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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2017

Tumoral cubilin is a predictive marker for treatment of renal cancer patients with sunitinib and sorafenib.

Marjut Niinivirta, Gunilla Enblad, Per-Henrik Edqvist, Fredrik Pontén, Anca Dragomir, Gustav J Ullenhag

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marjut NiinivirtaDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Gunilla EnbladDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Per-Henrik EdqvistDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 20, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Fredrik PonténDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 20, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Anca DragomirDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 20, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Gustav J UllenhagDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Gustav.Ullenhag@igp.uu.se.
Uppsala University · SEUppsala University Hospital · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTyrosine kinase inhibitors like sunitinib and sorafenib are commonly used to treat metastatic renal cell cancer patients. Cubilin is a membrane protein expressed in the proximal renal tubule. Cubilin and megalin function together as endocytic receptors mediating uptake of many proteins. There is no established predictive marker for metastatic renal cell cancer patients and the purpose of the present study was to assess if cubilin can predict response to treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

methodsCubilin protein expression was analyzsed in tumor tissue from a cohort of patients with metastatic renal cell cancer (n = 139) using immunohistochemistry. One hundred and thirty six of the patients were treated with sunitinib or sorafenib in the first- or second-line setting. Thirty of these were censored because of toxicity leading to the termination of treatment and the remaining (n = 106) were selected for the current study.

resultsFifty-three (50%) of the tumors expressed cubilin in the membrane. The median progression-free survival was 8 months in patients with cubilin expressing tumors and 4 months in the cubilin negative group. In addition, the overall survival was better for patients with cubilin positive tumors. We also found that the fraction of cubilin negative patients was significantly higher in the non-responding group (PFS ≤3 months) compared to responding patients (PFS >3 months).

conclusionsWe show for the first time that tumoral expression of cubilin is a positive predictive marker for treatment of metastatic renal cell cancer patients with sunitinib and sorafenib.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, PharmacologicalBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Renal CellDisease-Free SurvivalDrug MonitoringFemaleHumansIndolesKidney NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNiacinamidePhenylurea CompoundsBiomarkers, PharmacologicalBiomarkers, TumorIndolesintrinsic factor-cobalamin receptorNiacinamidePhenylurea CompoundsPyrrolesReceptors, Cell SurfaceSorafenibSunitinibCubilinPredictive markerRenal cancerTissue microarrayTyrosine kinase inhibitor

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PMCPMC5427164
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