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Detection of Aggregation-Prone Behavior in Mutant P53 V157F Breast Cancer Cells Using Multipoint Thioflavin T Fluorescence
Published on: December 30, 2025
P53 and rb alterations in primary breast-carcinoma - correlation with hormone receptor expression and lymph-node
1UNIV SO CALIF,SCH MED,LOS ANGELES,CA 90033. IMPATH LABS,NEW YORK,NY 10021.
Abstract:
Expression of Rb and mutant p53 nuclear phosphoproteins was analyzed immunohistochemically in 69 breast cancer patients. Results were correlated with hormone receptor ( ER and PR ) and lymph node ( LN ) status. There was a significant association between the immunohistochemical evidence of p53 and/or Rb alterations and loss of hormone receptor expression. Mutations in p53 and/or low level Rb expression were not associated with the presence of axillary lymph node metastases. However, in patients with hormone receptor positive tumors, there was statistically significant correlation between altered expression of p53 and/or Rb and the presence of LN metastases. These results indicate that: (i) loss of steroid hormone receptor expression (and thus loss of hormonal growth control) is accompanied by somatic inactivation of the p53 or Rb tumor suppressor genes; and (ii) in tumors that remain under hormonal growth regulation inactivation of p53 and/or Rb may play a role in tumor progression.
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