Sequential changes in gene expression profiles in breast cancers during treatment with the aromatase inhibitor, letrozole
Sequential changes in gene expression profiles in breast cancers during treatment with the aromatase inhibitor, letrozole
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DOI:
10.1038/tpj.2010.67
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发表时间:
2012-02-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Dixon, J. M.
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作者:
Miller, W. R.;Larionov, A.;Dixon, J. M.
The study aim was to identify early (within 14 days) and late changes (by 3 months) in breast cancer gene expression profiles associated with neoadjuvant therapy with letrozole. RNA from sequential tumour biopsies in 54 patients was analyzed on microarrays; changes were determined by frequency, magnitude and significance analyses. Substantially more genes were changed at 3 months (1503) than at 14 days (237). Early changed genes were associated with cell cycle (downregulation), blood vessel development and extracellular matrix (upregulation); late changes included 'cellular metabolic process', 'generation of precursor metabolites and energy' (decreased) and 'cell adhesion' biological adhesion' (increased). A striking difference between the early and late changes was the general location of downregulated genes-nuclear structures at 14 days and mitochondria after 3 months. These changes in gene expression profiles provide a new and important database by which to understand molecular mechanisms of letrozole in breast cancers. The Pharmacogenomics Journal (2012) 12, 10-21; doi:10.1038/tpj.2010.67; published online 10 August 2010