2014
Automated Quantitative Analysis of Tissue Microarray of 443 Patients with Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Low Expression of Bcl-2 Predicts Poor Survival
Nicholson AD, Guo X, Sullivan CA, H. CH. Automated Quantitative Analysis of Tissue Microarray of 443 Patients with Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Low Expression of Bcl-2 Predicts Poor Survival. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2014, 219: 977-987. PMID: 25127509, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.07.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease-specific survivalBcl-2 expressionColorectal cancerOverall survivalPoor disease-specific survivalCox proportional hazards modelIndependent prognostic factorSubset of patientsColorectal adenocarcinoma samplesLog-rank testBcl-2Proportional hazards modelSemi-quantitative grading methodsColorectal cancer samplesNumber of cancersPrognostic factorsT stageChemotherapy choiceClinicopathologic variablesColorectal adenocarcinomaUnivariate analysisPatient outcomesPoor survivalTissue microarrayAggressive phenotype
2012
Intermedin is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and regulates cell proliferation and survival
Guo X, Schmitz JC, Kenney BC, Uchio EM, Kulkarni S, H. CH. Intermedin is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and regulates cell proliferation and survival. Cancer Science 2012, 103: 1474-1480. PMID: 22625651, PMCID: PMC7659195, DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2012.02341.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatocellular carcinomaCell proliferationHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) clinical samplesRat ischemic modelEarly-stage diseaseHuman hepatocellular carcinoma tumorsSNU-398 cellsHuman umbilical vascular endothelial cellsRole of intermedinDownregulation of Gli1Real-time RT-PCRDose-dependent mannerHepatocellular carcinoma tumorsVascular endothelial cellsMRNA expression levelsStage diseaseExtracellular signal-regulated kinaseSK-Hep-1Ischemic modelIMD expressionBenign liverCarcinoma tumorsImmunohistochemical analysisTherapeutic targetSignal-regulated kinase