Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38480611›Full record

ArticleCellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2024

Identification of a novel gene signature related to prognosis and metastasis in gastric cancer.

Joseba Elizazu, Aizpea Artetxe-Zurutuza, Maddalen Otaegi-Ugartemendia, Veronica Moncho-Amor, Manuel Moreno-Valladares, Ander Matheu, Estefania Carrasco-Garcia

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Do Metastatic Cells Arise from PD-L1International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Viral oncogenesis in cancer: from mechanisms to therapeutics.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
    Review
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joseba ElizazuCellular Oncology Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr. Beguiristain s/n, San Sebastian, 20014, Spain.
Aizpea Artetxe-ZurutuzaCellular Oncology Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr. Beguiristain s/n, San Sebastian, 20014, Spain.
Maddalen Otaegi-UgartemendiaCellular Oncology Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr. Beguiristain s/n, San Sebastian, 20014, Spain.
Veronica Moncho-AmorCellular Oncology Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr. Beguiristain s/n, San Sebastian, 20014, Spain.
Manuel Moreno-ValladaresCellular Oncology Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr. Beguiristain s/n, San Sebastian, 20014, Spain.
Ander MatheuCellular Oncology Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr. Beguiristain s/n, San Sebastian, 20014, Spain. ander.matheu@biodonostia.org.
Estefania Carrasco-GarciaCellular Oncology Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr. Beguiristain s/n, San Sebastian, 20014, Spain. estefania.carrasco@biodonostia.org.
Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable · ES

Funding

Gipuzkoa City Council 2022-CIEN-000012-01Health Department of the Basque Country 2022333034Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI22/00168Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI22/01905
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGastric Cancer (GC) presents poor outcome, which is consequence of the high incidence of recurrence and metastasis at early stages. GC patients presenting recurrent or metastatic disease display a median life expectancy of only 8 months. The mechanisms underlying GC progression remain poorly understood.

methodsWe took advantage of public available GC datasets from TCGA using GEPIA, and identified the matched genes among the 100 genes most significantly associated with overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS). Results were confirmed in ACRG cohort and in over 2000 GC cases obtained from several cohorts integrated using our own analysis pipeline. The Kaplan-Meier method and multivariate Cox regression analyses were used for prognostic significance and linear modelling and correlation analyses for association with clinic-pathological parameters and biological hallmarks. In vitro and in vivo functional studies were performed in GC cells with candidate genes and the related molecular pathways were studied by RNA sequencing.

resultsHigh expression of ANKRD6, ITIH3, SORCS3, NPY1R and CCDC178 individually and as a signature was associated with poor prognosis and recurrent disease in GC. Moreover, the expression of ANKRD6 and ITIH3 was significantly higher in metastasis and their levels associated to Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and stemness markers. In line with this, RNAseq analysis revealed genes involved in EMT differentially expressed in ANKRD6 silencing cells. Finally, ANKRD6 silencing in GC metastatic cells showed impairment in GC tumorigenic and metastatic traits in vitro and in vivo.

conclusionsOur study identified a novel signature involved in GC malignancy and prognosis, and revealed a novel pro-metastatic role of ANKRD6 in GC.

Indexed as

Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticNeoplasm MetastasisStomach NeoplasmsAgedAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMiceMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorANKRD6Biomarker signatureEMTGastric cancerPrognosis

Identifiers

PMID38480611
PMCPMC11322236
OpenAlexW4392743973

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.