Figure 4. eIF4E is overexpressed in primary and metastatic lesions of patients with breast cancer.
(A–B) Box plots showing elevated eIF4E mRNA levels in (A) primary breast tumors and (B) primary breast tumors and breast cancer metastasis over normal breast tissue. (*) denotes significance by t-test (p<0.05). (C) mRNA levels in malignant and normal skin were assessed by qPCR and results were normalized to RPL13a. For each patient, normal skin was used as a calibrator (RQ=1). (D) Immunohistochemistry shows strong eIF4E staining in malignant skin.