ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2015
Upregulation of PD-L1 and APE1 is associated with tumorigenesis and poor prognosis of gastric cancer.
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- Association of PD-L1 Expression with Clinicopathologic Characters in Gastric Cancer: A Comprehensive Meta-analysis.Current medicinal chemistry · 2024Pooled it
- Prognostic Value of Programmed Death Ligand-1 Expression in Solid Tumors Irrespective of Immunotherapy Exposure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2022Pooled it
- PD-L1 Expression in Glioblastoma, the Clinical and Prognostic Significance: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2020Pooled it
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- Clinicopathologic Significance and Prognostic Value of B7 Homolog 1 in Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Surufatinib plus paclitaxel as second-line therapy for advanced gastric cancer: a single-arm, phase 2 clinical trial.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2025Trial
- Pembrolizumab alone or in combination with chemotherapy as first-line therapy for patients with advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: results from the phase II nonrandomized KEYNOTE-059 study.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2019Trial
- Simultaneous targeting of IL-10 and PD-(L)1 pathways with a bispecific anti-PD-L1/IL-10-trap antibody enhances T cell responses.Molecular therapy. Oncology · 2026Article
- LINC01446/miR-338-3p/APEX1 Axis Promotes Ferroptosis Defense and Progression in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Cancers · 2026Article
- APE1/Ref-1: multifunctional biology, selective inhibition, and the path to clinical translation.Expert opinion on therapeutic targets · 2026Review
- Live-cell decoding of labile post-translational modifications in APE1 with a rationally engineered nano-catcher.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- The changes of CD47 and PD-L1 (SP142) before and after neoadjuvant therapy help predict prognosis of patients with stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer.International journal of clinical oncology · 2026Article
- Contrasting roles of APE1 and APE2 in genome maintenance, cancer development, and therapeutic targeting.NAR cancer · 2025Review
- Targeted therapy and immunotherapy for gastric cancer: rational strategies, novel advancements, challenges, and future perspectives.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Review
- APE1 mediates chemoresistance in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by remodeling the immunosuppressive microenvironment.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Targeting APE1: Advancements in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tumors.Protein and peptide letters · 2025Review
- LncRNA XIST enhances gastric cancer cell function by regulating STAT3/PD-L1 axis as a competing endogenous RNA for miR-124.American journal of cancer research · 2025Article
- Association of PD-L1 positivity with Epstein Barr virus infection and microsatellite instability in gastric carcinomas with lymphoid stroma.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Emerging roles of bases modifications and DNA repair proteins in onco-miRNA processing: novel insights in cancer biology.Cancer gene therapy · 2024Review
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Abstract
introductionGastric cancer is a fatal malignancy with a rising incidence rate. Effective methods for early diagnosis, monitoring metastasis, and prognosis are currently unavailable for gastric cancer. In this study, we examined the association of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) and apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) expression with the prognosis of gastric cancer.
methodsThe expressions of PD-L1 and APE1 were detected by immunohistochemistry in 107 cases of human gastric carcinoma. The correlation of PD-L1 and APE1 expression with the clinicopathologic features of gastric carcinoma was analyzed by SPSS version 19.0.
resultsThe positive expression rates of PD-L1 and APE1 in gastric cancer tissues were 50.5% (54/107) and 86.9% (93/107), respectively. PD-L1 and APE1 positive expressions were significantly associated with depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis, pathological type, overall survival, and higher T stage. Furthermore, the expression of PD-L1 in highly differentiated gastric cancers was higher than that in poorly differentiated cancers (P=0.008). Moreover, the expression of APE1 and PD-L1 in gastric cancers was positively correlated (r=0.336, P<0.01). Multivariate analysis showed that the depth of invasion was a significant prognostic factor (risk ratio 19.91; P=0.000), but there was no significant relationship with PD-L1, APE1, prognosis, and other characteristics.
conclusionThe deregulation of PD-L1 and APE1 might contribute to the development and the poor prognosis of gastric cancer. Our findings suggest that high expression of PD-L1 and APE1 is a risk factor of gastric cancer and a new biomarker to predict the prognosis of gastric cancer. Furthermore, our findings suggest that targeting the PD-L1 and APE1 signaling pathways may be a new strategy for cancer immune therapy and targeted therapy for gastric cancer, especially in patients with deep invasion and lymph node metastasis.
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