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Analysis of expression and prognosis of KLK7 in ovarian cancer
Erhua Chen1, Huifang Zhu1, Yue Yang1
1Department of Pharmacy and Medicine Pharmacy, Jiang Su College of nursing, Huaian, 223005, China.
Background:
Ovarian cancer is one of the common malignant tumors in female reproductive organs. Kallikrein-related peptidase (KLK) 7 is a secreted serine peptidase that is related to different cancer. To investigate the expression and significance of KLK7 in ovarian cancer.
Materials And Methods:
The expression of KLK7 in human ovarian cancer was evaluated by Oncomine and Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia database. Then the co-expression genes relevant to the KLK7 gene were analyzed by the Pearson correlation test. Finally, the impact of KLK7 on clinical prognosis was investigated in distinct subtypes of ovarian cancer patients by UALCAN database and Kaplan-Meier plotter database.
Results:
It was found that the expression of KLK7 was higher in ovarian cancer compared with other types of cancer, such as gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer. The expression of KLK7 was found to be increased in four various ovarian cancer data sets compared with the healthy tissues. In addition, upregulation of KLK7 expression was associated with age and cancer stage. Moreover, survival analysis revealed that higher KLK7 expression was negatively associated with progression-free survival.
Conclusion:
Knowledge of the expression of KLK7 may be useful for better understanding the outcome in ovarian cancer patients.
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