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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
H-cadherin (CDH13; also known as T-cadherin), which functions as a tumour suppressor, is frequently silenced by promoter methylation in human cancers including bladder transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). This study investigated the clinical significance of methylation of the CDH13 gene promoter in serum from patients with bladder TCC. Methylation status of CDH13 in serum samples from 127 patients with primary bladder TCC and 41 healthy volunteers (controls) was examined by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction. CDH13 methylation was found in 39 patients with bladder TCC (30.7%) but in no controls. CDH13 methylation was significantly associated with advanced tumour stage, high-grade tumour, large tumour size, tumour recurrence and poor prognosis. The results suggested that CDH13 methylation in serum may be a potential predictive biomarker for malignancy in bladder TCC, and an independent pretherapeutic predictor of outcome. Demonstration of CDH13 methylation in serum may facilitate in the prediction of which patients require more aggressive additional post-operative systemic therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1473-2300
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-86
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Cadherins, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Carcinoma, Transitional Cell, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Serum, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Tumor Markers, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Urinary Bladder, pubmed-meshheading:21672320-Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical significance of CDH13 promoter methylation in serum samples from patients with bladder transitional cell carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Urology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article