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ArticleAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2020

APC Promoter Hypermethylation as a Prognostic Marker in Breast Cancer Patients.

Pensri Saelee, Tanett Pongtheerat

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Article in Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Decoding the Epigenome of Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pensri SaeleeResearch Division, National Cancer Institute, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Tanett PongtheeratUnit of Biochemistry, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Rangsit University, Patumthani, Thailand.
National Cancer Institute of Thailand · THRangsit University · TH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdenomatous polyposis coli (APC) promoter hypermethylation implicated in breast cancer development through Wnt signaling pathway, hypermethylation may result in inactivation of APC expression. This study aimed to investigated whether hypermethylation of APC promoter, the aggressive behavior of breast cancer cells, and correlated them with clinicopathological parameters and survival.

methodsSixty-one fresh tissues of breast tumor were evaluated for APC promoter hypermethylation with methylation-specific PCR techniques (MS-PCR) and  APC mRNA expression level analysis by quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR.

resultsOur results show aberrant APC hypermethylation status was founded in 27 of 61 cases (44%), and significantly associated with chemotherapy treatment (OR= 6.9, 95%CI=1.5-31.01, P = 0.01), distant metastasis (OR = 5.52, 95%CI = 1.27-24.08, P = 0.04) as well as APC methylated status also associated with shorter overall survival than those without (8.4 and 11.0 years respectively, P = 0.02).

conclusionThe findings indicated hypermethylation of APC promoter may be used as a useful prognostic biomarker in breast cancer patients.

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DNA MethylationPromoter Regions, GeneticAdenomatous Polyposis Coli ProteinAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedPrognosisSurvival RateAdenomatous Polyposis Coli ProteinAPC protein, humanBiomarkers, TumorAPC hypermethylationbreast cancerdistant metastasisMS-PCRtreatment

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PMID33369461
PMCPMC8046330
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