{"title":"The Role of MDM4 SNP34091 A>C Polymorphism in Cancer: A Meta-Analysis on 19,328 Patients and 51,058 Controls","authors":"Xin Jin, Wenchao Zhao, M. Zheng, P. Zhou, T. Niu","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000228","url":null,"abstract":"Background Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Several observational studies have suggested a significant association of the MDM4 SNP34091 A>C polymorphism with cancers. However, the results of the published studies are inconsistent. Materials and methods PubMed, Embase/Ovid and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure were searched for relevant studies with a time limit of April 20, 2016. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to evaluate the strength of the association between MDM4 polymorphism and cancer risk. Publication bias was estimated using Begg's funnel plots and Egger's regression test. Results A total of 19,328 patients and 51,058 controls were included in the analysis. Overall, a significantly decreased risk of cancer was associated with MDM4 SNP34091 polymorphism for the allele model (C vs. A, OR = 0.715, 95% CI: 0.622-0.821, p = 0.000), dominant model (CC + AC vs. AA, OR = 0.684, 95% CI: 0.563-0.831, p = 0.000), recessive model (CC vs. AC + AA, OR = 1.139, 95% CI = 1.055-1.230, p = 0.001) and heterozygote model (AC vs. AA, OR = 0.687, 95% CI = 0.568-0.832). In the subgroup analysis by cancer type, no significant association was found in the breast cancer subgroup. In the subgroup analysis by geographical region, 2 genetic models, the allele and heterozygote models, showed a significant association in Chinese populations. Conclusions The results of our meta-analysis showed that the MDM4 SNP34091 A>C polymorphism may function as a protective factor against cancer risk.","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131479307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Gion, C. Trevisiol, A. Rutjes, Giulia Rainato, A. Fabricio
{"title":"Circulating Tumor Markers: A Guide to their Appropriate Clinical use: Comparative Summary of Recommendations from Clinical Practice Guidelines (PART 1)","authors":"M. Gion, C. Trevisiol, A. Rutjes, Giulia Rainato, A. Fabricio","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000251","url":null,"abstract":"On behalf of and in collaboration with Regione del Veneto, IOV Istituto Oncologico Veneto I.R.C.C.S., AIOM (Associazione Italiana di Oncologia Medica), SIBioC Medicina di Laboratorio (Società Italiana di Biochimica Clinica e Biologia Molecolare Clinica), AIRO (Associazione Italiana di Radioterapia Oncologica), ELAS-Italia (European Ligand Assay Society Italia), FADOI (Federazione delle Associazioni dei Dirigenti Ospedalieri Internisti), SICO (Società Italiana di Chirurgia Oncologica), SIGO (Società Italiana di Ginecologia e Ostetricia), SIMG (Società Italiana di Medicina Generale), SIUrO (Società Italiana di Urologia Oncologica), AVAPO Venezia Onlus (Associazione Volontari per l’Assistenza di Pazienti Oncologici)","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123437911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Need for Knowledge Translation to Improve Tumor Marker Application","authors":"M. Gion","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000250","url":null,"abstract":"The International Journal of Biological Markers (IJBM) has been focusing on circulating biomarkers in solid tumors since its foundation in 1986. In the last few years a substantial number of manuscripts on a multiplicity of novel biomarkers have been submitted to IJBM, whereas the interest in “traditional” tumor markers (TMs) such as CEA, CA15.3, etc. seems to decline, as if the clinical role of traditional TMs were clearly established. If this were true, then traditional TMs would be expected to be appropriately used. However, recent studies have shown that the number of ordered TMs is considerably higher than expected and TMs are frequently inappropriately requested (1, 2). With approximately 13 million TM requests per year in Italy (1), serious consequences are predictable both for individual patients – high overdiagnosis rates – and the health care system – overload with unnecessary testing (3). In spite of the availability of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), TM ordering rates have remained higher than expected over the years (1 ,2). Globally, it appears that health systems fail to optimally adopt evidence in circulating TM use (2). The development of strategies to implement CPGs falls into the area of research defined as “knowledge translation” (4). In the case of circulating TMs, this area encompasses several issues, including guideline implementation and identification of questions requiring further research (4). IJBM is evaluating the opportunity of launching in 2017 a call for papers dedicated to knowledge translation on circulating TMs, in hopes that this will contribute to narrowing the gap between the rapidly growing knowledge and the clearly still ineffective clinical application of TMs. I am therefore pleased to open this field of interest of IJBM with the publication of the English version of a guidance document aimed at assisting in the implementation of CPGs regarding the clinical use of TMs. The document was published in Italy in October 