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ArticleOncology letters2017

Promoter hypermethylation of the RECK gene is associated with its low expression and poor survival of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Jing Zhu, Yang Ling, Yun Xu, Mingzhu Lu, Yongping Liu, Changsong Zhang

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Article in Oncology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jing ZhuClinical Oncology Laboratory, Changzhou Cancer Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213002, P.R. China.
Yang LingClinical Oncology Laboratory, Changzhou Cancer Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213002, P.R. China.
Yun XuDepartment of Oncology, Nanyang Center Hospital, Nanyang, Henan 473000, P.R. China.
Mingzhu LuClinical Oncology Laboratory, Changzhou Cancer Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213002, P.R. China.
Yongping LiuClinical Oncology Laboratory, Changzhou Cancer Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213002, P.R. China.
Changsong ZhangClinical Oncology Laboratory, Changzhou Cancer Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213002, P.R. China.
Soochow University · CNNanyang Institute of Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the association between the methylation status of the reversion-inducing cysteine-rich protein with kazal motifs (RECK) gene and its mRNA expression levels in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The methylation status of RECK was analyzed by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and RECK mRNA expression levels were analyzed by quantitative PCR, in 310 paired ESCC tissues. The mean RECK methylation index (MI) was 0.65 in ESCCs and 0.49 in non-tumor samples. There was a significant association between RECK methylation and the American Joint Committee on Cancer stage and lymph node metastasis in ESCC (P<0.0001; P=0.001). The mRNA expression level of RECK was lower in ESCC tissues (mean

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esophageal squamous cell carcinomamethylationreversion-inducing cysteine-rich protein with kazal motifs

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