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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2021

mRNA microarray profiling identifies a novel circulating HTRA2 for detection of gastric cancer.

Liangliang Wu, Xiao Li, Xin Chen, Fan Wu, Guangshun Sun, Ye Cheng, Weiwei Tang, Wenling Zhang, Chengyu Lv

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Liangliang WuDepartment of General Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4771-2833
Xiao LiDepartment of General Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Xin ChenDepartment of General Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Fan WuDepartment of General Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Guangshun SunDepartment of General Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Ye ChengDepartment of General Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Weiwei TangHepatobiliary/Liver Transplantation Center, Key Laboratory of Living Donor Transplantation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Nanjing, China.
Wenling ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Chengyu LvDepartment of General Surgery, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNJiangsu Province Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundmRNAs have been shown to be critical biomarkers or therapeutic targets for human diseases. However, only a few of them have been studied as blood-based biomarkers for gastric carcinoma (GC) detection.

methodsmRNA expression profiles for GC were screened using plasma samples from 10 GC patients with different TNM stages and 5 healthy individuals as controls. One candidate tumor-related mRNA named HTRA2 was then evaluated in GC samples with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). TCGAportal, UALCAN, and TISCH database were used to explore the function of HTRA2 in GC. Finally, the effect generated by HTRA2 expression on cell proliferating, invading, and migrating processes was assessed in vitro with knockdown and over-expression strategies.

resultsHTRA2 displayed noticeable increase inside GC plasma compared with control cases. Higher expression of HTRA2 displayed a correlation to higher clinicopathological stage and worse prognosis. HTRA2 knocking down down-regulated GC cells' proliferating, invading, and migrating states, while HTRA2 over-expression exerted the inconsistent influence. HTRA2 protein, which may interact with PINK1, PARL, and CYCS, was mainly located in the mitochondria of cells and primarily involved cellular response and metabolic signaling pathway. Immune factors may interact with HTRA2 in GC, and HTRA2 was found noticeably linked with immunosuppressor such as CD274, IDO1, and TIGIT.

conclusionOne plasma HTRA2 can be an emerging diagnosis-related biomarker to achieve GC detecting process, but the particular regulatory effect still needs to be further explored.

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Biomarkers, TumorCase-Control StudiesCell-Free Nucleic AcidsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenome-Wide Association StudyHigh-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 2HumansOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionStomach NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorCell-Free Nucleic AcidsHigh-Temperature Requirement A Serine Peptidase 2HTRA2 protein, humanRNA, Messengerdiagnosisgastric cancerHTRA2immunemicroarray

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