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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Expression of Class III Beta-Tubulin Is Associated with Invasive Potential and Poor Prognosis in Thyroid Carcinoma.

Hee Young Na, Mira Park, Young A Kim, Jae Kyung Won, Young Joo Park, Sun Ah Shin, Sejoon Lee, Sohee Oh, Ji Eun Kim

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hee Young NaDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam 13620, Korea.
Mira ParkDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 07061, Korea.
Young A KimDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 07061, Korea.
Jae Kyung WonDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-1459-8093
Young Joo ParkDepartment of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3671-6364
Sun Ah ShinDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.
Sejoon LeePrecision Medicine Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 13620, Korea.
Sohee OhDepartment of Biostatistics, Seoul National University Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center, Seoul 07061, Korea.
Ji Eun KimDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Seoul Metropolitan Government Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 07061, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2156-9875
Seoul National University · KRSeoul National University Hospital · KRSeoul National University Bundang Hospital · KR

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Seoul National University Hospital 03-2014-0220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although American Thyroid Association guidelines offer a risk stratification scheme for thyroid cancer patients, there is a continuous need for more sophisticated biomarkers that can predict disease progression. In this study, we aim to evaluate the prognostic value of class III beta-tubulin (TUBB3) and uncover the relationship between TUBB3 and invasive potential in thyroid carcinoma. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) for TUBB3 and E-cadherin was performed on a total of 254 cases of thyroid cancer specimens. Tumor budding at the invasive margin was evaluated. In vitro functional studies were also performed; the protein and mRNA levels of TUBB3 were compared among the five cell types at baseline, with transwell invasion and after blocking of TUBB3 by shRNA. IHC revealed that the levels of TUBB3 were higher in conventional papillary carcinomas (cPTCs) and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas (ATCs). In univariate analysis, high tumor budding and TUBB3 expression were associated with inferior progression-free survival in cPTC. The results of a Western blot and RT-PCR agreed with the IHC finding. The results were further validated through data from The Cancer Genome Atlas database. Our results suggest that high expression of TUBB3 in thyroid carcinoma could predict invasive potential and possibly be linked with epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

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class III beta-tubulinepithelial–mesenchymal transitioninvasionprognosisthyroid carcinoma

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PMID33256003
PMCPMC7760790
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