Publication: TOP2A amplification and overexpression in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues
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2015-01-01
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23146133
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BioMed Research International. Vol.2015, (2015)
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Ravat Panvichian, Anchalee Tantiwetrueangdet, Napat Angkathunyakul, Surasak Leelaudomlipi TOP2A amplification and overexpression in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues. BioMed Research International. Vol.2015, (2015). doi:10.1155/2015/381602 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/35548
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TOP2A amplification and overexpression in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues
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Copyright © 2015 Ravat Panvichian et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of cancer death inmen worldwide owing to limited insights into pathogenesis and unsatisfactory efficacy of current therapies. HER2 and TOP2A genes are coamplified in breast and some other cancers. In this study, we investigated gene aberrations of HER2 and TOP2A and protein expressions of HER2, TOP2A, Ki-67, and p53 in tumor and matched nontumor tissues, as well as their associations with clinicopathological features. Gene aberrations were evaluated by FISH and protein expressions by IHC. Neither HER2 overexpression nor HER2 gene amplification was observed in both tumor tissues and matched nontumor tissues. By contrast, TOP2A overexpression was detected in 72.5% of tumor tissues but not detected in matched nontumor tissues. However, TOP2A gene amplification was not observed in both tumor and matched nontumor tissues. TOP2A overexpression was significantly associated with HCC tumor tissues (P < 0.001), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in the serum (P = 0.004), and Ki-67 (P = 0.038) but not with age, tumor size, alpha-fetoprotein, TP53, and copy number of TOP2A gene and chromosome 17 centromere. In conclusion, TOP2A overexpression in HCC was not secondary to gene amplification. In addition, neither HER2 amplification nor overexpression could be used as prognostic and predictive marker in HCC.