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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2011

CYP24A1 is an independent prognostic marker of survival in patients with lung adenocarcinoma.

Guoan Chen, So Hee Kim, Amanda N King, Lili Zhao, Robert U Simpson, Paul J Christensen, Zhuwen Wang, Dafydd G Thomas, Thomas J Giordano, Lin Lin and 3 more

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Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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59 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guoan ChenSection of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
So Hee Kim
Amanda N King
Lili Zhao
Robert U Simpson
Paul J Christensen
Zhuwen Wang
Dafydd G Thomas
Thomas J Giordano
Lin Lin
Dean E Brenner
David G Beer
Nithya Ramnath
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

A Phase I/II Clinical Trial of Intravenous (I.V.) Calcitriol with Fixed Doses ofR21CA128193 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI RAMNATH, NITHYA · 2008 to 2009
$791k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA128193NCI NIH HHS R21CA128193-01-A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe active form of vitamin D, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25-D(3)), exerts antiproliferative effects in cancers, including lung adenocarcinoma (AC). CYP24A1 is overexpressed in many cancers and encodes the enzyme that catabolizes 1,25-D(3). The purpose of our study was to assess CYP24A1 as a prognostic marker and to study its relevance to antiproliferative activity of 1,25-D(3) in lung AC cells. EXPERIMENTAL

designTumors and corresponding normal specimens from 86 patients with lung AC (stages I-III) were available. Affymetrix array data and subsequent confirmation by quantitative real time-PCR were used to determine CYP24A1 mRNA expression. A subsequent validation set of 101 lung AC was used to confirm CYP24A1 mRNA expression and its associations with clinical variables. The antiproliferative effects of 1,25-D(3) were examined using lung cancer cell lines with high as well as low expression of CYP24A1 mRNA.

resultsCYP24A1 mRNA was elevated 8- to 50-fold in lung AC (compared to normal nonneoplastic lung) and significantly higher in poorly differentiated cancers. At 5 years of follow-up, the probability of survival was 42% (high CYP24A1, n = 29) versus 81% (low CYP24A1, n = 57) (P = 0.007). The validation set of 101 tumors showed that CYP24A1 was independently prognostic of survival (multivariate Cox model adjusted for age, gender, and stage, P = 0.001). A549 cells (high CYP24A1) were more resistant to antiproliferative effects of 1,25-D(3) compared with SKLU-1 cells (low CYP24A1).

conclusionsCYP24A1 overexpression is associated with poorer survival in lung AC. This may relate to abrogation of antiproliferative effects of 1,25-D(3) in high CYP24A1 expressing lung AC.

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AdenocarcinomaCalcitriolCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCytostatic AgentsGenetic Association StudiesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLung NeoplasmsReceptors, CalcitriolRNA, MessengerSteroid HydroxylasesUp-RegulationVitamin D3 24-HydroxylaseCalcitriolCYP24A1 protein, humanCytostatic AgentsReceptors, CalcitriolRNA, MessengerSteroid HydroxylasesVitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase

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PMID21169243
PMCPMC3058389
OpenAlexW2150787678

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