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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2021

Identification of RORγ as a favorable biomarker for colon cancer.

Xiaofei Pan, Bao Li, Gan Zhang, Yuyong Gong, Rui Liu, Benxin Chen, Yang Li

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaofei PanDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of West Anhui Health Vocational College, Lu'an, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4475-2795
Bao LiDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of West Anhui Health Vocational College, Lu'an, China.
Gan ZhangDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of West Anhui Health Vocational College, Lu'an, China.
Yuyong GongDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of West Anhui Health Vocational College, Lu'an, China.
Rui LiuDepartment of Burns and Orthopedic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of West Anhui Health Vocational College, Lu'an, China.
Benxin ChenDepartment of Minimally Invasive Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of West Anhui Health Vocational College, Lu'an, China.
Yang LiDepartment of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of West Anhui Health Vocational College, Lu'an, China.
Anhui Business College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the expression of retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ) and its potential role in the prognosis of colon cancer.

methodsThe Cancer Genome Atlas and GSE117606 were used to evaluate to RORγ levels in colon cancer, and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction was applied for validation. UALCAN and MEXPRESS were used to analyze the associations of RORγ expression with clinical parameters. The survival analysis was conducted in GEPIA.

resultsRORγ expression was significantly lower in colon tumors than in adjacent normal mucosa tissues. RORγ expression was significantly associated with tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, and liver metastasis. The area under the curve for diagnosis was 0.71. Decreased RORγ expression was positively correlated with the incidence of lymphatic invasion, microsatellite instability, the presence of residual tumor, venous invasion, and copy number variation. Overall survival was longer in patients with higher RORγ expression, especially those with microsatellite instability-high features. Methylation analysis revealed that hypermethylation of the RORγ promoter was associated with the colon cancer stage.

conclusionsRORγ downregulation could be a potential biomarker for colon cancer, especially for predicting prognosis. Decreased RORγ expression in colon tumor may be associated with promoter hypermethylation.

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Colonic NeoplasmsDNA Copy Number VariationsDNA MethylationHumansPrognosisPromoter Regions, Geneticbiomarkercolon cancercopy number variationhypermethylationmicrosatellite instabilityprognosisRetinoid-related orphan receptor gamma

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