Abstract |
The present study was aimed at evaluating the expression of heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K ( hnRNP K), two potential biomarkers of many cancers, in colorectal cancer (CRC) and their clinical significance. Expression of HSP27 and hnRNP K were investigated by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in a series of tissue microarrays containing 175 primary colorectal cancers and their corresponding normal mucosa samples and matched with clinicopathological features and patient survival. HSP27 and hnRNP K displayed more frequent strong immunoreactivity in primary colorectal tumor samples compared with adjacent non- cancer tissue (P < 0.001). Increased cytoplasmic expression of HSP27 and hnRNP K were associated with tumor location (P = 0.032 and P < 0.001, respectively), poorer overall survival (P = 0.004 and P = 0.02, respectively) and to an unfavorable prognosis for CRC patients in multivariate analysis (P = 0.019 and P = 0.01, respectively). Their overexpression combination identified a subset of patients with definitively worse prognosis than any other combination (P < 0.001). Overexpression of HSP27 and hnRNPK were independent markers of poor prognosis, and their combination predicted definitively adverse outcomes in CRC patients.
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Authors | Feng Wang, Peng Zhang, Chenzhang Shi, Yongzhi Yang, Huanlong Qin |
Journal | Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England)
(Med Oncol)
Vol. 29
Issue 3
Pg. 1780-8
(Sep 2012)
ISSN: 1559-131X [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 21861207
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein K
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Topics |
- Biomarkers, Tumor
(analysis)
- Colorectal Neoplasms
(metabolism, mortality, pathology)
- Female
- HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins
(analysis, biosynthesis)
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein K
(analysis, biosynthesis)
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Prognosis
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Tissue Array Analysis
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