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Qi L, Du Y, Huang Y, Kogiso M, Zhang H, Xiao S, Abdallah A, Suarez M, Niu L, Liu ZG, Lindsay H, Braun FK, Stephen C, Davies PJ, Teo WY, Adenkunle A, Baxter P, Su JM, Li XN. CD57 defines a novel cancer stem cell that drive invasion of diffuse pediatric-type high grade gliomas. Br J Cancer 2024; 131:258-270. [PMID: 38834745 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-024-02724-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Diffuse invasion remains a primary cause of treatment failure in pediatric high-grade glioma (pHGG). Identifying cellular driver(s) of pHGG invasion is needed for anti-invasion therapies. METHODS Ten highly invasive patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) models of pHGG were subjected to isolation of matching pairs of invasive (HGGINV) and tumor core (HGGTC) cells. RESULTS pHGGINV cells were intrinsically more invasive than their matching pHGGTC cells. CSC profiling revealed co-positivity of CD133 and CD57 and identified CD57+CD133- cells as the most abundant CSCs in the invasive front. In addition to discovering a new order of self-renewal capacities, i.e., CD57+CD133- > CD57+CD133+ > CD57-CD133+ > CD57-CD133- cells, we showed that CSC hierarchy was impacted by their spatial locations, and the highest self-renewal capacities were found in CD57+CD133- cells in the HGGINV front (HGGINV/CD57+CD133- cells) mediated by NANOG and SHH over-expression. Direct implantation of CD57+ (CD57+/CD133- and CD57+/CD133+) cells into mouse brains reconstituted diffusely invasion, while depleting CD57+ cells (i.e., CD57-CD133+) abrogated pHGG invasion. CONCLUSION We revealed significantly increased invasive capacities in HGGINV cells, confirmed CD57 as a novel glioma stem cell marker, identified CD57+CD133- and CD57+CD133+ cells as a new cellular driver of pHGG invasion and suggested a new dual-mode hierarchy of HGG stem cells.
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- Lin Qi
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Systems Medicine in Inflammatory Diseases, School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 510080, China
- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery and Brain and Nerve Research Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital, and Dushu Lake Hospital, Soochow University Medical School, Suzhou, 215007, China
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- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
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- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Cancer Center, Affiliated Dongguan Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Center for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Center for Epigenetics & Disease Prevention, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- The Laboratory of Pediatric Brain Tumor Research Office, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Center, Singapore, 169856, Singapore
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- Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Program of Precision Medicine PDOX Modeling of Pediatric Tumors, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
- Texas Children's Cancer Center, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
- Robert H. Laurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
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Singh S, Urs AB, Kumar P. Expression and analysis of CX3CL1 chemokine and CD57+ lymphocytes in oral squamous cell carcinoma and their correlation with clinicopathologic features. J Cancer Res Ther 2024; 20:770-775. [PMID: 39023581 DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_79_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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INTRODUCTION CX3CL1 exhibits chemoattraction for T-cells, monocytes, and CD57+ natural killer cells mediating antitumor immunity. The role of CX3CL1 has been studied in tumors of the breast, lung, colon, pancreas, prostate, etc. The current study was undertaken to understand the importance of CX3CL1 and its correlation with CD57+ cells in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). MATERIAL AND METHODS Seventy-five primary OSCC were staged and histopathologically graded, followed by immunohistochemistry for CX3CL1 and CD57. Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Post hoc Bonferroni test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were applied. RESULTS CX3CL1 assessment within the tumor cells was high in 62.66% of cases, and the CD57 Labeling Index (LI) varied over a wide range of 8.2-111.6. A statistically significant reduction in expression of both CX3CL1 and CD57 was observed with an increase in histologic grade (p = 0.021 and 0.038, respectively). DISCUSSION It is concluded that CX3CL1 and CD57 may be important players in the immune surveillance of OSCC. Further studies with detailed follow-up for the overall survival of patients will help in studying the diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic roles of CX3CL1 in OSCC.
