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ArticleBiomolecules2025

Melatonin MT1 Receptor Expression in Luminal Invasive Ductal Breast Carcinoma in Postmenopausal Women.

Leda Pistiolis, Sahar Alawieh, Thorhildur Halldorsdottir, Anikó Kovács, Roger Olofsson Bagge

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Article in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Leda PistiolisDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 41390 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sahar AlawiehDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg, 41345 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Thorhildur HalldorsdottirLandspitali University Hospital, 105 Reykjavik, Iceland.
Anikó KovácsDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg, 41345 Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7711-4418
Roger Olofsson BaggeDepartment of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 41390 Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5795-0355

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Assar Gabrielsson Foundation FB20-96
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Abstract

Laboratory and animal studies indicate that melatonin exerts a negative impact on breast cancer progression and metastasis. These actions are both receptor-dependent and -independent. Of the two transmembrane melatonin receptors identified in humans, breast cancer expresses only MT1. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of MT1 in hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-negative invasive ductal breast carcinoma in postmenopausal women and its possible correlations with clinicopathological parameters and survival. A total of 118 patients with luminal A/B primary breast cancer with or without axillary metastases were identified. The MT1 receptor expression was immunohistochemically assessed as a percentage of stained cells and a weighted index (WI) (percentage multiplied by staining intensity). Most tumor samples (84.7%) and metastasized lymph nodes (96%) stained positive for MT1, with varying intensity. No statistically significant correlations were found between the MT1 expression or the WI in the primary tumor and the patient and tumor characteristics, or the MT1 and WI in the metastasized lymph nodes. The survival analysis did not reveal a significant effect of MT1 expression or the WI on the risk of recurrence or survival.

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Breast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastPostmenopauseReceptor, Melatonin, MT1AgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansLymphatic MetastasisMiddle AgedReceptor, Melatonin, MT1breast cancermelatoninMT1 melatonin receptor

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PMID40305352
PMCPMC12024881

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