Novel Prognostic Implications of Methylated RNA and Demethylases in Resected HCC and Background Liver Tissue

Autor: Masamichi Hayashi, Yasuhiro Kodera, Yuki Sunagawa, Suguru Yamada, Goro Nakayama, Nobuhiko Nakagawa, Fuminori Sonohara, Masahiko Koike, Raju Kandimalla, Yoshikuni Inokawa, Chie Tanaka, Mitsuro Kanda, Hideki Takami, Katsuhito Tanaka
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Anticancer Research. 40:6665-6676
ISSN: 1791-7530
0250-7005
DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.14690
Popis: BACKGROUND/AIM N6-Methyladenosine (m6A), the most abundant internal modification of RNA, plays a critical role in cancer development. However, the clinical implications of m6A in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed 177 HCC and paired noncancerous liver tissues from patients who underwent hepatectomy according to global m6A quantification and expression of m6A demethylases fat mass and obesity-associated protein (FTO) and alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase alkB homolog 5 (ALKBH5). RESULTS The global m6A quantification revealed no significant difference between HCC and non-cancerous tissue. The expression of m6A demethylases FTO and ALKBH5, was significantly lower in HCC than in non-cancerous tissues (both p
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