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The Melanoma Antigen Gene as a SurveillanceMarker for the Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells inPatients with Breast Carcinoma

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Author(s)
Soim KwonSeok Hyung KangJungsil RoChang-Ho JeonJong-Wook ParkEun Sook Lee
Keimyung Author(s)
Park, Jong Wook
Department
Dept. of Immunology (면역학)
Institute for Medical Science (의과학연구소)
Journal Title
Cancer
Issued Date
2005
Volume
104
Issue
2
Abstract
Keywords: breast carcinoma; melanoma antigen gene; surveillance marker; reverse transcriptase-nested polymerase chain reaction; peripheral blood

BACKGROUND

Circulating occult tumors cells could be used for the surveillance of metastases after primary breast carcinoma therapy, but their detection is limited by the lack of specific molecular markers. Melanoma antigen genes (MAGEs), which are expressed in malignant tissues but not in normal tissues (except for placenta and testis), might provide such a marker. To date, however, the use of MAGEs in the detection of occult tumor cells using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been limited because of the heterogeneity and low expression of individual MAGEs in tumor tissues.


METHODS
We developed multiple MAGE-recognizing primers (MMRPs) that were capable of binding to the cyclic DNA of 6 MAGE-A gene subtypes (MAGE-A1–MAGE-A6). We assessed the ability of the MMRPs to detect the expression of MAGE-A gene subtypes in peripheral blood obtained from patients with benign or malignant breast disease.


RESULTS
MAGE-A gene expression was not detected in 32 patients with benign disease but was detected in 1 of 31 patients (3%) patients with negative lymph node breast carcinoma, in 10 of 52 patients (19%) with 1–3 positive lymph nodes, in 11 of 53 patients (21%) with ≥ 4 positive lymph nodes, and in 20 of 52 patients (39%) with metastatic disease. The results were statistically significant (P < 0.0001; chi-square test for linear-by-linear association). The results also showed that the detection of MAGE-A gene expression in the blood predicted tumor progression or recurrence.


CONCLUSIONS
The results suggested that MAGE-A gene expression may be used for the surveillance of circulating breast carcinoma cells after primary therapy by RT-nested PCR using MMRPs. Cancer 2005. © 2005 American Cancer Society.
Keimyung Author(s)(Kor)
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Publisher
School of Medicine
Citation
Soim Kwon et al. (2005). The Melanoma Antigen Gene as a SurveillanceMarker for the Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells inPatients with Breast Carcinoma. Cancer, 104(2), 251–256. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21162
Type
Article
ISSN
0008-543X
DOI
10.1002/cncr.21162
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/35281
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1. School of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Immunology (면역학)
3. Research Institutues (연구소) > Institute for Medical Science (의과학연구소)
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