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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2018

Prognostic and clinicopathological significance of DEPTOR expression in cancer patients: a meta-analysis.

Binwu Hu, Deyao Shi, Xiao Lv, Fashuai Wu, Songfeng Chen, Zengwu Shao

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Binwu HuDepartment of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, szwpro@163.com.
Deyao ShiDepartment of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, szwpro@163.com.
Xiao LvDepartment of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, szwpro@163.com.
Fashuai WuDepartment of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, szwpro@163.com.
Songfeng ChenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Zengwu ShaoDepartment of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, szwpro@163.com.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CN

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Abstract

backgroundDEP domain containing mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-interacting protein (DEPTOR), a recently discovered endogenous inhibitor of mTOR, has been found to be abnormally expressed in various tumors. Recent studies have demonstrated that DEPTOR could serve as a potential prognostic biomarker in several kinds of cancer. However, the prognostic value of DEPTOR is still controversial so far. PATIENTS AND

methodsPubMed, Embase and Web of Science were systematically searched to obtain all relevant articles about the prognostic value of DEPTOR in cancer patients. ORs or HRs with corresponding 95% CIs were pooled to estimate the association between DEP-TOR expression and the clinicopathological characteristics or survival of cancer patients.

resultsA total of nine eligible studies with 974 cancer patients were included in our meta-analysis. Our results demonstrated that the expression of DEPTOR was not associated with the overall survival (OS) (pooled HR=0.795, 95% CI=0.252-2.509) and event-free survival (EFS) (pooled HR=1.244, 95% CI=0.543-2.848) in cancer patients. Furthermore, subgroup analysis divided by sample size, type of cancer, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) score and evaluation of DEPTOR expression showed identical prognostic value. In addition, our analysis also revealed that there was no significant association between expression level of DEPTOR and clinicopathological characteristics, such as tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, differentiation grade and gender.

conclusionOur meta-analysis suggested that despite the fact that DEPTOR could be overexpressed or downregulated in cancer patients, it might not be a potential marker to predict the prognosis of cancer patients.

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cancerDEPTORevent-free survivalmeta-analysisoverall survival

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