title: CD24 expression as a marker for predicting clinical outcome in human gliomas.
abstract: CD24 is overexpressed in glioma cells in vitro and in vivo. However, the correlation of its expression with clinicopathological parameters of gliomas and its prognostic significance in this tumor remain largely unknown. To address this problem, 151 glioma specimens and 10 nonneoplastic brain tissues were collected. Quantitative real-time PCR, immunochemistry assay, and Western blot analysis were carried out to investigate the expression of CD24. As per the results, CD24 was overexpressed in gliomas. Its expression levels in glioma tissues with higher grade (P < 0.001) and lower KPS (P < 0.001) were significantly higher than those with lower grade and higher KPS, respectively. Cox multifactor analysis showed that CD24 (P = 0.02) was an independent prognosis factor for human glioma. Our data provides convincing evidence for the first time that the overexpression of CD24 at gene and protein levels is correlated with advanced clinicopathological parameters and poor prognosis in patients with glioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Institute for Functional Neurosurgery PLA, TangDu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Baqiao District, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Guodong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhenwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051927:CD24 Antigen / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D051927:CD24 Antigen; C497889:CD24 protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger