title: Expression and prognostic value of ZNRD1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: The expression of ZNRD1 in esophageal cancer was first investigated by immunohistochemical analysis, RT-PCR and real-time PCR. The ZNRD1 antibody produced a consistently cytoplasmic staining pattern in all epithelial cells. The expression of ZNRD1 was statistically correlated with differentiation, depth of invasion, lymph node metastasis, pathological stage, lymphatic invasion, and vascular invasion. The survival rates of patients with ZNRD1-negative tumors tended to be statistically lower than those with ZNRD1-positive tumors. ZNRD1 expression was also confirmed to be down-regulated in esophageal cancer tissues compared to adjacent non-neoplastic tissues. The results showed that ZNRD1 might play an important role in esophageal carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi Province, China.
authors.forename: Yunping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Ruwen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Daiming
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C406241:POLR1H protein, human