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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
The high-mobility-group (HMG) protein gene HMGI-C is apparently involved in the genesis of a variety of benign human solid tumors with rearrangements of chromosomal region 12q14-15 affecting the HMGI-C gene. So far, no expression of HMGI-C has been found in adult tissues, and no data are available on the expression of HMGI-C in primary human malignant tumors of epithelial origin. Therefore, we analysed the HMGI-C expression patterns in 44 breast cancer samples and 13 samples of nonmalignant adjacent tissue by hemi-nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for HMGI-C expression. There was no detectable expression of HMGI-C in any nonmalignant adjacent breast tissues analyzed. In contrast, we found expression in 20 of 44 breast cancer samples investigated. In invasive ductal tumors, expression was noted predominantly in tumors with high histologic grade: 17 of 21 breast cancer samples with histologic grade 3 but only three of 16 samples with histologic grades 1 or 2 showed expression of HMGI-C. In addition, all seven lobular breast cancer samples tested did not express HMGI-C. From these results, we concluded that HMGI-C expression may be of pathogenetic or prognostic importance in breast cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0899-1987
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
153-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of HMGI-C, a member of the high mobility group protein family, in a subset of breast cancers: relationship to histologic grade.
pubmed:affiliation
Center of Human Genetics and Genetic Counselling, University of Bremen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article