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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ding, Ke-feng
• Zheng, Shu

Titel

Study on relationship of fucosyltransferase gene types in breast cancer with metastasis and prognosis

Ist Teil von

• Chung-hua wai kʿo tsa chih, 2004-05, Vol.42 (9), p.546-550

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

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MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To assess the association of five types of fucosyltransferase gene (Fuc-T), the important biosynthesis gene of sialylated carbohydrate antigens (Sialyl Lewis A, Sialyl Lewis X), with metastasis and prognosis of breast cancer. The real-time quantitative PCR of five-type Fuc-T III, IV, V, VI, VII genes was performed in 80 patients with breast cancer. The result showed that Fuc-TVII gene had higher gene copy compared to other type of Fuc-T in breast cancer. The grading of Fuc-TVII gene was related to lymph node metastasis and poor disease-free survival. Statistically difference was significant (P < 0.01). Fuc-T III, IV, V, VI gene were not significant relation to the metastasis and prognosis in 80 cases. These findings suggest that Fuc-TVII gene is a prognostic indicator of breast cancer, and it may be play an important role in the biosynthesis of sialylated carbohydrate antigens in breast cancer.