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ArticleCancer causes & control : CCC2014

Plasma matrix metalloproteinase 1, 3, and 7 levels and breast cancer risk in the Nurses' Health study.

Sarah A Aroner, Bernard A Rosner, Rulla M Tamimi, Shelley S Tworoger, Nadja Baur, Thomas O Joos, Susan E Hankinson

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Article in Cancer causes & control : CCC, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarah A AronerDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA, saroner@hsph.harvard.edu.
Bernard A Rosner
Rulla M Tamimi
Shelley S Tworoger
Nadja Baur
Thomas O Joos
Susan E Hankinson
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USNatural and Medical Sciences Institute · DEBoston University · USUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

Statistical MethodsP01CA087969 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI TWOROGER, SHELLEY S · 2000 to 2019
$77.8M
Long Term Multidisciplinary Study of Cancer in Women: The Nurses Health StudyUM1CA186107 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ELIASSEN, A. HEATHER, STAMPFER, MEIR · 2014 to 2023
$22.3M
Training Program in Cancer EpidemiologyT32CA009001 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI A. Heather Eliassen, Meir Stampfer · 1985 to 2026
$17.3M
BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS IN THE NURSES'HEALTH STUDY COHORTR01CA049449 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI HANKINSON, SUSAN E · 1989 to 2008
$11.3M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA087969NCI NIH HHS P01 CA87969NCI NIH HHS R01 CA049449NCI NIH HHS R01 CA49449NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009001NCI NIH HHS T32 CA 09001NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA186107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeMatrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), in particular MMP1, 3, and 7, are believed to be critical to breast cancer invasion and metastasis and also may have important functions earlier in breast carcinogenesis. However, the relationship between circulating levels of MMP1, 3, and 7 and breast cancer risk is uncertain.

methodsWe examined associations between plasma MMP1, 3, and 7 and breast cancer risk in a prospective case-control study nested within the Nurses' Health Study. Blood samples were collected from 801 cases who developed breast cancer between 1992 and 2000 and 801 matched controls, and MMP levels were measured via immunofluorescence assay.

resultsNo overall association was observed between any of these MMPs and breast cancer risk [top vs. bottom quintile; MMP1: odds ratio (OR) 0.9; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.7, 1.3; p-trend = 0.51; MMP3: OR 1.1; 95 % CI 0.8, 1.5; p-trend = 0.88; MMP7: OR = 1.2; 95 % CI 0.8, 1.7; p-trend = 0.18]. Further, findings did not significantly vary by time since blood draw, body mass index, or postmenopausal hormone use, or by breast cancer subtypes.

conclusionsCirculating MMP1, 3, and 7 levels do not appear to be predictive of overall breast cancer risk.

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AgedBreast NeoplasmsCase-Control StudiesFemaleGermanyHumansMatrix Metalloproteinase 1Matrix Metalloproteinase 3Matrix Metalloproteinase 7Middle AgedNursesOdds RatioProspective StudiesRisk FactorsWomen's HealthMatrix Metalloproteinase 1Matrix Metalloproteinase 3Matrix Metalloproteinase 7MMP1 protein, humanMMP3 protein, humanMMP7 protein, human

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