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ArticleOncology letters2018

Increased expression of mitochondrial transcription factor A and nuclear respiratory factor-1 predicts a poor clinical outcome of breast cancer.

Wei Gao, Meihong Wu, Ning Wang, Yingyi Zhang, Jing Hua, Gusheng Tang, Yajie Wang

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Article in Oncology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wei GaoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai 9th People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Meihong WuDepartment of Oncology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Ning WangDepartment of Oncology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Yingyi ZhangDepartment of Oncology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Jing HuaDepartment of Oncology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Gusheng TangDepartment of Hematology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Yajie WangDepartment of Oncology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China.
Second Military Medical University · CNChanghai Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear respiratory factor-1 (Nrf1) and mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) are involved in the regulation of a variety of mitochondrial functional genes, which are associated with decreased sensitivity of tumor cells to chemotherapy. However, the expression status of Nrf1 and TFAM, as well as their clinical significance in breast cancer, is unknown. In the present study, tumor tissues and corresponding adjacent normal tissues were collected from 336 patients with breast cancer, and Nrf1 and TFAM expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry using a tissue microarray. Expression of Nrf1 and TFAM was significantly increased in breast cancer tissue compared with adjacent normal tissues. In addition, patients positive for Nrf1 or TFAM had a poorer clinical prognosis than patients who were negative, and those positive for Nrf1 and TFAM had the shortest survival time. These results suggest that Nrf1 and TFAM are potential biomarkers for the determination of individualized therapy and the prognosis of breast cancer, and molecular targeting of Nrf1 and TFAM is a promising strategy for the sensitization of breast cancer cells to chemotherapeutics.

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breast cancermitochondrial transcription factor Anuclear respiratory factor-1prognosis

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