title: Circulating Bmi-1 mRNA as a possible prognostic factor for advanced breast cancer patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Deregulation of Polycomb member Bmi-1 is involved in cell proliferation and human oncogenesis. Modulation of Bmi-1 is found in several tumor tissues, including primary breast carcinomas; however, analysis of Bmi-1 in plasma of cancer patients has not been reported. This is the first study that evaluates Bmi-1 in plasma by using a large series of primary breast carcinomas to investigate the presence at diagnosis of detectable Bmi-1 mRNA in plasma and possible correlations between this event and a series of clinical-pathological parameters of the tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bmi-1 expression levels were quantified in plasma of 111 breast cancer patients and in 20 healthy controls by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cancer patients with the presence of Bmi-1 mRNA in plasma had higher levels of Bmi-1 expression than healthy controls with Bmi-1 mRNA in plasma. The higher expression levels of Bmi-1 correlated with well-established markers of poor clinical outcome in breast cancer such as positive p53 immunostaining and negative progesterone receptors. Moreover, we described for the first time a statistically significant correlation between Bmi-1 expression in plasma of breast cancer patients and disease-free and overall survival in advanced stages.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that levels of Bmi-1 expression may be a surrogate marker of poor prognosis and may become clinically useful as noninvasive diagnostic markers.
authors: Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, C/San Martín de Porres, 4, E-28035 Madrid, Spain.
authors: Javier
authors: J
authors: Silva
authors: Vanesa
authors: V
authors: García
authors: José M
authors: JM
authors: García
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Peña
authors: Gemma
authors: G
authors: Domínguez
authors: Raquel
authors: R
authors: Díaz
authors: Yolanda
authors: Y
authors: Lorenzo
authors: Alicia
authors: A
authors: Hurtado
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Sánchez
authors: Félix
authors: F
authors: Bonilla
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000097:blood*; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000097:blood*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D063150:Polycomb Repressive Complex 1; D011379:Prognosis; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000097:blood*; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D063150:Polycomb Repressive Complex 1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C069077:BMI1 protein, human
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