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Observational studyMedicine2018

Correlation between tripartite motif-containing protein 44 protein expression and the prognosis of postoperative patients exhibiting skin squamous cell carcinoma.

Jian Wu, Nai-Zhou Guo, Lei-Lei Cui, Wei Wang, Cun-Quan Xiong, Xue-Yan Zhang

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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 4 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jian WuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yancheng City, Yancheng.
Nai-Zhou GuoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yancheng City, Yancheng.
Lei-Lei CuiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yancheng City, Yancheng.
Wei WangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yancheng City, Yancheng.
Cun-Quan XiongCollege of pharmacy, Jiangsu Vocational College Medicine, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
Xue-Yan ZhangCollege of pharmacy, Jiangsu Vocational College Medicine, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China.
Yancheng First People's Hospital · CNNantong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tripartite motif-containing protein 44 (TRIM44) plays an important role in the development and progression of some human cancers; however, its role in skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) remains unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate TRIM44 expression and clinicopathological significance of TRIM44 in SCC.Immunohistochemistry (IHC) technique, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and western blot were performed to evaluate differences in TRIM44 protein expression in SCC and normal skin tissues.IHC showed that the positive rate of TRIM44 staining in SCC tissues 26.00% (9/30), while the positive rate of normal control group was 83.33% (25/30). The positive rate of TRIM44 staining in SCC tissues is significantly lower than normal skin tissue (P <.01). RT-PCR showed that the positive rates of TRIM44 mRNA expression in SCC tissues were 16.67% (5/30), but the positive rate of normal control group was 86.67% (26/30). TRIM44 mRNA expression in SCC group was significantly lower than that in the normal group (P <.01). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that low expression was associated with poor overall survival in SCC patients (P =.004). Multi-factor survival analysis indicated that both low TRIM44 expression and tumor stage were independent factors affecting the overall survival of patients with SCC (P =.038 and P =.001, respectively). Low expression of TRIM44 in SCC was associated with staging (P =.009 and P =.008, respectively) and metastasis (P =.003 and P =.004, respectively).The levels of TRIM44 protein and TRIM44 mRNA in SCC are both lowly expressed which is strongly associated with tumor staging, metastasis, and poor survival. And it also is an independent factor affecting the overall survival of patients with SCC.

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AdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorBlotting, WesternCarcinoma, Squamous CellCarrier ProteinsFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunohistochemistryIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionBiomarkers, TumorCarrier ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsTRIM44 protein, humanTripartite Motif Proteins

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