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ArticleTumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine2016

Low expression of DCXR protein indicates a poor prognosis for hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

Xiaofeng Hang, Zhiqin Wu, Kaijian Chu, Guanzhen Yu, Haoran Peng, Haiguang Xin, Xiaohui Miao, Junxue Wang, Wensheng Xu

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Article in Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Xiaofeng HangDepartment of Infection Diseases, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, 200003, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Zhiqin WuDepartment of Infection Diseases, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, 200003, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Kaijian ChuDepartment VI of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 225 Changhai Road, 200433, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Guanzhen YuDepartment of Oncology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, 200003, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Haoran PengDepartment of Microbiology, Second Military Medical University, 8 Panshan Road, 200433, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Haiguang XinDepartment of Infection Diseases, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, 200003, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Xiaohui MiaoDepartment of Infection Diseases, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, 200003, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Junxue WangDepartment of Infection Diseases, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, 200003, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. docd1@sina.com.
Wensheng XuDepartment of Infection Diseases, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, 200003, Shanghai, People's Republic of China. xuws@medinfect.com.
Second Military Medical University · CN

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of dicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductase (DCXR) in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Immunohistochemistry and tissue microarrays were used to evaluate DCXR protein expression levels. Image-Pro Plus was used to calculate the integral optic density (IOD) in each tissue sample, which represented the expression level of DCXR. DCXR proteins were found to be significantly lower in HCC tumor tissues (P < 0.0001) according to immunohistochemical analysis of DCXR protein levels in 74 paired HCC tissue and peritumoral non-cancer tissues. The prognostic value of DCXR in HCC was assessed in 290 cases of the training cohort and 74 cases of the validation cohort. Shorter overall survival (OS) time and shorter time to recurrence (TTR) in both the training and validation set were found to be associated with lower expression levels of DCXR. In the training set, the expression level of DCXR in HCC was an independent prognostic factor for OS according to univariate and multivariate analyses. In conclusion, DCXR expression is an independent prognostic factor for OS and TTR of post-operative HCC patients, and low expression levels of DCXR in HCC may indicate poor outcome of HCC patients after surgical resection.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisSugar Alcohol DehydrogenasesSurvival RateTissue Array AnalysisBiomarkers, TumorL-xylulose reductaseSugar Alcohol DehydrogenasesDicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductaseHepatocellular carcinomaPrognosisTissue microarray

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