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ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2019

Expression of Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 39 (ARHGEF39) and Its Prognostic Significance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Jian Gao, Wei-Dong Jia

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Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Jian GaoMedical College of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (mainland).
Wei-Dong JiaDepartment of Hepatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China (mainland).
Shandong University · CNUniversity of Science and Technology of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Previous studies have reported that ARHGEF39 might be frequently upregulated in different cancer types and relevant to cancer progression. However, the expression pattern and clinicopathological features of ARHGEF39 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) needs further exploration. MATERIAL AND METHODS ARHGEF39 expression level of HCC in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset was analyzed. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry were employed to determine ARHGEF39 mRNA and protein levels in our own study collected HCC tissues and matched non-cancerous tissues. Moreover, the association of ARHGEF39 expression with the clinicopathological factors and prognosis of HCC were investigated. RESULTS The level of ARHGEF39 in HCC tissues was significantly higher than that in adjacent normal tissues (P<0.05) from TCGA database. High level of ARHGEF39 was a significant prognostic factor of poor overall survival (OS) (TCGA, P=0.006). Consistently, the expression levels of ARHGEF39 mRNA and protein in HCC specimens were significantly higher than those in adjacent liver specimens (P<0.05) from our cohort. Further analysis revealed that high ARHGEF39 level was significantly associated with poor OS (P<0.001) and short disease-free survival (DFS) (P<0.001). Cox multivariate analysis indicated that ARHGEF39 was an independent, unfavorable prognostic factor (P=0.000) of OS and DFS. CONCLUSIONS ARHGEF39 might act as an oncogene in the progression of HCC and might serve as a promising potential prognostic indicator and therapeutic target for HCC.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorDatabases, GeneticDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsHumansImmunohistochemistryKaplan-Meier EstimateLiverLiver NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsRho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors

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