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Bauer, L.* ; Takacs, A.* ; Slotta-Huspenina, J.* ; Langer, R.* ; Becker, K.* ; Novotny, A.* ; Ott, K.* ; Walch, A.K. ; Hapfelmeier, A.* ; Keller, G.*

Clinical significance of NOTCH1 and NOTCH2 expression in gastric carcinomas: An immunohistochemical study.

Front. Oncol. 5:94 (2015)
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BACKGROUND: NOTCH signaling can exert oncogenic or tumor suppressive functions and can contribute to chemotherapy resistance in cancer. In this study, we aimed to clarify the clinicopathological significance and the prognostic and predictive value of NOTCH1 and NOTCH2 expression in gastric cancer (GC). METHODS: NOTCH1 and NOTCH2 expression was determined immunohistochemically in 142 primarily resected GCs using tissue microarrays and in 84 pretherapeutic biopsies from patients treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The results were correlated with survival, response to therapy, and clinico-pathological features. RESULTS: Primarily resected patients with NOTCH1-negative tumors demonstrated worse survival. High NOTCH1 expression was associated with early-stage tumors and with significantly increased survival in this subgroup. Higher NOTCH2 expression was associated with early-stage and intestinal-type tumors and with better survival in the subgroup of intestinal-type tumors. In pretherapeutic biopsies, higher NOTCH1 and NOTCH2 expression was more frequent in non-responding patients, but these differences were statistically not significant. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggested that, in particular, NOTCH1 expression indicated good prognosis in GC. The close relationship of high NOTCH1 and NOTCH2 expression with early tumor stages may indicate a tumor-suppressive role of NOTCH signaling in GC. The role of NOTCH1 and NOTCH2 in neoadjuvantly treated GC is limited.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Chemotherapy ; Immunohistochemistry ; Prognosis ; Receptor Notch1 ; Receptor Notch2 ; Stomach Neoplasms
Language english
Publication Year 2015
HGF-reported in Year 2015
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2234-943X
e-ISSN 2234-943X
Quellenangaben Volume: 5, Issue: , Pages: , Article Number: 94 Supplement: ,
Publisher Frontiers
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
POF-Topic(s) 30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Research field(s) Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP Element(s) G-500300-001
G-500390-001
PubMed ID 25954607
Scopus ID 84934782824
Erfassungsdatum 2015-05-10