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Relationship between the RB1 mRNA level and the expression of phosphorylated RB protein in human breast cancers: their relevance in cell proliferation activity and patient clinical outcome

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2007
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Derenzini, M. ; Montanaro, L. ; Vici, M. ; Barbieri, S. ; Ceccarelli, C. ; Santini, D. ; Taffurelli, M. ; Martinelli, G.N. ; Treré, D.
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Murcia : F. Hernández
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The aim of the present study was to ascertain the relationship between the level of RB1 mRNA and the expression of phosphorylated RB protein and the relevance of these two parameters in cancer cell proliferation and clinical outcome in human breast cancer. Sixty-eight primary human breast cancers were considered. The amount of RB1 mRNA was evaluated by quantitative RT-PCR analysis. The level of RB phosphorylation was immunohistochemical defined by measuring the phosphorylated (pp) RB labelling index (LI). Cell proliferation rate was measured by calculating the Ki67 LI. No relation was found between the RB1 mRNA level and the ppRB LI (p=0.565). Both RB1 mRNA value and ppRB LI were related (in an inverse and direct manner, respectively) to Ki67 LI. RB1 mRNA expression was more strictly associated with KI67 LI (p=0.001) than the ppRB LI (p=0.013). Regarding the patient clinical outcome, the separately considered RB parameters did not reach the prognostic significance. However, patients with low RB1 mRNA quantity and patients with high ppRB LI, taken together, had a significantly shorter disease free and overall survival than the group comprehending patients with high RB1 mRNA value and low ppRB LI, and this despite the low number of patients considered. Our results demonstrated that the ppRB LI was independent of the RB1 mRNA level; that both RB parameters are related to the cell proliferation rate and, if collectively considered, have a high informative value on breast tumour prognosis.
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Breast cancer , Cell proliferation
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http://hdl.handle.net/10201/27578
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Histology and histopathology Vol.22, nº 5 (2007)
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