2016 by the Italian National Agency for Regional Health Services (AGENAS) on behalf of and in collaboration with 9 Italian scientific societies representative of a variety of stakeholders (5). The project was planned and managed by the Regional Center for Biomarkers of Venice, which coordinated the teamwork of an expert panel of 74 members. The guidance document in English will be published in 3 parts; the first part, appearing in the present issue, concerns the malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract; two other parts will follow in 2017. The project was grounded on the awareness that different CPGs may assume different positions on the same clinical question; in fact, some CPGs formulate recommendations while others do not, or there may be poor consistency between recommendations put forward by different CPGs. We therefore developed a tool to summarize the information on circulating TMs offered by the available CPGs on solid tumors, using a structured and rigorous methodology. The goal i","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114804077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Florita, Elena Morittu, C. Galeone, A. Leon, R. Ballarini, G. Zuanetti
{"title":"Variables Affecting Evaluation and Publication of Oncology Case Reports: A Systematic Analysis","authors":"A. Florita, Elena Morittu, C. Galeone, A. Leon, R. Ballarini, G. Zuanetti","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000237","url":null,"abstract":"Background Studies on factors affecting editorial decisions of scientific journals are scarce. In this study, we focused on case reports submitted to oncology journals and analyzed whether their nature or other relevant variables affected the chances of their acceptance. Methods We analyzed case reports submitted to 2 oncology journals: Tumori Journal and The International Journal of Biological Markers, and split them into 3 predefined groups: those (a) describing rare or unusual presentation of diseases, (b) describing the side effects of an intervention or (c) describing the success of a novel intervention. Publication status was retrospectively retrieved from the submission system, and acceptance rates were calculated taking into account other variables including geographic location of corresponding author. Results A total of 326 case reports were suitable for analysis. The acceptance rate was 35.4% for group (a), 27.9% for group (b), 19.6% for group (c) (p = 0.01). After correcting for other variables, the odds ratio (OR) of being accepted for group (c) was 0.58 (95% CI, 0.33-1.00) compared with the other groups combined. There was a highly significant difference of acceptance rates between manuscripts with authors coming from developed vs. developing countries that remained significant (OR = 5.94; 95% CI, 3.05-10.09) after correcting for multiple variables. Conclusions The nature of a case report in oncology may affect acceptance rate, with case reports describing successful approaches or side effects of treatment being accepted with a higher frequency then case reports describing a rare clinical or diagnostic scenario. Also, works coming from developed countries are accepted significantly more frequently than case reports coming from developing countries.","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131535025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiao Li, Min Shen, Hongzhou Cai, Kang Liu, Yiyang Liu, Zheng-Chun Huang, C. Liang, Xiaheng Deng, Jiaxin Ye, Qing Zou, J. Li
{"title":"Association between Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD) Polymorphism and Prostate Cancer Susceptibility: A Meta-Analysis","authors":"Xiao Li, Min Shen, Hongzhou Cai, Kang Liu, Yiyang Liu, Zheng-Chun Huang, C. Liang, Xiaheng Deng, Jiaxin Ye, Qing Zou, J. Li","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000188","url":null,"abstract":"Background Previous studies have investigated the relationship between manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) Val16Ala polymorphism and prostate cancer susceptibility, but the results have remained controversial. This meta-analysis was therefore performed to clarify this association. Methods The databases PubMed, Embase and Web of Science were searched for relevant available studies. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to evaluate the strength of the association. Publication bias was estimated using Begg's funnel plots and Egger's regression test. Trial sequential analysis was used to reduce the risk of type I error and estimate whether the evidence of the results was sufficient. Results Overall, a significant increased risk of prostate cancer was associated with MnSOD Val16Ala polymorphism for the heterozygote model (OR = 1.14; 95% CI, 1.05-1.24), homozygote model (OR = 1.18; 95% CI, 1.02-1.36), dominant model (OR = 1.24; 95% CI, 1.07-1.44) and recessive model (OR = 1.10; 95% CI, 0.96-1.24). In the subgroup analysis by genotyping method, the results were statistically significant for the TaqMan and PCR-RFLP methods. In addition, when stratified by sample size, statistically significant increased risks were found among both large samples and small samples. Furthermore, when stratified by source of control, significant results were detected in both population-based controls and hospital-based controls. By trial sequential analyses, these findings in the current study were shown to be based on sufficient evidence. Conclusions This meta-analysis indicated that the Ala allele of the MnSOD gene polymorphism increases prostate cancer susceptibility.","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124893135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chen-min Sun, Dabo Xiong, Yang Yan, J. Geng, Min Liu, X. Yao
