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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-31
pubmed:abstractText
The present study investigated the mRNA expression level of ubiquitin c-terminal hydrolase (UCH)-L1 and -L3 in breast cancer tissue and aimed to elucidate its association with tumor characteristics and patient prognosis. UCH-L1 and UCH-L3 mRNA levels in invasive breast cancer (n = 100) were determined by a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay and their relationship with various clinicopathological characteristics of breast tumors as well as patient prognosis were studied. UCH-L3 mRNA level was significantly upregulated in breast cancer tissue compared to adjacent normal breast tissue (P < 0.005), and UHC-L1 mRNA level also showed a non-significant increase in tumor tissue compared to adjacent normal breast tissue. Both UCH-L1 and UCH-L3 mRNA levels were significantly higher in high histological grade tumors than in low histological grade tumors (P < 0.001 and P < 0.005, respectively). High UCH-L1 mRNA level was significantly associated with negative estrogen receptor status (P < 0.05) and negative progesterone receptor status (P < 0.05). Patients with both UCH-L1 and UCH-L3 mRNA high tumors showed a significantly poorer prognosis than those in the UCH-L1 or UCH-L3 mRNA low group (P < 0.005). These observations that UCH-L3 mRNA level is upregulated in breast cancer tissue, and breast tumors with both UCH-L1 and UCH-L3 mRNA high expression are associated with a poor prognosis, suggest the possible involvement of UCH-L1 and UCH-L3 in the pathogenesis and progression of breast cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1347-9032
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
523-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
High expression of ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase-L1 and -L3 mRNA predicts early recurrence in patients with invasive breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't