BACKGROUND:
Angiogenesis is pivotal in tumor development. Vascular endothelial growth factor‐A (VEGF‐A) is considered one of the most important angiogenic factors, but lately several microRNAs (miRs) have been associated with vascular development. miR‐126 has been related to tumor angiogenesis and in the regulation of VEGF‐A. The authors aimed to investigate the prognostic impact of miR‐126 and its co‐expression with VEGF‐A in nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.METHODS:
Tumor tissue samples from 335 resected stage I to IIIA NSCLC patients were obtained and tissue microarrays (TMAs) were constructed with 4 cores from each tumor specimen. VEGF‐A expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, and in situ hybridization was used to evaluate the expression of miR‐126.RESULTS:
In the total material, miR‐126 was a significant negative prognostic factor in both univariate (P = .005) and multivariate analyses (hazard ratio [HR] 1.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.2‐2.8, P = .01). Stratified by histology, miR‐126 was only significant in squamous cell carcinomas (univariate: P < .001; multivariate: HR 3.1, CI 95% 1.7‐5.6, P<.001). Stratified by lymph node status, miR‐126 was significant only in the lymph node‐positive subgroup (univariate: P<.001; multivariate: HR 4.1, CI 95% 2.0‐8.4, P < .001). High miR‐126 expression correlated significantly with high VEGF‐A expression (P = .037). The co‐expression of miR‐126 and VEGF‐A had a significant prognostic impact (P = .002), with 5‐year survival rates of 68%, 51%, and 42% for low/low (n = 150), mixed combinations (n = 129), and high/high (n = 35) expression, respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
miR‐126 is a strong and independent negative prognostic factor in NSCLC, and its prognostic impact appears related primarily to histology and nodal status. Cancer 2011. © 2011 American Cancer Society. 相似文献The levels of 30 selected pesticides and trophic biomagnification of DDT were investigated in biota samples of the Lake Ziway in the Rift valley region, Ethiopia. Carbon source and trophic position were calculated by using 13C and 15N stable isotopes, individually, and trophic magnification factors (TMFs) were inferred. Only DDT and its metabolites were quantified in all samples analyzed. The most prominent metabolite was p,p?-DDE with mean concentration ranging from the 0.82–33.69 ng g?1 lipid weight. Moreover, the ratio of DDT/DDD?+?DDE in all the biota samples was less than 1 signifying historical DDT application. Regression of log [ΣDDT] vs TL (trophic level) among all biota species showed a significant correlation, indicating that DDTs are biomagnifying along with the food web of Lake Ziway with an estimated TMF of 2.75. The concentrations of DDTs and other organochlorine pesticides found in biota from Lake Ziway were, in general, lower than studies found in previous studies carried out in the same lake.
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