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ArticleCancer management and research2020

Prognostic Impact of DHRS9 Overexpression in Pancreatic Cancer.

Huang-Bao Li, Jun Zhou, Fengqing Zhao, Jiayin Yu, Longsheng Xu

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Huang-Bao LiDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Hospital of Jiaxing, First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-1537-6951
Jun ZhouDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Hospital of Jiaxing, First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Fengqing ZhaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Hospital of Jiaxing, First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Jiayin YuDepartment of Pathology, First Hospital of Jiaxing, First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Longsheng XuDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Research Center, First Hospital of Jiaxing. The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-6091-6323
Jiaxing University · CN

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Abstract

purposePancreatic cancer (PC) has poor prognosis despite systemic treatment. Dehydrogenase/reductase member 9 (DHRS9) has been reported to be involved in many events of tumorigenesis, but its prognostic impact in PC remains undetermined. Thus, this study aimed to explore the association between DHRS9 expression and the prognosis of PC and investigate the possible mechanism by which DHRS9 is involved in PC progression. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe study used data: from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and our institution to compare the DHRS9 expression between PC and adjacent normal tissues; from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and our institution to assess the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of PC patients in high and low DHRS9 expression groups; and from TCGA to predict the potential mechanism of DHRS9 in PC. Western blot assay was used to identify DHRS9 expression in specimens collected from five patients who underwent surgery in our institute. Furthermore, immunohistochemistry (IHC) was then used to identify DHRS9 expression in the specimens of 109 patients who underwent surgery at our institute. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses were used to assess the prognostic significance of DHRS9 expression among PC patients.

resultsAll the IHC, Western blot, and GEO datasets indicated that compared to normal tissues, DHRS9 was significantly overexpressed in PC tissues. IHC results demonstrated that the strong intensity of DHRS9 expression was significantly correlated with vascular infiltration (P < 0.05). Further, high DHRS9 expression was identified as a prognostic risk factor for overall survival. Functional analysis of DHRS9 co-expressed genes indicated that DHRS9 was involved in mitogen-activated protein kinases/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) signaling pathway.

conclusionDHRS9 is upregulated in PC tissue, and high DHRS9 expression is correlated with poor prognosis in PC. DHRS9 may affect the oncological process of PC through MAPK/ERK pathway.

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GEOMAPK/ERK pathwaypancreatic cancer progressionprognosisTCGA

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