MITF-low/NF-κB–high transcriptional class is present and associated with resistance to MAPK pathway inhibition in human tumors. MITF-low/NF-κB–high transcriptional class is present and associated with resistance to MAPK pathway inhibition in human tumors. A, transcriptional class distinction in BRAFV600-mutant melanoma tumor samples. B, examples of AXL and MITF staining in pretreatment melanoma biopsies (magnification, ×40). C, comparison of progression-free survival between MITF-positive/AXL-negative and MITF-negative/AXL-positive classes. *, P = 0.0313, two-tailed t test. David J. Konieczkowski et al. Cancer Discovery 2014;4:816-827 ©2014 by American Association for Cancer Research