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- Shivani Singh
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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Clinical and Histopathological Factors Associated with the Tumoral Expression of TGF-β1, MED15, CD16, and CD57 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Adv Prev Med 2022; 2022:3145117. [PMID: 36340330 PMCID: PMC9633212 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3145117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Introduction Factors associated with the expression of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) biomarkers “CD16, CD57, TGF-β1, and MED15” are not assessed, except in few controversial studies of some of these biomarkers. This study aimed to highlight factors that can correlate with tumoral overexpression of these biomarkers. Methods In this genetically-matched case-control study, biomarker expressions in all available OSCC tissues and their adjacent normal tissues at the National Tumor Center (n = 384 (4 biomarkers × (48 cancers + 48 controls))) were measured using qRT-PCR. Factors associated with tumoral overexpression of CD16, CD57, TGF-β1, and MED15 (compared to the benign control) were evaluated, using log-level multiple linear regressions and Spearman (α = 0.05). Results Tumoral CD16 upregulation was observed in younger patients (β = −0.284, P=0.040) and cigarette smokers (β = 0.397, P=0.005). Tumoral CD57 was upregulated in males (β = 0.341, P=0.008), smokers (β = 0.401, P=0.002), and cases without vascular invasion (β = −0.242, P=0.042). Tumoral TGF-β1 was elevated in smokers (β = 0.452, P=0.001) and smaller tumors (β = −0.322, P=0.045). Tumoral MED15 was overexpressed in smokers (β = 0.295, P=0.036) and cases lacking perineural invasion (β = −0.394, P=0.007). Conclusion As the most consistent finding, smoking might be positively associated with tumoral overexpression of all biomarkers. Tumoral increase in CD57 might be positively associated with metastasis while being negatively correlated with vascular and lymphatic invasion. Tumor size might be negatively associated with tumoral TGF-β1 expression.
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Saidova AA, Potashnikova DM, Tvorogova AV, Paklina OV, Veliev EI, Knyshinsky GV, Setdikova GR, Rotin DL, Maly IV, Hofmann WA, Vorobjev IA. Myosin 1C isoform A is a novel candidate diagnostic marker for prostate cancer. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0251961. [PMID: 34019593 PMCID: PMC8139512 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Early diagnosis of prostate cancer is a challenging issue due to the lack of specific markers. Therefore, a sensitive diagnostic marker that is expressed or upregulated exclusively in prostate cancer cells would facilitate diagnostic procedures and ensure a better outcome. We evaluated the expression of myosin 1C isoform A in 5 prostate cell lines, 41 prostate cancer cases, and 11 benign hyperplasias. We analyzed the expression of 12 surface molecules on prostate cancer cells by flow cytometry and analyzed whether high or low myosin 1C isoform A expression could be attributed to a distinct phenotype of prostate cancer cells. Median myosin 1C isoform A expression in prostate cancer samples and cancer cell lines was 2 orders of magnitude higher than in benign prostate hyperplasia. Based on isoform A expression, we could also distinguish clinical stage 2 from clinical stage 3. Among cell lines, PC-3 cells with the highest myosin 1C isoform A level had diminished numbers of CD10/CD13-positive cells and increased numbers of CD29 (integrin β1), CD38, CD54 (ICAM1) positive cells. The surface phenotype of clinical samples was similar to prostate cancer cell lines with high isoform A expression and could be described as CD10-/CD13- with heterogeneous expression of other markers. Both for cell lines and cancer specimens we observed the strong correlation of high myosin 1C isoform A mRNA expression and elevated levels of CD29 and CD54, suggesting a more adhesive phenotype for cells with high isoform A expression. Compared to normal tissue, prostate cancer samples had also reduced numbers of CD24- and CD38-positive cells. Our data suggest that a high level of myosin 1C isoform A is a specific marker both for prostate cancer cells and prostate cancer cell lines. High expression of isoform A is associated with less activated (CD24/CD38 low) and more adhesive (CD29/CD54 high) surface phenotype compared to benign prostate tissue.
