Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma

Introduction: Leptin, the hormone secreted from white adipose tissue is suspected of being a causative factor in tumorigenesis invarious tissues. Thus it might be a link between obesity and breastcancer. Objectives: In this project we tried to study causative association ofobesity and serum le...

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Main Authors: Al-Shibli, Saad M., Amjad, Nasser Muhammad, Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab, Harun, Norra, Nafie, Emad M., Mizan, Shaikh
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spelling iium-626372018-04-03T08:32:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62637/ Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma Al-Shibli, Saad M. Amjad, Nasser Muhammad Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab Harun, Norra Nafie, Emad M. Mizan, Shaikh RD Surgery RG Gynecology and obstetrics Introduction: Leptin, the hormone secreted from white adipose tissue is suspected of being a causative factor in tumorigenesis invarious tissues. Thus it might be a link between obesity and breastcancer. Objectives: In this project we tried to study causative association ofobesity and serum leptin with invasive ductal breast cancer (IDC) in a sample of Malaysian population. Methods: We measured various obesity parameters, and estimated serum leptin levels in a group of healthy control and IDC patients.After confirming diagnosis by standard histopathological methods, serum leptin levels were estimated using ELISA. Both the pre-and postoperative leptin levels were measured with the Patient group. Results: The difference between the serum leptin levels of the Control and the Patient group were highly significant with a P value of < 0.001. There was no significant difference in the serum leptin level between the pre and post-operative states in the IDC patients (P=0.414).There was a significant positive correlation between the serum leptin level and the Body Mass Index (BMI) with the Control group (rs =0.598, P < 0.01), however, the breast cancer cases showed a very weakly positive correlation (r= 0.217, P > 0.05). Conclusion: Since high serum leptin in IDC patients persists unabated in the post-operative state, we infer that the source of leptin in these cases cannot be the breast cancer tissue itself and leptin cannot be a marker for breast cancer. Highly significant association between serum leptin and IDC patients suggests that leptin in serum might play a causative role in the tumorigenesis of breast cancer, and it might be an important connection between obesity and breast cancer. Therefore, leptin signal transduction pathway might be a prospective therapeutic target in the treatment and prevention of IDC. SciTechnol 2018-02-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62637/1/serum-leptin-might-be-causally-correlated-to-invasive-ductal-breast-carcinoma-xrsy.pdf Al-Shibli, Saad M. and Amjad, Nasser Muhammad and Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab and Harun, Norra and Nafie, Emad M. and Mizan, Shaikh (2018) Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Oncology, 7 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2324-9110 https://www.scitechnol.com/peer-review/serum-leptin-might-be-causally-correlated-to-invasive-ductal-breast-carcinoma-orWS.php?article_id=7244 10.4172/2324-9110.1000211
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topic RD Surgery
RG Gynecology and obstetrics
spellingShingle RD Surgery
RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Al-Shibli, Saad M.
Amjad, Nasser Muhammad
Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab
Harun, Norra
Nafie, Emad M.
Mizan, Shaikh
Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma
description Introduction: Leptin, the hormone secreted from white adipose tissue is suspected of being a causative factor in tumorigenesis invarious tissues. Thus it might be a link between obesity and breastcancer. Objectives: In this project we tried to study causative association ofobesity and serum leptin with invasive ductal breast cancer (IDC) in a sample of Malaysian population. Methods: We measured various obesity parameters, and estimated serum leptin levels in a group of healthy control and IDC patients.After confirming diagnosis by standard histopathological methods, serum leptin levels were estimated using ELISA. Both the pre-and postoperative leptin levels were measured with the Patient group. Results: The difference between the serum leptin levels of the Control and the Patient group were highly significant with a P value of < 0.001. There was no significant difference in the serum leptin level between the pre and post-operative states in the IDC patients (P=0.414).There was a significant positive correlation between the serum leptin level and the Body Mass Index (BMI) with the Control group (rs =0.598, P < 0.01), however, the breast cancer cases showed a very weakly positive correlation (r= 0.217, P > 0.05). Conclusion: Since high serum leptin in IDC patients persists unabated in the post-operative state, we infer that the source of leptin in these cases cannot be the breast cancer tissue itself and leptin cannot be a marker for breast cancer. Highly significant association between serum leptin and IDC patients suggests that leptin in serum might play a causative role in the tumorigenesis of breast cancer, and it might be an important connection between obesity and breast cancer. Therefore, leptin signal transduction pathway might be a prospective therapeutic target in the treatment and prevention of IDC.
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author Al-Shibli, Saad M.
Amjad, Nasser Muhammad
Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab
Harun, Norra
Nafie, Emad M.
Mizan, Shaikh
author_facet Al-Shibli, Saad M.
Amjad, Nasser Muhammad
Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab
Harun, Norra
Nafie, Emad M.
Mizan, Shaikh
author_sort Al-Shibli, Saad M.
title Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma
title_short Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma
title_full Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma
title_fullStr Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma
title_sort serum leptin might be causally correlated to invasive ductal breast carcinoma
publisher SciTechnol
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/62637/
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