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ArticleOncotarget2020

Prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha 1 protein expression risk-stratifies early stage colorectal cancer.

Atsushi Tanaka, Yihua Zhou, Jinru Shia, Fiona Ginty, Makiko Ogawa, David S Klimstra, Ronald C Hendrickson, Julia Y Wang, Michael H Roehrl

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Article in Oncotarget, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 51% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Atsushi TanakaDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Yihua ZhouDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jinru ShiaDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Fiona GintyGE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY, USA.
Makiko OgawaDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
David S KlimstraDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Ronald C HendricksonSloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Julia Y WangCurandis, New York, NY, USA.
Michael H RoehrlDepartment of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USGE Global Research (United States) · USSecond Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Systems Modeling of Tumor Heterogeneity and Therapy Response in Colorectal CancerR01CA208179 · NCI · GENERAL ELECTRIC GLOBAL RESEARCH CTR · PI GINTY, FIONA · 2017 to 2021
$3.5M
Targeting Multiple Colorectal Cancer-Specific EnhancersR21CA231109 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI PTASHNE, MARK S · 2019 to 2020
$430k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS R01 CA208179NCI NIH HHS R21 CA231109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent and lethal malignancies. Especially for early stage CRC, prognostic molecular markers are needed to guide therapy. In this study, we first extracted total proteomes from matched pairs of fresh cancer and benign mucosal tissues from 22 CRC patients. Global proteomic profiling with Fourier transform liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry sequencing and label free quantitation uncovered that P4HA1 (prolyl 4-hydroxylase alpha 1) was overexpressed in CRC relative to benign colonic mucosa. We then investigated expression by immunohistochemical staining with P4HA1-specific antibodies using CRC tissue microarrays. Independent validation cohorts of 599 cases of early stage CRC and 91 cases of late stage CRC were examined. Multivariate and univariate survival analyses revealed that high expression of P4HA1 protein was an independent poor prognostic marker for patients with early stage CRC, especially of the microsatellite stable subtype. Our study provides strong support for P4HA1 as a predictive protein marker for precision diagnostics, therapeutic decision-making, and drug development for early stage colorectal cancer and demonstrates the utility of proteomic profiling to identify novel protein biomarkers.

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biomarkercolorectal cancerP4HA1pathologyprognosis

Identifiers

PMID32166002
PMCPMC7055541
OpenAlexW3007699118

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