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- Aleena A. Saidova
- School of Biology, Cell Biology and Histology Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- School of Biology, Cell Biology and Histology Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Pathoanatomy Department, S.P. Botkin Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia
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- Pathoanatomy Department, S.P. Botkin Clinical Hospital, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- School of Biology, Cell Biology and Histology Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Xu Y, Wang N, Liu R, Lv H, Li Z, Zhang F, Gai C, Tian Z. Epigenetic Study of Esophageal Carcinoma Based on Methylation, Gene Integration and Weighted Correlation Network Analysis. Onco Targets Ther 2021; 14:3133-3149. [PMID: 34012270 PMCID: PMC8128498 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s298620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Purpose Esophageal carcinoma is a common and highly metastatic malignant tumor of the digestive tract. The aim of the present study was to identify potential molecular markers of esophageal carcinoma that may help its diagnosis and treatment. Materials and Methods First, mRNA and DNA methylation data were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database for the identification of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and DNA methylation analysis. Secondly, Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) was used to identify important modules and hub genes. In addition, correlation analysis between DNA methylation genes and DEGs was performed. Thirdly, the GSE45670 dataset was used to validate the expression of the diagnostic and survival ability analysis of genes in TCGA data. Finally, reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and immunohistochemical analysis of genes were performed. Results A total of 2408 DEGs and 5134 differentially methylated sites were obtained. In the WGCNA analysis, the royal blue module was found to be the optimal module. In addition, hub genes in the module, including ESRRG, MFSD4, CCKBR, ATP4B, ESRRB, ATP4A, CCKAR and B3GAT1, were also differentially methylated genes and DEGs. It was found that CCKAR, MFSD4 and ESRRG may be diagnostic gene biomarkers for esophageal carcinoma. In addition, the high expression of MFSD4 was significantly correlated with patient survival. Immunohistochemistry analysis results showed that the gene expression levels of ATP4B, B3GAT1, CCKBR and ESRRG were decreased in esophageal carcinoma tissues, which was in line with the bioinformatics results. Conclusion Therefore, these identified molecular markers may be helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal carcinoma.
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- Department of Cancer Institute
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- Department of Oncology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050011, People's Republic of China
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Zhang S, Liu W, Hu B, Wang P, Lv X, Chen S, Shao Z. Prognostic Significance of Tumor-Infiltrating Natural Killer Cells in Solid Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1242. [PMID: 32714321 PMCID: PMC7343909 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background: Tumor-infiltrating natural killer (NK) cells (TINKs) are crucial immune cells in tumor defense, and might be related to tumor prognosis. However, the results were discrepant among different studies. The present meta-analysis was performed to comprehensively assess the prognostic value of NK cell markers in solid tumor tissues. Methods: PubMed, Web of Science, and EMBASE were searched to identify original researches reporting the prognostic significance of TINKs in solid tumors. NK cell markers CD56, CD57, NKp30, and NKp46 were included in the analysis. The hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of pooled overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS), metastasis-free survival (MFS), progression-free survival (PFS), and recurrence-free survival (RFS) were calculated by STATA software 14.0 to assess the prognostic significance. Results : Of the 56 included studies, there were 18 studies on CD56, 31 studies on CD57, 1 study on NKp30, and 7 studies on NKp46. High levels of CD56, CD57, NKp30, and NKp46 were significantly correlated with better OS of patients with solid malignancies (HR = 0.473, 95%CI: 0.315–0.710, p < 0.001; HR = 0.484, 95%CI: 0.380–0.616, p < 0.001; HR = 0.34, 95%CI: 0.14–0.80, p = 0.014; HR = 0.622, 95%CI: 0.470–0.821, p < 0.001, respectively). Our results also revealed that CD56, CD57, and NKp46 could act as independent prognostic predictors for favorable OS (HR = 0.372, 95%CI: 0.261–0.531, p < 0.001; HR = 0.525, 95%CI: 0.346–0.797, p = 0.003; HR = 0.559, 95%CI: 0.385–0.812, p = 0.002, respectively). Conclusions : Our results indicated that high levels of NK cell markers in solid tumor tissues could predict favorable prognosis for solid tumor patients.
