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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
Minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins, essential molecules in the initiation and elongation of DNA replication, have been considered to be good indicators of cell proliferation. We examined the expressions of MCM7 and Ki-67 in lung adenocarcinomas (ACs) with a diameter less than 3cm (pT1), to clarify their pathobiological significance. Immunohistochemistry was conducted to obtain labeling indices (LIs%) for MCM7, MCM2 and Ki-67 in 100 surgically removed pT1 ACs. The LIs were compared with clinicopathological profiles and overall survival rates. The mean LIs of MCM7 and Ki-67 were 20.2+/-15.2% and 13.7+/-11.2%, the value being higher in the former than in the latter (P<0.01). MCM7 LIs were significantly correlated with sex, histological grade, histological subtype, tumor size, LIs of Ki-67, MCM2 and P53 (P<0.05). LIs of MCM7 and Ki-67 were significantly higher in the 84 non-bronchioloalveolar carcinomas than in the 16 bronchioloalveolar carcinomas (P<0.01). Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that patients with higher MCM7 LIs had poorer prognosis in the 100 pT1 ACs as well as in the 73 stage I ACs. Multivariate Cox regression analysis confirmed that the LIs of MCM7, but not the LIs of MCM2 and Ki-67, was an independent prognostic marker in the 73 stage I ACs. These results suggest that MCM7 is an independent prognostic marker, being more reliable than MCM2 or Ki-67 in human pT1 ACs as well as in human stage I ACs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1872-8332
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
223-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of minichromosome maintenance 7 (MCM7) in small lung adenocarcinomas (pT1): Prognostic implication.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Organ Pathology, Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article