NOD‑like receptor X1, tumor necrosis factor receptor‑associated factor 6 and NF‑κB are associated with clinicopathological characteristics in gastric cancer

  • Authors:
    • Zhe Fan
    • Jiyong Pan
    • Hai Wang
    • Yewei Zhang
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  • Published online on: January 14, 2021     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.9640
  • Article Number: 208
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Abstract

Gastric cancer (GC) is a common cancer worldwide and its precise mechanism is largely unknown. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the expression levels of NOD‑like receptor X1 (NLRX1), tumor necrosis factor receptor‑associated factor 6 (TRAF6) and NF‑κB in GC and normal gastric tissue samples to determine the association with the clinicopathological features of GC. GC and adjacent normal gastric tissues from 60 patients with GC were analyzed using immunohistochemistry and western blotting analysis. In addition, the association between NLRX1, TRAF6 and NF‑κB expression levels were investigated by Spearman's correlation analysis. The results revealed that NLRX1 protein expression levels were downregulated in the GC tissues compared with the normal gastric tissues (P<0.05). Conversely, TRAF6 and NF‑κB protein expression levels were upregulated in the GC tissues compared with the normal gastric tissues (P<0.05). A significant difference was identified between GC patients with high and low expression levels of each protein in the tumor size, vascular invasion, neural invasion, lymph node metastasis, differentiation, gross stage and clinical stage. In addition, a negative correlation was observed between NLRX1 and TRAF6, and NLRX1 and NF‑κB expression levels, while a positive correlation was observed between TRAF6 and NF‑κB expression levels. In conclusion, NLRX1 expression levels were discovered to be downregulated in GC tissues. The expression levels of NLRX1, TRAF6 and NF‑κB were also significantly associated with the clinicopathological characteristics of GC, and the aforementioned results indicated that NLRX1 may be a biomarker in assessing GC.
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Fan Z, Pan J, Wang H and Zhang Y: NOD‑like receptor X1, tumor necrosis factor receptor‑associated factor 6 and NF‑κB are associated with clinicopathological characteristics in gastric cancer. Exp Ther Med 21: 208, 2021
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Fan, Z., Pan, J., Wang, H., & Zhang, Y. (2021). NOD‑like receptor X1, tumor necrosis factor receptor‑associated factor 6 and NF‑κB are associated with clinicopathological characteristics in gastric cancer. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 21, 208. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.9640
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Fan, Z., Pan, J., Wang, H., Zhang, Y."NOD‑like receptor X1, tumor necrosis factor receptor‑associated factor 6 and NF‑κB are associated with clinicopathological characteristics in gastric cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21.3 (2021): 208.
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Fan, Z., Pan, J., Wang, H., Zhang, Y."NOD‑like receptor X1, tumor necrosis factor receptor‑associated factor 6 and NF‑κB are associated with clinicopathological characteristics in gastric cancer". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 21, no. 3 (2021): 208. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2021.9640