Tumor-specific expression of HMG-CoA reductase in a population-based cohort of breast cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mevalonate pathway synthetizes cholesterol, steroid hormones, and non-steriod isoprenoids necessary for cell survival. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) is the rate-limiting enzyme of the mevalonate pathway and the target for statin treatment. HMGCR expression in breast tumors has recently been proposed to hold prognostic and treatment-predictive information. This study aimed to investigate whether HMGCR expression in breast cancer patients was associated with patient and tumor characteristics and disease-free survival (DFS).

Methods

A population-based cohort of primary breast cancer patients in Lund, Sweden was assembled between October 2002 and June 2012 enrolling 1,116 patients. Tumor tissue microarrays were constructed and stained wit

SUBMITTER: Gustbee E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4479235 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature