TWIST1 GENE EXPRESSION AS A BIOMARKER FOR PREDICTING PRIMARY DOXORUBICIN RESISTANCE IN BREAST CANCER
Demir S1,10,*, Müslümanoğlu MH2, Müslümanoğlu M3, Başaran S4, Çalay ZZ5, Aydıner A6, Vogt U7, Çakır T8, Kadıoğlu H9, Artan S1
*Corresponding Author: Selma Demir, Ph.D., Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, 22030 Iskender, Edirne, Turkey. Tel: +90(284)2357642/2330. Fax: +90(284)2357652. E-mail: selmaulusal@trakya.edu.tr
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RESULTS

ATP-TCA Results. Nine out of 26 tumors were found to be resistant to doxorubicin. Histological grade, HER2, estrogen and progesterone receptor positivity and lymph node metastasis status of responsive and non responsive tumors did not differ significantly. Findings and clinical characteristics of the responsive and non responsive tumor samples are summarized in Table 1. TWIST1 Gene Expression Results. When tumors were grouped according to their response to the chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin, there was a significant difference for TWIST gene expression between responders and non responders (p = 0.041) (Figure1). TWIST gene expression of the drug-resistant group was higher than the responsive group. This difference was not dependent on the histopathological features of tumors because the TWIST gene expression difference was not significantly differed according to histological grade, hormone receptor or lymph node positivity and HER2 (erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2) status. The results are summarized in Table 1.



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