scholarly journals Expression of zinc-finger protein X-linked, ZFX, is associated with enhanced survival in patients with breast cancer.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

We mined published tumor transcriptome data with paired survival data to discover genes associated with survival outcomes in breast cancer (1, 2). We found that the zinc-finger protein X-linked ZFX (3, 4) was among the genes most differentially expressed in both primary and metastatic tumor tissues when comparing tumor transcriptomes based on survival at 24 months. ZFX expression was significantly higher in the metastatic tumors of patients surviving greater than 24 months, suggesting that increased ZFX expression confers a survival benefit to patients with stage IV metastatic breast cancer.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon Carney ◽  
Duncan Bush ◽  
Scarlet Sellers ◽  
Roan Carpenter ◽  
Maira Hewitt ◽  
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Abstract We analyzed published tumor transcriptome data in conjunction with linked survival data to identify genes linked with breast cancer survival outcomes (1, 2). When comparing tumor transcriptomes based on 24-month survival, we discovered that the zinc-finger protein X-linked ZFX (3, 4) was among the most differentially expressed genes in both original and metastatic tumor tissues. ZFX expression was considerably enhanced in metastatic tumors of patients who survived more than 24 months, indicating that enhanced ZFX expression offers a survival advantage for patients with stage IV metastatic breast cancer.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Metastasis to the brain is a clinical problem in patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with brain metastasis in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that zinc finger protein 248, encoded by ZNF248, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. ZNF248 mRNA was present at decreased quantities in brain metastatic tissues as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Importantly, expression of ZNF248 in primary tumors was significantly correlated with patient overall survival. Modulation of ZNF248 expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Metastasis to the brain is a clinical problem in patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes to discover genes associated with brain metastasis in patients with metastatic breast cancer. We found that the zinc finger protein 226, encoded by ZNF226 was among the genes whose expression was most different in the brain metastases of patients with brain metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. ZNF226 may be relevant to processes underlying metastasis of primary tumor-derived cancer cells to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Metastasis to the brain is a clinical problem in patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes to discover genes associated with brain metastasis in patients with metastatic breast cancer. We found that the chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan versican, encoded by VCAN, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the metastatic tumor tissues of patients with metastatic breast cancer, both in metastases to brain and to the lymph nodes when compared to primary tumors of the breast. Molecular functions (6-9) and down-regulation of VCAN may be important for metastasis of primary tumor-derived cancer cells to the lymph nodes and to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer, and suggests some level of common origin for metastases that reside in the lymph nodes and colonize the brain.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Metastasis to the brain is a clinical problem in patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes to discover genes associated with brain metastasis in patients with metastatic breast cancer. We found that the serpin family F member 1, encoded by SERPINF1, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the metastatic tumor tissues of patients with metastatic breast cancer, both in metastases to brain and to the lymph nodes when compared to primary tumors of the breast. We observed significant down-regulation of SERPINF1 in metastasis to the brain. Molecular functions and down-regulation of SERPINF1 may be important for metastasis of primary tumor-derived cancer cells to the lymph nodes and to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer, and suggests some level of common origin for metastases that reside in the lymph nodes and colonize the brain.


Oncogene ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 2568-2582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianqiu Wu ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Liang Yu ◽  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Liping Ye ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahan Mamoor

Metastasis to the brain is a clinical problem in patients with breast cancer (1-3). We mined published microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes to discover genes associated with brain metastasis in patients with metastatic breast cancer. We found that the microfibrillar-associated protein 5, encoded by MFAP5, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the metastatic tumor tissues of patients with metastatic breast cancer, both in metastases to brain and to the lymph nodes when compared to primary tumors of the breast. Molecular functions and down-regulation of MFAP5 may be important for metastasis of primary tumor-derived cancer cells to the lymph nodes and to the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer, and suggests some level of common origin for metastases that reside in the lymph nodes and colonize the brain.


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