Overexpression of LAPTM4B-35 closely correlated with clinicopathological features and post-resectional survival of gallbladder carcinoma.
Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is a malignancy with dismal prognosis and unclear gene expression profile. We aimed to first present the expression of LAPTM4B-35, one product of a cancer associated gene recently cloned in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and its correlation with clinicopathological features and prognosis of GBC. Immunohistochemical detection of LAPTM4B-35 was performed on samples from 75 patients with GBC. LAPTM4B-35 protein was overexpressed in 57 patients (76%) with GBC. The staining scores were significantly related to histology type, lymph node involvement, distant metastasis, Nevin staging and differentiation of GBC (P<0.05). Univariate analysis revealed that overall or disease-free survival of patients was inversely associated with its staining scores (P<0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that LAPTM4B-35 staining score was an independent prognostic marker for both overall and disease-free post-resectional survival of GBC (P=0.004 and 0.027, respectively). LAPTM4B-35 overexpressed in a majority of GBCs and correlated with clinicopathological features and post-resectional survival.
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Li
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Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100032, China. lizhou02@hotmail.com
He
Xiao-Dong
XD
Chen
Jie
J
Cui
Quan-Cai
QC
Qu
Qiang
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Rui
Jing-An
JA
Zhao
Yu-Pei
YP
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011184:Postoperative Period
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C477083:LAPTM4B protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D015513:Oncogene Proteins