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- Shuo Zhang
- Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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MED15, transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1), FcγRIII (CD16), and HNK-1 (CD57) are prognostic biomarkers of oral squamous cell carcinoma. Sci Rep 2020; 10:8475. [PMID: 32439976 PMCID: PMC7242386 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65145-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Owing to the high incidence and mortality of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), knowledge of its diagnostic and prognostic factors is of significant value. The biomarkers 'CD16, CD57, transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1), and MED15' can play crucial roles in tumorigenesis, and hence might contribute to diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Since there was no previous study on MED15 in almost all cancers, and since the studies on diagnostic/prognostic values of the other three biomarkers were a few in OSCC (if any) and highly controversial, this study was conducted. Biomarker expressions in all OSCC tissues and their adjacent normal tissues available at the National Tumor Bank (n = 4 biomarkers × [48 cancers + 48 controls]) were estimated thrice using qRT-PCR. Diagnostic values of tumors were assessed using receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves. Factors contributing to patients' survival over 10 years were assessed using multiple Cox regressions. ROC curves were used to estimate cut-off points for significant prognostic variables (α = 0.05). Areas under the curve pertaining to diagnostic values of all markers were non-significant (P > 0.15). Survival was associated positively with tumoral upregulation of TGF-β1 and downregulation of CD16, CD57, and MED15. It was also associated positively with younger ages, lower histological grades, milder Jacobson clinical TNM stages (and lower pathological Ns), smaller and thinner tumors, and surgery cases not treated with incisional biopsy (Cox regression, P < 0.05). The cut-off point for clinical stage -as the only variable with a significant area under the curve- was between the stages 2 and 3. Increased TGF-β1 and reduced CD16, CD57, and MED15 expressions in the tumor might independently favor the prognosis. Clinical TNM staging might be one of the most reliable prognostic factors, and stages above 2 can predict a considerably poorer prognosis.
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Brown J, Stepien AJ, Willem P. Landscape of copy number aberrations in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from a high endemic region of South Africa. BMC Cancer 2020; 20:281. [PMID: 32252688 PMCID: PMC7137242 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-020-06788-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is an aggressive cancer with one of the highest world incidences in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. Several genome wide studies have been performed on ESCC cohorts from Asian countries, North America, Malawi and other parts of the world but none have been conducted on ESCC tumors from South Africa to date, where the molecular pathology and etiology of this disease remains unclear. We report here tumor associated copy number changes observed in 51 ESCC patients’ samples from the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Methods We extracted tumor DNA from 51 archived ESCC specimens and interrogated tumor associated DNA copy number changes using Affymetrix® 500 K SNP array technology. The Genomic Identification of Significant Targets in Cancer (GISTIC 2.0) algorithm was applied to identify significant focal regions of gains and losses. Gains of the top recurrent cancer genes were validated by fluorescence in situ hybridization and their protein expression assessed by immunohistochemistry. Results Twenty-three significant focal gains were identified across samples. Gains involving the CCND1, MYC, EGFR and JAG1 loci recapitulated those described in studies on Asian and Malawian cohorts. The two most significant gains involved the chromosomal sub-bands 3q28, encompassing the TPRG1 gene and 11q13.3 including the CTTN, PPFIA1and SHANK2 genes. There was no significant homozygous loss and the most recurrent hemizygous deletion involved the B3GAT1 gene on chromosome 11q25. Focal gains on 11q13.3 in 37% of cases (19/51), consistently involved CTTN and SHANK2 genes. Twelve of these cases (23,5%), had a broader region of gain that also included the CCND1, FGF19, FGF4 and FGF3 genes. SHANK2 and CTTN are co-amplified in several cancers, these proteins interact functionally together and are involved in cell motility. Immunohistochemistry confirmed both Shank2 (79%) and cortactin (69%) protein overexpression in samples with gains of these genes. In contrast, cyclin D1 (65%) was moderately expressed in samples with CCND1 DNA gain. Conclusions This study reports copy number changes in a South African ESCC cohort and highlights similarities and differences with cohorts from Asia and Malawi. Our results strongly suggest a role for CTTN and SHANK2 in the pathogenesis of ESCC in South Africa.
