COL17A1 and breast cancer: In breast cancer, various tests show that COL4A1 and COL4A2 overexpression and COL17A1 (BP180, BPAG2) underexpression provide independent prognostic strength (HR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.17–1.34, p = 3.03 × 10−10; HR = 1.18, 95% CI = 1.11–1.25, p = 8.11 × 10−10; HR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.81–0.92, p = 4.57 × 10−6; respectively).