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ArticleBMC cancer2017

Detection of IKKε by immunohistochemistry in primary breast cancer: association with EGFR expression and absence of lymph node metastasis.

Virginie Williams, Andrée-Anne Grosset, Natalia Zamorano Cuervo, Yves St-Pierre, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, Louis Gaboury, Nathalie Grandvaux

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Article in BMC cancer, 2017. 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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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Silencing IKBKE inhibits the migration and invasion of glioblastoma by promoting Snail1 degradation.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Virginie WilliamsCRCHUM - Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, Qc H2X 0A9, Canada.
Andrée-Anne GrossetCRCHUM - Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, Qc H2X 0A9, Canada.
Natalia Zamorano CuervoCRCHUM - Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, Qc H2X 0A9, Canada.
Yves St-PierreINRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, INRS, 531 Boul. des Prairies, Laval, Qc H7V 1B7, Canada.
Marie-Pierre SylvestreCRCHUM - Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, Qc H2X 0A9, Canada.
Louis GabouryIRIC, Université de Montréal, 2900 Boul. Édouard-Montpetit, Montréal, Québec, H3T 1J4, Canada.
Nathalie GrandvauxCRCHUM - Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, 900 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, Qc H2X 0A9, Canada. nathalie.grandvaux@umontreal.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-0567-0284
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CAInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique · CAUniversité de Montréal · CA

Funding

CIHR CBCRA #019797CIHR MOP-102622
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIKKε is an oncogenic kinase that was found amplified and overexpressed in a substantial percentage of human breast cancer cell lines and primary tumors using genomic and gene expression analyses. Molecular studies have provided the rational for a key implication of IKKε in breast cancer cells proliferation and invasiveness through the phosphorylation of several substrates.

methodsHere, we performed immunohistochemical detection of IKKε expression on tissue microarrays constituted of 154 characterized human breast cancer tumors. We further determined the association with multiple clinicopathological parameters and 5-years overall, disease-free and distant disease free survival.

resultsWe observed expression of IKKε in 60.4% of the breast cancer tumors. IKKε expression status showed no association with a panel of markers used for molecular classification of the tumors, including ER/PR/HER2 status, or with the molecular subtypes. However, IKKε expression was inversely associated with lymph node metastasis status (p = 0.0032). Additionally, we identified a novel association between IKKε and EGFR expression (p = 0.0011).

conclusionsThe unexpected observation of an inverse association between IKKε and lymph node metastasis advocates for larger scale immunohistochemical profiling of primary breast tumors to clarify the role of IKKε in metastasis. This study suggests that breast cancer tumors expressing EGFR and IKKε may be potential targets for drugs aiming at inhibiting IKKε activity or expression.

Indexed as

AdultAntibodies, MonoclonalBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastDisease-Free SurvivalErbB ReceptorsFemaleHumansI-kappa B KinaseImmunohistochemistryKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphatic MetastasisMCF-7 CellsMiddle AgedPrognosisAntibodies, MonoclonalEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsI-kappa B KinaseBiomarkerBreastCancerEGFRIKKεImmunohistochemistryMetastasisPrognosis

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PMID28532474
PMCPMC5441089
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