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Lymphatics-associated genes are downregulated at transcription level in non-small cell lung cancer

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    • Oksana Kowalczuk
    • Jerzy Laudanski
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    Affiliations: Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15‑269 Bialystok, Poland, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Bialystok, 15‑269 Bialystok, Poland, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15‑269 Bialystok, Poland
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The present study aimed to verify a possibility of ongoing lymphangiogenesis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) via examination of mRNA levels of a number of lymphangiogenesis‑associated genes in tumors. It was hypothesized that transcriptional activation of these genes would occur in tumors that stimulate new lymphatic vessel formation. The study was performed on 140 pairs of fresh‑frozen surgical specimens of cancer and unaffected lung tissues derived from NSCLC stage I‑IIIA patients. mRNA levels were evaluated with the reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction method and expressed as fold change differences between the tumor and normal tissues. Possible associations between expression and patient clinicopathological characteristics and survival were analyzed. In the NSCLC tissue samples, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) C, VEGFD, VEGFR3, VEGFR2, VEGFR1, lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1, integrin subunit α 9, FOX2, neuropilin 2, fibroblast growth factor 2 genes were significantly downregulated (P<0.001 for all) compared with matched normal lung tissues, whereas mRNA levels for VEGFA, spleen associated tyrosine kinase, podoplanin, and prospero homeobox 1 genes were similar in both tissues. Neither lymph node status, nor disease pathological stage influenced expression, whereas more profound suppression of gene activities appeared to occur in squamous cell carcinomas compared with adenocarcinomas. The VEGFR1 mRNA expression level was significantly connected with patient survival in the univariate analysis, and was an independent prognostic factor for overall survival in the multivariate Cox's proportional hazards model (HR 2.103; 95% confidence interval: 1.005‑4.401; P=0.049). The results support a hypothesis of absence of new lymphatic vessel formation inside growing NSCLC tumor mass, however do not exclude a possibility of lymphangiogenesis in narrow marginal tumor parts.
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Kowalczuk O, Laudanski J, Laudanski W, Niklinska WE, Kozlowski M and Niklinski J: Lymphatics-associated genes are downregulated at transcription level in non-small cell lung cancer. Oncol Lett 15: 6752-6762, 2018.
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Kowalczuk, O., Laudanski, J., Laudanski, W., Niklinska, W.E., Kozlowski, M., & Niklinski, J. (2018). Lymphatics-associated genes are downregulated at transcription level in non-small cell lung cancer. Oncology Letters, 15, 6752-6762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8159
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Kowalczuk, O., Laudanski, J., Laudanski, W., Niklinska, W. E., Kozlowski, M., Niklinski, J."Lymphatics-associated genes are downregulated at transcription level in non-small cell lung cancer". Oncology Letters 15.5 (2018): 6752-6762.
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Kowalczuk, O., Laudanski, J., Laudanski, W., Niklinska, W. E., Kozlowski, M., Niklinski, J."Lymphatics-associated genes are downregulated at transcription level in non-small cell lung cancer". Oncology Letters 15, no. 5 (2018): 6752-6762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8159
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Kowalczuk O, Laudanski J, Laudanski W, Niklinska WE, Kozlowski M and Niklinski J: Lymphatics-associated genes are downregulated at transcription level in non-small cell lung cancer. Oncol Lett 15: 6752-6762, 2018.
APA
Kowalczuk, O., Laudanski, J., Laudanski, W., Niklinska, W.E., Kozlowski, M., & Niklinski, J. (2018). Lymphatics-associated genes are downregulated at transcription level in non-small cell lung cancer. Oncology Letters, 15, 6752-6762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8159
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Kowalczuk, O., Laudanski, J., Laudanski, W., Niklinska, W. E., Kozlowski, M., Niklinski, J."Lymphatics-associated genes are downregulated at transcription level in non-small cell lung cancer". Oncology Letters 15.5 (2018): 6752-6762.
Chicago
Kowalczuk, O., Laudanski, J., Laudanski, W., Niklinska, W. E., Kozlowski, M., Niklinski, J."Lymphatics-associated genes are downregulated at transcription level in non-small cell lung cancer". Oncology Letters 15, no. 5 (2018): 6752-6762. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8159
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