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. 2013 Nov;16(11):1151-4.

Expression and clinical significance of activating transcription factor 3 in human breast cancer

Hua Cao  1 , Zhi-Xue Yang  1 , Guo-Qin Jiang  1
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Expression and clinical significance of activating transcription factor 3 in human breast cancer

Hua Cao et al. Iran J Basic Med Sci. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women worldwide. This study investigated the expression and clinical significance of activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) in human breast cancer and its relationship with the clinical outcome of breast cancer. Materials and Methods : ATF3 expressions were detected in 114 primary breast cancer tissues and 114 adjacent normal tissues using immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay. Categorical variables were statistically compared by chi-square or Fisher's exact test. Survival curves were evaluated using the Kaplan-Meier method and comparisons of survival rates were tested using a Log-rank test. Results : IHC analysis showed that the positive expression of ATF3 protein was detected in breast cancer tissue with a positive ratio of 76.3%, and the positive ATF3 expression in adjacent normal breast tissue was 13.2%, which is lower than that in breast cancer tissue samples (P<0.01). Furthermore, ATF3 expression showed significant correlation with TNM stage, invasion, lymph node metastasis and number of metastatic lymph nodes (P=0.038, P=0.029, P=0.026, and P=0.039 respectively), and did not correlate with patients' age and tumor size (P>0.05). A significant difference in overall survival rate was found between the patients with positive expression of ATF3 protein and those with negative expression (P=0.041). Conclusion : Increased ATF3 expression participate in the tumorigenesis, invasion and metastasis of breast cancer, and ATF3 may be useful as a new prognostic indicator for breast cancer patients.

Keywords: Activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3); Breast cancer; Clinical significance; Immunohistochemistry; Prognostic indicator.

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Detection of ATF3 expression in breast cancer tissues and adjacent normal tissues by immunohistochemistry assay (DAB, ×40). A: Negative control; B: Adjacent normal tissues sample; C: Breast cancer tissues sample
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Kaplan-Meier survival curve for ATF3 expression (+) and ATF3 expression (–) breast cancer patients. P=0.041, Log-rank test
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