title: Elevated protein kinase C alpha expression may be predictive of tamoxifen treatment failure.
abstract: We previously reported that stable transfection of protein kinase C alpha (PKCalpha) into T47D human breast cancer cells results in tamoxifen (TAM)-resistant tumour growth. Relevance of PKCalpha expression in clinical specimens was determined by comparing PKCalpha expression in tumours from patients exhibiting disease recurrence with patients remaining disease-free following TAM treatment. Our results suggest that PKCalpha expression may predict TAM treatment failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. dtonetti@uic.edu
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Tonetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morrow
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kidwai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Badve
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D013629:Tamoxifen; C496628:PRKCA protein, human; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha