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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2012

Prognostic significance of phosphorylated RON in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Marco K C Hui, Kenneth K Y Lai, Kwok Wah Chan, John M Luk, Nikki P Lee, Yvonne Chung, Leo C Cheung, Gopesh Srivastava, Sai Wah Tsao, Johnny C Tang and 1 more

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Marco K C HuiDepartment of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Kenneth K Y Lai
Kwok Wah Chan
John M Luk
Nikki P Lee
Yvonne Chung
Leo C Cheung
Gopesh Srivastava
Sai Wah Tsao
Johnny C Tang
Simon Law
University of Hong Kong · HKQueen Mary Hospital · CNHong Kong Polytechnic University · HKNational University Health System · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the most common type of esophageal cancer. RON is a transmembrane receptor overexpressed in various cancers; however, the clinical significance of its phosphorylated form (pRON) is not fully deciphered. This report is the first to investigate the expression and clinical significance of pRON in human ESCC. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction revealed an up-regulation of RON mRNA in 70% (7/10) of ESCC tissues when compared to the adjacent nontumor tissues. An overexpression of pRON protein was found in most of the ESCC cell lines studied (4/5) when compared to two non-neoplastic esophageal epithelial cells using immunoblot. In 64 ESCC tissues, pRON was localized at the cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus in 15 (23.4%), 63 (98.4%) and 61 (95.3%) cases using immunohistochemistry. Patients having high expression of cytoplasmic pRON significantly associated with shorter median survival when compared to those with low expression (25.41 months vs. 14.43 months), suggesting cytoplasmic pRON as a potential marker for poor prognosis in ESCC patients.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Line, TumorEsophageal NeoplasmsHumansImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryKaplan-Meier EstimatePhosphorylationPrognosisReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionBiomarkers, TumorReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesRON protein

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