title: Insights into the roles of hnRNP A2/B1 and AXL in non-small cell lung cancer.
abstract: Lung cancer has long been one of the most serious types of malignant tumor, and is associated with high incidence and mortality rates. Despite advancements in the comprehensive treatment of the disease, particularly with targeted therapeutic agents, there has been little improvement in the 5-year survival rates of patients. One of the leading causes of mortality in lung cancer is the lack of effective early diagnostic criteria. On this basis, the present study aimed to identify an index with potential in the early diagnosis and prognosis of lung cancer. The current study determined the expression of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A2/B1 and AXL proteins in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumor samples, and performed prognostic analysis of the collected clinical data to identify any association. In addition, RNA interference was performed to silence the expression of hnRNP A2/B1, allowing evaluation of its molecular and cellular functions, and determination of the mechanism of hnRNP A2/B1 in NSCLC by means of AXL mediation. It was identified that the positive expression rate of hnRNP A2/B1 and AXL proteins were significantly higher in NSCLC compared with paracancerous lung tissues (P<0.05). Furthermore, the expression of hnRNP A2/B1 protein was correlated with the expression AXL. Thus, the expression of hnRNP A2/B1 and AXL protein are factors affecting prognosis in patients with NSCLC. Of these, hnRNP A2/B1 appears to be an independent risk factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Han
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jin-Lu
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xin-Wen
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: X I
authors.initials: XI
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Qi-Gang
authors.initials: QG
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: AXL receptor tyrosine kinase; heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2/B1; non-small cell lung cancer