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Association of Tartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase-Expressed Macrophages and Metastatic Breast Cancer Progression.

Yu-Guang Chen, Anthony Janckila, Tsu-Yi Chao, Ren-Hua Yeh, Hong-Wei Gao, Su-Huei Lee, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Guo-Shiou Liao, Ming-Shen Dai

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Article in Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Yu-Guang ChenFrom the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC (Y-GC, R-HY, S-HL, M-SD); Special Hematology Laboratory, Veterans Administrative Medical Center, Louisville, KY (AJ); Division of Hematology/Oncology, Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University (T-YC); Division of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center (H-WG); and Division of Breast Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC (J-CY, G-SL).
Anthony Janckila
Tsu-Yi Chao
Ren-Hua Yeh
Hong-Wei Gao
Su-Huei Lee
Jyh-Cherng Yu
Guo-Shiou Liao
Ming-Shen Dai
SwissLitho (Switzerland) · CH

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infiltrating neutrophils, lymphocytes, macrophages, and cytokines constitute a state of chronic inflammation within the tumor microenvironment. Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5a (TRACP5a) protein, a novel product of activated macrophage, is postulated to be a biomarker for systemic inflammatory burden in states of chronic inflammation. We aimed to investigate the clinical significance of TRACP5a expression in tumor-infiltrating macrophages and serum TRACP5a in patients with metastatic breast cancer (BC). We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data from 34 BC patients with confirmed skeletal/visceral metastasis upon or during first-line palliative treatment. Patients were stratified into 3 groups based on the therapeutic responses and follow-up disease course. The association of TRACP5a protein with other inflammatory and cancer biomarkers was assessed among the clinically distinct group of patients. Higher TRACP5a protein was significantly correlated with earlier disease progression and survival (P = 0.0045) in comparison to other inflammatory markers, CRP or IL-6. Patients with higher serum TRACP5a level and shorter survival and treatment refractoriness also had more TRACP+ tumor-infiltrating macrophages. Our data support a hypothesis that serum TRACP5a protein can potentially be a predictive and prognostic marker to evaluate disease progression and therapeutic response in BC patients with bone/visceral metastasis. The associations between overall survival and TRACP expression by macrophages require further prospective investigation.

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Acid PhosphataseAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsC-Reactive ProteinDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansInterleukin-6IsoenzymesMacrophagesMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisPrognosisRetrospective StudiesAcid PhosphataseBiomarkers, TumorC-Reactive ProteinInterleukin-6IsoenzymesTartrate-Resistant Acid Phosphatase

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PMID26632898
PMCPMC4674201
OpenAlexW2319677510

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