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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology2017

Expression of TMEM40 in bladder cancer and its correlation with clinicopathological parameters.

Qing-Yan Zhang, Mei-Ting Fu, Zhen-Fei Zhang, Yu-Zhen Feng, Min Wei, Jue-Yu Zhou, Rong Shi

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental pathology, 2017. 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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Qing-Yan ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University Guangzhou, China.
Mei-Ting FuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University Guangzhou, China.
Zhen-Fei ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University Guangzhou, China.
Yu-Zhen FengDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University Guangzhou, China.
Min WeiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University Guangzhou, China.
Jue-Yu ZhouDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University Guangzhou, China.
Rong ShiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University Guangzhou, China.
Southern Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transmembrane protein 40 (TMEM40) is a 23-kDa protein in cell membrane. There is no report that TMEM40 is associated with cancer. However, our study found that TMEM40 was high expressed in bladder cancer tissues. Immunohistochemical analyses of TMEM40 expression were performed on a tissue microarray including 72 transitional cell carcinomas and 43 normal bladder tissues to investigate the expression and clinical significance of TMEM40 in bladder cancer. We adopted receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis to select the optimal cut-off score. TMEM40 expression was defined positive if above 62.5% of cells were stained, and below it was negative. Then, the expression of TMEM40 in bladder cancer cells was evaluated by quantitative real-time PCR and western blot analysis. A significantly high level of TMEM40 in bladder cancer cells was proved. On the basis of ROC curve analysis, TMEM40 expression was positive in 68.1% (n=49) and negative in 31.9% (n=23) of bladder cancer cases. TMEM40 staining was positive in 2.3% (n=1) and negative in 97.7% (n=42) of normal bladder tissues. It showed that TMEM40 was up-regulated in bladder cancer tissues compared to normal bladder tissues. Moreover, TMEM40 expression was significantly associated with histological grade (

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bladder cancerclinicopathological parametersdiagnostic biomarkertissue microarrayTMEM40

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