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ArticleChinese journal of cancer2016

The expression and prognostic value of protein tyrosine kinase 6 in early-stage cervical squamous cell cancer.

Xiao-Jing Wang, Ying Xiong, Ze-Biao Ma, Jian-Chuan Xia, Yan-Fang Li

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Article in Chinese journal of cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiao-Jing WangSun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Ying XiongSun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Ze-Biao MaSun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Jian-Chuan XiaSun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, Guangdong, P. R. China. xiajch@sysucc.org.cn.
Yan-Fang LiSun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, 510060, Guangdong, P. R. China. liyf@sysucc.org.cn.
State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South ChinaSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProtein tyrosine kinase 6 (PTK6) is overexpressed in many epithelial tumors and predicts poor prognosis. However, PTK6 expression status and its role in cervical squamous cell cancer are unknown. This study aimed to investigate the expression level and clinical significance of PTK6 in early-stage cervical squamous cell cancer.

methodsQuantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and western blotting analysis were performed to detect PTK6 mRNA and protein expression levels in 10 freshly frozen, early-stage cervical squamous cell cancer specimens and adjacent non-tumorous cervical tissues. The expression of PTK6 was detected using immunohistochemical staining in 150 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded, early-stage cervical squamous cell cancer sections and 10 normal cervical tissue sections.

resultsThe mRNA and protein levels of PTK6 in cancer tissues were higher than those in adjacent non-tumorous cervical tissues. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that PTK6 was not expressed in normal cervical tissues but was overexpressed in the cytoplasm of cervical squamous cell cancer cells. The level of PTK6 expression was significantly associated with tumor grade (P = 0.020). The 5-year overall survival rate of patients with high PTK6 expression was lower than that of patients with low PTK6 expression (81.3% vs. 96.2%, P = 0.008). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that the expression level of PTK6 in cervical squamous cell cancer was an independent prognostic factor for patient survival (hazard ratio = 5.999, 95% confidence interval 1.622-22.191, P < 0.05).

conclusionsPTK6 is overexpressed in cervical squamous cell cancer. Increased PTK6 expression is associated with reduced 5-year overall survival. PTK6 expression is an independent prognostic predictor for cervical cancer.

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AdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorCytoplasmFemaleGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasms, Squamous CellProtein-Tyrosine KinasesUterine Cervical NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorNeoplasm ProteinsProtein-Tyrosine KinasesPTK6 protein, humanCervical squamous cell cancerImmunohistochemistryPrognosisPTK6

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