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ArticlePigment cell & melanoma research2014

Protein signatures correspond to survival outcomes of AJCC stage III melanoma patients.

Swetlana Mactier, Kimberley L Kaufman, Penghao Wang, Ben Crossett, Gulietta M Pupo, Philippa L Kohnke, John F Thompson, Richard A Scolyer, Jean Y Yang, Graham J Mann and 1 more

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Article in Pigment cell & melanoma research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Swetlana MactierSchool of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Kimberley L Kaufman
Penghao Wang
Ben Crossett
Gulietta M Pupo
Philippa L Kohnke
John F Thompson
Richard A Scolyer
Jean Y Yang
Graham J Mann
Richard I Christopherson
University of Sydney · AUMelanoma Institute Australia · AUMillennium Institute · BR

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Abstract

Outcomes for melanoma patients with stage III disease differ widely even within the same subcategory. Molecular signatures that more accurately predict prognosis are needed to stratify patients according to risk. Proteomic analyses were used to identify differentially abundant proteins in extracts of surgically excised samples from patients with stage IIIc melanoma lymph node metastases. Analysis of samples from patients with poor (n = 14, <1 yr) and good (n = 19, >4 yr) survival outcomes identified 84 proteins that were differentially abundant between prognostic groups. Subsequent selected reaction monitoring analysis verified 21 proteins as potential biomarkers for survival. Poor prognosis patients are characterized by increased levels of proteins involved in protein metabolism, nucleic acid metabolism, angiogenesis, deregulation of cellular energetics and methylation processes, and decreased levels of proteins involved in apoptosis and immune response. These proteins are able to classify stage IIIc patients into prognostic subgroups (P < 0.02). This is the first report of potential prognostic markers from stage III melanoma using proteomic analyses. Validation of these protein markers in larger patient cohorts should define protein signatures that enable better stratification of stage III melanoma patients.

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Kaplan-Meier EstimateCluster AnalysisElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalGene Regulatory NetworksHumansIsotope LabelingMelanomaNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasm StagingReproducibility of ResultsSkin NeoplasmsTandem Mass SpectrometryNeoplasm ProteinsDIGEiTRAQ 2DLC-MS/MSlymph node metastasismelanomaprognosisprotein markersSRM

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PMCPMC4285183
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