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Table 3 Analyses of mRNA expression of AP-1 family members in relation to subtypes of breast cancer

From: Expression of activator protein-1 (AP-1) family members in breast cancer

  Mean (±SD) P Value (Among subtypes)
Variable Luminal tumors Triple-negative tumors HER2-enriched tumors
c-Fos mRNA Level 0.024 ± 0.038 0.012 ± 0.014 0.011 ± 0.009 0.834
Fra-1 mRNA Level 0.024 ± 0.026 0.051 ± 0.043 0.026 ± 0.019 0.039*
Fra-2 mRNA Level 0.330 ± 0.439 0.381 ± 0.253 0.197 ± 0.155 0.238
Fos-B mRNA Level 0.189 ± 0.283 0.090 ± 0.120 0.082 ± 0.108 0.214
c-Jun mRNA Level 0.076 ± 0.065 0.044 ± 0.027 0.068 ± 0.037 0.460
Jun-B mRNA Level 0.885 ± 0.612 1.327 ± 1.655 0.983 ± 0.695 0.708
Jun-D mRNA Level 0.475 ± 0.407 0.398 ± 0.235 0.490 ± 0.280 0.893
  1. One-way ANOVA was used to calculate the p values among different subtypes. Fra-1 expression showed a significant difference among subtypes.
  2. *Post-hoc analysis using LSD revealed that Fra-1 expression was significantly higher in triple-negative tumors compared with luminal carcinomas (p = 0.01). In addition, Fra-1 expression was marginally significantly higher in triple-negative tumors compared with HER2-enriched (p = 0.067).
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