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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
Focal adhesion kinase, a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase, is known to be associated with tumor progression in various tumors. Because the clinical implications of focal adhesion kinase overexpression in gastric cancer have been inconsistent, we extended previous studies and evaluated focal adhesion kinase gene amplification as well as its protein expression. Immunohistochemical tissue array analysis showed that focal adhesion kinase immunoreactivity was present in both the cytoplasm and membrane of gastric cancer cells. Diffuse immunoreactivity of focal adhesion kinase protein in cytoplasm or membrane was found in 240 (54%) or 263 (59%) of 444 surgical samples, respectively, and positively correlated with tumor size, depth of tumor infiltration, nodal metastasis, distant metastasis, lymphatic invasion, and venous invasion (P < .001). Regarding focal adhesion kinase gene amplification, fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis showed focal adhesion kinase gene amplification in 34 (8.9%) of 384 gastric cancer specimens, whereas there was no amplification in any case of atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, or adenoma/dysplasia. Focal adhesion kinase gene amplification was positively associated with age (P = .012), tumor size (P = .007), nodal metastasis (P = .021), distant metastasis (P = .029), lymphatic invasion (P = .006), venous invasion (P = .032), and perineural invasion (P = .023). Focal adhesion kinase protein expression and gene amplification were positively correlated with each other, and each of them was found to be an independent poor prognostic factor (P < .01). In conclusion, our results showed that either focal adhesion kinase protein expression or focal adhesion kinase gene amplification was significantly correlated with cancer progression and poor prognosis in gastric cancer. Thus, focal adhesion kinase gene amplification could supplement its protein expression for the diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1532-8392
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1664-73
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Focal Adhesion Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Gene Amplification, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Lymph Nodes, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Republic of Korea, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Stomach Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:20869748-Tissue Array Analysis
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) gene amplification and its clinical implications in gastric cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't