Variable roles of miRNA- and apoptosis-linked genes in invasive breast cancer: expression patterns, clinicopathological associations, and prognostic significance

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/25:00141775 RIV/00216208:11110/25:10499718 RIV/00216208:11120/25:43928632 RIV/65269705:_____/25:00082279 RIV/00064165:_____/25:10499718

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11033-025-10739-1" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11033-025-10739-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-025-10739-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11033-025-10739-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Variable roles of miRNA- and apoptosis-linked genes in invasive breast cancer: expression patterns, clinicopathological associations, and prognostic significance

Original language description

Introduction Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Differential gene expression can help identify genes involved in carcinogenesis or serve as biomarkers.Methods This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of the gene expression focusing on apoptosis-related genes, in invasive breast carcinoma of no specific type compared with benign tissue. The gene expression of nine candidate genes identified as potential targets of certain microRNAs suggested as biomarkers and known for their role in apoptosis, and two additional apoptosis-related genes identified in the screening was evaluated using qPCR together with external datasets. Results Screening of 92 apoptosis-related genes identified several dysregulated genes including downregulated BCL2L2 and upregulated BIRC5 genes, which were further confirmed as tumor suppressor and as an oncogene, respectively. Among the miRNA-related genes, HMGA2 and RAB22A were overexpressed, while ATF2, PPM1L, VPS4A, ZEB1, and ZFP36L1 were underexpressed. The BIRC5/BCL2L2 gene signature provided AUC of 0.975, sensitivity of 93.10% and specificity of 96.43%. Increased BIRC5 expression was associated with higher tumor grades and Ki-67-positive samples while decreased levels of BCL2L2 were associated with Ki-67-positive samples. Luminal A and B samples were distinguished by the differential expression of these two genes. The high expression of HMGA2 and BIRC5 genes was observed as a negative prognostic factor for both overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) with a favorable OS difference of similar to 1 year for HMGA2 and 1.2 years for BIRC5 in the case of their low expression. External validation identified ZEB1 as a positive and BIRC5 as a negative prognostic factor for both overall and disease-free survival. Conclusion The results highlighted genes with possible roles in apoptosis and acting in breast carcinogenesis. In particular, BIRC5 was shown as important oncogene and ZEB1 as a tumor suppressor in invasive breast cancer. Further studies are warranted to evaluate the potential of the investigated genes as biomarkers or therapeutic targets, with possible implications for breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30204 - Oncology

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

ISSN

0301-4851

e-ISSN

1573-4978

Volume of the periodical

52

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

703

UT code for WoS article

001527557500007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105010436708