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ArticleOncology letters2011

Thymidylate synthetase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase mRNA levels in esophageal cancer.

Masahiro Kimura, Yoshiyuki Kuwabara, Akira Mitsui, Hideyuki Ishiguro, Nobuyoshi Sugito, Tatsuya Tanaka, Midori Shiozaki, Yasuhiro Naganawa, Hiromitsu Takeyama

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Article in Oncology letters, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masahiro KimuraDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
Yoshiyuki Kuwabara
Akira Mitsui
Hideyuki Ishiguro
Nobuyoshi Sugito
Tatsuya Tanaka
Midori Shiozaki
Yasuhiro Naganawa
Hiromitsu Takeyama
Nagoya City University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the mRNA levels of thymidylate synthetase (TYMS) and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). TYMS and DPYD gene expression was quantified using real-time RT-PCR in 56 patients with ESCC, co-amplified with glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as an internal standard. The results were analyzed with reference to the clinicopathological characteristics and the prognosis of the ESCC patients. The TYMS and DPYD expression levels in patients positive with lymphatic invasion were significantly higher compared to those in patients who exhibited negative lymphatic invasion (TYMS P=0.0127, DPYD P=0.0127). Patients were classified into the groups high TYMS/DPYD, high TYMS but low DPYD, low TYMS but high DPYD and low TYMS/DPYD. The highest survival rate was found in the group with low TYMS/DPYD and the lowest survival rate in the group with high TYMS/DPYD (P=0.017). It was concluded that, on the basis of the multivariate analysis, TYMS mRNA expression is a candidate that serves as an independent prognostic factor for ESCC patients.

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PMID22866080
PMCPMC3410576
OpenAlexW2088530748

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