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ArticleOncotarget2016

PROX1 is a novel pathway-specific prognostic biomarker for high-grade astrocytomas; results from independent glioblastoma cohorts stratified by age and IDH mutation status.

Kenney R Roodakker, Tamador Elsir, Per-Henrik D Edqvist, Daniel Hägerstrand, Joseph Carlson, Malgorzata Lysiak, Roger Henriksson, Fredrik Pontén, Johan Rosell, Peter Söderkvist and 5 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.

Kenney R RoodakkerDepartment of Neuroscience, Neurology, Uppsala University, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Tamador ElsirDepartment of Neuroscience, Neurology, Uppsala University, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Per-Henrik D EdqvistDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden.
Daniel HägerstrandDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Cancer Center Karolinska R8:05, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Joseph CarlsonDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Cancer Center Karolinska R8:05, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Malgorzata LysiakDepartment of Cell Biology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Roger HenrikssonDepartment of Radiation Sciences & Oncology, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden.
Fredrik PonténDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden.
Johan RosellRegional Cancer Center South East Sweden and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Peter SöderkvistDepartment of Advanced Home Care and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Roger StuppDepartment of Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Elena TchougounovaDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala, Sweden.
Monica NistérDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Cancer Center Karolinska R8:05, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Annika MalmströmDepartment of Advanced Home Care and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Anja SmitsDepartment of Neuroscience, Neurology, Uppsala University, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Linköping University · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SEUppsala University · SEUppsala University Hospital · SEKarolinska Institutet · SERegion Västra Götaland · SEScience for Life Laboratory · SEUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity of Gothenburg · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PROX1 is a transcription factor with an essential role in embryonic development and determination of cell fate. In addition, PROX1 has been ascribed suppressive as well as oncogenic roles in several human cancers, including brain tumors. In this study we explored the correlation between PROX1 expression and patient survival in high-grade astrocytomas. For this purpose, we analyzed protein expression in tissue microarrays of tumor samples stratified by patient age and IDH mutation status. We initially screened 86 unselected high-grade astrocytomas, followed by 174 IDH1-R132H1 immunonegative glioblastomas derived from patients aged 60 years and older enrolled in the Nordic phase III trial of elderly patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Representing the younger population of glioblastomas, we studied 80 IDH-wildtype glioblastomas from patients aged 18-60 years. There was no correlation between PROX1 protein and survival for patients with primary glioblastomas included in these cohorts. In contrast, high expression of PROX1 protein predicted shorter survival in the group of patients with IDH-mutant anaplastic astrocytomas and secondary glioblastomas. The prognostic impact of PROX1 in IDH-mutant 1p19q non-codeleted high-grade astrocytomas, as well as the negative findings in primary glioblastomas, was corroborated by gene expression data extracted from the Cancer Genome Atlas. We conclude that PROX1 is a new prognostic biomarker for 1p19q non-codeleted high-grade astrocytomas that have progressed from pre-existing low-grade tumors and harbor IDH mutations.

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AgedAge FactorsAstrocytomaBiomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsCohort StudiesFemaleGlioblastomaHomeodomain ProteinsHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm GradingPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorHomeodomain ProteinsIDH1 protein, humanIsocitrate DehydrogenaseProspero-Related Homeobox 1 ProteinTumor Suppressor ProteinsGerotargetIDH mutationsmalignant astrocytomasprimary glioblastomasPROX1secondary glioblastomas

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PMID27626492
PMCPMC5341919
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