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ArticleThe Prostate2021

SRSF-1 and microvessel density immunohistochemical analysis by semi-automated tissue microarray in prostate cancer patients with diabetes (DIAMOND study).

Giuseppe Broggi, Arturo Lo Giudice, Marina Di Mauro, Maria Giovanna Asmundo, Elisabetta Pricoco, Eliana Piombino, Rosario Caltabiano, Giuseppe Morgia, Giorgio Ivan Russo

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Article in The Prostate, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giuseppe BroggiDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G. F. Ingrassia", Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Arturo Lo GiudiceUrology Section, Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Marina Di MauroUrology Section, Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Maria Giovanna AsmundoUrology Section, Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Elisabetta PricocoUrology Section, Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Eliana PiombinoDepartment of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology (IOM), Catania, Italy.
Rosario CaltabianoDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G. F. Ingrassia", Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Giuseppe MorgiaUrology Section, Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Giorgio Ivan RussoUrology Section, Department of Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4687-7353
University of Catania · IT

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Abstract

objectiveTo study the association between insulin receptors (isoforms α and β), insulin growth factor-1 (IGF1) and serine/arginine splicing factor 1 (SRSF-1) in patients with prostate cancer (PC) and diabetes. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed data from 368 patients who underwent surgery for PC or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) between 2010 and 2020 at the Department of Urology, University of Catania. Tissue microarray slides were constructed and they were stained for androgen receptor (AR), insulin receptor-α and -β, IGF1 (IGF1-R), Ki-67, and prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression using validated score.

resultsThe final cohort was represented by 100 patients with BPH and 268 with PC, with a median age of 68 years. We found that SRSF-1 expression was associated with AR (odds ratio [OR]: 1.66), PSMA (OR: 2.13), Ki-67 (OR: 5.99), insulin receptor (IR)-α (OR: 2.38), IR-β (OR: 3.48), IGF1-R (OR: 1.53), and microvascular density (MVD) was associated with PSMA (OR: 3.44), Ki-67 (OR: 2.23), IR-α (OR: 2.91), IR-β (OR: 3.02), IGF1-R (OR: 2.95), and SRSF-1 (OR: 2.21). In the sub cohort of PC patients, we found that SRSF-1 expression was associated with AR (OR: 2.34), Ki-67 (OR: 6.77), IR-α (OR: 2.7), and MVD (OR: 1.98). At the Kaplan-Meier analysis, SRSF-1

conclusionsPC exhibits widespread heterogeneity in protein expression. In particular, the expressions of the SRSF-1 protein and of the MVD are associated with a worse prognosis and in particular with a greater cell proliferation. These results, although preliminary, may offer new future scientific insights with the aim of highlighting possible genetic alterations linked to a greater expression of SRSF-1 and associated with a worse prognosis.

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AgedBiomarkers, TumorBlood GlucoseCohort StudiesDiabetes MellitusHumansKi-67 AntigenMaleMicrovascular DensityMicrovesselsMiddle AgedProstatic NeoplasmsProtein Array AnalysisRetrospective StudiesSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsBiomarkers, TumorBlood GlucoseKi-67 AntigenSerine-Arginine Splicing FactorsSRSF1 protein, humanandrogen receptordiabeteshormonal therapyproliferationrisk factorssrsf1

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PMID34196424
PMCPMC8362056
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