Increased expression of interleukin-23 associated with progression of colorectal cancer

Autor: Chang-Chun Hsiao, Jiin-Haur Chuang, Hong-Hwa Chen, Shao-Lun Yen, Hsuan-Ying Huang, Wan-Hsiang Hu
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Surgical Oncology. 115:208-212
ISSN: 0022-4790
DOI: 10.1002/jso.24505
Popis: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The prognostic significance of interleukin-23 in colorectal cancer remains unclear. We designed this study to investigate the association between colorectal cancer and interleukin-23 (IL-23) or interleukin-23 receptor (IL-23R) expression and the resulting clinical features and survival. METHODS Immunohistochemical staining was performed for IL-23 and IL-23R in colorectal cancer samples. H-score was calculated to compare the expression of IL-23 and IL-23R. The median of H-score was used as the cut-off value to separate patients into high or low expression groups. The differences in clinicopathological features were evaluated. Cox regression hazard ratios were used for survival analysis. RESULTS A total of 129 colorectal cancer patients were enrolled. H-score for the late TNM stage patients was higher than that for the early TNM stage patients (P = 0.002). Patients with high IL-23 expression were associated with advanced pathological T category (P
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