Prognostic value of protein tyrosine kinase 6 (PTK6) for long-term survival of breast cancer patients.
Dokumenttyp:
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Autor(en):
Aubele, M; Walch, AK; Ludyga, N; Braselmann, H; Atkinson, MJ; Luber, B; Auer, G; Tapio, S; Cooke, T; Bartlett, JM
Abstract:
The cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase PTK6 (BRK) shows elevated expression in approximately two-thirds of primary breast tumours, and is implicated in EGF receptor-dependent signalling and epithelial tumorigenesis. Using immunohistochemistry, we performed a retrospective study on 426 archival breast cancer samples from patients with long-term follow-up and compared the protein expression levels of PTK6, the HER receptors, Sam68 (a substrate of PTK6), and signalling proteins including MAP kinase (MAPK), phosphorylated MAPK (P-MAPK), and PTEN. We show that PTK6 expression is of significant prognostic value in the outcome of breast carcinomas. In multivariate analysis, the disease-free survival of patients of >or=240 months was directly associated with the protein expression level of PTK6 (P