2021
Interplay between RNA Methylation Eraser FTO and Writer METTL3 in Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma Patient Survival
Zhao J, Lu L. Interplay between RNA Methylation Eraser FTO and Writer METTL3 in Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma Patient Survival. Recent Patents On Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery 2021, 16: 363-376. PMID: 33563180, DOI: 10.2174/1574892816666210204125155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMETTL3 mRNASurvival analysisFTO mRNAKaplan-Meier survival curvesAdjusted hazard ratioMultivariate Cox regressionRenal clear cell carcinomaClear cell carcinomaInflammation-related genesPotential prognostic markerM6A methyltransferase METTL3Upregulation of FTOHazard ratioCox regressionPatient survivalPrognostic valueCell carcinomaPrognostic markerSuperior survivalImmune responseMETTL3 expressionDifferential expressionClinical relevanceLower DNA methylationSurvival curves
2018
High tRNA Transferase NSUN2 Gene Expression is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma
Lu L, Zhu G, Zeng H, Xu Q, Holzmann K. High tRNA Transferase NSUN2 Gene Expression is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma. Cancer Investigation 2018, 36: 246-253. PMID: 29775108, DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2018.1466896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPotential independent prognostic markerShorter overall survivalIndependent prognostic markerHigher mortality riskNeck squamous carcinomaPotential therapeutic targetRandom-effects modelOverall survivalSquamous carcinomaPoor prognosisPrognostic valuePrognostic markerMortality riskTherapeutic targetHNSCCNormal tissuesCell developmentExpressionGene expressionRNA methylationPatientsCarcinomaPrognosisNSUN2Important role
2012
Association of large noncoding RNA HOTAIR expression and its downstream intergenic CpG island methylation with survival in breast cancer
Lu L, Zhu G, Zhang C, Deng Q, Katsaros D, Mayne ST, Risch HA, Mu L, Canuto EM, Gregori G, Benedetto C, Yu H. Association of large noncoding RNA HOTAIR expression and its downstream intergenic CpG island methylation with survival in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2012, 136: 875-883. PMID: 23124417, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2314-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary breast cancerBreast cancerHOTAIR expressionPathologic featuresCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsLow HOTAIR expressionUnfavorable disease characteristicsHazards regression modelsIndependent prognostic markerHigh HOTAIR expressionBreast cancer progressionQuantitative RT-PCRPatient survivalDisease characteristicsMethylation-specific PCRPrognostic markerLower riskSignificant associationRNA HOTAIRCancerCancer progressionBiologic relevanceRT-PCRDNA methylation
2009
Pluripotent factor lin-28 and its homologue lin-28b in epithelial ovarian cancer and their associations with disease outcomes and expression of let-7a and IGF-II
Lu L, Katsaros D, Shaverdashvili K, Qian B, Wu Y, de la Longrais IA, Preti M, Menato G, Yu H. Pluripotent factor lin-28 and its homologue lin-28b in epithelial ovarian cancer and their associations with disease outcomes and expression of let-7a and IGF-II. European Journal Of Cancer 2009, 45: 2212-2218. PMID: 19477633, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial ovarian cancerIGF-II expressionIGF-IIOvarian cancerPrimary epithelial ovarian cancerInsulin-like growth factor IIUnfavourable prognostic markerOvarian cancer progressionPotential therapeutic targetLin-28BGrowth factor IIStem cellsIGFBP-3Overall survivalDisease progressionPrognostic markerDisease outcomeDisease featuresTherapeutic targetTumor growthTumor samplesFactor IICancer treatmentCancer progressionGrowth factor