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ArticleTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2013

Overexpression of ARK5 is associated with poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Jing Cui, Yong Yu, Gao-Feng Lu, Chao Liu, Xia Liu, Yu-Xian Xu, Peng-Yuan Zheng

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Article in Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jing CuiDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 2, Jingba Rd., Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 450014, China.
Yong Yu
Gao-Feng Lu
Chao Liu
Xia Liu
Yu-Xian Xu
Peng-Yuan Zheng
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNChinese People's Armed Police General Hospital · CN

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Abstract

ARK5 overexpression has been reported in a variety of human cancers. However, the role of ARK5 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. The aim of the present study is to analyze the ARK5 protein expression in HCC tissue samples and to assess its prognostic significance for HCC. ARK5 mRNA and protein expression were determined by real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot in 20 pairs of fresh frozen HCC tissues and corresponding non-cancerous tissues. In addition, ARK5 expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry in 130 clinicopathologically characterized HCC cases. The correlation of ARK5 expression with patients' survival rate was assessed by Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression. Our results showed that the expression levels of ARK5 mRNA and protein in HCC tissues were both significantly higher than those in non-cancerous tissues. Our results showed that the high expression of ARK5 in HCC was related to tumor size (p=0.005), histological differentiation (p=0.047), and tumor stage (p=0.005). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that a high expression level of ARK5 resulted in a significantly poor prognosis of HCC patients. Multivariate analysis revealed that ARK5 expression level was an independent prognostic parameter for the overall survival rate of HCC patients. In conclusion, ARK5 might play a positive role in tumor development and could serve as an independent predictor of poor prognosis for HCC.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesLiverLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisProtein KinasesReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRepressor ProteinsRetrospective StudiesBiomarkers, TumorNUAK1 protein, humanProtein KinasesRepressor ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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