TY - JOUR
T1 - HER-2/neu and fibrinolytic factors in human breast cancer
AU - Tommasi, S.
AU - Rella, C.
AU - Giannella, C.
AU - Quaranta, M.
AU - Schittulli, F.
AU - Paradiso, A.
AU - Coviello, M.
AU - De Lena, M.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - HER-2/neu status and t-PA, u-PA, and PAI-1 cytosol content were evaluated in 88 primary breast cancer patients to determine the relationships between these parameters. HER-2/neu was amplified in 24% (20/84) of tumor samples and overexpressed in 28% (14/50). In the overall series, median t-PA, u-PA and PAT-1 contents, measured by the enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA), resulted in 1.7, 1.1 and 1.0 ng/mg cytosol protein (cyt prot), respectively. HER-2/neu overexpressed cases showed higher u-PA levels than those normally expressed whereas t-PA and PAI-1 levels did not vary in HER-2/neu altered and non altered cases. The t-PA levels did not differ in cases with or without HER-2/neu alterations, when separately considering the node-negative and node-positive cases. A significant relationship between t-PA levels and HER-2/neu alterations was observed only in the ER+ tumors: t-PA levels were lower in amplified and overexpressed cases (1.4 versus 2.5 ng/mg cyt prot in amplified and single copy gene, respectively; 1.6 versus 2.3 ng/mg cyt prot in overexpressed and normally expressed cases, respectively). Therefore, t-PA and HER-2/neu could provide additional prognostic information for ER-negative patients.
AB - HER-2/neu status and t-PA, u-PA, and PAI-1 cytosol content were evaluated in 88 primary breast cancer patients to determine the relationships between these parameters. HER-2/neu was amplified in 24% (20/84) of tumor samples and overexpressed in 28% (14/50). In the overall series, median t-PA, u-PA and PAT-1 contents, measured by the enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA), resulted in 1.7, 1.1 and 1.0 ng/mg cytosol protein (cyt prot), respectively. HER-2/neu overexpressed cases showed higher u-PA levels than those normally expressed whereas t-PA and PAI-1 levels did not vary in HER-2/neu altered and non altered cases. The t-PA levels did not differ in cases with or without HER-2/neu alterations, when separately considering the node-negative and node-positive cases. A significant relationship between t-PA levels and HER-2/neu alterations was observed only in the ER+ tumors: t-PA levels were lower in amplified and overexpressed cases (1.4 versus 2.5 ng/mg cyt prot in amplified and single copy gene, respectively; 1.6 versus 2.3 ng/mg cyt prot in overexpressed and normally expressed cases, respectively). Therefore, t-PA and HER-2/neu could provide additional prognostic information for ER-negative patients.
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Fibrinolytic factors
KW - HER-2/neu
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0028029396
VL - 5
SP - 473
EP - 477
JO - International Journal of Oncology
JF - International Journal of Oncology
SN - 1019-6439
IS - 3
ER -