Abstract
Enolase-α (ENO-1) is a key glycolytic enzyme that has been used as a diagnostic marker to identify human lung cancers. To investigate the role of ENO-1 in breast cancer diagnosis and therapy, the mRNA levels of ENO-1 in 244 tumor and normal paired tissue samples and 20 laser capture-microdissected cell clusters were examined by quantitative real-time PCR analysis. Increased ENO-1 mRNA expression was preferentially detected in estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) tumors (tumor/normal ratio >90fold) when compared to ER-negative (tumor/normal ratio >20-fold) tumor tissues. The data presented here demonstrate that those patients whose tumors highly expressed ENO-1 had a poor prognosis with greater tumor size (>2 cm, *P = .017), poor nodal status (N > 3, *P = .018), and a shorter disease-free interval (≤1 year, *P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 539-553 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment |
Volume | 121 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- Breast cancer
- Enolase-1
- Estrogen receptor alpha
- Nuclear factor kappa B
- Tamoxifen
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research