ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2019
Clinical Significance And Integrative Analysis Of Kinesin Family Member 18B In Lung Adenocarcinoma.
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- Multi-omics analysis reveals the association between elevated KIF18B expression and unfavorable prognosis, immune evasion, and regulatory T cell activation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Evaluating the Expression and Prognostic Value of Genes Encoding Microtubule-Associated Proteins in Lung Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Upregulation of KIF18B facilitates malignant phenotype of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by activating CDCA8/mTORC1 pathway.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2022Article
- Overexpression of ERCC6L correlates with poor prognosis and confers malignant phenotypes of lung adenocarcinoma.Oncology reports · 2022Article
- Long noncoding RNA LINC01426 promotes the progression of lung adenocarcinoma via regulating miRNA-125a-5p/ casein kinase 2 alpha 1 axis.Bioengineered · 2022Article
- CircRNA ARFGEF1 functions as a ceRNA to promote oncogenic KSHV-encoded viral interferon regulatory factor induction of cell invasion and angiogenesis by upregulating glutaredoxin 3.PLoS pathogens · 2021Article
- KIF18B is a Prognostic Biomarker and Correlates with Immune Infiltrates in Pan-Cancer.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundKinesin family member 18B (KIF18B) is a member of the kinesin-8 superfamily, and functions as an oncogene in human cancers. However, its expression profile and role in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) remain unclear. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe examined the expression profile of KIF18B using quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry in fresh clinical samples. Using data downloaded from the Cancer Genome Atlas database and Gene Expression Omnibus, we explored the clinical significance of KIF18B, potential mechanisms of its dysregulation and its underlying biological function in LUAD.
resultsKIF18B was significantly over-expressed in LUAD tissues relative to normal tissues. High KIF18B expression was associated with smoking history, positive nodal invasion, advanced clinical stage, death status and poorer prognosis. Cox regression analyses revealed that KIF18B overexpression was an independent prognostic biomarker for poor overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival in LUAD. In addition, KIF18B mutation was observed in 2.2% of LUAD cases. DNA copy number variation was correlated with upregulated expression of KIF18B in LUAD tissues and cell lines. The methylation level of some KIF18B DNA CpG sites was negatively associated with its mRNA expression. KIF18B was predictively targeted by miR-125a-5p, which was downregulated in LUAD tissues, inversely correlated with KIF18B mRNA expression and significantly associated with poor OS. Furthermore, gene set enrichment analysis revealed that genes positively co-expressed with KIF18B were mainly enriched in cell cycle signaling pathways.
conclusionOur results indicate that KIF18B is a promising prognostic biomarker for LUAD. DNA amplification, hypomethylation as well as miR-125a-5p downregulation may be involved in the mechanism of KIF18B dysregulation in LUAD. KIF18B might function as a novel oncogene through cell cycle regulation pathways in LUAD.
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