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ArticleBreast cancer research and treatment2016

Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in breast cancers.

Dena A J Ahmad, Ola H Negm, M Layth Alabdullah, Sameer Mirza, Mohamed R Hamed, Vimla Band, Andrew R Green, Ian O Ellis, Emad A Rakha

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Article in Breast cancer research and treatment, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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9 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Dena A J AhmadDivision of Cancer and Stem Cells, Department of Histopathology, School of Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital, The University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Ola H NegmSchool of Medicine, Queen's Medical Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK. ola.negm@nottingham.ac.uk.
M Layth AlabdullahAcademic Unit of Clinical Oncology, School of Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Sameer MirzaDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA.
Mohamed R HamedSchool of Medicine, Queen's Medical Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK.
Vimla BandDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA.
Andrew R GreenDivision of Cancer and Stem Cells, Department of Histopathology, School of Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital, The University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Ian O EllisDivision of Cancer and Stem Cells, Department of Histopathology, School of Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital, The University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Emad A RakhaDivision of Cancer and Stem Cells, Department of Histopathology, School of Medicine, Nottingham City Hospital, The University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha · USUniversity of Nottingham · GBMansoura University · EGNottingham City Hospital · GBUniversity of Mosul · IQ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are signalling transduction molecules that have different functions and diverse behaviour in cancer. In breast cancer, MAPK is related to oestrogen receptor (ER) and HER2.

methodsProtein expression of a large panel of MAPKs (JNK1/2, ERK, p38, C-JUN and ATF2 including phosphorylated forms) were assessed immunohistochemically in a large (n = 1400) and well-characterised breast cancer series prepared as tissue microarray. Moreover, reverse phase protein array was applied to quantify protein expression of MAPKs in six breast cancer cell lines with different phenotypes including HER2-transfected cells.

resultsMAPKs expression was associated with clinicopathological variables characteristic of good prognosis. These associations were most significant in the whole series and in the ER+ subgroup compared to other BC classes. Most of MAPKs showed a positive association with ER, BCL2 and better outcome and were negatively associated with the proliferation marker Ki67 and p53. Association of MAPK with HER2 was mainly seen in the ER- subgroup. Reverse phase protein array confirmed immunohistochemistry results and revealed differential expression of MAPK proteins in ER+ and ER- cell lines.

conclusionsMAPKs are associated with good prognosis and their expression is mainly related to ER. Studying a large panel rather than individual biomarkers may provide improved understanding of the pathway.

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Breast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansMCF-7 CellsMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPhosphorylationPrognosisProteomicsReceptors, EstrogenTissue Array AnalysisERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesReceptors, EstrogenBreast cancerMAPK signalling pathwaysReverse phase protein microarray (RPPA)

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PMID27592113
PMCPMC5021722
OpenAlexW2511496561

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