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Published on: August 1, 2018
Expression of 14-3-3γ in patients with breast cancer: correlation with clinicopathological features and prognosis
Yulan Song1, Zheng Yang, Zunfu Ke
1Department of Pathology, The first affiliated hospital of Guang Dong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou, China. songyulan1@126.com
Aim:
Protein 14-3-3γ is an important member of the 14-3-3 family that play important roles in the regulation of various cellular processes. The aim of the study is to investigate the association between 14-3-3γ expression and the clinicopathological features of patients with breast cancer.
Methods:
The expression of 14-3-3γ was detected by Western blot in both foci of breast cancer and adjacent non-cancerous tissues. In addition, 14-3-3γ expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in 60 clinicopathologically characterized breast cancer cases. The association of 14-3-3γ expression with survival of the patients were analyzed.
Results:
The expression level of 14-3-3γ protein in breast cancer were significantly higher than that in non-cancerous mammary gland tissues. Moreover, high expression of 14-3-3γ correlated with tumor size and tumor grade (all P<0.05). Patients with high 14-3-3γ expression had worse overall survival rate than that with low expression (P < 0.05). Furthermore, multivariate analysis showed that 14-3-3γ expression was an independent predictor of overall survival (HR, 0.196; 95%CI, 0.043-0.892; P = 0.035).
Conclusions:
Our data suggest for the first time that the increased expression of 14-3-3γ in breast cancer is associated significantly with tumor progression and poor prognosis. 14-3-3γ may be a novel and potential prognostic marker for breast cancer.