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ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2018

Overexpression of leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 predicts poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Wanyuan Chen, Qihan Fu, Francia Fang, Jin Fang, Qi Zhang, Yupeng Hong

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Article in Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Overexpression of LGR-5 as a Predictor of Poor Outcome in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Wanyuan ChenDepartments of Pathology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.
Qihan FuDepartment of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Francia FangTrinity College of Arts and Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Jin FangInterventianal Minimally Invasive Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Qi ZhangCenter for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Yupeng HongDepartment of Oncology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNDuke University · USHangzhou Medical College · CNTongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province · CNZhejiang Provincial People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Novel prognostic biomarkers are urgently needed for patients with HCC. Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5 (LGR5) overexpression may promote tumor metastasis in HCC. However, few studies investigate the prognosis predictive role of LGR5 in patients with HCC. Herein, we aimed to examine the expression level of LGR5 in tumors and its correlation with clinical characteristics and survivals of patients with HCC. LGR5 expression in tumor specimens and adjacent tissue resected from 66 patients were detected by immunohistochemistry. The results showed that the expression of LGR5 was markedly higher in HCC than in normal adjacent tissues (P = .006). High expression of LGR5 was significantly correlated with later disease stage (P = .009). In addition, high LGR5 expression was remarkably correlated with short overall survival than those with low LGR5 expression (P < .05). The median overall survival of patients with high LGR5 expression was 12 months, whereas that of patients with low LGR5 expression was still not reached (longer than 70 months). Notably, in our limited cases, we did not detect any difference in tumor size, lymphatic invasion, or metastasis in patients with high or low expression of LGR5. In conclusion, high protein level of LGR5 was associated with poor prognosis of these patients. LGR5 appears to be a valuable prognostic predictor clinically and a potential target in HCC therapy.

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ClinicopathologyEMT, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitionFlot2, flotillin-2GPCR, G-protein-coupled receptorGPR49, G-protein coupled receptor 49GRP78, glucose-regulated protein 78HBs, hepatitis B virusHCC, hepatocellular carcinomaImmunohistochemistryLGR5LGR5, leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptorLiver cancerOverall survivalPD-L1, programmed death ligand 1

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PMID30108439
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