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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
This paper describes the generation and characterization of a monoclonal antibody specific for two members of the AP-2 family of transcription factors, AP-2alpha and AP-2beta, and its subsequent application to archival primary breast tumour material. Nuclear localization of AP-2 was found in all expressing cases, but in general levels of immunostaining were low, with only 17 per cent of the 86 tumours examined showing very high expression levels. Nevertheless, data analysis of the whole patient series allowed the identification of significant relationships between levels of AP-2 and other important breast markers. Thus, expression of AP-2alpha/beta was found to correlate significantly with expression of both ER ( p=0.036*) and the universal cell-cycle inhibitor p21(cip) ( p=0.03*), but was inversely related to levels of the proto-oncogene ErbB2 ( p=0.008*). AP-2-positive tumours also showed a low rate of proliferation, with significantly reduced mitotic count and a lower tumour grade. There was no significant relationship with clinical parameters, but samples with adjacent normal tissue indicated that loss of the AP-2 marker was associated with disease progression from normal breast through to invasive disease. This was confirmed by examining separate series of pure normal and pure DCIS samples, both of which expressed significantly higher levels of AP-2 ( p=0.0001* in each case) than the invasive tumours. Overall, these findings implicate AP-2alpha/beta as having a role akin to that of a tumour suppressor in breast cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-3417
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
189
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
514-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Cyclins, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Statistics, Nonparametric, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Transcription Factor AP-2, pubmed-meshheading:10629551-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunohistochemical analysis reveals a tumour suppressor-like role for the transcription factor AP-2 in invasive breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Tenovus Cancer Research Centre, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XX, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't