2015
MicroRNA let‐7a modifies the effect of self‐renewal gene HIWI on patient survival of epithelial ovarian cancer
Lu L, Katsaros D, Risch HA, Canuto EM, Biglia N, Yu H. MicroRNA let‐7a modifies the effect of self‐renewal gene HIWI on patient survival of epithelial ovarian cancer. Molecular Carcinogenesis 2015, 55: 357-365. PMID: 25630839, DOI: 10.1002/mc.22285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial ovarian cancerKaplan-Meier survival curvesOverall survivalHIWI expressionLet-7a expressionPatient survivalLet-7aClinical relevanceMultivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysisCox proportional hazards regression analysisCox proportional hazards regression modelSurvival curvesProportional hazards regression analysisProportional hazards regression modelsLow let-7aHazards regression analysisRisk of deathPoor overall survivalHazards regression modelsMiRNA let-7aPrimary EOC tissuesQuantitative reverse transcription PCRU-shape associationEOC prognosisPrognostic significance
2012
Functional study of risk loci of stem cell-associated gene lin-28B and associations with disease survival outcomes in epithelial ovarian cancer
Lu L, Katsaros D, Mayne ST, Risch HA, Benedetto C, Canuto EM, Yu H. Functional study of risk loci of stem cell-associated gene lin-28B and associations with disease survival outcomes in epithelial ovarian cancer. Carcinogenesis 2012, 33: 2119-2125. PMID: 22822098, DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgs243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCircular DichroismCohort StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNeoplastic Stem CellsNucleic Acid ConformationOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePrognosisPromoter Regions, GeneticQuantitative Trait LociReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRisk FactorsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerSurvival RateConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsOvarian cancerEpithelial ovarian cancer survivalCancer-related risk factorsEpithelial ovarian cancerOvarian cancer survivalOvarian cancer prognosisHigher mortality riskCell-associated markersPrimary EOC tissuesLin-28BStem cell-associated markersAssociation of genotypesDominant modelPatient survivalSurvival outcomesBorderline significanceEOC tissuesCancer survivalRisk factorsReal-time PCRMortality riskCancer prognosisMultivariate analysisPotential biomarkers