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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2013

Clinical significance of NUCB2 mRNA expression in prostate cancer.

Hongtuan Zhang, Can Qi, Liang Li, Fei Luo, Yong Xu

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 14 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association between NQO1 C609T polymorphism and prostate cancer risk.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  2. Association between IRS-1 Gly972Arg polymorphism and colorectal cancer risk.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  3. Lack of association between cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B rs2066827 polymorphism and breast cancer susceptibility.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  4. Association between estrogen receptor alpha PvuII polymorphism and prostate cancer risk.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  5. Lack of association between IL-4 -588C>T polymorphism and NHL susceptibility.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  6. Lack of association between interleukin-4 -524C>T polymorphism and colorectal cancer susceptibility.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  7. Combining transarterial chemoembolization with radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  8. Association between interleukin-4 -590C > T polymorphism and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risk.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  9. Lack of association between MTHFD1 G401A polymorphism and ovarian cancer susceptibility.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  10. Lack of association between methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1 G1958A polymorphism and prostate cancer risk: a meta-analysis.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  11. Association between IL-4 -589C>T polymorphism and colorectal cancer risk.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  12. Comparative effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation with or without transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  13. The prognostic value of elevated ezrin in patients with osteosarcoma.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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  14. Association between IL-4 -590C>T polymorphism and gastric cancer risk.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hongtuan ZhangNational Key Clinical Specialty of Urology, Tianjin Key Institute of Urology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, China. xymnwk@163.com
Can Qi
Liang Li
Fei Luo
Yong Xu
Tianjin Medical University · CNSecond Hospital of Tianjin Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNucleobindin 2 (NUCB2) abnormal expression has been reported in gastric cancer and breast cancer. However, the role of NUCB2 in prostate cancer (PCa) remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the NUCB2 expression in PCa tissues and adjacent non-cancerous tissues and its potential relevance to clinicopathological variables and prognosis.

methodsNUCB2 mRNA expression was determined by real-time quantitative real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in 180 pairs of fresh frozen PCa tissues and corresponding non-cancerous tissues. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to investigate the correlation between NUCB2 expression and prognosis of PCa patients.

resultsOur results showed that the expression level of NUCB2 mRNA in PCa tissues was significantly higher than those in non-cancerous tissues. Our results indicated that the high expression of NUCB2 in PCa was associated with lymph node metastasis, preoperative PSA, Gleason score, and angiolymphatic invasion. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that patients with high NUCB2 expression have shorter biochemical recurrence (BCR)-free survival time compared to patients with low NUCB2 expression. Multivariate analysis revealed that NUCB2 expression was an independent predictor of BCR-free survival.

conclusionsNUCB2 might play a positive role in PCa development and could serve as an independent predictor of BCR-free survival.

Indexed as

AgedBiomarkers, TumorCalcium-Binding ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansMaleNerve Tissue ProteinsNucleobindinsPrognosisProstatectomyProstatic NeoplasmsRNA, MessengerBiomarkers, TumorCalcium-Binding ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNUCB2 protein, humanNucleobindinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID23958433
PMCPMC3751731
OpenAlexW2137690384

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