Fig. 1

BARD1/BRCA1 is upregulated in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer cells. a The growth curve of MCF7-Pa and MCF7-Re cells under tamoxifen treatment. b mRNA expression profile analysis shows upregulated proliferation-related genes in MCF7-Re cells. c Kaplan–Meier survival curves of breast cancer patients with low (black) and high (red) BARD1 or BRCA1 expression based on Curtis data set. d The mRNA and protein expression of BARD1 and BRCA1 in MCF7-Pa and MCF7-Re breast cancer cells. In a, d, data show means ± s.d. (n = 3) **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 compared with MCF7-Pa by Student’s t test