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ArticleBMC cancer2011

Aberrant upregulation of 14-3-3ơ expression serves as an inferior prognostic biomarker for gastric cancer.

Wei-hua Zhou, Fang Tang, Jie Xu, Xing Wu, Zhi-ying Feng, Hai-gang Li, Dong-jun Lin, Chun-kui Shao, Quentin Liu

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wei-hua ZhouDepartment of Hematology, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. shaock2001@yahoo.com
Fang Tang
Jie Xu
Xing Wu
Zhi-ying Feng
Hai-gang Li
Dong-jun Lin
Chun-kui Shao
Quentin Liu
Sun Yat-sen University · CNThird Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University · CNSun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital · CNSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background14-3-3ơ is an intracellular, phosphoserine binding protein and proposed to be involved in tumorigenesis. However, the expression dynamics of 14-3-3ơ and its clinicopathological/prognostic significance in human tumors are still controversial.

methodsThe method of immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Western blot were utilized to examine the protein expression of 14-3-3ơ in gastric cancer and paired normal adjacent gastric mucosal tissues. Receive operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was employed to determine a cutoff score for 14-3-3ơ expression in a training set (n = 66). For validation, the ROC-derived cutoff score was subjected to analysis of the association of 14-3-3ơ expression with patient outcome and clinical characteristics in a testing set (n = 86) and overall patients (n = 152).

resultsThe expression frequency and expression levels of 14-3-3ơ were significantly higher in gastric cancer than in normal gastric mucosal tissues. Correlation analysis demonstrated that high expression of 14-3-3ơ in gastric cancer was significantly correlated with clinical stage and tumor invasion. Furthermore, in the testing set and overall patients, Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that elevated 14-3-3ơ expression predicted poorer overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Importantly, high 14-3-3ơ expression was also associated with shortened survival time in stage III and stage IV gastric cancer patients. Multivariate analyses revealed that 14-3-3ơ expression was an independent prognostic parameter in gastric cancer.

conclusionsThese findings provide evidence that high expression of 14-3-3ơ may be important in the tumor progression and servers as an independent molecular marker for poor prognosis of gastric cancer. Thus, overexpression of 14-3-3ơ identifies patients at high risk and is a novel therapeutic molecular target for this tumor.

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14-3-3 ProteinsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorBlotting, WesternDisease-Free SurvivalDisease ProgressionExonucleasesExoribonucleasesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGastric MucosaHumansImmunohistochemistryKaplan-Meier Estimate14-3-3 ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorExonucleasesExoribonucleasesSFN protein, human

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