Prognostic significance of Minichromosome maintenance protein 7 and Geminin expression in patients with 109 soft tissue sarcomas

  • Authors:
    • Yuki Hamamoto
    • Kohei Shomori
    • Kanae Nosaka
    • Tomohiro Haruki
    • Ryota Teshima
    • Hisao Ito
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  • Published online on: July 1, 2010     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol_00000123
  • Pages: 703-709
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Abstract

Minichromosome maintenance complex (MCM2-7) and Geminin are important in the prevention of DNA re-replication in the cell cycle, and are also prognostic markers for numerous human malignancies. The present study examined Minichromosome maintenance protein 7 (MCM7) and Geminin expression in human soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) to clarify their correlation to the clinicopathological factors. Immunohistochemistry was performed to detect the expression of MCM7, Geminin and Ki-67 on paraffin-embedded sections of 109 STSs. Labeling indices (LIs) of the molecules were evaluated in the tumors. Higher LIs of MCM7, Geminin and Ki-67 were significantly correlated with distant metastasis (P<0.01), histological grade (P<0.01) and poor prognosis (P<0.01), respectively. LIs of MCM7 and Geminin were significantly correlated with Ki-67 LIs, (MCM7/Ki-67: rs=0.745, P<0.01 and Geminin/Ki-67: rs=0.604, P<0.01). Multivariate analyses showed that the higher LIs of Geminin, but not MCM7 and Ki-67, were shown to be an independent factor of poorer prognosis (relative risk 2.72, P=0.013). The immunohistochemical expression of MCM7 and Geminin may be novel and useful markers for evaluating the prognosis in patients with human STS.
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July-August 2010
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Hamamoto Y, Shomori K, Nosaka K, Haruki T, Teshima R and Ito H: Prognostic significance of Minichromosome maintenance protein 7 and Geminin expression in patients with 109 soft tissue sarcomas . Oncol Lett 1: 703-709, 2010
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Hamamoto, Y., Shomori, K., Nosaka, K., Haruki, T., Teshima, R., & Ito, H. (2010). Prognostic significance of Minichromosome maintenance protein 7 and Geminin expression in patients with 109 soft tissue sarcomas . Oncology Letters, 1, 703-709. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol_00000123
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Hamamoto, Y., Shomori, K., Nosaka, K., Haruki, T., Teshima, R., Ito, H."Prognostic significance of Minichromosome maintenance protein 7 and Geminin expression in patients with 109 soft tissue sarcomas ". Oncology Letters 1.4 (2010): 703-709.
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Hamamoto, Y., Shomori, K., Nosaka, K., Haruki, T., Teshima, R., Ito, H."Prognostic significance of Minichromosome maintenance protein 7 and Geminin expression in patients with 109 soft tissue sarcomas ". Oncology Letters 1, no. 4 (2010): 703-709. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol_00000123