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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
Oxidative and carbonyl stress may, on one hand, contribute to the progression of cancer, on the other hand, they may have some antiproliferative effects. We examined serum levels of AGEs (advanced glycation end-products), CML (carboxymethyllysine) and AOPP (advanced oxidation protein products) in 86 patients with breast cancer subdivided based on the clinical stage (TNM classification), histologic grading, expression of hormonal and C-erb B2 receptors and in 14 healthy age-matched women as controls. Breast cancer patients had higher serum concentrations of AGEs (325,581 +/- 66,037 vs. 271,322 +/- 34,826 AU, p < 0.01) even in the early stage of the disease; patients with advanced breast cancer (stage III and IV) had significantly higher both AGEs and AOPP (113.0 +/- 44.9 vs. 78.1 +/- 28.4 micromol/l, p < 0.05) levels, not only compared to controls, but also compared to stages I and II. Serum levels of AOPP were higher in patients having only weakly positive expression of C-erb 2/Her-neu compared to controls and the patients having the highest C-erb2/Her-neu expression. Serum concentrations of AGEs in patients with breast cancer correlated with the age and also with the serum concentration of AOPP. In conclusion: breast cancer patients had an early increase of AGEs (marker of the carbonyl stress) followed by further increase of AGEs and elevation of AOPP (marker of oxidative stress) in patients with progressive disease. As the clinical significance of these observations is currently uncertain further studies are clearly warranted, especially with respect to their potential therapeutic implications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-2685
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Carbonyl and oxidative stress in patients with breast cancer--is there a relation to the stage of the disease?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncology, 1st School of Medicine and General Faculty Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. tesarova.petra@seznam.cz
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't