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Abstract
The Correlation between the Expression of Wnt1 and Prognosis in Resected Non–small Cell Lung Cancer
Qin WANG1, Ping ZHAN2, Like YU2, Yong SONG3
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing 81 Hospital of PLA, Nanjing 210002, China; 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Nanjing 210019, China; 3Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Nanjing 210002, China
Corresponding author: Yong SONG, E-mail: yong_song6310@yahoo.com
【Abstract】Background and objective Wnt1 protein is the first factor in Wnt signaling pathway. It has been proven that high expression of Wnt1 protein was associated with malignant proliferation in many tumors. The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between Wnt1 protein overexpression, clinicopathologic features and survival in resected non-smallcell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods Immunohistochemical staining of Envision was applied to investigate the expression of Wnt1 protein in specimens of 115 NSCLC and 19 benign pulmonary diseases. The correlation between the Wnt1 protein in specimens of 115 NSCLC and clinicopathologic features was analysed with χ2 test, and the correlation between the Wnt1 protein expression and the patient survival was evaluated with Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Cox regression. Results The positive rate of Wnt1 protein in specimens of NSCLC was 62.6%, which was significantly higher than 31.6% of benign pulmonary diseases (χ2=4.474, P=0.034). But it was not correlated with clinicopathologic features. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Logrank test suggested that patients with Wnt1 protein overexpression had poor prognosis (P=0.003). And Cox regression suggested Wnt1 protein expression was an independent prognostic factor of NSCLC. Conclusion The expression of Wnt1 was remarkably higher in specimens of resected NSCLC than that in benign pulmonary diseases. Overexpression of Wnt1 protein in NSCLC was correlated with prognosis and can be served as an independent prognostic factor of NSCLC.
【Key words】Wnt1; Lung neoplasms; IHC; prognosis
This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (to Yong SONG)(No.BK2008326) and the Great Medical Research Program of the Nanjing Sanitary Bureau of Jiangsu Province ‘‘Personalized Therapy for Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients’’ (to Like YU).
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