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ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2016

Low expression of RBMS3 and SFRP1 are associated with poor prognosis in patients with gastric cancer.

Tao Zhang, Youliang Wu, Zheng Fang, Qiang Yan, Shangxin Zhang, Ruochuan Sun, Junaid Khaliq, Yongxiang Li

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Article in American journal of cancer research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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Tao ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei 230000, People's Republic of China.
Youliang WuDepartment of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei 230000, People's Republic of China.
Zheng FangDepartment of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei 230000, People's Republic of China.
Qiang YanDepartment of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei 230000, People's Republic of China.
Shangxin ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei 230000, People's Republic of China.
Ruochuan SunDepartment of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei 230000, People's Republic of China.
Junaid KhaliqDepartment of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei 230000, People's Republic of China.
Yongxiang LiDepartment of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei 230000, People's Republic of China.
Anhui Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA binding motif, single stranded interacting protein 3 (RBMS3) has been reported as a tumor suppressor gene (TSG) in some squamous carcinoma. However, its expression levels and clinical significance in gastric cancer (GC) remains unclear. Secreted frizzled-related protein 1 (SFRP1) plays a role of tumor suppressor in many cancers by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Nevertheless, its expression levels and clinical significance in GC are in dispute. In this study, quantitative real-time PCR and Western Blot were used to measure the mRNA and protein level of RBMS3 and SFRP1 in 23 fresh GC and corresponding normal tissues. Immunohistochemistry assay was performed to further measure the protein level of RBMS3 and SFRP1 on population-based tissue microarrays consisting of 172 GC cases. We found that 69.57% (16/23) and 73.91% (17/23) GC tissues expressed remarkably lower RBMS3 than the matched normal tissues respectively in mRNA and protein levels. Similarly, 78.26% (18/23) and 65.22% (15/23) GC tissues expressed lower SFRP1 than the matched normal tissues respectively in mRNA and protein levels. Additionally, the low expression of RBMS3 and SFRP1 protein were all significantly related to the poor histological grades and prognosis (all P<0.05). In multivariate analysis, RBMS3 and SFRP1 co-expression status was independent prognostic factor for GC patients. Finally, the positive correlation between expression levels (mRNA and protein) of RBMS3 and SFRP1 was observed. Overall, RBMS3 and SFRP1 are both aberrantly low expressed in GC, and RBMS3 and SFRP1 co-expression is a potential prognosis predictor of GC.

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biomarkerco-expressionGastric cancerprognosisRBMS3SFRP1

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