) cases. Metabolism reprogramming of tumors inhibits the tricarboxylic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,452 Views
15 Pages

Synthetically Lethal Interactions of Heme Oxygenase-1 and Fumarate Hydratase Genes

  • Paulina Podkalicka,
  • Olga Mucha,
  • Szczepan Kruczek,
  • Anna Biela,
  • Kalina Andrysiak,
  • Jacek Stępniewski,
  • Maciej Mikulski,
  • Michał Gałęzowski,
  • Kamil Sitarz and
  • Krzysztof Brzózka
  • + 3 authors

16 January 2020

Elevated expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1, encoded by HMOX1) is observed in various types of tumors. Hence, it is suggested that HO-1 may serve as a potential target in anticancer therapies. A novel approach to inhibit HO-1 is related to the synt...

  • Review
  • Open Access
476 Views
21 Pages

Glycolytic Reprogramming in Uterine Fibroids: Genetic, Transcriptomic, Proteomic, and Metabolomic Insights

  • Samya El Sayed,
  • Alvina Pan,
  • Valentina Vanos,
  • Rachel Michel and
  • Mostafa Borahay

28 October 2025

Uterine leiomyomas or fibroids are a common but pernicious benign tumor impacting between 70–80% of women of reproductive age. Despite their high prevalence, the etiology of uterine fibroids is not fully understood. This review aims to highligh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,170 Views
13 Pages

Increased Occurrence of Cutaneous Leiomyomas and Dermatofibromas in Patients with Uterine Leiomyomas without Fumarate Hydratase Gene Mutations

  • Elena Campione,
  • Monia Di Prete,
  • Gaetana Costanza,
  • Andrea Saggini,
  • Sara Agostinelli,
  • Alessandro Terrinoni,
  • Federica Centofanti,
  • Maria Cristina Rapanotti,
  • Luca Bianchi and
  • Amedeo Ferlosio
  • + 2 authors

Leiomyomas are smooth muscle-derived benign neoplasms that can affect all organs, most frequently in the uterus. Fumarate hydratase gene (FH) mutation is characterised by an autosomal dominant disease with increased occurrence of renal tumours, but a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,438 Views
12 Pages

Genetic Mechanisms Driving Uterine Leiomyoma Pathobiology, Epidemiology, and Treatment

  • Malini S. Ramaiyer,
  • Eslam Saad,
  • Irem Kurt and
  • Mostafa A. Borahay

27 April 2024

Uterine leiomyomas (ULs) are the most common benign tumor of the uterus. They can be associated with symptoms including abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic pain, urinary frequency, and pregnancy complications. Despite the high prevalence of UL, its und...