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Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 overexpression is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer

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    • Danmei Zhou
    • Kehan Ren
    • Jigang Wang
    • Hong Ren
    • Wenlin Yang
    • Wenjuan Wang
    • Qiong Li
    • Xiuping Liu
    • Feng Tang
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    Affiliations: Department of Pathology, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200030, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, The Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai 200240, P.R. China
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Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 (EphA6) is a member of the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase family, which has been implicated in tumorigenesis. However, little is known about the expression and function of EphA6 in breast cancer. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of EphA6 and the possible association between EphA6 and clinicopathological characteristics in breast cancer. In the present study, EphA6 mRNA expression was measured in 26 paired breast cancer tissues and adjacent non‑cancerous tissues by reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Additionally, the protein expression of EphA6 in breast cancer tissues from 116 patients was examined by immunohistochemistry, and the prognostic value for patients with breast cancer was evaluated. The results of the present study indicated that EphA6 mRNA and protein expression in breast cancer was significantly higher than that in adjacent non‑cancerous tissues (P<0.001). EphA6 overexpression was significantly associated with a high histological grade (P<0.001), overexpression of human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER‑2; P=0.0106), low estrogen receptor expression (P=0.0247) and low progesterone receptor expression (P=0.0015). Furthermore, the increased expression of EphA6 was demonstrated to be associated with breast cancer subtypes (P=0.0164). Kaplan‑Meier curves demonstrated that high EphA6 expression was associated with lower overall survival rates in patients with breast cancer (P=0.015). Univariate and multivariate analysis revealed that high EphA6 expression, Tumor‑Node‑Metastasis classification and subtype were independent prognostic factors for patients with breast cancer (all P<0.05). In conclusion, EphA6 may serve an important role in breast carcinogenesis and may pose as a novel prognostic indicator and therapeutic target for breast cancer, particularly in patients with steroid receptor negative expression and HER‑2 overexpression.
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Zhou D, Ren K, Wang J, Ren H, Yang W, Wang W, Li Q, Liu X and Tang F: Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 overexpression is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer. Oncol Lett 15: 5257-5263, 2018.
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Zhou, D., Ren, K., Wang, J., Ren, H., Yang, W., Wang, W. ... Tang, F. (2018). Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 overexpression is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer. Oncology Letters, 15, 5257-5263. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7919
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Zhou, D., Ren, K., Wang, J., Ren, H., Yang, W., Wang, W., Li, Q., Liu, X., Tang, F."Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 overexpression is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer". Oncology Letters 15.4 (2018): 5257-5263.
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Zhou, D., Ren, K., Wang, J., Ren, H., Yang, W., Wang, W., Li, Q., Liu, X., Tang, F."Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 overexpression is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer". Oncology Letters 15, no. 4 (2018): 5257-5263. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7919
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Zhou D, Ren K, Wang J, Ren H, Yang W, Wang W, Li Q, Liu X and Tang F: Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 overexpression is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer. Oncol Lett 15: 5257-5263, 2018.
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Zhou, D., Ren, K., Wang, J., Ren, H., Yang, W., Wang, W. ... Tang, F. (2018). Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 overexpression is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer. Oncology Letters, 15, 5257-5263. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7919
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Zhou, D., Ren, K., Wang, J., Ren, H., Yang, W., Wang, W., Li, Q., Liu, X., Tang, F."Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 overexpression is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer". Oncology Letters 15.4 (2018): 5257-5263.
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Zhou, D., Ren, K., Wang, J., Ren, H., Yang, W., Wang, W., Li, Q., Liu, X., Tang, F."Erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A6 overexpression is a novel biomarker of poor prognosis in patients with breast cancer". Oncology Letters 15, no. 4 (2018): 5257-5263. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.7919
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