High expression of the vacuole membrane protein 1 (VMP1) is a potential marker of poor prognosis in HER2 positive breast cancer.

Arsalan AmirfallahAdalgeir ArasonHjorleifur EinarssonEydis Thorunn GudmundsdottirEdda Sigridur FreysteinsdottirKristrun Audur OlafsdottirOskar Thor JohannssonBjarni Agnar AgnarssonRosa Bjork BarkardottirInga Reynisdottir

Published in: PloS one (2019)

The results suggest that high VMP1 expression is a potential marker of poor prognosis in HER2 positive BC. Further studies are needed to elucidate how VMP1 could affect pathways supportive of tumorigenesis.

Keyphrases

poor prognosis
long non coding rna
positive breast cancer
human health
risk assessment
case control