{"title":"Genetic Alteration in Phosphofructokinase Family Promotes Growth of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer","authors":"Chen-min Sun, Dabo Xiong, Yang Yan, J. Geng, Min Liu, X. Yao","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000189","url":null,"abstract":"Aims Metabolic alterations in cancer, including bladder cancer, have been addressed in recent years. We aimed to study the role of phosphofructokinase (PFK) in muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Method By in silico analysis of the bladder cancer data from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database using the cBioPortal platform, we studied genetic alteration of genes within the PFK family (PFKL, PFKM, PFKP, PFKFB1, PFKFB2, PFKFB3, and PFKFB4). In vitro studies were carried out using the PFK inhibitor 2,5-anhydro-D-glucitol-6-phosphate. Results Genetic alterations of PFK family genes were observed in ~44% of MIBC cases in TCGA. The main alterations were amplification and upregulation. Patients with altered PFK gene status were more likely to have a history of noninvasive bladder cancer. Altered PFK status was not associated with survival or disease relapse. Use of the PFK inhibitor significantly decreased the level of glycolysis and inhibited the growth and invasion of bladder cancer cells. Conclusions PFKs were critical genes in charge of glycolysis and were upregulated in bladder cancer. Targeting this pathway could inhibit cell growth in bladder cancer.","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129431982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Salvi, V. Casadio, S. Burgio, V. Conteduca, L. Rossi, C. Menna, E. Carretta, M. Costantini, W. Zoli, U. de Giorgi
{"title":"CYP17A1 Polymorphisms and Clinical Outcome of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Abiraterone","authors":"S. Salvi, V. Casadio, S. Burgio, V. Conteduca, L. Rossi, C. Menna, E. Carretta, M. Costantini, W. Zoli, U. de Giorgi","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000197","url":null,"abstract":"Background We evaluated the role of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the CYP17A1 gene for predicting clinical outcome in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients treated with abiraterone. Methods Sixty-four patients were genotyped for the selected polymorphisms (rs743572, rs10883783, rs17115100 and rs284849) in CYP17A1. We hypothesized that different genotypes could be associated with progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Results Statistical analyses highlighted no significant associations between these polymorphisms and clinical outcome. However, individuals with the most common TT genotype for rs10883783 had a 3 months’ longer PFS than individuals with the TA + AA genotype. Conclusions With the limitation of the retrospective study design and the small sample size, the analyzed polymorphisms do not seem to be correlated with clinical outcome of CRPC patients treated with abiraterone.","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"05 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125789013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanying Zheng, Li Liu, Yi Sun, Jie Chen, Jian-Rong Wang, Chang-le Zhu, Rensheng Lai, L. Xie
{"title":"Comparative Polymorphism of BAT-26 between Healthy Individuals and Cancer Patients and Its Cancer Risk Implication for Local Chinese","authors":"Yanying Zheng, Li Liu, Yi Sun, Jie Chen, Jian-Rong Wang, Chang-le Zhu, Rensheng Lai, L. Xie","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000179","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose BAT-26 is one of the representative markers for microsatellite instability evaluation and presents different polymorphisms in different ethnic populations. The current knowledge of its comparative polymorphism between healthy individuals and cancer patients in the Chinese population is insufficient. This study aims to analyze germline polymorphic variations of BAT-26 between healthy individuals and cancer patients in Chinese from Jiangsu province and the associated cancer risk implications. Methods The various BAT-26 alleles and their percentages in cervical cells from 500 healthy women were assessed by direct sequencing. Twenty of these samples were also analyzed by fragment analysis. BAT-26 of blood DNA from 24 healthy individuals and 247 cancer patients was analyzed by fragment analysis. Results Compared with the sequencing results, 122.6-122.9 bp, 123.4-123.8 bp and 124.1-124.8 bp corresponded to the A25, A26 and A27 alleles, respectively. The 524 healthy individuals showed 4.58%, 92.18% and 3.24% of A25, A26 and A27, respectively. The variant alleles A18, A24, A28, A29 and A32 were only found in cancer patients, accounting for 0.81%, 0.40%, 0.40%, 0.40% and 0.40%, respectively; the A25, A26 and A27 alleles in cancer patients accounted for 6.48%, 77.33% and 13.77%. Conclusions Healthy individuals had a stable BAT-26 profile within the quasimonomorphic variation range (QMVR), but cancer patients harbored variant alleles outside QMVR and showed a trend from quasimonomorph to polymonomorph, suggesting that variant alleles of BAT-26 in germline cells may be regarded as a potential marker of higher cancer risk in the Chinese population from Jiangsu province.","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129544057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Krivokuca, M. Čavić, E. Mališić, J. Rakobradović, Daniela Kolarevic-Ivankovic, Z. Tomašević, M. Brankovic-Magic
