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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2013

Ezrin expression is an independent prognostic factor in gastro-intestinal cancers.

Prabhu Arumugam, Stefano Partelli, Stacey J Coleman, Ivana Cataldo, Stefania Beghelli, Claudio Bassi, Nilukushi Wijesuriya, Jo-Anne Chin Aleong, Fieke E M Froeling, Aldo Scarpa and 1 more

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Prabhu ArumugamCentre for Tumour Biology, John Vane Science Centre, Barts Cancer Institute-a CR-UK Centre of Excellence, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK.
Stefano Partelli
Stacey J Coleman
Ivana Cataldo
Stefania Beghelli
Claudio Bassi
Nilukushi Wijesuriya
Jo-Anne Chin Aleong
Fieke E M Froeling
Aldo Scarpa
Hemant M Kocher
University of Verona · ITQueen Mary University of London · GBRoyal London Hospital · GBPancreas Centre (Canada) · CA

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Cancer Research UK
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEzrin, a member of the ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) family of plasma membrane-cytoskeleton linker proteins, has been associated with metastatic behavior. METHODOLOGY: Microarrayed pathological tissues of surgically resected colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CRLM) and whole tissue sections of cancer of the ampulla of Vater (CAV) were analyzed to determine ezrin expression levels and correlation with survival. The requirement of ezrin in invasive capability was assessed using in vitro assays.

resultsSurgically resected CAV showing a low ezrin score have a better 5-year disease-specific survival than those showing a high ezrin score (P < 0.0001). Similarly, high ezrin expression at the invasive front of CRLM resulted in poor disease-free survival (P = 0.05). Multivariate analysis demonstrated high ezrin expression to be an independent adverse prognostic factor for CAV (hazard ratio (HR) 15.22 (95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.98-117.03), P < 0.01) and CRLM (HR 6.42 (95 % CI 1.01-52.43), P = 0.05), among other clinically relevant variables such as lymph node metastasis (for CAV) and the presence of extrahepatic disease, large hepatic metastases (>5 cm), and close surgical resection margins (<5 mm) (all for CRLM). In vitro experiments indicated that ezrin expression was vital for cellular processes such as adhesive and invasive activity. SIGNIFICANCE: High ezrin expression indicates an adverse prognosis in primary CAV and CRLM.

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Ampulla of VaterBlotting, WesternCommon Bile Duct NeoplasmsCytoskeletal ProteinsDisease-Free SurvivalEzrinGastrointestinal NeoplasmsHumansImmunoprecipitationLiver NeoplasmsMultivariate AnalysisPrognosisCytoskeletal ProteinsEzrin

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PMID24155054
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