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ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2005

The transcriptional repressor SNAIL is overexpressed in human colon cancer.

Hemant K Roy, Thomas C Smyrk, Jennifer Koetsier, Thomas A Victor, Ramesh K Wali

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Article in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hemant K RoyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Evanston-Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA. h-roy@northwestern.edu
Thomas C Smyrk
Jennifer Koetsier
Thomas A Victor
Ramesh K Wali
NorthShore University HealthSystem · USMayo Clinic · USNorthwestern University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overexpression of the transcriptional repressor, SNAIL, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of malignancies; however, there are no previous reports on the role of SNAIL in colorectal cancers (CRCs). We, therefore, evaluated human CRC specimens for the presence of the SNAIL protein. Immunohistochemical studies were performed using samples obtained from archived CRC paraffin blocks and a tissue array. Tissue sections were probed with a polyclonal antibody to human SNAIL and scored by a gastrointestinal pathologist. SNAIL was not detectable in uninvolved mucosa, but immunoreactivity was evident in 78% of tumors. SNAIL protein expression did not correlate with subsite location or gender, however, SNAIL-positive tumors had an older mean age (58.9 +/- 12.7 versus 49.8 +/- 127; P = 0.028). Furthermore, there was a trend that CRCs with metastatic ability more frequently overexpressed SNAIL (100 versus 65%; P = 0.11). In conclusion, we demonstrate, for the first time, that SNAIL is upregulated in human colon cancer, which potentially may have significance in control of metastasis and possibly serve as a target for chemopreventive agents.

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AgingColonic NeoplasmsDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingSex FactorsSnail Family Transcription FactorsTranscription FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsSnail Family Transcription FactorsTranscription Factors

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