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Induction and Testing of Hypoxia in Cell Culture
Published on: August 12, 2011
Relation of epidermal growth factor receptor, phosphorylated-Akt, and hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha in non-small
Yuji Hirami1, Motoi Aoe, Kazunori Tsukuda
1Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1, Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
Abstract:
The role of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)/Posphorylated-Akt (P-Akt) signaling axis in regulating hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) expression in vivo is not well understood and is of potential clinical importance since the extent of hypoxia in the tumor environment is thought to be an important determination of resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. We performed the immunohistochemical studies in 80 patients with non-small cell lung cancers to evaluate EGFR, P-Akt, and HIF-1alpha expression. Significant correlation between P-Akt and HIF-1alpha (P=0.0006) and marginal correlation between EGFR and P-Akt (P=0.066) were found. P-Akt was shown to be a poor prognostic factor as to patients with lymph node involvement (P=0.031).
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