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Observational studyMedicine2018

DHCR24 predicts poor clinicopathological features of patients with bladder cancer: A STROBE-compliant study.

Xiao-Ping Liu, Xiao-Hong Yin, Xiang-Yu Meng, Xin-Hui Yan, Yue Cao, Xian-Tao Zeng, Xing-Huan Wang

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Observational study in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiao-Ping LiuCenter for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan.
Xiao-Hong YinCenter for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan.
Xiang-Yu MengCenter for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan.
Xin-Hui YanDepartment of Cardiology, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou.
Yue CaoCenter for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan.
Xian-Tao ZengCenter for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan.
Xing-Huan WangCenter for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan.
Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University · CNFirst Hospital of Lanzhou University · CNWuhan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate the prognostic value of DHCR24 for patients with bladder cancer (BC). We used public bladder cancer microarray studies to evaluate the expression of DHCR24 between normal bladder tissues and BC cells, to investigate the relationship between the expression of DHCR24 and the clinical features of BC patients. Survival analysis was performed to investigate the correlation between DHCR24 expression and the survivals of BC patients. Gene set enrichment analysis was conducted to identify relevant mechanisms. The results showed that DHCR24 was up-regulated in BC cells compared with that in normal bladder tissues (P = .0389). Results of chi-square test suggested that BC patients in DHCR24 low expression group were proved to have better clinical characteristics (including tumor grade, disease progression, T staging, and N staging) as compared with those in DHCR24 low expression group (P < .0001, P = .002, P = .005, and P = .002, respectively). BC patients in DHCR24 low expression group were associated with better cancer-specific survival and overall survival (P < .0001 and P = .0008, respectively). DHCR24 might promote the proliferation of BC cells through several oncogenesis-associated biological processes (estrogen response, heme metabolism, P53 pathway, cholesterol homeostasis, mTORC1 signaling, peroxisome, xenobiotic metabolism, glycolysis, and protein secretion). Thus, DHCR24 might be a therapeutic target for patients with BC.

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AgedBiomarkers, TumorDisease ProgressionFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleMiddle AgedNerve Tissue ProteinsOxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group DonorsPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisUrinary BladderUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorDHCR24 protein, humanNerve Tissue ProteinsOxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors

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PMID30278482
PMCPMC6181456
OpenAlexW2895559825

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