Olfactory receptors OR5B21 and OR6C76 are differentially expressed in humans with triple negative breast cancer.
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Whole genome profiling data of 226 patients with triple negative breast cancer (1) was stratified based on survival. When comparing the transcriptomes of 87 patients that expired versus 123 patients that survived, two olfactory receptors were among the genes whose expression was most different. We previously reported that genes of the olfactory receptor superfamily were differentially expressed in metastases in the HER2+ Balb-NeuT mouse model of breast cancer (2). The data here indicate that differential expression of OR5B21 and OR6C76 associates with survival outcomes in humans with triple negative breast cancer.