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Expression and prognostic value of UHRF1 in colorectal cancer

WU Lifei1, HAO Jiajie2,ZHANG Tongtong2,LIANG Jianwei3,WANG Zheng3,ZHANG Yu2,XU Xin2,CAI Yan2,WANG Mingrong2,*,LI Min1,*   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Anqing City Hospital, Affiliated Anqing Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anqing 246003, Anhui
  • Received:2014-11-17 Revised:2014-12-30 Online:2015-01-31 Published:2015-01-31

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the expression and prognostic significance of ubiquitin-like with PHD and ring finger domains 1 (UHRF1) protein in colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS:The expression of UHRF1 in 201 CRC cases and adjacent normal tissues were detected by tissue microarrays and immunohistochemistry (TMA-IHC),then the relationship between UHRF1 protein expression and clinio-pathological parameters as well as its prognostic value were examined by statistical analysis. RESULTS:Positive expression of UHRF1 was observed in 54.2% (109/201) of CRC tissues,and the frequency in CRC was significantly higher than that in adjacent nomal tissues (P<0.01). Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that CRC patients with negative expression of UHRF1 had shorter overall survival time (P=0.023). Cox regression analysis indicated that UHRF1 protein expression was an independent prognostic factor (P=0.008). CONCLUSION:UHRF1 might be a biomarker for prognostic evaluation of CRC patients.

Key words: UHRF1, colorectal cancer, molecular marker, prognostic evaluation