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ArticleJournal of Cancer2019

Epigenetic activation of hepatocyte growth factor is associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition and clinical outcome in non-small cell lung cancer.

Jun Yin, Weimin Hu, Xingyang Xue, Wenfan Fu, Lu Dai, Zeyong Jiang, Shengpeng Zhong, Boyun Deng, Jian Zhao

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jun YinDepartment of Chest Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Weimin HuDepartment of Abdominal Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xingyang XueDepartment of Chest Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Wenfan FuDepartment of Chest Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Lu DaiDepartment of Chest Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Zeyong JiangDepartment of Chest Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Shengpeng ZhongDepartment of Chest Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Boyun DengDepartment of Chest Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Jian ZhaoDepartment of Chest Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital & Institute of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Guangzhou Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) expression is repressed in normal differentiated lung epithelial cells, but its expression is aberrantly upregulated in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and acts as a poor prognostic factor. The underlying molecular mechanisms of aberrant HGF expression are unclear. In this study, a novel differential methylation region located in the HGF promoter was identified, which was associated with aberrant HGF expression in NSCLC. The correlations of HGF promoter methylation detected by methylation specific PCR and HGF expression detected by immunohistochemistry with clinical outcomes were assessed in NSCLC patients. DNA methylation of the HGF promoter was correlated with the activation of HGF expression, which induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cell migration and invasion. According to the clinical correlation analysis in 63 NSCLC patients, those with high methylation were more likely to have stages III and IV (51.6% vs. 25.0%,

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biomarkerDNA methylationHGFmetastasisnon-small cell lung cancer

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PMID31602259
PMCPMC6775597
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