Research Paper Volume 14, Issue 22 pp 9317—9337
High SURF4 expression is associated with poor prognosis of breast cancer
- 1 Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
- 2 4+4 Medical Doctor Program, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Received: September 5, 2022 Accepted: November 21, 2022 Published: November 29, 2022
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.204409How to Cite
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Abstract
SURF4 has been suggested as an oncogene in cancer. However, the role of SURF4 in breast cancer has not been demonstrated yet. The data were obtained from TCGA database and 1104 patients were analyzed using bioinformatics analysis. SURF4 is significantly (P < 0.001) highly expressed in tumor. High expression of SURF4 was observed in T4, infiltrating ductal carcinoma, ER negative, PR negative, and HER2 positive, female, patients without lymph node metastasis, HER2 overexpression type, and deceased patients. As for characteristics correlated with high expression of SURF4, gender, histological type, molecular subtype, ER, PR, HER2, and vital status exhibited significant differences. The age (HR: 2.317, P < 0.001), stage (HR: 2.090, P < 0.001), and SURF4 expression (HR: 1.958, P = 0.005) exhibited independent prognostic value for overall survival (OS). Patients with high SURF4 expression, higher age, equivocal HER2, higher stages, or positive margin status had shorter OS. The stage (HR: 1.579, P < 0.001), and margin status (HR: 1.463, P = 0.006) exhibited independent prognostic value for relapse-free survival of breast cancer. High expression of SURF4 was first found in breast cancer. High SURF4 expression was observed in breast cancer tissue and cell. SURF4 promoted the proliferation and migration of 4T1 cells. SURF4 may be a biomarker in diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer.
Abbreviations
ER: estrogen receptor; PR: progesterone receptor; HER2: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; TCGA: The Cancer Genome Atlas; GSEA: Gene set enrichment analysis; OS: overall survival; RFS: relapse-free survival; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; ROC: receiver operating characteristic; AUC: area under the ROC curves.