Pancreatic adenocarcinoma up-regulated factor expression is associated with disease-specific survival in cervical cancer patients.

ABSTRACT: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma up-regulated factor (PAUF) is a novel soluble protein involved in tumor development and metastases. This study was to investigate the PAUF expression and its prognostic value in cervical cancer patients. The expression of PAUF was immunohistochemically determined in 345 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded cervical cancer tissues and 107 normal cervical epitheliums. Subsequently, its associations with clinicopathological characteristics and patient survival were assessed. PAUF protein was expressed both in cytoplasm and nucleus, and cytoplasmic expression was more frequent in cancers than normal tissues (32% versus 17%, P = .002), and the difference was prominent in glandular cells. Notably, the expression was more frequent in adenocarcinoma than in squamous cell car

SUBMITTER: Choi CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7717069 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature