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ArticleChinese journal of cancer2015

Epithelial cell identity in hyperplastic precursors of breast cancer.

Danila Coradini, Patrizia Boracchi, Saro Oriana, Elia Biganzoli, Federico Ambrogi

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Article in Chinese journal of cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Danila CoradiniDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Medical Statistics, Biometry and Bioinformatics, University of Milan, Via Vanzetti 5, Milan, 20133, Italy. danila.coradini@gmail.com.
Patrizia BoracchiDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Medical Statistics, Biometry and Bioinformatics, University of Milan, Via Vanzetti 5, Milan, 20133, Italy. patrizia.boracchi@unimi.it.
Saro OrianaSenology Center, Ambrosiana Clinic, Cesano Boscone, Milan, 20090, Italy. saroriana@hotmail.it.
Elia BiganzoliDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Medical Statistics, Biometry and Bioinformatics, University of Milan, Via Vanzetti 5, Milan, 20133, Italy. elia.biganzoli@unimi.it.
Federico AmbrogiDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Medical Statistics, Biometry and Bioinformatics, University of Milan, Via Vanzetti 5, Milan, 20133, Italy. federico.ambrogi@unimi.it.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn the adult human breast, hyperplastic enlarged lobular unit (HELU) and atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) are two common abnormalities that frequently coexist with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). For this reason, they have been proposed as the early steps in a biological continuum toward breast cancer.

methodsWe investigated in silico the expression of 369 genes experimentally recognized as involved in establishing and maintaining epithelial cell identity and mammary gland remodeling, in HELUs or ADHs with respect to the corresponding patient-matched normal tissue.

resultsDespite the common luminal origin, HELUs and ADHs proved to be characterized by distinct gene profiles that overlap for 5 genes only. While HELUs were associated with the overexpression of progesterone receptor (PGR), ADHs were characterized by the overexpression of estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) coupled with the overexpression of some proliferation-associated genes.

conclusionsThis unexpected finding contradicts the notion that in differentiated luminal cells the expression of estrogen receptor (ER) is dissociated from cell proliferation and suggests that the establishing of an ER-dependent signaling is able to sustain cell proliferation in an autocrine manner as an early event in tumor initiation. Although clinical evidence indicates that only a fraction of HELUs and ADHs evolve to invasive cancer, present findings warn that exposure to synthetic progestins, frequently administered as hormone-replacement therapy, and estrogens, when abnormally produced by adipose cells and persistently present in the stroma surrounding the mammary gland, may cause these hyperplastic lesions.

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Breast NeoplasmsCell ProliferationCell Transformation, NeoplasticReceptors, EstrogenAdipose TissueAdultBreastCarcinoma in SituCarcinoma, Intraductal, NoninfiltratingEpithelial CellsEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogensHumansHyperplasiaMammary Glands, HumanReceptors, ProgesteroneEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogensReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, Progesterone

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PMID25962646
PMCPMC4593345
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