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Table 3 Nuclear p-P38 is associated with DNA repair markers

From: Co-expression of nuclear P38 and hormone receptors is prognostic of good long-term clinical outcome in primary breast cancer and is linked to upregulation of DNA repair

Variable

nuclear p-P38

negative / low

high

p

nuclear BRCA1

negative

402

(85.4%)

69

(14.6%)

< 0.001 *

positive

365

(63.6%)

209

(36.4%)

nuclear BRCA2

negative

540

(72.0%)

210

(28.0%)

0.393

positive

44

(66.7%)

22

(33.3%)

PARP1

negative

346

(75.4%)

113

(24.6%)

0.074

positive

373

(70.1%)

159

(29.9%)

cleaved PARP1

negative

114

(85.7%)

19

(14.3%)

< 0.001 *

positive

563

(71.5%)

224

(28.5%)

nuclear RAD51

negative

327

(82.4%)

70

(17.6%)

< 0.001 *

positive

184

(62.8%)

109

(37.2%)

TP53

negative

636

(70.6%)

265

(29.4%)

0.337

positive

268

(73.4%)

97

(26.6%)

  1. *p value in bold type indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05, by Χ2 test)