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Transcripts for transforming growth factors in human breast cancer: clinical correlates

Barrett-Lee, Peter, Travers, M., Lugmani, Y. and Coombes, R. C. 1990. Transcripts for transforming growth factors in human breast cancer: clinical correlates. British Journal of Cancer 61 (4) , pp. 612-617.

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Abstract

The levels of mRNA for transforming growth factors (TGF alpha and beta) and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) were determined in 69 human breast carcinomas and 20 biopsies of non-neoplastic breast tissue by dot blot hybridisation analysis. TGF alpha mRNA was detected in 42% of cancers and 44% of non-neoplastic breast tissue at low levels. TGF beta mRNA was found in all breast cancers and non-neoplastic breast tissues, but the levels of TGF beta mRNA were found to be higher in breast cancers (P = 0.01). EGFR mRNA was detected in 55% of breast cancers and in all non-neoplastic breast tissue tested. The presence of EGFR mRNA was inversely related to oestrogen receptor (ER) status (P = 0.0001). Coexpression of TGF alpha and EGFR was observed in 28% of the carcinomas, and significantly more commonly in ER negative tumours (P = 0.01). No significant relationship was found between histological grade, tumour cellularity or tumour desmoplasia and expression of either the TGFs or of EGFR mRNA. High levels of TGF beta were, however, associated with the absence of lymph node metastases at presentation (P = 0.05). Levels of TGF alpha and beta and EGFR mRNA were analysed in relationship to the relapse-free and overall survival of patients with breast cancer, but none was found to predict significantly the outcome in these patients. Longer clinical follow-up and larger numbers of patients are required to determine whether TGFs will prove a useful marker for prognosis in breast cancer patients.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
ISSN: 0007-0920
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2017 14:59
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/44599

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