title: Expression of undifferentiated embryonic cell transcription factor-1 (UTF1) in breast cancers and their matched normal tissues.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Undifferentiated embryonic cell transcription factor-1 (UTF1) plays a critical role in the developmental timing during embryonic development. However, there is little paper dealing with UTF1 expressed in adult tissues. In the present study, we evaluate the expression of UTF1 in breast cancer and its correlation with clinicopathological parameters.
  
  
  METHODS
  Real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) was applied to detect the expression of UTF1 mRNA in the 55 pairs of samples of breast cancer tissues and match normal tissues. △△CT method was used to evaluate the relative quantity of target mRNA expression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 55 pairs of samples of breast cancer tissues and match normal tissues adjacent to the tumor, the UTF1 mRNA levels in normal tissues were significantly higher than those observed in breast cancer tissues (p < 0.001). UTF1 mRNA levels expression correlated with lymph node metastasis (p = 0.002) and tumor size (p < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Expression of UTF1 in breast cancer tissues were confirmed in this study. Decreased expression of UTF1 mRNA in breast cancer tissues was maybe one of the factors impact on tumorigenes in breast cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000 China ; Department of Medical Research Center, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang China.
authors.forename: Chaoyang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000 China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, Shaoxing, Zhejiang 312000 China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: Breast cancer; Lymph node; Metastasis; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); UTF1