Department of Urology, the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Asian J Androl. 2012 May;14(3):405-8. doi: 10.1038/aja.2011.149. Epub 2012 Feb 20.
Cysteine-rich angiogenic inducer 61 (Cyr61) is an extracellular matrix protein involved in the transduction of growth factor and hormone signaling that is frequently altered in expression in several types of cancers. In prostate cancer (PCa), Cyr61 is highly expressed in organ-confined disease. Further, Cyr61 expression levels are associated with a lower risk of disease recurrence, and can be quantitatively measured in the serum. Considered together, these results indicate that Cyr61 is a potential and clinically useful tissue, as well as serum-based biomarker for differentiating lethal and non-lethal PCa.
富含半胱氨酸的血管生成诱导因子 61(Cyr61)是一种细胞外基质蛋白,参与生长因子和激素信号的转导,在多种类型的癌症中表达经常改变。在前列腺癌(PCa)中,Cyr61 在器官受限疾病中高度表达。此外,Cyr61 的表达水平与疾病复发的风险较低相关,并且可以在血清中定量测量。综合这些结果表明,Cyr61 是一种潜在的、临床上有用的组织,也是血清为基础的生物标志物,用于区分致命性和非致命性前列腺癌。