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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology2018

Value of CagA, HER2, ALDH1, and KiSS-1 in predicting metastasis and prognosis for gastric adenocarcinoma.

Guoyu Lu, Xiaolin Wang, Yichao Wang, Zenong Cheng, Lei Zhou

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental pathology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Guoyu LuDepartment of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College Anhui, China.
Xiaolin WangDepartment of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College Anhui, China.
Yichao WangDepartment of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College Anhui, China.
Zenong ChengDepartment of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College Anhui, China.
Lei ZhouDepartment of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College Anhui, China.
Bengbu Medical College · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA), is able to translocate into gastric epithelial cells. Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (also named as HER2, is a proto-oncogene which can encode a transmembrane receptor), Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1, a biomarker of cancer stem cells), and KiSS-1 (a suppressor gene of cancer metastasis) are all valuably predictive biomarkers for various human cancers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the associations among CagA, HER2, ALDH1, and KiSS-1 in gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC), and their respective associations with clinical characteristics and survival in GAC.

methodsThe expression of CagA, HER2, ALDH1, and KiSS-1 in 232 cases of whole GAC tissues were detected by immunohistochemical staining. Patient clinical and survival data were also collected.

resultsPositive expression of CagA, HER2, and ALDH1 is significantly higher, and positive expression of KiSS-1 is significantly lower, in GAC tissues than in the corresponding normal tissues. Furthermore, the positive expression of CagA, HER2, ALDH1, and KiSS-1 were significantly associated with tumor grade, tumor stage, lymph node metastasis (LNM) stage, and tumor node metastasis (TNM) stages, and with patients' overall survival (OS); whereas the KiSS-1 positive group had longer OS than did the KiSS-1 negative group. In logistic analysis, positive expression of CagA, HER2, ALDH1, and KiSS-1 are significantly associated with LNM of patients with GAC. COX regression analysis indicated that positive expression of CagA, HER2, ALDH1, and KiSS-1, and tumor stages, LNM stages, and TNM stages were independent prognostic factors for patients with GAC.

conclusionsExpression of CagA, HER2, ALDH1, and KiSS-1 should be considered as promising biomarkers for metastasis and prognosis, as well as potential therapeutic targets for GAC.

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ALDH1CagAGastric adenocarcinomaHER2KiSS-1metastasisprognosis

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