{"title":"Polymorphisms in Cancer Susceptibility Genes XRCC1, RAD51 and TP53 and the Risk of Breast Cancer in Serbian Women","authors":"A. Krivokuca, M. Čavić, E. Mališić, J. Rakobradović, Daniela Kolarevic-Ivankovic, Z. Tomašević, M. Brankovic-Magic","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000201","url":null,"abstract":"Background Thanks to immense improvements in technology over the past few decades, we have witnessed a major shift towards the idea that breast cancer results from a combined effect of multiple common alleles conferring low risk. This study investigates the role of 3 nonsynonymous SNPs in the DNA repair genes XRCC1 (R399Q), RAD51 (G135C) and TP53 (Arg72Pro) in breast cancer in Serbian women. Patients and Methods Cases of BRCA1/2-negative hereditary breast cancer (n = 52), sporadic breast cancer (n = 106) and age-matched cancer-free female controls (n = 104) were obtained from the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia's blood bank. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis was used for genotyping. Descriptive analyses included genotype and allelic frequencies; the odds ratio and 95% confidence interval were calculated as an estimate of the relative risk. Results A significant difference in QQ+RQ versus RR genotype distribution of XRCC1 was observed between hereditary breast cancer patients and cancer-free controls. The association was confirmed among young breast cancer patients from these high-risk families. The existence of 3 recessive alleles in the RAD51 and XRCC1 genotype combination showed an association with hereditary breast cancer. Odds ratio analysis indicated a strong protective role of the RAD51 GG + TP53 ArgArg + XRCC1 RR combined genotype against hereditary breast cancer negative for BRCA1/2 mutations. Conclusions The XRCC1 R399Q polymorphism showed an association with increased breast cancer risk in Serbia, especially in the hereditary form of the disease and in young breast cancer patients. Dominant alleles of RAD51, TP53 and XRCC1 combined genotypes indicated a strong protective role against hereditary breast cancer.","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132164403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Łuczak, A. Supernat, Sylwia Łapińska-Szumczyk, D. Jachimowicz, H. Majewska, J. Gulczyński, A. Żaczek
{"title":"HOTAIR in Relation to Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Stem Cells in Molecular Subtypes of Endometrial Cancer","authors":"A. Łuczak, A. Supernat, Sylwia Łapińska-Szumczyk, D. Jachimowicz, H. Majewska, J. Gulczyński, A. Żaczek","doi":"10.5301/jbm.5000187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5301/jbm.5000187","url":null,"abstract":"Background Endometrial cancer (EC) is a hormone-related disease, showing highly diverse features of ER/PR/HER2 status-based molecular subtypes. Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) HOX antisense intergenic RNA (HOTAIR) has recently emerged as a key molecule in many cancers, triggering epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)–mediated cancer stem cell (CSC) formation, but little is known about its significance in EC. Thus, we aimed to investigate the clinical significance of HOTAIR itself in different molecular subtypes of EC and possible links between HOTAIR, EMT and CSC-related markers. Methods The study group included 156 consecutive, stage I-IV EC patients treated between 2000 and 2010. ER, PR and HER2 protein expression were examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) on tissue microarrays. RT-qPCR was used to analyze the expression levels of HOTAIR, EMT-related genes – SNAIL and SLUG – and the CSCs marker CD133. Results Molecular subtypes, defined as ER/PR+HER2+, ER/PR+HER2-, ER-PR-HER2+ and ER-PR-HER2-, occurred in 40.2%, 52.3%, 4.7% and 1.9% of cases, respectively. The expression of HOTAIR did not differ between the subtypes, but high HOTAIR expression correlated with shorter overall survival (p = 0.04) in the entire group. The expression levels of HOTAIR, SNAIL, SLUG and CD133 were similar in defined EC molecular subtypes. Conclusions Our data do not confirm the role of HOTAIR in EMT-mediated CSC formation in EC. Neither does the diversity of EC molecular subtypes influence these processes. But HOTAIR expression could serve as an independent prognostic factor in EC. The clinical importance of the above discoveries requires further studies.","PeriodicalId":177423,"journal":{"name":"The International Journal of Biological Markers","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128009678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}