Secretoglobin expression in ovarian carcinoma: lipophilin B gene upregulation as an independent marker of better prognosis
Bignotti E, Tassi RA, Calza S, Ravaggi A, Rossi E, Donzelli C, Todeschini P, Romani C, Bandiera E, Zanotti L, Carnazza M, Quadraro F, Tognon G, Sartori E, Pecorelli S, Roque DM, Santin AD. Secretoglobin expression in ovarian carcinoma: lipophilin B gene upregulation as an independent marker of better prognosis. Journal Of Translational Medicine 2013, 11: 162. PMID: 23819652, PMCID: PMC3706350, DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian carcinomaNormal ovariesMammaglobin APrognostic markerLipophilin ALipophilin BPatients' clinico-pathological featuresMultivariate Cox regression analysisMammaglobin B mRNANeoplastic ovarian tissuesProgression-free survivalDisease-free survivalProtein expressionCox regression analysisLow tumor gradeClinico-pathological featuresIndependent prognostic markerUnivariate survival analysisOvarian carcinoma samplesAggressive tumor phenotypeGene overexpressionParaffin-embedded tumorsConclusionsThe present studyReal-time reverse transcription PCRQuantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR