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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal oncology2025

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Xiaolei Zhang, Xiang Yu, Qicheng Shen, Xiaohui Jiang, Yuan Zhou, Qiu Xue, Guangxin Cao

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xiaolei Zhang *Department of General Surgery, Nantong Tumor Hospital and Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Xiang Yu *Department of General Surgery, Nantong Tumor Hospital and Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Qicheng ShenDepartment of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Xiaohui JiangDepartment of General Surgery, Nantong Tumor Hospital and Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Yuan ZhouDepartment of General Surgery, Nantong Tumor Hospital and Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Qiu XueDepartment of General Surgery, Nantong Tumor Hospital and Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Guangxin CaoDepartment of General Surgery, Nantong Tumor Hospital and Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Human thymosin β15 ( Methods: Expression data for TMSB15A in GC tissues were analyzed using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). We evaluated the prognostic significance of TMSB15A through Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, time-dependent receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, and Cox regression models. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was performed to identify pathways associated with TMSB15A. Results: TMSB15A was significantly overexpressed in GC tissues compared to normal tissues (P<0.05). ROC analysis showed high diagnostic accuracy for TMSB15A (area under the curve =0.851, 95% confidence interval: 0.786-0.905, P<0.05). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed that high TMSB15A expression was associated with poor overall survival, disease-specific survival, and progression-free survival. TMSB15A levels were correlated with advanced tumor stages (P<0.05), lymph node metastasis (P<0.01), and perineural invasion (P<0.05). GSEA showed significant enrichment of TMSB15A in inflammatory and oncogenic pathways, including interleukin-6 (IL-6)/Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), transforming growth factor β (TGF-β), and Hedgehog. Functional assays demonstrated that TMSB15A knockdown significantly reduced GC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, suggesting that TMSB15A contributes to GC tumorigenesis and metastasis. Conclusions:

Indexed as

Biomarkergastric cancer (GC)TMSB15A

Identifiers

PMID40115917
PMCPMC11921194

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