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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
Although the main cause of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is gain-of-function mutations in the c-kit gene in the interstitial cells of Cajal, concomitant genetic or epigenetic changes other than c-kit appear to occur in the development of metastasis. We sought to identify the genes involved in the metastatic process of gastric GIST. Microarray analysis was performed to compare gene expressions between three gastric GIST and four metastatic liver GIST. Expression levels were higher for 165 genes and lower for 146 genes in metastatic liver GIST. The upregulation of five oncogenes and downregulation of four tumor suppressor genes including versican and CD9 were confirmed by quantitative reverse transcriptional PCR. Immunohistochemistry in 117 GIST revealed that protein levels of versican and CD9 were higher and lower, respectively, in metastatic GIST. High expression of versican and low expression of CD9 in 104 primary gastric GIST correlated with poor disease-free survival (P = 0.0078 and P = 0.0018). In addition to the c-kit gene mutation, genetic or epigenetic changes other than c-kit play important roles in the metastatic process. In particular, versican and CD9 are potential prognostic markers in gastric GIST.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1349-7006
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2011 Japanese Cancer Association.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
883-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Antigens, CD9, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Stomach, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Stomach Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Tumor Markers, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:21244575-Versicans
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Microarray analysis identifies versican and CD9 as potent prognostic markers in gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't