Angiogenic characteristics of circulating and tumoural thrombospondin-1 in breast cancer

G. J. Byrne, K. E. Hayden, G. McDowell, H. Lang, C. C. Kirwan, L. Tetlow, S. Kumar, N. J. Bundred

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    Abstract

    In cancer models, thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) has been shown to inhibit angiogenesis or promote metastasis by increasing adhesion of malignant cells to endothelium. To determine the role of TSP-1 in breast cancer and breast cancer angiogenesis, we have measured TSP-1 in plasma and tumour cytosols and compared levels to established clinicopathological prognostic parameters and intratumoural microvessel density. TSP-1 was measured, by radioimmunoassay, in plasma (pTSP-1) and tumour cytosols (cTSP-1) of women with early breast cancer (EBC) (n=71). pTSP-1 in EBC was compared to pTSP-1 levels in women with advanced breast cancer (ABC) (n=66), normal controls (n=77) and was correlated with prognostic features and microvessel density (MVD) (measured by CD31 immunostaining). cTSP-1 levels were compared to prognostic features and microvessel density. pTSP-1 in women with EBC (median 484, IQR 344-877 ng/ml) and ABC (median 588, IQR 430-952 ng/ml) were elevated when compared to normal controls (median 21, IQR 175-247) (p
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1127-1132
    Number of pages5
    JournalInternational Journal of Oncology
    Volume31
    Issue number5
    Publication statusPublished - Nov 2007

    Keywords

    • Angiogenesis
    • Breast cancer
    • Tumour marker

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