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ArticleThe oncologist2026

Prognostic and histologic significances of the expression profile of membrane tissue factor for aggressive endometrial carcinomas.

Kaoru Fujieda, Takeo Minaguchi, Kaori Ono, Takuya Kuboya, Asami Suto, Nan Qi, Hiroya Itagaki, Yuri Tenjimbayashi, Ayumi Shikama, Azusa Akiyama and 3 more

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Kaoru FujiedaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Takeo MinaguchiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3577-5124
Kaori OnoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Takuya KuboyaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Asami SutoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Nan QiDoctoral Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305- 8575, Japan.
Hiroya ItagakiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Yuri TenjimbayashiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Ayumi ShikamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Azusa AkiyamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Sari NakaoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Yusuke KobayashiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
Toyomi SatohDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.

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Abstract

backgroundTissue factor (TF) is involved in tumor-induced coagulation cascade, which plays crucial roles in the tumor microenvironment, and is being clinically explored as a therapeutic target. However, the prognostic role of TF and the related proteins in endometrial cancer is yet to be clarified and was systematically investigated in this study. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe expression profiles of membrane/cytoplasmic TF, nuclear/cytoplasmic phospho-TF (p-TF), PAR-1, PAR-2, VEGF as well as CD8, a marker for cytotoxic T cells, in tumors from 229 patients with endometrial carcinoma were immunohistochemically evaluated and correlated with clinicopathologic parameters and patient survival. Bioinformatics analyses were further conducted to strengthen the observations.

resultsHigh membrane TF (mTF) expression correlated with worse overall survival (OS), and was found to be an independent prognostic factor for unfavorable OS by the univariate and multivariate analyses (P = .028 and .0087). High mTF expression correlated with aggressive histology, and remained independent for unfavorable OS even in the aggressive histological subset (P = .037 and .0064). Moreover, mTF expression inversely correlated with CD8+ tumor-infiltrating immune cell count, and TF expression positively correlated with the infiltration of Treg cells, known to suppress CD8+ T cells, by the The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) data analysis (P = .037 and .0015), suggesting that the detrimental prognostic role of mTF involves immune evasion.

conclusionsTaken together, mTF serves as a potential biomarker for patient prognosis and therapeutic target for the aggressive histological type of tumor, providing significant rationales for incorporating TF-directed drugs into the novel strategy for refractory endometrial carcinomas.

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Biomarkers, TumorEndometrial NeoplasmsThromboplastinAgedFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMiddle AgedPrognosisTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, TumorThromboplastinaggressive histologyendometrial carcinomaoverall survivaltissue factor

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