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ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2015

Circulating antibodies to p16 protein-derived peptides in breast cancer.

Cairen Chen, Yile Huang, Cong Zhang, Tong Liu, H E Zheng, Shuli Wan, Shilong Sun, Qingyong Meng, Yubing Chen, Jun Wei

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Article in Molecular and clinical oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Cairen ChenSchool of Clinical Laboratory Science, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan 523808, P.R. China.
Yile HuangSchool of Clinical Laboratory Science, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan 523808, P.R. China.
Cong ZhangSchool of Public Health and MH Radiobiology Research Unit, Jilin University, Changchun 130118, P.R. China.
Tong LiuDepartment of Breast Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, P.R. China.
H E ZhengSchool of Clinical Laboratory Science, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan 523808, P.R. China.
Shuli WanSchool of Clinical Laboratory Science, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan 523808, P.R. China.
Shilong SunSchool of Public Health and MH Radiobiology Research Unit, Jilin University, Changchun 130118, P.R. China.
Qingyong MengSchool of Clinical Laboratory Science, Guangdong Medical College, Dongguan 523808, P.R. China.
Yubing ChenDepartment of Radiotherapy, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, P.R. China.
Jun WeiDivision of Health Research, University of the Highlands and Islands, Centre for Health Science, Inverness IV2 3JH, UK.
Guangdong Medical College · CNJilin University · CNHarbin Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University · CNUniversity of the Highlands and Islands · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overexpression of the p16 protein has been reported in breast cancer and may trigger the secretion of antibodies against itself. Circulating anti-p16 antibodies that were detected with a recombinant protein have been reported in breast cancer. The present study was designed to determine whether the levels of circulating IgG antibody to p16 protein-derived linear antigens are altered in breast cancer. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed in-house to determine circulating IgG against peptide antigens derived from the p16 protein in 152 female breast cancer patients and 160 healthy female subjects. The Student's T-test revealed that breast cancer patients exhibited significantly higher levels of anti-p16 IgG antibody compared to control subjects (T=2.02, P=0.045). In addition, ductal cancer appeared to be the main type contributing to the increased levels of circulating anti-p16 antibodies (T=2.08, P=0.038). Of all four stages of breast cancer, stage I was associated with the highest levels of IgG antibody (T=2.02, P=0.045) and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis demonstrated that the area under the ROC curve was 0.74 (95% confidence interval: 0.65-083) and that the sensitivity against a specificity of 90% was 30.3%. Therefore, the levels of circulating IgG antibody to the p16 protein may be a potential biomarker for early diagnosis of breast cancer.

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autoantibodybiomarkerbreast cancerp16 proteintumor immunity

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PMID26137272
PMCPMC4471576
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