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- Jacqueline Brown
- School of Pathology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, Walter Sisulu University, National Health Laboratory Services/NMAH, Mthatha, South Africa
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- School of Pathology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Burdelski C, Borcherding L, Kluth M, Hube-Magg C, Melling N, Simon R, Möller-Koop C, Weigand P, Minner S, Haese A, Michl HU, Tsourlakis MC, Jacobsen F, Hinsch A, Wittmer C, Lebok P, Steurer S, Izbicki JR, Sauter G, Krech T, Büscheck F, Clauditz T, Schlomm T, Wilczak W. Family with sequence similarity 13C (FAM13C) overexpression is an independent prognostic marker in prostate cancer. Oncotarget 2018; 8:31494-31508. [PMID: 28415558 PMCID: PMC5458224 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.16357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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FAM13C, a gene with unknown function is included in several mRNA signatures for prostate cancer aggressiveness. To understand the impact of FAM13C on prognosis and its relationship to molecularly defined subsets, we analyzed FAM13C expression by immunohistochemistry on a tissue microarray containing 12,400 prostate cancer specimens. Results were compared to phenotype, ERG status, genomic deletions of 3p, 5q, 6q and PTEN, and biochemical recurrence. FAM13C was detectable in cell nuclei of cancerous and non-neoplastic prostate cells. 67.5% of 9,633 interpretable cancers showed FAM13C expression: strong in 28.3%, moderate in 24.6% and weak in 14.6%. Strong FAM13C expression was linked to advanced pT stage, high Gleason grade, positive lymph node status, and early biochemical recurrence (p < 0.0001 each). FAM13C expression was associated with TMPRSS2:ERG fusions. It was present in 85% of ERG positive but in only 54% of ERG negative cancers (p < 0.0001), and in 91.1% of PTEN deleted but in only 69.2% of PTEN non-deleted cancers (p < 0.0001). The prognostic role of FAM13C expression was independent of classical and quantitative Gleason grade, pT stage, pN stage, surgical margin status and preoperative PSA. In conclusion, the results of our study demonstrate that expression of FAM13C is an independent prognostic marker in prostate cancer. Finding FAM13C also in non-neoplastic prostate tissues highlights the importance of properly selecting cancer-rich areas for RNA-based FAM13C expression analysis.
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- Christoph Burdelski
- General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery Department and Clinic, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.,General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery Department and Clinic, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Martini-Clinic, Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg- Eppendorf, Germany
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- Martini-Clinic, Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg- Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery Department and Clinic, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Martini-Clinic, Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg- Eppendorf, Germany.,Department of Urology, Section for Translational Prostate Cancer Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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Hu G, Wang S. Prognostic role of tumor-infiltrating CD57-positive lymphocytes in solid tumors: a meta-analysis. Oncotarget 2017; 9:8111-8119. [PMID: 29487719 PMCID: PMC5814286 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The prognostic role of tumor-infiltrating CD57-positive lymphocytes (CD57+ lymphocytes) in human solid tumors remains controversial. Herein, we conducted a meta-analysis including 26 published studies with 7656 patients identified from PubMed and EBSCO to assess the prognostic impact of tumor-infiltrating CD57+ lymphocytes in human solid tumors. We found that CD57+ lymphocyte infiltration significantly improved overall survival (OS) including 1 – year, 3 – year and 5 – year survival, and disease – free survival (DFS) in all types of solid tumors. In stratified analyses, CD57+ lymphocyte infiltration was significantly associated with better OS in hepatocellular, esophageal, head and neck carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, 5 – year survival in colorectal cancer, and 3 – year and 5 – year survival in gastric cancer, but not with 1 – year survival in gastric cancer, or 1 – year or 3 – year survival in colorectal cancer. In addition, high density of intratumoral CD57+ lymphocytes was significantly inversely correlated with lymph node metastasis and TNM stage of solid tumor. In conclusion, CD57+ lymphocyte infiltration leads to a favorable clinical outcome in solid tumors, implicating that it is a useful biomarker for prognosis and adoptive immunotherapy based on these cells may be a promising choice for treatment.
