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ArticleGenes and immunity2020

Diversity of KIRs in invasive breast cancer patients and healthy controls along with the clinical significance in ER/PR/HER2+ patients.

Marjan Hematian Larki, Shaghik Barani, Abdol-Rasoul Talei, Abbas Ghaderi

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Article in Genes and immunity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marjan Hematian LarkiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-0246-5050
Shaghik BaraniDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-1217-1627
Abdol-Rasoul TaleiBreast Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Abbas GhaderiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. ghaderia@sums.ac.ir.ORCID 0000-0003-0849-3375
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) consists of activating and inhibitory genes are essential for natural killer cell education. To determine the association of KIRs with susceptibility to invasive Breast cancer (BC), genotyping of 16 KIRs was performed by sequence-specific primers-polymerase chain reaction in 226 confirmed cases of BC with defined estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) status and 226 healthy controls (CNs). We observed a lower frequency of 2DL1 and 2DS4del along with increased frequency of 2DS4fl in cases compared to CNs. Further analysis revealed a higher frequency of KIR2DL2, 2DS1, 2DS2,3DS1 in ER+ cases, 2DL2, 2DL5 in PR+ and 2DL1 in HER2+ cases compared to CNs. The detrimental role of KIR2DS4fl was observed in ER+ and PR+ cases whereas 2DS4del confers protection against ER+, PR+, and HER2+ cases. We noted the predisposing role of Bx genotype, KIR2DS1, 2DS2, 2DS5, 2DL2, 2DL5 for lymphatic invasion in ER+ cases along with a higher rate of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in carriers of Bx genotype and KIR2DS1 in ER+ cases. We suggest a link between B haplotype associated genes with the increased risk of lymphatic invasion and LNM, particularly in ER+ cases of BC.

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Gene FrequencyPolymorphism, GeneticAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHaplotypesHumansLymphatic MetastasisMiddle AgedNeoplasm InvasivenessReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, KIRReceptors, ProgesteroneBiomarkers, TumorERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, KIRReceptors, Progesterone

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PMID33257819
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