A single-gene biomarker identifies breast cancers associated with immature cell type and short duration of prior breastfeeding
A single-gene biomarker identifies breast cancers associated with immature cell type and short duration of prior breastfeeding
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DOI:
10.1677/erc.1.01051
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发表时间:
2005-12-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Pusztai, L
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作者:
Symmans, WF;Fiterman, DJ;Pusztai, L
The pathogenesis of breast cancers that do not express estrogen receptors or Her-2/neu receptors (ER-/HER2- phenotype) is incompletely understood. We had observed markedly elevated gene expression of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptor subunit pi (GABA pi, GABRP) in some breast cancers with ER-/HER2- phenotype. In this study, transcriptional profiles (TxPs) were obtained from 82 primary invasive breast cancers by oligonucleotide microarrays. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to measure GABA pi gene expression in a separate cohort of 121 invasive breast cancers. GABA pi: gene expression values from TxP and RT-PCR were standardized and compared with clinicopathologic characteristics in the 203 patients. GABA pi gene expression was increased in 16% of breast cancers (113/82 TxP, 20/ 121 RT-PCR), particularly in breast cancers with ER-/HER2- phenotype (60%), and breast cancers with basal-like genomic profile (60%). The profile of genes coexpressed with GABA pi in these tumors was consistent with an immature cell type. In multivariate linear regression analysis, the level of GABA pi gene expression was associated with ER-/HER2- phenotype (P