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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2017

FAM172A expression in circulating tumor cells for prediction of high-risk subgroups of colorectal cancer.

Chang Xu, Chunhong Zhang, Haowen Wang, Han Yang, Gang Li, Zhenghua Fei, Wenfeng Li

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chang XuDepartment of Colorectal Surgery.
Chunhong ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy.
Haowen WangDepartment of Chemoradiotherapy.
Han YangDepartment of Chemoradiotherapy.
Gang LiDepartment of Chemoradiotherapy.
Zhenghua FeiDepartment of Chemoradiotherapy.
Wenfeng LiDepartment of Colorectal Surgery.
Colorectal Surgical Associates · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · CN

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Abstract

objectivesPrevious studies used enumerated circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to predict prognosis and therapeutic effect in several types of cancers. However, increasing evidence showed that only enumerated CTCs were not enough to reflect the heterogeneity of tumors. Therefore, we classified different metastasis potentials of CTCs from colorectal cancer (CRC) patients to improve the accuracy of prognosis by CTCs.

methodsBlood samples were collected from 45 primary CRC patients. CTCs were enriched by blood filtration, and the RNA in situ hybridization method was used to identify and discriminate subgroups of CTCs. Later, FAM172A expression in individual CTCs was measured.

resultsThree CTC subgroups (epithelial/biophenotypic/mesenchymal CTCs) were identified using epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers. In our research, mesenchymal CTCs significantly increased along with tumor progression, including developing distant metastasis and vascular invasion. Furthermore, FAM172A expression rate in mesenchymal CTCs was significantly higher than that in epithelial CTCs, which suggested that FAM172A may correlate with tumor malignancy. This hypothesis was further verified by FAM172A expression in mesenchymal CTCs strictly related to tumor aggressiveness factors. Finally, we revealed that mesenchymal CTCs and FAM172A expression may predict high-risk subgroups in stage II CRC.

conclusionOur research proved that CTCs could serve as feasible surrogate samples to detect gene expression as a predictive biomarker for tumor evaluation.

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circulating tumor cellscolorectal cancerepithelial–mesenchymal transitionFAM172A

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