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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
Mutation of the p53 tumour suppressor gene often leads to the accumulation of mutant p53 protein in tumour cells. Many cancer patients develop antibodies that recognize the overexpressed p53 protein. The presence of these antibodies is, in some tumour types, associated with poor prognosis. Gastric cancer is a highly prevalent disease associated with a high rate of mortality, there is a need for improved clinical and biological markers for disease behaviour. To investigate the clinical relevance of serum anti-p53 antibodies in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma, we have examined the sera of 501 gastric cancer patients for the presence of serum antibodies against the p53 protein. By immunoblotting analysis using a cell lysate containing overexpressed p53 protein as well as affinity-purified recombinant p53 protein as antigens, we have detected anti-p53 antibodies in 11.2% (61 of 501) of gastric cancer patients, but in none of 46 cancer-free individuals. The presence of anti-p53 antibodies was tightly associated with tumours of higher nuclear grade and lymph node metastasis, and a negative association was found between the presence of anti-p53 antibodies and survival. These results suggest that a preoperative test of serum anti-p53 antibodies in gastric cancer patients can be useful to identify subset of patients who may need gastrectomy with lymph node dissection and post-operative adjuvant therapy.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0007-0920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
483-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Serum anti-p53 antibodies in gastric adenocarcinoma patients are associated with poor prognosis, lymph node metastasis and poorly differentiated nuclear grade.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't