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ArticleArchives of medical science : AMS2023

Prognostic value of midkine, syndecan-1, hyaluronan synthase-2, sestrin-1, laminin subunit alpha-4 and fibulin-3 for malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Hakan Akgun, Selma Metintas, Guntulu Ak, Secil Demirkol Canlı, Murat Isbilen, Ali O Gure, Muzaffer Metintas

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Article in Archives of medical science : AMS, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hakan AkgunEskisehir Osmangazi University Lung and Pleural Cancers Research and Clinical Center, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Selma MetintasEskisehir Osmangazi University Lung and Pleural Cancers Research and Clinical Center, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Guntulu AkEskisehir Osmangazi University Lung and Pleural Cancers Research and Clinical Center, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Secil Demirkol CanlıDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Murat IsbilenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Ali O GureDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Muzaffer MetintasEskisehir Osmangazi University Lung and Pleural Cancers Research and Clinical Center, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Eskişehir Osmangazi University · TRBilkent University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The prognosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is poor, with a limited survival time. In this study, we aimed to examine expression levels of genes selected from relevant literature and to utilize in silico methods to determine genes whose expression could reflect the prognosis of patients with MPM by Material and methods: The study group consisted of 54 MPM patients treated with chemotherapy. Expression of 6 genes - midkine (MDK), syndecan-1 (SDC1), hyaluronan synthase-2 (HAS2), sestrin-1 (SESN1), laminin subunit alpha-4 (LAMA4), and fibulin-3 (FBLN3) - was examined by qPCR in tumor tissues. Sestrin-1 and LAMA4 were identified using an in house R-based script: Unsupervised Survival Analysis Tool. Midkine, SDC1, HAS2, and FBLN3 were selected from current literature. We used two housekeeping genes, i.e. glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and TATA-box binding protein, as controls. Results: Of the patients, 43 (79.6%) had epithelioid mesothelioma. The median survival for all patients was 10 (±1.2 SE) months (95% CI: 7.7-12.3). In multivariate analyses, MDK ( Conclusions: High HAS2 and SESN1 expressions and low MDK are potential biomarkers of good prognosis in MPM. High HAS2 and SESN1 expression and low MDK and FBLN3 can also be utilized as biomarkers of good prognosis for epithelioid MPM. Those results should be further investigated in sera, plasma, and pleural effusions.

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fibulin-3hyaluronan synthase-2laminin subunit alpha-4mesotheliomamidkineprognosissestrin-1syndecan-1

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