Clinical relevance of lysyl oxidase-like 2 and functional mechanisms in glioma

Autor: Xiao-Guang Du, Mei-Jia Zhu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: OncoTargets and therapy
ISSN: 1178-6930
Popis: Xiao-Guang Du,1,2 Mei-Jia Zhu1 1Department of Neurology, Qianfoshan Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology, Weifang People’s Hospital, Weifang, Shandong, People’s Republic of China Introduction: Glioma is the most frequent malignancy of the adult central nervous system with high recurrence risk and poor prognosis. Understanding the biological molecular mechanisms involved in glioma progression is critical for studying oncogenic mechanisms and improving prognosis. Lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) is a kind of lysyl oxidase catalyzing the formation of peptidyl-lysine residues and promoting intramolecular cross-linking, especially for proteins in extracellular matrix. Our study explored the expression pattern of LOXL2 in glioma for the first time and found that its high expression was associated with larger tumor size and advanced tumor grade (P
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