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Trial reportMolecular and cellular biochemistry2021

Serum levels of FAK and some of its effectors in adult AML: correlation with prognostic factors and survival.

Mona G El-Sisi, Sara M Radwan, Alia M Saeed, Hala O El-Mesallamy

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Trial report in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mona G El-SisiBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Sara M RadwanBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Alia M SaeedDepartment of Internal Medicine, Clinical Hematology and Oncology Division, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hala O El-MesallamyBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. hala.elmosalamy@su.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8190-536X
Ain Shams University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), human myofibrillogenesis regulator-1 (MR-1), ephrin receptor type A4 (EphA4), proto-oncogene tyrosine kinase Src (Src), and protein kinase C (PKC) are important markers in proliferation, survival, and migration in some cancers. However, the significance of each is still unclear in different malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate their serum levels in Egyptian adult de novo AML patients (n = 70) against healthy volunteers (n = 20). We managed to study the correlation between each pair and to investigate their association with diagnosis, prognosis, and survival. Serum levels were analyzed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We found that FAK, MR-1, Src, and PKC serum levels were significantly higher in AML patients compared to control (p < 0.0001), and this was associated with significantly lower EphA4 level (p < 0.0001). Interestingly, we also observed a significant negative correlation of FAK (p = 0.027), MR-1 (p = 0.003), Src (p = 0.038), and PKC (p = 0.03) with patients' overall survival (OS) while there was a positive significant correlation between EphA4 and OS (p = 0.007). In conclusion, this study suggests that FAK, MR-1, EphA4, Src, and PKC may be used as early diagnostic and prognostic markers with high sensitivity and specificity in AML patients and thus may be incorporated into the patients' early diagnostic and prognostic panels.

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AdultDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleFocal Adhesion Kinase 1Follow-Up StudiesHumansLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm ProteinsProto-Oncogene MasSurvival RateFocal Adhesion Kinase 1MAS1 protein, humanNeoplasm ProteinsProto-Oncogene MasPTK2 protein, humanAMLEphA4FAKMR-1PKCSrc

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