PubMed:1349318 JSONTXT

{"project":"CoMAGC","denotations":[{"id":"T1","span":{"begin":1408,"end":1416},"obj":"Gene"},{"id":"E1","span":{"begin":1417,"end":1431},"obj":"Gene_expression"},{"id":"E2","span":{"begin":1417,"end":1431},"obj":"Positive_regulation"},{"id":"T2","span":{"begin":1479,"end":1493},"obj":"breast cancer"}],"relations":[{"id":"R1","pred":"themeOf","subj":"T1","obj":"E1"},{"id":"R2","pred":"themeOf","subj":"E1","obj":"E2"},{"id":"R3","pred":"CGE-increased","subj":"T1","obj":"T2"},{"id":"R4","pred":"CCS-unidentifiable","subj":"T1","obj":"T2"},{"id":"R5","pred":"PT-","subj":"T1","obj":"T2"},{"id":"R3","pred":"IGE-","subj":"T1","obj":"T2"}],"text":"Histochemical staining of protein-tyrosine phosphatase activity in primary human mammary carcinoma: relationship with established prognostic indicators.\nProtein-tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase) activity in frozen human mammary primary carcinoma tissue sections has been quantitated using a modified histochemical assay. The improved method features the assay of PTPase activity in 12-microns sections of air-dried unfixed tissues, and the use of [2-(N-morpholino)-ethanesulfonic acid] (MES) buffer to prepare stable reaction solutions. Tissue samples from 53 primary human mammary carcinomas were assayed for PTPase activity, and immunohistochemically stained for c-erbB-2 protein-tyrosine kinase expression. Elevated levels of PTPase activity were found in 68% of the tumors compared with the level of activity found in normal human mammary tissues. PTPase activity was co-localized with pathology definitive for carcinoma. Excessive activity was demonstrated throughout the cell, with high activity evident in the cell cytoplasmic membrane and the nucleus. Coexistence of elevated expression of c-erbB-2 and increased PTPase activity was present in 53% of the tumors. In contrast, 15% displayed low c-erbB-2 expression and high PTPase activity, and 24% displayed high c-erbB-2 expression and low PTPase activity. No statistically significant association was found between increased PTPase activity and either c-erbB-2 overexpression or grade and stage of disease in primary human mammary tumors."}