GSTP1 expression predicts poor pathological complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in ER-negative breast cancer

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association of glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) expression with resistance to neoadjuvant paclitaxel followed by 5-fluorouracil/epirubicin/cyclophosphamide (P-FEC) in human breast cancers. The relationship of GSTP1 expression and GSTP1 promoter hypermethylation with intrinsic subtypes was also investigated. In this study, primary breast cancer patients (n = 123, stage II-III) treated with neoadjuvant P-FEC were analyzed. Tumor samples were obtained by vacuum-assisted core biopsy before P-FEC. GSTP1 expression was determined using immunohistochemistry, GSTP1 promoter methylation index (MI) using bisulfite methylation assay and intrinsic subtypes using DNA microarray. The pathological complete response (pCR) rate was significantly h

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Miyake T 

PROVIDER: S-ECPF-GEOD-32646 | biostudies-other | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other