Research Article
Ajuba Overexpression Promotes Breast Cancer Chemoresistance and Glucose Uptake through TAZ-GLUT3/Survivin Pathway
Table 1
Distribution of Ajuba status in breast cancer according to clinicopathological characteristics.
| Characteristics | Number of patients | Ajuba negative/low expression | Ajuba overexpression | |
| Age | | | | | <60 | 73 | 35 | 38 | 0.3027 | ≥60 | 20 | 7 | 13 | | TNM stage | | | | | I | 34 | 23 | 11 | 0.0009 | II-IV | 59 | 19 | 40 | | Tumor size | | | | | <2 cm | 31 | 18 | 13 | 0.0771 | ≥2 cm | 62 | 24 | 38 | | Lymph node metastasis | | | | | Absent | 44 | 28 | 16 | 0.0007 | Present | 49 | 14 | 35 | | Estrogen receptor | | | | | Absent | 30 | 12 | 18 | 0.4901 | Present | 63 | 30 | 33 | | Progesterone receptor | | | | | Absent | 43 | 16 | 27 | 0.1530 | Present | 50 | 26 | 24 | | ErbB-2 | | | | | Absent | 66 | 26 | 40 | 0.0806 | Present | 27 | 16 | 11 | | Triple-negative | | | | | Absent | 77 | 39 | 38 | 0.0196 | Present | 16 | 3 | 13 | |
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