Overexpression of cofilin correlates with poor survival in breast cancer: A tissue microarray analysis

Autor: Jie Tan, Zeming Liu, Jing Zhou, Bangxing Huang, Yusufu Maimaiti, Yawen Guo, Xiu Nie, Tao Huang, Yu Yan
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Oncology Letters
ISSN: 1792-1082
1792-1074
Popis: Cofilin, a key regulator of actin cytoskeleton dynamics, is considered to be involved in cellular migration, tumor invasion and mitosis, and its activity is increased in cancer cells. To address the association between cofilin and breast cancer prognosis, which is unclear at present, cofilin expression was analyzed in tissue microarrays of tumors from 310 patients with breast cancer via immunohistochemistry. In a multivariate Cox regression analysis, a high expression of cofilin in tumor cells correlated significantly with shorter overall survival (hazard ratio, 2.22; 95% confidence interval, 1.35-3.66, P=0.002, and with the Nottingham histologic grade, Ki-67 status and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status (P=0.031, 0.001, and 0.001, respectively). Cofilin expression was not observed as correlated with estrogen or progesterone receptor expression, tumor size or lymph node status. These data demonstrate that cofilin is associated with poor outcome, thereby suggesting that it is a potential prognostic factor in breast cancer.
Databáze: OpenAIRE