Research Center, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Tumor Research Institute, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.
Thorac Cancer. 2018 Apr;9(4):431-438. doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.12571. Epub 2018 Feb 12.
MAGE-A genes belong to the cancer/testis antigens family. The prognostic significance of MAGE-A expression in the peripheral blood of patients with lung cancer is unknown. Therefore, this study evaluated the expression and possible prognostic significance of MAGE-A in the peripheral blood of patients with lung cancer.
In this study, we detected MAGE-A gene expression in the peripheral blood of 150 patients with lung cancer and 30 healthy donors using multiplex semi-nested PCR and analyzed their correlation with clinicopathological risk factors.
MAGE-A expression was associated with factors indicating poor prognosis. The expression of MAGE-A and each individual MAGE-A gene were also associated with low overall survival in patients with lung cancer.
The expression of MAGE-A genes in peripheral blood may act as a poor prognostic marker in patients with lung cancer.
MAGE-A 基因属于癌症/睾丸抗原家族。MAGE-A 在肺癌患者外周血中的表达的预后意义尚不清楚。因此,本研究评估了 MAGE-A 在肺癌患者外周血中的表达及其可能的预后意义。
本研究采用多重半巢式 PCR 检测 150 例肺癌患者和 30 例健康供者外周血中 MAGE-A 基因的表达,并分析其与临床病理危险因素的相关性。
MAGE-A 表达与提示预后不良的因素相关。MAGE-A 的表达及各单个 MAGE-A 基因的表达与肺癌患者的总生存率降低相关。
外周血中 MAGE-A 基因的表达可能是肺癌患者的不良预后标志物。