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Expression patterns of the ATM gene in mammary tissues and their associations with breast cancer survival

✍ Scribed by Chuanzhong Ye; Qiuyin Cai; Qi Dai; Xiao-ou Shu; Aesun Shin; Yu-Tang Gao; Wei Zheng

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
128 KB
Volume
109
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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Abstract

BACKGROUND.

The ataxia‐telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene plays a critical role in cell‐cycle arrest, apoptosis, and DNA repair. However, to date, no study has directly investigated the association between ATM gene expression and breast cancer survival.

METHODS.

ATM gene expression levels were evaluated in tumor and adjacent normal tissue from patients diagnosed with primary breast cancer or BBD using quantitative real‐time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) assays. Cox regression models were used to evaluate the association of ATM gene expression and survival in a cohort of 471 breast cancer patients.

RESULTS.

In breast cancer cases, ATM expression in cancer tissues was decreased by approximately 50% compared with adjacent normal tissues from the same patients. In BBD cases, the expression level of the ATM gene was similar in benign tumor tissue and adjacent normal tissues. No apparent difference was found in ATM gene expression levels in adjacent normal tissues obtained from cancer patients or BBD controls. Compared with patients with the lowest tertile of the ATM mRNA, patients in the upper 2 tertiles had more favorable disease‐free survival (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.46, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.30–0.73 and HR = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.33–0.81, respectively) and overall survival (HR = 0.56, 95% CI: 0.35–0.92 and HR = 0.70, 95% CI: 0.43–1.13, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS.

The ATM gene expression was down‐regulated in breast cancer tissues and a high ATM gene expression level in breast cancer tissue was associated with a favorable prognosis. Cancer 2007. © 2007 American Cancer Society.

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