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01-05-2008 | Epidemiology

PAI-1 −675 4G/5G polymorphism as a prognostic biomarker in breast cancer

Authors: Haixin Lei, Kari Hemminki, Robert Johansson, Andrea Altieri, Kerstin Enquist, Roger Henriksson, Per Lenner, Asta Försti

Published in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | Issue 1/2008

Abstract

Extracellular matrix degradation, mediated by the urokinase plasminogen activation (uPA) system, is a critical step in tumor invasion and metastasis. High tumor levels of uPA and its inhibitor PAI-1 have been correlated with poor prognosis in breast cancer. We examined whether genetic variation in the genes of the uPA system affect breast cancer susceptibility and prognosis. We genotyped eight potentially functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in six genes of the uPA system in 959 Swedish breast cancer patients with detailed clinical data and up to 15 years of follow-up together with 952 matched controls. We used the unconditional logistic regression models to evaluate the associations between genotypes and breast cancer risk and tumor characteristics. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate the survival probabilities; the log-rank test was used to test differences between subgroups. None of the SNPs conferred an increased breast cancer risk, but correlation with some traditional prognostic factors was observed for several SNPs. Most importantly, we identified the -675 4G/5G SNP in the PAI-1 gene as a promising prognostic biomarker for breast cancer. Compared to the 4G/4G and 4G/5G genotypes 5G/5G homozygosity correlated significantly with worse survival (RR 2.04, 95% CI 1.45–2.86, P < 0.001), especially in patients with more aggressive tumors. 5G/5G homozygotes were also the group with worse survival among lymph node negative cases. Our finding suggests that genotyping PAI-1 -675 4G/5G may help in clinical prognosis of breast cancer.

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Title: PAI-1 −675 4G/5G polymorphism as a prognostic biomarker in breast cancer
Authors: Haixin Lei
Kari Hemminki
Robert Johansson
Andrea Altieri
Kerstin Enquist
Roger Henriksson
Per Lenner
Asta Försti
Publication date: 01-05-2008
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment / Issue 1/2008
Print ISSN: 0167-6806
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7217
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-007-9635-3

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