title: Krüpel-like factor 8 is a potential prognostic factor for pancreatic cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease that is often diagnosed at an advanced stage. There is a lack of information to predict the prognosis of pancreatic cancer. Krüppel-like factor (KLF) 8 has been found to be deregulated in multiple cancers, and its high expression was correlated with poor prognosis. However, so far, no information was reported about the expression of KLF8 in pancreatic cancer. In the present study, we investigated, possibly for the first time, the expression of KLF8 in pancreatic cancer samples and analyzed its correlation with clinical parameters and overall survival (OS) rate.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used immunohistochemical staining to detect KLF8 in 68 samples from patients who underwent surgery and its correlation with the clinicopathological characteristics. We used Kaplan-Meier curve to analyze the relationship between KLF8 expression and the OS time. Univariate analysis was performed in addition to multivariate hazard models with clinicopathological features to assess KLF8 as an independent prognostic factor.
  
  
  RESULTS
  KLF8 was present in the cytoplasm of pancreatic cancer cells and 52.9% of the 68 cases had positive expression. KLF8 expression was not associated with sex, age, tumor location, lymph node stage, and metastasis stage, but was associated with tumor stage (P = 0.04). Kaplan-Meier method demonstrated that patients with negative expression of KLF8 had a better prognosis. In univariate and multivariate models, KLF8 was a significant predictor of OS in pancreatic cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results revealed that KLF8 may be a potential prognostic factor for pancreatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Yingxin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Ge
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: You
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China. Email: zhao8028@263.net.
authors.forename: Yupei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D011379:Prognosis; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C507402:KLF8 protein, human; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D012097:Repressor Proteins