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Abstract #3833

The effects of different expression states of δ-catenin on resting brain functional in patients with breast cancer before treatment

Mingtuan Xue1, Jiajun Cao1, Wei Du1, and Yanwei Miao1
1Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Synopsis

Keywords: Tumors (Pre-Treatment), Cancer

Motivation: δ-catenin is the only member of the p120ctn family that can be expressed in neurons. It has been confirmed that δ-catenin highly expressed in breast cancer patients and is significantly associated with the poor prognosis.

Goal(s): Explore the changes of brain network function in BRCA patients with different expressions of δ-catenin before treatment.

Approach: Categorize untreated BRCA patients into two groups based on the different expressions of δ-catenin,and subjected to neuropsychological testing, brain structural and functional MRI, along with a healthy control group.

Results: The breast cancer patients with different δ-catenin expression have different effects on the indexes of brain functional network.

Impact: The research results suggest that the brain-network changes caused by δ-catenin precede cognitive impairment changes. Early brain damage caused by δ-catenin protein may involve areas related to executive functions and emotional regulation.

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