Objective: To investigate the estrogen receptors (ER)alpha and ERbeta expression and their relationship with clinicopathological parameters in human breast carcinoma.
Methods: Samples were obtained from 30 breast carcinoma, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was used to measure the expression of ERalpha and ERbeta mRNA.
Results: ERalpha mRNA level was up-regulated in breast carcinoma tissue compared with adjacent normal tissue (t = 7.399, P < 0.01) while down-regulated in ERbeta. The relative ratio of ERalpha and ERbeta was decreased in normal tissue vs. carcinoma (t = 6.385, P < 0.01), in patients with lymph node metastasis vs. those without lymph node metastasis (t = 2.602, P < 0.05), in late stage carcinoma vs. early stage (t = 3.754, P < 0.05).
Conclusion: ERalpha and ERbeta play divergent role in the development of human breast carcinoma.
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University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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