Journal
VIRCHOWS ARCHIV
Volume 454, Issue 6, Pages 647-656Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-009-0770-6
Keywords
Claudin 1, 3, 4; Tissue microarray; Invasive breast cancer; Basal-like subtype; Immunohistochemistry; Estrogen receptor
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- Manitoba Health Research Council (MHRC)
- CancerCare Manitoba Foundation (CCMF)
- Manitoba Graduate Scholarship
- Manitoba Health Research Council
- Manitoba Medical Service Foundation
- Health Sciences Research Foundation
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In the present study we investigated the protein expression of claudins 1, 3, and 4 and their relationship to clinical variables and outcome in a cohort of ER-ve and ER+ve human invasive breast cancers. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on tissue microarrays representing a total of 412 tumors and interpretable data was derived from 314, 299, and 306 tumors for claudins 1, 3, and 4, respectively. In the ER+ve subset, 5%, 89%, and 52%, and in the ER-ve subset, 39%, 79%, and 79% of tumors stained positively for claudins 1, 3, and 4, respectively (p < 0.0001, p = 0.026, p < 0.0001). Thus, in the two subsets, a significantly higher number of tumors were positive for claudins 3 and 4, compared to claudin 1. In addition, protein expressions of claudins 1 and 4 were significantly higher in those tumors that displayed characteristics of the basal-like subtype of breast cancers (ER-ve, Her-2-ve, EGFR+ve, CK5/6+ve). This study shows a unique pattern of expression for the different claudins in ER-ve and ER+ve tumors. Our data also suggests that increased expression of claudins 1 and 4 was associated with the basal-like subtype of breast cancers, a subtype generally linked to poor outcome.
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