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Multiomics Analysis of TMEM200A as a Pan-Cancer Biomarker
Published on: September 15, 2023
Correlation between telomerase activity and matrix metalloproteinases 2 expression in gastric cancer
Gang Wang1, Wenling Wang, Jianjiang Zhou
1Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang Medical College, and Guizhou Cancer Hospital, Guizhou, China.
Objective:
To investigate the relationship between telomerase activity (TA) and matrix metallo proteinases 2 (MMP-2) on malignant behavior and prognosis predictable value in gastric cancer.
Methods:
Telomerase activity and MMP-2 protein expressions were tested in 40 gastric surgical resected cancer samples and the clinicopathological data of enrolled patients were obtained to get correlation analysis results.
Results:
The expression of telomerase was up-regulated with infiltrating depth, lymph node metastasis and stage (P < 0.01). Positive expression rate of MMP-2 in gastric cancer tissues was 44.35%, negative in normal gastric tissues. Multivariate analysis of Logistic regression showed telomerase activity and MMP-2 expression were hazardous makers correlated with infiltrating depth (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Combined detections of telomerase activity and MMP2 protein could identify patients at high risk in disease recurrence and prognosis more efficiently.
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