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ArticleOncology letters2018

Pyrophosphatase 1 expression is associated with future recurrence and overall survival in Chinese patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

Dongyun Xu, Yuqing Miao, Xiaoqiang Gu, Jiejun Wang, Guanzhen Yu

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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 3 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dongyun XuDepartment of Oncology, Huaihai Hospital Affiliated to Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221003, P.R. China.
Yuqing MiaoDepartment of Oncology, Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai 200070, P.R. China.
Xiaoqiang GuDepartment of Oncology, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, P.R. China.
Jiejun WangDepartment of Oncology, Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai 200070, P.R. China.
Guanzhen YuDepartment of Oncology, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, P.R. China.
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital · CNLonghua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNXuzhou Medical College · CN

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Abstract

The inorganic pyrophosphatase gene (PPA1) encodes inorganic pyrophosphatase, an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of inorganic pyrophosphate to orthophosphate, and has been revealed to be dysregulated in several types of human cancer. However, the role of PPA1 in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) has not yet been determined. The present study detected PPA1 expression and investigated its clinical significance in ICC. Tissue microarray blocks containing 93 ICC specimens were constructed. The protein expression of PPA1 in these specimens was detected by immunohistochemistry. PPA1 was overexpressed in 49.5% of the ICC specimens and was significantly associated with large tumor size, positive margins, T stage, lymph nodal metastases, poorly differentiated tumors and advanced disease stage. Furthermore, PPA1 expression was an indicator of future recurrence and poor survival in patients with ICC. Increased expression of PPA1 is a common event in human ICC and is significantly associated with a poor outcome in patients with ICC, suggesting a potential role for PPA1 in the development and progression of ICC.

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immunohistochemistryintrahepatic cholangiocarcinomapyrophosphatase 1recurrencesurvival analysis

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PMID29740496
PMCPMC5934715
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