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Cheng, Hongwei; Dodge, Jim; Mehl, Erika; Liu, Shuzhen; Poulin, Neal; van de Rijn, Matt; Nielsen, Torsten

Elsevier

Myxoid liposarcoma displays variably aggressive behavior and responds poorly to available systemic therapies. Expression profiling followed by tissue microarray validation linked to patient outcome is a powerful approach for validating biological mechanisms and identifying prognostic biomarkers. We applied these techniques to independent series of primary myxoid liposarcomas in an effort to assess markers of adipose differentiation in myxoid liposarcoma and to identify prognostic markers that can be efficiently assessed by immunohistochemistry. Candidate genes were selected based on analysis of expression profiles from 9 primary myxoid/round liposarcomas and 45 other soft tissue tumors, and by reference to publicly-available datasets. Protein products were validated on an adipose neoplasm tissue microarray, including 32 myxoid liposarcomas linked to patient outcome. Results were scored visually and correlated with clinical outcome by Kaplan-Meier and Cox-regression analyses. In the study, by examining expression patterns of several lipogenic regulatory gene products, an immature adipogenic status was verified in myxoid liposarcomas. We also found expression levels of RET, IGF1R and IGF2 correlate with poor metastasis-free survival, supporting a role for ERK/MAPK and PI3K/AKT pathways in clinically aggressive myxoid liposarcomas.

Article; Postprint

eng

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0398416

Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of

10.1016/j.humpath.2009.01.011

Faculty; Researcher

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