Expression of activator protein-1 (AP-1) family members in breast cancer.
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ABSTRACT: Background
The activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcription factor is believed to be important in tumorigenesis and altered AP-1 activity was associated with cell transformation. We aimed to assess the potential role of AP-1 family members as novel biomarkers in breast cancer.Methods
We studied the expression of AP-1 members at the mRNA level in 72 primary breast tumors and 37 adjacent non-tumor tissues and evaluated its correlation with clinicopathological parameters including estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and HER2/neu status. Expression levels of Ubiquitin C (UBC) were used for normalization. Protein expression of AP-1 members was assessed using Western blot analysis in a subset of tumors. We used student's t-test, one-way ANOVA, logistic regression and Pearson's correlation coefficient for statistical analyses.Results
We found significant differences in the expression of AP-1 family members between tumor and adjacent non-tumor tissues for all AP-1 family members except Fos B. Fra-1, Fra-2, Jun-B and Jun-D mRNA levels were significantly higher in tumors compared to adjacent non-tumor tissues (p?ConclusionsExpression levels of Fra-1 and Jun-B might be possible biomarkers for prognosis of breast cancer.
SUBMITTER: Kharman-Biz A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3849565 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Expression of activator protein-1 (AP-1) family members in breast cancer.
Kharman-Biz Amirhossein A Gao Hui H Ghiasvand Reza R Zhao Chunyan C Zendehdel Kazem K Dahlman-Wright Karin K
BMC cancer 20130928
<h4>Background</h4>The activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcription factor is believed to be important in tumorigenesis and altered AP-1 activity was associated with cell transformation. We aimed to assess the potential role of AP-1 family members as novel biomarkers in breast cancer.<h4>Methods</h4>We studied the expression of AP-1 members at the mRNA level in 72 primary breast tumors and 37 adjacent non-tumor tissues and evaluated its correlation with clinicopathological parameters including estro ...[more]
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