Journal article

Aberrant pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A expression in breast cancers prognosticates clinical outcomes

Prashanth Prithviraj, Matthew Anaka, Erik W Thompson, Revati Sharma, Marzena Walkiewicz, Candani SA Tutuka, Andreas Behren, George Kannourakis, Aparna Jayachandran

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2020

Abstract

Elevated levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of various malignancies, including breast cancers. Breast cancer is one of the most frequent carcinomas and is the second most common cancer type detected in women of child-bearing age. Throughout pregnancy PAPP-A is produced and secreted by the placental syncytiotrophoblast cells; co-incidentally pregnancy-associated breast cancers often have an aggressive clinical course. The components of the PAPP-A/IGF axis was assessed in a panel of breast cancer cell lines. Using neutralising antibodies the impact of PAPP-A/IGF axis on cell motility was evaluated. PAPP-A was expressed in four of t..

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