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- Guoming Hu
- Department of General Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, 312000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing Hospital of Zhejiang University, 312000, Zhejiang, China
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Fang J, Li X, Ma D, Liu X, Chen Y, Wang Y, Lui VWY, Xia J, Cheng B, Wang Z. Prognostic significance of tumor infiltrating immune cells in oral squamous cell carcinoma. BMC Cancer 2017; 17:375. [PMID: 28549420 PMCID: PMC5446725 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-017-3317-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Prognostic factors aid in the stratification and treatment of cancer. This study evaluated prognostic importance of tumor infiltrating immune cell in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. Methods Profiles of infiltrating immune cells and clinicopathological data were available for 78 OSCC patients with a median follow-up of 48 months. The infiltrating intensity of CD8, CD4, T-bet, CD68 and CD57 positive cells were assessed by immunohistochemistry. Chi-square test was used to compare immune markers expression and clinicopathological parameters. Univariate and multivariate COX proportional hazard models were used to assess the prognostic discriminator power of immune cells. The predictive potential of immune cells for survival of OSCC patients was determined using ROC and AUC. Results The mean value of CD8, CD4, T-bet, CD68 and CD57 expression were 28.99, 62.06, 8.97, 21.25 and 15.75 cells per high-power field respectively. The patient cohort was separated into low and high expression groups by the mean value. Higher CD8 expression was associated with no regional lymph node metastasis (p = 0.033). Patients with more abundant stroma CD57+ cells showed no metastasis into regional lymph node (p = 0.005), and early clinical stage (p = 0.016). The univariate COX regression analyses showed that no lymph node involvement (p < 0.001), early clinical stage (TNM staging I/II vs III/IV, p = 0.007), higher CD8 and CD57 expression (p < 0.001) were all positively correlated with longer overall survival. Multivariate COX regression analysis showed that no lymph node involvement (p = 0.008), higher CD8 (p = 0.03) and CD57 (p < 0.001) expression could be independent prognostic indicators of better survival. None of CD4, T-bet or CD68 was associated with survival in ether univariate or multivariate analysis. ROC and AUC showed that the predictive accuracy of CD8 and CD57 were all superior compared with TNM staging. CD57 (AUC = 0.868; 95% CI, 0.785–0.950) and CD8 (AUC = 0.784; 95% CI, 0.680–0.889) both provided high predictive accuracy, of which, CD57 was the best predictor. Conclusion Tumor stroma CD57 and CD8 expression was associated with lymphnode status and independently predicts survival of OSCC patients. Our results suggest an active immune microenvironment in OSCC that may be targetable by immune drugs.
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- Juan Fang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 56, Lingyuanwest Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 56, Lingyuanwest Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 56, Lingyuanwest Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 56, Lingyuanwest Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 56, Lingyuanwest Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 56, Lingyuanwest Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510055, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 56, Lingyuanwest Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 56, Lingyuanwest Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510055, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 56, Lingyuanwest Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510055, China.
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Yang L, Gao L, Chen Y, Tang Z, Zhu Y, Han P, Li X, Wei Q. The Differential Expression and Function of the Inflammatory Chemokine Receptor CXCR5 in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer. Int J Med Sci 2015; 12:853-61. [PMID: 26640404 PMCID: PMC4643075 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.11713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Chemokine and chemokine receptors could have played an important role in tumor angiogenesis and distant metastasis. The mechanism of inflammation, expression and function of chemokines and chemokine receptors in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa) remain unclear. The purpose of present study is to detect differential expression and function of chemokines and chemokine receptors (CCRs) in BPH and PCa. METHODS BPH-1 and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were co-cultured in Transwell chambers, and human normal prostate (NP) tissues, BPH tissues and PCa tissues were collected. CCR gene-chips were used to analyze and compare the differential expression of CCRs in BPH-1 cells, BPH-1 cells co-cultured with PBMCs, and LNCaP cells. The differential expression of CCRs was detected and validated using real-time PCR, western blotting and immunofluorescence (IF). The proliferation of LNCaP cells was also investigated after the knockdown CXCR5. RESULTS RESULTS of gene-chips indicated that there was low or no expression of CCR10, CXCR1, CXCR3 and CXCR5 in BPH-1 cells, whereas the expression of these receptors in BPH-1 cells was increased by PBMCs, and the expression was high in LNCaP cells. Furthermore, real-time PCR and western blotting confirmed the above mentioned results. IF verified no or low expression of CXCR1, CXCR3 and CXCR5 in NP tissues, low or moderate expression in BPH and high expression in PCa. However, CCR10 was not expressed at detectable levels in the three groups. The growth and proliferation of LNCaP cells was markedly inhibited after down-regulation of CXCR5. CONCLUSIONS PCa cells expressed high levels of CCR10, CXCR1, CXCR3 and CXCR5. Although BPH cells did not express these factors, their expression was up-regulated when BPH-1 cells were incubated with inflammatory cells. Finally, down-regulation of CXCR5 inhibited the growth and proliferation of LNCaP cells.
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- Lu Yang
- Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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