title: Breast cyst fluid plasmin activity and its effect on TGF-beta2 activation.
abstract: There are two types of breast cyst and women with apocrine breast cyst may have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than cyst lined by flattened epithelium. Transforming growth factor-beta's growth inhibitory effect on epithelial cells suggests a potential protective role in breast cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of plasmin in both breast cyst groups and the possible role of plasmin on transforming growth factor beta activation. Presence of high plasmin level may indicate its importance on activation process, but some other proteases may also involve in this activation mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Trakya, Edirne, Turkey. herbas@trakya.edu.tr
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erbas
authors.forename: Oya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erten
authors.forename: Mehmet E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Irfanoglu
mesh_terms: D047688:Breast Cyst / Q000378:metabolism*; D020420:Cyst Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D000979:alpha-2-Antiplasmin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2; D000979:alpha-2-Antiplasmin; C037742:plasmin-plasmin inhibitor complex; D005341:Fibrinolysin