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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
We have shown recently that normal human mammary epithelial cells do produce interleukin 6 (IL6), interleukin 8, and a nonsecreted form of tumor necrosis factor. Here we report that ductal infiltrating mammary carcinomas fail to express immunoreactive IL6. Since abnormalities of cytokine genes are a frequent event in cancer, we investigated the production of and the response to cytokines of mammary cells using a panel of oncogene-transformed cells derived from the spontaneously immortalized MCF-10A cell line. We found that only the parental line and the int-2-transformed cells responded to exogenous IL6 and/or were suppressed by IL6-neutralizing antibody. In contrast to highly transformed cells, these two lines, which were either nontransformed (MCF-10A) or weakly transformed (int-2), were found to express IL6 receptors. These data suggest that loss of IL6 pathways can be a marker of mammary cell transformation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:geneSymbol
c-Ha-ras, c-erb-B2, int-2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2957-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Breast, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Fibroblast Growth Factor 3, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Fibroblast Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Genes, ras, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Interleukin-8, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Stimulation, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:8100482-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Growth-stimulating activity of interleukin 6 on human mammary epithelial cells transfected with the int-2 gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Pisa Medical School, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't