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ArticleCancers2021

AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 as Prognostic Biomarkers of Endometrioid Endometrial Carcinomas.

Marko Hojnik, Snježana Frković Grazio, Ivan Verdenik, Tea Lanišnik Rižner

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 as Potential Prognostic Biomarkers of Endometrial Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marko HojnikInstitute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Snježana Frković GrazioDivision of Gynecology, Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Ivan VerdenikDivision of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Tea Lanišnik RižnerInstitute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-3453-4081
Ljubljana University Medical Centre · SIUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

Funding

Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS J3-8212, J3-2535
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The roles of aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B1 (AKR1B1) and B10 (AKR1B10) in the pathogenesis of many cancers have been widely reported but only briefly studied in endometrial cancer. To clarify the potential of AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 as tissue biomarkers of endometrial cancer, we evaluated the immunohistochemical levels of AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 in tissue paraffin sections from 101 well-characterized patients with endometrioid endometrial cancer and 12 patients with serous endometrial cancer and compared them with the clinicopathological data. Significantly higher immunohistochemical levels of AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 were found in adjacent non-neoplastic endometrial tissue compared to endometrioid endometrial cancer. A trend for better survival was observed in patients with higher immunohistochemical AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 levels. However, no statistically significant differences in overall survival or disease-free survival were observed when AKR1B1 or AKR1B10 were examined individually in endometrioid endometrial cancer. However, analysis of AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 together revealed significantly better overall and disease-free survival in patients with both AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 staining above the median values compared to all other patients. Multivariant Cox analysis identified strong AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 staining as a statistically important survival prediction factor. Conversely, no significant differences were found in serous endometrial cancer. Our results suggest that AKR1B1 and AKR1B10 play protective roles in endometrioid endometrial cancer and show potential as prognostic biomarkers.

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aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B10 (AKR1B10)aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B1 (AKR1B1)biomarkerendometrial carcinomaimmunohistochemistryprognosissurvival

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PMID34298614
PMCPMC8305663
OpenAlexW3181871267

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