title: [Expression of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A2 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and its correlation with the prognosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To detect the expression of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A2(EIF5A2) in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and its correlation with the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 73 patients who were treated in our hospital from March 2007 to December 2008 were enrolled in this study. The expression of EIF5A2 in the surgical samples was detected using immunohistochemical staining. Complete clinicopathological data were obtained from all the patients. The potential correlation between EIF5A2 expression and the clinicopathological features, particularly its role in prognosis, were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of these 73 patients, 43 had a high EIF5A2 expression. EIF5A2 expression was significantly correlated with the pathological T stage(P<0.001), N stage(P=0.004), M stage(P=0.039), and TNM stage(P=0.005). Kaplan-Meier method demonstrated that the survival was significantly longer in the low EIF5A2 expression group than in the high EIF5A2 expression group(P=0.003). Cox's hazard model showed EIF5A2 was a significant predictor of overall survival in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EIF5A2 may be a potential predictor of the poor prognosis in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Ying-xin
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: You
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Yu-pei
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011379:Prognosis; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000097574:Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A
chemical_list: D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D000097574:Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A