title: Over-expression of EphA2 and EphrinA-1 in human gastric adenocarcinoma and its prognostic value for postoperative patients.
abstract: This study aims to investigate the expression and significance of EphA2 and EphrinA-1 in human gastric adenocarcinoma progression and prognosis. The expression of EphA2 and EphrinA-1 was detected in the cell lines and tissues of gastric adenocarcinoma. Different expression levels of EphA2 and EphrinA-1 were found in two cell lines. The expression of EphA2 and EphrinA-1 was significantly higher in gastric adenocarcinoma tissues than in normal tissues. Statistical analysis showed a significant correlation of EphA2 expression with the depth of tumor invasion, tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stages, and lymph node metastasis. EphrinA-1 over-expression was significantly correlated with TNM stages and lymph node metastasis, while EphA2 expression was found to be an independent prognostic factor of postoperative gastric adenocarcinoma. In conclusion, the increased expression of EphA2 and EphrinA-1 plays an important role in the progression of human gastric adenocarcinoma, in which elevated EphA2 expression is an independent factor that indicates poor prognosis in postoperative gastric adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410008 Hunan Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei-Jie
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Zhi-Kang
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shao-Bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Pu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Ge-Wen
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zi-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D036382:Ephrin-A1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011379:Prognosis; D036104:Receptor, EphA2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D036382:Ephrin-A1; D036104:Receptor, EphA2