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To investigate the relationship between the length of a CA dinucleotide repeat in intron 1 of the EGFR gene, sequence copy numbers, and EGFR protein expression in breast cancer across different ethnic populations.

March 18, 2004The Journal of Pathology

Allelic length of a CA dinucleotide repeat in the egfr gene correlates with the frequency of amplifications of this sequence—first results of an inter‐ethnic breast cancer study

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HBHorst BuergerUniversity of Ulster JPJens PackeisenUniversität Hamburg ABAlmuth BoeckerUniversity of Münster

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Comparative genetic study reveals EGFR repeat length influences gene amplification rates in breast cancer patients, suggesting new markers for targeted therapy.

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To investigate the relationship between the length of a CA dinucleotide repeat in intron 1 of the EGFR gene, sequence copy numbers, and EGFR protein expression in breast cancer across different ethnic populations.
Analyzed breast cancer samples from German and Japanese patients.
Employed microsatellite analysis, comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), quantitative 5' nuclease assays, and EGFR enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) to assess repeat length, copy number, and protein expression.
Japanese patients had significantly longer CA-SSR I repeat alleles (p < 0.001) linked to lower baseline EGFR expression (mean 36 vs. 65 fmol/mg membrane protein) compared to German patients.
Allelic imbalance occurred in 55% of informative Japanese tumors compared with 34% in German tumors, with Japanese patients showing significantly higher rates of CA-SSR I amplifications (p < 0.01).
Japanese patients with sequence amplifications displayed significantly higher EGFR protein content compared to German patients (p < 0.05).

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Buerger et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a153fb7814bf8ec9a4e4c28 https://doi.org/10.1002/path.1542

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Comparative genetic study reveals EGFR repeat length influences gene amplification rates in breast cancer patients, suggesting new markers for targeted therapy.

Allelic length of a CA dinucleotide repeat in the egfr gene correlates with the frequency of amplifications of this sequence—first results of an inter‐ethnic breast cancer study

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Allelic length of a CA dinucleotide repeat in the egfr gene correlates with the frequency of amplifications of this sequence—first results of an inter‐ethnic breast cancer study

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