SynthesisOncotarget2017
Loss of PTEN expression in breast cancer: association with clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis.
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- TRP Channels Interactome as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Pooled it
- Distinct Associations of PTEN and TMPRSS4 Expression with Clinical Outcomes and Fudan Immunohistochemistry-Based Subtypes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- PTEN Loss in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Integrative Molecular and Clinicopathological Insights.International journal of breast cancer · 2026Article
- PTEN Deletions Are Associated With Tumor Progression But Unrelated to Patient Prognosis in Muscle-Invasive Urothelial Bladder Carcinomas: A Large Multi-Center Validation Study on 2710 Urothelial Bladder Carcinomas.Genes, chromosomes & cancer · 2026Article
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- Non-redundant roles of the phosphoinositide phosphatases PTEN and PIPP in PI3K/AKT signaling in breast cancer.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Is PTEN rs397510595 an Unexpected Guardian in Canine Mammary Neoplasia?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Gene-specific ctDNA dynamics predict tumour burden and survival outcomes in ESCC: A prospective cohort study.Clinical and translational medicine · 2025Article
- Targeting WEE1 Kinase for Breast Cancer Therapeutics: An Update.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- First Screening For Germline Variations In Exon 5 PTEN Gene and Their Contribution to Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Eastern Algeria.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Article
- Signaling pathway dysregulation in breast cancer.Oncotarget · 2025Review
- Precision diagnosis and treatment of PI3K/AKT/PTEN signaling pathway in HR-positive advanced breast cancer: perspectives from Chinese experts.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2025Review
- Exosomal Delivery of miR-155 Inhibitor can Suppress Migration, Invasion, and AngiogenesisCurrent medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
- The LCLAT1/LYCAT acyltransferase is required for EGF-mediated phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate generation and Akt signaling.Molecular biology of the cell · 2024Article
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- Pathway-based signatures predict patient outcome, chemotherapy benefit and synthetic lethal dependencies in invasive lobular breast cancer.British journal of cancer · 2024Article
- TC2N inhibits distant metastasis and stemness of breast cancer via blocking fatty acid synthesis.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- Inhibition of MiR-155 Using Exosomal Delivery of Antagomir Can Up-RegulateEndocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2024Article
- Pten knockout affects drug resistance differently in melanoma and kidney cancer.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2023Article
- The Role of Stromal Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes (sTIL) Intensity and Programmed Death Ligand 1 () Expression in Breast Cancer Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (CMH), Indonesia.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Observational
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Abstract
Various studies have evaluated the significance of PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted from chromosome 10) expression in breast cancer, but their results remain controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the associations of PTEN expression with clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis in breast cancer. PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure were searched to identify relevant publications. The associations between PTEN expression and clinicopathological parameters, disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS) were then assessed via meta-analyses of odds ratio (ORs) and hazard ratio (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Based on 27 studies involving 10,231 patients, the pooled results revealed that PTEN loss was significantly more common in breast cancer than in normal tissues (OR = 12.15, 95% CI = 6.48-22.79, P < 0.00001) and that PTEN loss had clear associations with larger tumor size (> 2 cm, OR = 0.62, 95% CI = 0.48-0.82, P = 0.0006), lymph node metastasis(OR = 0.61, 95% CI = 0.45-0.82, P = 0.0001), later TNM stage(stage III-IV, OR = 0.55, 95% CI = 0.35-0.86, P = 0.009), poor differentiation(OR = 0.37, 95% CI = 0.24-0.59, P < 0.0001), and the highly aggressive triple-negative phenotype (OR = 1.62, 95% CI = 1.23-2.12, P = 0.0005). Moreover, patients with PTEN loss exhibited significantly worse DFS and OS(HR = 1.63, 95% CI = 1.04-2.22, P < 0.00001; HR = 1.41, 95% CI = 1.08-1.73, P < 0.0001; respectively). In conclusion, PTEN loss might predict more aggressive behavior and worse outcomes in patients with breast cancer.
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