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01.05.2008 | Poster presentation
Downregulation of 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase in hormone-resistant breast cancer
verfasst von:
M Cummings, L Maraqa, MB Peter, AM Shaaban, AM Hanby, MA Hull, V Speirs
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Sonderheft 2/2008
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Excerpt
Tamoxifen has been the principal endocrine therapy for estrogen receptor alpha (ERα)-positive breast cancer patients and still remains the therapy of choice in the premenopausal setting. However, resistance and recurrence remain a serious problem. Our previous work has indicated that 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) was significantly down-regulated in two, independently derived, tamoxifen-resistant (TAMr) MCF-7 derivatives compared with sensitive controls [
1]. 15-PGDH is the key enzyme for the biological inactivation of prostaglandins, and has been shown to be a tumour suppressor in breast cancer. However, a role for 15-PGDH downregulation in endocrine resistance has not previously been identified. …