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ArticleTranslational lung cancer research2021

Low-level expression of necroptosis factors indicates a poor prognosis of the squamous cell carcinoma subtype of non-small-cell lung cancer.

Jun Hyeok Lim, Sekyung Oh, Lucia Kim, Young Ju Suh, Yu-Jin Ha, Jung Soo Kim, Hyun-Jung Kim, Mi Hwa Park, Young Sam Kim, Yunjung Cho and 4 more

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Article in Translational lung cancer research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jun Hyeok LimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Sekyung OhDepartment of Medical Sciences, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
Lucia KimDepartment of Pathology, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Young Ju SuhDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
Yu-Jin HaDepartment of Biochemistry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea.
Jung Soo KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Hyun-Jung KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Mi Hwa ParkDepartment of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Young Sam KimDepartment of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Yunjung ChoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Seung Min KwakDepartment of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Hong Lyeol LeeDepartment of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
You-Sun KimDepartment of Biochemistry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea.
Jeong-Seon RyuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, South Korea.
Inha University Hospital · KRAjou University · KRCatholic Kwandong University · KRInha University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe programmed cell death pathway necroptosis may synergize with the DNA damage response (DDR) in opposing tumor progression. While our basic mechanistic understanding of the necroptotic cell death advances rapidly, its prognostic implications have not been thoroughly examined in cancers.

methodsWe included 394 patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who underwent surgical tumor resection between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 2011 and measured expression levels of nine proteins involved in necroptosis and the DDR in primary samples from 394 patients using tissue microarray. Protein expression evaluated by using an H-score method was dichotomized by the median value. The overall survival as the endpoint was calculated from the time of diagnosis to the time of the last follow-up or death.

resultsWe find that low-level expression of the necroptosis markers RIPK3 and PELI1 is associated with high risk of patient death. High-level expression of the key DDR factor p53 in combination with low-level expression of either RIPK3 or PELI1 increases the risk further. These gene expression effects appear to occur specifically in the squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) subtype of stage I NSCLC, while not observed in the non-SCC subtypes.

conclusionsLow-level expression of such necroptosis factors as RIPK3 and PELI1 in combination with high-level expression of the DDR factor p53 can serve as a critical indicator in predicting survival of stage I NSCLC patients with the SCC subtype.

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DNA damage response (DDR)necroptosisnon-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)survival

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