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ArticleJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2018

Evaluation of Vav3.1 as prognostic marker in endometrial cancer.

Maximilian Boesch, Sieghart Sopper, Christian Marth, Heidi Fiegl, Annemarie Wiedemair, Julia Rössler, Jiri Hatina, Dominik Wolf, Daniel Reimer, Alain G Zeimet

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Article in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 5 countries.

Maximilian BoeschLungenzentrum, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Rorschacherstrasse 95, 9007, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Maximilian.Boesch@kssg.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0994-9883
Sieghart SopperInternal Medicine V, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2265-1974
Christian MarthDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Heidi FieglDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Annemarie WiedemairDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Julia RösslerDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Jiri HatinaDepartment of Biology and Biomedical Centre, Faculty of Medicine Pilsen, Charles University Prague, 30100, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Dominik WolfInternal Medicine V, Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Daniel ReimerOncotyrol, Center for Personalized Cancer Medicine GmbH, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1853-9365
Alain G ZeimetOncotyrol, Center for Personalized Cancer Medicine GmbH, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. Alain.Zeimet@i-med.ac.at.
Innsbruck Medical University · ATCharles University · CZUniversity of Bonn · DE

Funding

Austrian Science Fund J-3807
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeVav3 is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor that regulates the activity of Rho/Rac family GTPases. In a study on ovarian cancer, we recently demonstrated pronounced prognostic and predictive value of Vav3.1, a specific truncation variant of the parental Vav3 gene. Here, we sought to investigate the role of Vav3.1 in the most prevalent gynecological tumor entity, endometrial cancer.

methodsVav3.1 transcript levels were determined in a large cohort of endometrial cancer patients using variant-specific PCR (n = 239), and non-malignant endometrial tissue served as control (n = 26). Expression levels of Vav3.1 were stratified according to established clinicopathological characteristics and correlated to long-term patient survival (average follow-up of > 7.5 years). Type 1 and type 2 cancers were separately investigated.

resultsWhile Vav3.1 was markedly overexpressed in endometrial cancer tissue, we could not detect associations with clinical parameters related to prognosis, such as FIGO stage and tumor grade. Kaplan-Meier estimators of different measures of survival failed to show prognostic significance of Vav3.1 in endometrial cancer. Lack of prognostic value was observed for both type 1 and type 2 cancers.

conclusionsOur study shows that Vav3.1 is not suited as a marker of cancer progression and/or treatment response in endometrial cancer. Feasibility and potential benefit of targeting Vav3.1 in endometrial cancer needs to be evaluated in future studies, proceeding from its clear, roughly ten-fold, induction in the malignant endometrium.

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Adenocarcinoma, Clear CellAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorCase-Control StudiesCombined Modality TherapyCystadenocarcinoma, SerousEndometrial NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedPrognosisProtein IsoformsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-vavBiomarkers, TumorProtein IsoformsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-vavVAV3 protein, humanCancerEndometrial cancerGuanine nucleotide exchange factorProtein isoformTranscript variantVav3

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PMID30083818
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