Journal: Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Article Title: TMEM132A is associated with metabolic reprogramming, macrophage-oriented immune remodeling, and breast cancer progression
doi: 10.1007/s10238-026-02125-3
Figure Lengend Snippet: TMEM132A is upregulated in breast cancer and correlates with clinicopathological features ( A ) Differential expression of TMEM132A between breast cancer tissues and normal breast tissues in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( B ) TMEM132A expression comparison between tumor samples from TCGA_BRCA and normal breast tissues from the integrated TCGA and GTEx cohort. ( C-E ) Validation of elevated TMEM132A expression in breast cancer using independent GEO datasets, including GSE20711 ( C ), GSE22820 ( D ), and GSE162228 ( E ). ( F , G ) ROC curve analyses evaluating the diagnostic performance of TMEM132A in distinguishing breast cancer tissues from normal tissues in the TCGA_BRCA cohort ( F ) and the TCGA+GTEx_BRCA cohort ( G ). ( H ) Paired analysis of TMEM132A expression between matched tumor and adjacent normal breast tissues in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( I , J ) Association between TMEM132A expression and clinical stage in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( K ) Distribution of TMEM132A expression across different molecular subtypes of breast cancer in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( L-T ) Relationship between TMEM132A expression and histological grade in the TCGA_BRCA cohort (L) and multiple independent GEO datasets, including GSE7390 ( M ), GSE11121 ( N ), GSE20711 ( O ), GSE21653 ( P ), GSE22219 ( Q ), GSE25055 ( R ), GSE45255 ( S ), GSE42568 ( T ), and GSE61304 ( U ). ( U , V ) Comparison of TMEM132A expression between non-metastatic (M0) and metastatic (M1) breast cancer samples in the TCGA_BRCA cohort ( U ) and the GSE20685 dataset ( V ). ( W ) Distribution of TMEM132A expression levels across breast cancer molecular. subgroups in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( X ) Representative immunohistochemical staining images showing TMEM132A protein expression in normal breast tissue and breast cancer tissue obtained from the Human Protein Atlas. ( Y ) Immunofluorescence staining showing TMEM132A expression (green), nuclei (blue), microtubules (red), and merged images in the MCF7 breast cancer cell line
Article Snippet: Fig. 2 TMEM132A is upregulated in breast cancer and correlates with clinicopathological features ( A ) Differential expression of TMEM132A between breast cancer tissues and normal breast tissues in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( B ) TMEM132A expression comparison between tumor samples from TCGA_BRCA and normal breast tissues from the integrated TCGA and GTEx cohort. ( C-E ) Validation of elevated TMEM132A expression in breast cancer using independent GEO datasets, including GSE20711 ( C ), GSE22820 ( D ), and GSE162228 ( E ). ( F , G ) ROC curve analyses evaluating the diagnostic performance of TMEM132A in distinguishing breast cancer tissues from normal tissues in the TCGA_BRCA cohort ( F ) and the TCGA+GTEx_BRCA cohort ( G ). ( H ) Paired analysis of TMEM132A expression between matched tumor and adjacent normal breast tissues in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( I , J ) Association between TMEM132A expression and clinical stage in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( K ) Distribution of TMEM132A expression across different molecular subtypes of breast cancer in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( L-T ) Relationship between TMEM132A expression and histological grade in the TCGA_BRCA cohort (L) and multiple independent GEO datasets, including GSE7390 ( M ), GSE11121 ( N ), GSE20711 ( O ), GSE21653 ( P ), GSE22219 ( Q ), GSE25055 ( R ), GSE45255 ( S ), GSE42568 ( T ), and GSE61304 ( U ). ( U , V ) Comparison of TMEM132A expression between non-metastatic (M0) and metastatic (M1) breast cancer samples in the TCGA_BRCA cohort ( U ) and the GSE20685 dataset ( V ). ( W ) Distribution of TMEM132A expression levels across breast cancer molecular. subgroups in the TCGA_BRCA cohort. ( X ) Representative immunohistochemical staining images showing TMEM132A protein expression in normal breast tissue and breast cancer tissue obtained from the Human Protein Atlas. ( Y ) Immunofluorescence staining showing TMEM132A expression (green), nuclei (blue), microtubules (red), and merged images in the MCF7 breast cancer cell line We next assessed the potential diagnostic value of TMEM132A in distinguishing tumor from normal tissues.
Techniques: Quantitative Proteomics, Expressing, Comparison, Biomarker Discovery, Diagnostic Assay, Immunohistochemical staining, Staining, Immunofluorescence