Somatic mutations of KRAS, GNAS, TP53, and RNF43 were commonly detected in PJD of IPMNs, but no association with the histologic grades of IPMN was found.
One subgroup of IPNB represented the 'biliary counterpart of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas' (biliary-IPMN), and showed unique features reminiscent of IPMN, such as macroscopic and microscopic mucin hypersecretion, an intestinal cell lineage, GNAS mutation, and RNF43 mutation.
These results indicate that RNF43 mutation might cause downregulation of the expression of ring finger protein 43 and play a crucial role and associate synergistically with GNAS mutation during development of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas.