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ArticleOncology letters2018

Overexpression of RHEB is associated with metastasis and poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Fuchen Liu, Zeya Pan, Jinmin Zhang, Junsheng Ni, Chao Wang, Zhenguang Wang, Fangming Gu, Wei Dong, Weiping Zhou, Hui Liu

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Article in Oncology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fuchen LiuThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Zeya PanThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Jinmin ZhangThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Junsheng NiThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Chao WangThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Zhenguang WangThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Fangming GuThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Wei DongThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Weiping ZhouThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Hui LiuThe Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China.
Second Military Medical University · CNEastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aberrant expression of Ras homolog enriched in brain (RHEB) has been observed in a variety of cancer tissues and is closely associated with clinicopathological features. However, the expression profile of RHEB in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its clinical signature with underlying mechanisms have not been explored thus far. To analyze the association between RHEB expression and clinicopathological features, the RHEB expression levels were determined in the present study using gene microarrays, immunohistochemistry and western blotting in 60 liver cancer tissues and 35 normal liver tissues. Downregulation of RHEB expression in liver cancer cell lines was achieved by RNA interfering technology to explore its biological function in HCC. RHEB expression was high in liver cancer tissues, with an increase of 2.00±0.19-fold compared with normal tissues and of 2.00±0.27-fold compared with adjacent non-cancer tissues. RHEB expression increased along with the clinical staging of HCC, and the overall survival and mortality of patients were closely correlated to RHEB levels, micro-vascular invasion, hepatitis B virus-DNA titer, tumor differentiation and pathological satellites (P<0.05). After knocking down RHEB in SMMC-7721 cells, the growth of liver cancer cells was significantly reduced. The majority of cells were blocked in S-phase, and their colony-forming and proliferating abilities significantly decreased (P<0.05).

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gene microarrayHCCmetastasisprognosisRHEBRNA interference

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PMCPMC5796355
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