C-myc oncoprotein expression and gene amplification in apocrine metaplasia and apocrine change within sclerosing adenosis of the breast

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Selim, A., Elayat, G., Naase, M. and Wells, C. 2002. C-myc oncoprotein expression and gene amplification in apocrine metaplasia and apocrine change within sclerosing adenosis of the breast. The Breast. 11 (6), pp. 466-472. https://doi.org/10.1054/brst.2002.0474
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TitleC-myc oncoprotein expression and gene amplification in apocrine metaplasia and apocrine change within sclerosing adenosis of the breast
AuthorsSelim, A., Elayat, G., Naase, M. and Wells, C.
Abstract

Overexpression and/or amplification of c- myc oncogene are known to occur in human breast carcinomas, particularly those of high grade. Apocrine metaplasia (APM) is a common finding within fibrocystic change, and in some cases appears to be associated with an elevated risk of subsequent breast cancer. It has been suggested that apocrine metaplasia within sclerosing adenosis of the breast, also called apocrine adenosis (AA), has a premalignant potential. Little, however, is known about cellular level genetic alterations in either APM or AA of the breast. Because of this, c- myc expression and amplification in APM and AA were studied.
Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) is a methodological approach to detecting these genetic alterations. In this study, APM and AA were studied immunohistochemically to detect c-myc oncoprotein expression, and FISH was employed using a DNA probe for the c- myc gene in archival tissue sections of cases of APM and AA of the breast. Nuclear immunostaining for c-myc was seen in all APM and AA cases studied, but amplification of the c- myc gene was not seen in any cases with APM or AA. The results of this study indicate that c-myc overexpression appears to occur early in breast oncogenesis. Amplification of the c- myc gene does not occur in APM or AA of the breast, however, suggesting that this particular genetic alteration constitutes a late event in the pathogenesis of breast carcinomas.

PublisherElsevier
Churchill Livingstone
JournalThe Breast
ISSN0960-9776
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PrintDec 2002
Publication process dates
Deposited22 Jun 2009
Output statusPublished
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PubMed PMID: 14965711.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1054/brst.2002.0474
LanguageEnglish
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