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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-3-5
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A high-throughput direct-differential cDNA sequencing approach was employed to identify genes differentially expressed in normal breast as compared with breast cancer. Approximately 6000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from cDNA libraries of normal breast and breast carcinoma were selected randomly and subjected to EST-sequencing analysis. The relative expression levels of more than 2000 unique EST groups were quantitatively compared in normal versus cancerous breast. Of many putative differentially expressed genes, a breast cancer-specific gene, BCSGC1, which was expressed in high abundance in a breast cancer cDNA library but scarcely in a normal breast cDNA library, was identified as a putative breast cancer marker. In situ hybridization analysis demonstrated stage-specific BCSG1 expression as follows: BCSG1 was undetectable in normal or benign breast lesions, showed partial expression in ductal carcinoma in situ, but was expressed at an extremely high level in advanced infiltrating breast cancer. The predicted amino acid sequence of BCSG1 gene has a significant sequence homology to the non-amyloid beta protein fragment of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid protein. BCSG1 overexpression may indicate breast cancer malignant progression from benign breast or in situ carcinoma to the highly infiltrating carcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
759-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of a breast cancer-specific gene, BCSG1, by direct differential cDNA sequencing.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland 20850-3338, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't