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Trial reportBMC cancer2010

Deregulated expression of hnRNP A/B proteins in human non-small cell lung cancer: parallel assessment of protein and mRNA levels in paired tumour/non-tumour tissues.

Georgios Boukakis, Meropi Patrinou-Georgoula, Maria Lekarakou, Christos Valavanis, Apostolia Guialis

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Trial report in BMC cancer, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Georgios BoukakisRNA Processing Program, Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas Constantinou Avenue, 11635 Athens, Greece.
Meropi Patrinou-Georgoula
Maria Lekarakou
Christos Valavanis
Apostolia Guialis
National Hellenic Research Foundation · GRMetaxa Hospital · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHeterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) of the A/B type (hnRNP A1, A2/B1, A3) are highly related multifunctional proteins participating in alternative splicing by antagonising other splicing factors, notably ASF/SF2. The altered expression pattern of hnRNP A2/B1 and/or splicing variant B1 alone in human lung cancer and their potential to serve as molecular markers for early diagnosis remain issues of intense investigation. The main objective of the present study was to use paired tumour/non-tumour biopsies from patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to investigate the expression profiles of hnRNP A1, A2/B1 and A3 in conjunction with ASF/SF2.

methodsWe combined western blotting of tissue homogenates with immunohistochemical examination of fixed tissue sections and quantification of mRNA expression levels in tumour versus adjacent normal-looking areas of the lung in the same patient.

resultsOur study, in addition to clear evidence of mostly uncoupled deregulation of hnRNPs A/B, has revealed hnRNP A1 to be the most deregulated protein with a high frequency of over-expression (76%), followed by A3 (52%) and A2/B1 (43%). Moreover, direct comparison of protein/mRNA levels showed a lack of correlation in the case of hnRNP A1 (as well as of ASF/SF2), but not of A2/B1, suggesting that different mechanisms underlie their deregulation.

conclusionOur results provide strong evidence for the up-regulation of hnRNP A/B in NSCLC, and they support the existence of distinct mechanisms responsible for their deregulated expression.

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-AlveolarAgedBlotting, WesternCarcinoma, Large CellCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCarcinoma, Squamous CellFemaleHeterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-BHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesLungLung NeoplasmsLymphatic MetastasisMaleHeterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-BHNRNPA3 protein, humanNuclear ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerSerine-Arginine Splicing Factors

Identifiers

PMID20716340
PMCPMC2933625
OpenAlexW2080986274

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