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Down-regulation of EGFL8: A Novel Biomarker for Advanced Gastric Cancer.
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PMID:  21965749     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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BACKGROUND: Recently, we have reported an important role of epidermal growth factor-like domain 8 (EGFL8) in the progression of colorectal cancer (CRC) and documented EGFL8 to be a novel prognostic biomarker for this malignancy. However, the function of EGFL8 in the other human gastroenterological malignancies such as gastric cancer remains largely unknown.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: EGFL8 expression in 53 cases of gastric cancer and the corresponding normal tissues were determined by quantitative real-time PCR and the EGFL8 down-regulation score for each patient was calculated. Subsequently, the correlations between EGFL8 down-regulation score and the clinicopathological features of gastric cancer were evaluated.
RESULTS: EGFL8 expression was significantly lower in the gastric cancer tissues than the corresponding normal tissues (p=0.0001) and the down-regulation of EGFL8 was evident in 73.6% (39/53) of the gastric carcinomas. More importantly, EGFL8 down-regulation was correlated significantly with peritoneal dissemination (p=0.037) and high TNM stage (p=0.025) of gastric cancer.
CONCLUSION: The down-regulation of EGFL8 might be a novel biomarker for advanced gastric cancer.
Authors:
Fan Wu; Atsushi Shirahata; Kazuma Sakuraba; Yohei Kitamura; Tetsuhiro Goto; Mitsuo Saito; Kazuyoshi Ishibashi; Gaku Kigawa; Hiroshi Nemoto; Yutaka Sanada; Kenji Hibi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Anticancer research     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1791-7530     ISO Abbreviation:  Anticancer Res.     Publication Date:  2011 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-10-03     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8102988     Medline TA:  Anticancer Res     Country:  Greece    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3377-80     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Gastroenterological Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, 1-30 Fujigaoka, Aoba-ku, Yokohama 227-8501, Japan. kenjih-ngy@umin.ac.jp.
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