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ArticleOncology letters2024

mRNA expression of CRF family members in urothelial bladder cancer.

Charalampos Mavridis, Maria Venihaki, Eirini Dermitzaki, Michail Deiktakis, Georgios Liapakis, Charalampos Mamoulakis

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Article in Oncology letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charalampos MavridisDepartment of Urology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Maria VenihakiDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Eirini DermitzakiDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Michail DeiktakisDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Georgios LiapakisDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
Charalampos MamoulakisDepartment of Urology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
University of Crete · GRUniversity Hospital of Heraklion · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) gene family includes the three urocortins (UCN1, 2 and 3) and the two receptors (CRFR1 and 2), which play a significant role in the physiology of various organs. The expression of the CRF family of genes and its receptors are shown to participate in the pathogenesis of inflammation and even tumorigenesis. However, data regarding the human urinary tract, especially the bladder, are scarce. To the best of our knowledge, no studies are currently available on the CRF system and bladder cancer. The primary goal of the present study was to investigate the mRNA expression of the CRF family members in bladder cancer. The secondary aim was to analyze the differences with the expression of the same mRNAs in normal bladders. From August 2018 to July 2021, 43 recruited patients were divided into three groups. Group A included healthy patients, group B included patients with bladder cancer and group C included patients with a history of cancer from whom samples were taken from the normal bladder mucosa. Detection of mRNA of the CRF family of genes was performed using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. The mRNA of the three urocortins, CRF and the two receptors were predominantly expressed in all three groups of patients. Statistical analysis using the Kruskal-Wallis test showed that UCN1 was downregulated in patients with bladder cancer and those with possible cancer compared with the healthy group (mean rank group A=24.3 vs. mean rank group B=12.58; P=0.006) and (mean rank group A=24.3 vs. mean rank group C=8.88; P

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bladder cancercorticotropin-releasing factorhumanquantitative PCRreverse transcription PCRurocortin

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PMID38034485
PMCPMC10688464
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