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Markers of breast cancer stromal fibroblasts in the primary tumour site associated with lymph node metastasis: a systematic review including our case series.
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- Causal association of breast cancer with immune cells: new evidence from bi-directional Mendelian randomization using GWAS summary statistics.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Unveiling Matrix Metalloproteinase 13's Dynamic Role in Breast Cancer: A Link to Physical Changes and Prognostic Modulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The role of CAFs in therapeutic resistance in triple negative breast cancer: an emerging challenge.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Review
- A novel lncRNA AC112721.1 promotes the progression of triple-negative breast cancer by directly binding to THBS1 and regulating miR-491-5p/C2CD2L axis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Immunomodulatory Effects of Green Tea Catechins and Their Ring Fission Metabolites in a Tumor Microenvironment Perspective.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) gene signatures predict outcomes in breast and prostate tumor patients.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- Cancer-associated fibroblast cell surface markers as potential biomarkers or therapeutic targets in lung cancer.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2024Review
- Identification of key genes in HER2-positive breast cancer with brain metastasis via bioinformatics methods.Translational cancer research · 2023Article
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- TGFβ-mediated MMP13 secretion drives myoepithelial cell dependent breast cancer progression.NPJ breast cancer · 2023Article
- Molecular interaction of metastasis suppressor genes and tumor microenvironment in breast cancer.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2023Review
- Heterotypic signaling of cancer-associated fibroblasts in shaping the cancer cell drug resistance.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2023Review
- Identification of prognostic cancer-associated fibroblast markers in luminal breast cancer using weighted gene co-expression network analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Contemporary evaluation of estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor expression in breast cancer-associated stroma.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2022Article
- Prostate Cancer Tumor Stroma: Responsibility in Tumor Biology, Diagnosis and Treatment.Cancers · 2022Review
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Abstract
CAFs (cancer-associated fibroblasts), the most abundant cell type in breast cancer stroma, produce a plethora of chemokines, growth factors and ECM (extracellular matrix) proteins, that may contribute to dissemination and metastasis. Axillary nodes are the first metastatic site in breast cancer; however, to the present date, there is no consensus of which specific proteins, synthesized by CAFs, might be related with lymph node involvement. The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic review of CAF biomarkers associated with the presence of regional metastasis. PubMed was searched using the words: 'breast cancer' and 'lymph node' and fibroblast or stroma or microenvironment. After exclusions, eight studies evaluating biomarkers immunoexpression in CAFs and lymph node status were selected. Biomarkers evaluated in these studies may be divided in two groups, according to their ontology: extracellular matrix components [MMP13 (matrix metalloproteinase 13), TIMP2 (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2), THBS1 (thrombospondin 1), LGALS1 (lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble, 1)] and response to wounding [PDPN (podoplanin), PLAU (plasminogen activator, urokinase), PLAUR (plasminogen activator, urokinase receptor), CAV1 (caveolin 1), THBS1, LGALS1]. A positive expression of MMP13 and LGALS1 in CAFs was associated with enhanced OR (odds ratio) for regional metastasis. Contrariwise, CAV1 positive staining of fibroblasts was associated with decreased OR for nodal involvement. Expression of MMP13, PDPN and CAV1 was further tested in a new series of 65 samples of invasive ductal breast carcinomas by immunohistochemistry and no association between biomarkers expression in CAFs and nodal status was found. It was suggested that breast cancer subtypes may differentially affect CAFs behaviour. It would be interesting to evaluate the prognostic significance of these biomarkers in CAFs from different tumour types.
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