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ArticleBMC cancer2010

Decreased Hsp90 expression in infiltrative lobular carcinoma: an immunohistochemical study.

Flora Zagouri, Theodoros Sergentanis, Afrodite Nonni, Christos Papadimitriou, Anastasia Pazaiti, Nikolaos V Michalopoulos, Panagiotis Safioleas, Andreas Lazaris, George Theodoropoulos, Effstratios Patsouris and 1 more

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Article in BMC cancer, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Flora ZagouriBreast Unit, 1stDepartment of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippokratio Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Theodoros Sergentanis
Afrodite Nonni
Christos Papadimitriou
Anastasia Pazaiti
Nikolaos V Michalopoulos
Panagiotis Safioleas
Andreas Lazaris
George Theodoropoulos
Effstratios Patsouris
George Zografos
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAlexandra Hospital · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundElevated Hsp90 expression has been documented in breast ductal carcinomas, whereas decreased Hsp90 expression has been reported in precursor lobular lesions. This study aims to assess Hsp90 expression in infiltrative lobular carcinomas of the breast.

methodsTissue specimens were taken from 32 patients with infiltrative lobular carcinoma. Immunohistochemical assessment of Hsp90 was performed both in the lesion and the adjacent normal breast ducts and lobules; the latter serving as control. Concerning Hsp90 assessment: i) the percentage of positive cells and ii) the intensity were separately analyzed. Subsequently, the Allred score was adopted and calculated. The intensity was treated as an ordinal variable-score (0: negative, low: 1, moderate: 2, high: 3). Statistical analysis followed.

resultsAll infiltrative lobular carcinoma foci mainly presented with a positive cytoplasmic immunoreaction for Hsp90. Compared to the adjacent normal ducts and lobules, infiltrative lobular carcinoma exhibited a statistically significant decrease in Hsp90 expression, both in terms of Hsp90 positive cells (%) and Allred score (74.2 +/- 11.2 vs. 59.1 +/- 14.2 p = 0.0001; 7.00 +/- 0.95 vs. 6.22 +/- 1.01, p = 0.007, Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test). Concerning the intensity of Hsp90 immunostaining only a marginal decrease was noted (2.16 +/- 0.68 vs. 1.84 +/- 0.63, p = 0.087, Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test).

conclusionILC lesions seem to exhibit decreased Hsp90 expression, a finding contrary to what might have been expected, given that high Hsp90 expression is a trait of invasive ductal carcinomas.

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AdultAgedBreastBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, LobularFemaleHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesMiddle AgedPrognosisHSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins

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PMID20691061
PMCPMC2925828
OpenAlexW2016949830

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