Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21072901›Full record

ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2010

Specific intronic p53 mutation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Southern Thailand.

Paramee Thongsuksai, Pleumjit Boonyaphiphat, Puttisak Puttawibul, Wanna Sudhikaran

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Paramee ThongsuksaiDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand. tparamee@gmail.com
Pleumjit Boonyaphiphat
Puttisak Puttawibul
Wanna Sudhikaran

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo investigate p53 mutations in esophageal cancer in a high-risk population, and correlate them with smoking, alcohol consumption and betel chewing.

methodsOne hundred and sixty-five tumor samples of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) obtained from a university hospital in Songkhla province, Southern Thailand were investigated for p53 mutations in exons 5-8, using polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism analysis, followed by direct sequencing. A polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay was additionally used to confirm possible germline mutation in intron 6. A history of risk habits was obtained by interviews. The association between risk habits and mutation frequency was evaluated using the χ(2) test.

resultsThe studied specimens were from 139 male and 26 female patients with ESCC, treated at Songklanagarind Hospital. Most of the patients were smokers (86.7%) and alcohol consumers (72.73%), and 38.3% were betel chewers. Forty-three mutations of the p53 gene were detected in 25.5% (42/165) of tumor samples. Mutations were most commonly found in exon 5 (25.6%) and exon 8 (25.6%). Mutations in the hot-spot codon 248 were found in four cases (9.3% of all mutations). G:C→C:G (30.23%), G:C→A:T (27.90%) and G:C→T:A (16.28%) were the prevalent spectra of mutations. Unexpectedly, among 10 intronic mutations, eight cases harbored a similar mutation: G→C substitution in intron 6 (nucleotide 12759, GenBank NC_000017). These were additionally confirmed by the RFLP technique. Similar mutations were also detected in their matched blood samples using RFLP and direct sequencing, which suggested germline mutations. There was no significant correlation between risk habits and p53 mutation frequency.

conclusionA proportion of Thai ESCC patients harbored specific intronic p53 mutations, which might be germline mutations. Further studies are needed to explore this novel finding.

Indexed as

Genes, p53MutationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAlcohol DrinkingArecaCarcinoma, Squamous CellDNA Mutational AnalysisEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansIntronsMaleMiddle AgedPolymerase Chain Reaction

Identifiers

PMID21072901
PMCPMC2980687

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.