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The BIRC Family Genes Expression in Patients with Triple Negative Breast Cancer.

Authors :
Makuch-Kocka, Anna
Kocki, Janusz
Brzozowska, Anna
Bogucki, Jacek
Kołodziej, Przemysław
Płachno, Bartosz J.
Bogucka-Kocka, Anna
Hamar, Peter
Source :
International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Feb2021, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p1820-1820, 1p
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The BIRC (baculoviral IAP repeat-containing; BIRC) family genes encode for Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP) proteins. The dysregulation of the expression levels of the genes in question in cancer tissue as compared to normal tissue suggests that the apoptosis process in cancer cells was disturbed, which may be associated with the development and chemoresistance of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). In our study, we determined the expression level of eight genes from the BIRC family using the Real-Time PCR method in patients with TNBC and compared the obtained results with clinical data. Additionally, using bioinformatics tools (Ualcan and The Breast Cancer Gene-Expression Miner v4.5 (bc-GenExMiner v4.5)), we compared our data with the data in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. We observed diverse expression pattern among the studied genes in breast cancer tissue. Comparing the expression level of the studied genes with the clinical data, we found that in patients diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 50, the expression levels of all studied genes were higher compared to patients diagnosed after the age of 50. We observed that in patients with invasion of neoplastic cells into lymphatic vessels and fat tissue, the expression levels of BIRC family genes were lower compared to patients in whom these features were not noted. Statistically significant differences in gene expression were also noted in patients classified into three groups depending on the basis of the Scarff-Bloom and Richardson (SBR) Grading System. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16616596
Volume :
22
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
149018556
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22041820