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23.07.2015 | Original Article
Serine-arginine protein kinase 1 is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma progression and poor patient survival
verfasst von:
Jing Zhang, Hua Jiang, Wenfei Xia, Yizhou Jiang, Xiaoyun Tan, Peiying Liu, Hongyun Jia, Xuewei Yang, Gang Shen
Erschienen in:
Tumor Biology
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Ausgabe 1/2016
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Abstract
The pre-mRNA splicing regulator serine-arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) promotes cancer development and various pathophysiological processes. However, the clinical relevance of SRPK1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is not clear. This study investigates the expression and prognostic value of SRPK1 in HCC. We found that SRPK1 expression was significantly upregulated at the mRNA and protein level in all HCC cell lines or HCC tissue samples compared with the hepatic cell line or matched noncancerous tissue samples, respectively. Higher SRPK1 expression significantly correlated with clinical staging (p = 0.031), survival time (p = 0.004), and gender (p = 0.011) of HCC patients. Together, our study showed that SRPK1 is overexpressed in HCC and may be a promising indicator of prognosis for HCC patients.