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ArticleOncology letters2020

Decreased DC-SIGNR expression in hepatocellular carcinoma predicts poor patient prognosis.

Hai-Bing Xia, Hui-Ju Wang, Shu-Shu Song, Jun-Gang Zhang, Xiang-Lei He, Zhi-Ming Hu, Cheng-Wu Zhang, Dong-Sheng Huang, Xiao-Zhou Mou

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Article in Oncology letters, 2020. 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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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hai-Bing XiaDepartment of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311200, P.R. China.
Hui-Ju WangClinical Research Institute, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Shu-Shu SongClinical Research Institute, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Jun-Gang ZhangCollege of Life Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310053, P.R. China.
Xiang-Lei HeDepartment of Pathology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Zhi-Ming HuKey Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Cheng-Wu ZhangKey Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Dong-Sheng HuangClinical Research Institute, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Xiao-Zhou MouClinical Research Institute, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P.R. China.
Hangzhou Medical College · CNThe First People's Hospital of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou · CNZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CNZhejiang Provincial People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-grabbing non-integrin-related protein (DC-SIGNR) is a transmembrane receptor primarily involved in pathogen recognition by the innate immune system, with particular importance for viral recognition. DC-SIGNR may also be associated with tumorigenesis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between DC-SIGNR expression, development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and clinicopathological features. Immunohistochemistry was used to assess DC-SIGNR protein expression in HCC and paired non-cancerous tissue samples. DC-SIGNR expression was lower in HCC tissues compared with adjacent non-tumor tissue samples. The expression of DC-SIGNR was associated with small tumor size, low Edmondson grade and high patient long term survival rates. Bioinformatics analyses were performed on several datasets to assess the potential function of DC-SIGNR and related genes; the data revealed that DC-SIGNR mRNA expression was lower in HCC tissues compared with non-cancerous controls, and analyses of ten-year survival rates indicated patients with low DC-SIGNR expression exhibited shorter average survival times. In conclusion, decreased DC-SIGNR expression in HCC tissues may be a relevant predictive biomarker of clinical prognosis, in addition to being a viable therapeutic target for HCC treatment.

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bioinformaticsdendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-grabbing non-integrin-related proteinhepatocellular carcinomaimmunohistochemistry

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