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Basic Information

Gene ID

5099

Name

PCDH7

Synonymous

protocadherin 7;PCDH7;protocadherin 7

Definition

BH-protocadherin (brain-heart)|brain-heart protocadherin|protein phosphatase 1, regulatory subunit 120|protocadherin-7

Position

4p15

Gene type

protein-coding

Title

Abstract

breast cancer

Breast cancer had a propensity to metastasize to bone, resulting in serious skeletal complications associated with poor outcome. Previous study showed that Protocadherin-7 (PCDH7) play an important role in brain metastatic breast cancer, however, the role of PCDH7 in bone metastatic breast cancer has never been explored. In the present study, we found that PCDH7 expression was up-regulation in bone metastatic breast cancer tissues by real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry assays. Furthermore, suppression of PCDH7 inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in vitro by MTT, scratch, and transwell assays. Most importantly, overexpression of PCDH7 promotes breast cancer cell proliferation and invasion in vitro, and formation of bone metastasis in vivo. These data provide an important insight into the role of PCDH7 in bone metastasis of breast cancer.