Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23322208›Full record

ArticleBritish journal of cancer2013

REG Iα is a biomarker for predicting response to chemotherapy with S-1 plus cisplatin in patients with unresectable stage IV gastric cancer.

A Sekikawa, H Fukui, X Zhang, T Maruo, T Tsumura, Y Okabe, T Wakasa, Y Osaki, T Chiba, T Tomita and 3 more

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in British journal of cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Conversion surgery for gastric cancer patients: A review.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2018
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

A SekikawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
H Fukui
X Zhang
T Maruo
T Tsumura
Y Okabe
T Wakasa
Y Osaki
T Chiba
T Tomita
T Oshima
J Watari
H Miwa
Hyogo Medical University · JPOsaka Red Cross Hospital · JPKyoto University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe regenerating gene Iα (REG Iα) is involved in gastric carcinogenesis as an antiapoptotic factor. Therefore, we investigated whether REG Iα confers resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs in gastric cancer (GC) cells and whether REG Iα expression is useful for predicting the response to chemotherapy and outcome in patients with GC.

methodsA total of 70 patients with unresectable stage IV GC received first-line chemotherapy with S-1 and cisplatin (S-1/CDDP). The expression of REG Iα was evaluated immunohistochemically using biopsy samples obtained before chemotherapy, and its relationship to clinicopathological parameters was analysed statistically. The effects of REG Iα gene induction on resistance to 5-FU or CDDP treatment were examined by cell survival assay and flow cytometry.

resultsOf the 70 patients with unresectable stage IV GC, 19 (27%) were positive for REG Iα expression. The expression of REG Iα was independently predictive of poorer progression-free and overall survival in such patients (hazard ratio (HR) 2.46; P=0.002 and HR 1.89; P=0.037, respectively). The gene induction of REG Iα conferred resistance to cell death induced by 5-FU or CDDP in GC cells.

conclusionIn patients with stage IV GC, REG Iα, which confers resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs in GC cells, is a potential biomarker for predicting resistance to S-1/CDDP treatment.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCisplatinDrug CombinationsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleFluorouracilHumansLithostathineMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingOxonic AcidStomach NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorCisplatinDrug CombinationsFluorouracilLithostathineOxonic AcidREG1A protein, humanS 1 (combination)Tegafur

Identifiers

PMID23322208
PMCPMC3566803
OpenAlexW1971767768

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-SA
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.