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Vitamin D Growth Inhibition of Breast Cancer Cells: Gene Expression Patterns Assessed by cDNA Microarray

Overview of attention for article published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, July 2003
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Title
Vitamin D Growth Inhibition of Breast Cancer Cells: Gene Expression Patterns Assessed by cDNA Microarray
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Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, July 2003
DOI 10.1023/a:1024487118457
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Srilatha Swami, Nalini Raghavachari, Uwe R. Muller, Yijia P. Bao, David Feldman

Abstract

1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3], the active metabolite of vitamin D, is a potent inhibitor of breast cancer cell growth. Although it is evident that 1,25(OH)2D3 inhibits growth of both estrogen receptor alpha-positive [ER alpha(+)] and -negative [ER alpha(-)] breast cancer cells, the cellular pathways contributing to these effects remain unclear. We studied the gene expression patterns in ER alpha(+) MCF-7 and ER alpha(-) MDA MB 231 human breast cancer cells following 1,25(OH)2D3 treatment, using cDNA expression arrays. Both cell lines showed a significant induction of the 1,25(OH)2D3-dependent 24-hydroxylase gene, a marker for the actions of 1,25(OH)2D3. In MCF-7 cells, 51 genes were up-regulated and 19 genes were down-regulated. The up-regulated genes encoded cell adhesion molecules, growth factors/modulators, steroid receptors/co-activators, cytokines, kinases and transcription factors. Of the up-regulated genes, 40% were implicated in cell cycle regulation and apoptosis and included cyclin G1 and cyclin I, p21-activated kinase-1 (PAK-1), p53, retinoblastoma like-2 [Rb2 (p130)], insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 (IGFBP5) and caspases. Among the down-regulated genes were ER alpha, growth factors, cytokines and several kinases. Some of these results were confirmed by real-time PCR. In MDA MB 231 cells, 20 genes were up-regulated and 13 genes were down-regulated. Very few genes directly implicated in cell cycle regulation were up-regulated. The matrix metalloproteinases formed a major class of genes that were down-regulated in the MDA MB 231 cells. Seven genes were commonly up-regulated in both cell lines and these included transforming growth factor (TGFbeta2) and Rb2 (p130). In conclusion, the gene expression profiles of the two cell lines studied were different with a few overlapping genes suggesting that different cellular pathways might be regulated by 1,25(OH)2D3 to exert its growth inhibitory effects in ER alpha(+) and ER alpha(-) cells.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 3%
Brazil 2 3%
Turkey 1 2%
Unknown 57 92%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 18%
Researcher 10 16%
Student > Master 8 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 10%
Student > Bachelor 6 10%
Other 12 19%
Unknown 9 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 34%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 27%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 5%
Unspecified 2 3%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 10 16%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 October 2018.
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#4,739,298
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Outputs from Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
#895
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Outputs of similar age
#8,331
of 48,798 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
#3
of 16 outputs
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