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Table 1 Gene expression signature analysis of breast cancer

From: Signaling pathways in breast cancer metastasis - novel insights from functional genomics

Study

Signature

Size (genes)

Type

Validation

van 't Veer et al. [15]

Poor prognosis

70

Classifier

Clinical

Wang et al. [17]

Poor prognosis

76

Classifier

Clinical

Ramaswamy et al. [20]

General metastasis

128

Classifier

Clinical

Chang et al. [34]

Wound healing

512

Physiological response

Clinical

Finak et al. [37]

Stromal

26

Classifier

Clinical

Troester et al. [38]

Stromal

155

Classifier

Clinical

Farmer et al. [39]

Stromal

50

Classifier, metagene

Clinical

Chi et al. [42]

Epithelial hypoxia

168

Physiological response

In vitro, clinical

Winter et al. [44]

Hypoxia

99

Classifier, metagene

Clinical

Buffa et al. [41]

Hypoxia

51

Classifier, metagene

Clinical

Hu et al. [43]

VEGF

13

Classifier

Clinical

Kang et al. [23]

Bone metastasis

102

Tissue tropism

Animal

Minn et al. [24]

Lung metastasis

95

Tissue tropism

Animal, clinical

Bos et al. [22]

Brain metastasis

243

Tissue tropism

Animal, clinical

Bild et al. [50]

Myc, E2F3, Ras, Src, β-catenin

248, 298, 348, 73, 98

Signaling pathway

Clinical, in vitro

Nguyen et al. [52]

WNT in lung cancer

81

Signaling pathway

Animal, clinical

Padua et al. [55]

TGF-β [53]

153

Signaling pathway

Animal, clinical

Zhang et al. [54]

Src [50]

172

Signaling pathway

Animal, clinical

  1. TGF, transforming growth factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.