Figure 5

Quantitative mRNA expression of NUCKS in primary cultures from different biopsies. (A) Graphical presentation of the ratio of NUCKS to PBGD mRNA expression quantitated by qRT PCR as median values of 3 independent experiments (p = 0.05) per culture. The most representative cases are illustrated. TC01, primary culture of normal tissue; TC05, primary culture of fibroadenoma; TC11 and TC13, derived from primary cultures from biopsies with benign epithelial proliferations; TC16, TC20, TC27-TC31 derived from primary cultures from grade II breast cancer biopsies; TC32 and TC36 derived from IDC, grade III. The clinicopathological variables of the samples are summarized in Additional file 1. MDA MB-231 and MCF-7 represent cell lines used as a positive control for NUCKS expression. (B) Median values of the ratio of NUCKS to PBGD mRNA expression in the studied groups (p = 0.05).