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SUBMITTER: Cohen EN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6653624 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cohen Evan N EN Fouad Tamer M TM Lee Bang-Ning BN Arun Banu K BK Liu Diane D Tin Sanda S Gutierrez Barrera Angelica M AM Miura Toshihide T Kiyokawa Iwao I Yamashita Jun J Alvarez Ricardo H RH Valero Vicente V Woodward Wendy A WA Shen Yu Y Ueno Naoto T NT Cristofanilli Massimo M Reuben James M JM
Breast cancer research and treatment 20190503 3
<h4>Purpose</h4>The carbohydrate sialyl Lewis<sup>X</sup> (sLe<sup>X</sup>) mediates cell adhesion, is critical in the normal function of immune cells, and is frequently over-expressed on cancer cells. We assessed the association, differential levels, and prognostic value of sLe<sup>X</sup> and inflammatory cytokines/chemokines in breast cancer sera.<h4>Methods</h4>We retrospectively measured sLe<sup>X</sup> and a panel of cytokines/chemokines in the sera of 26 non-invasive ductal carcinoma in s ...[more]