Expression of TWIST in gastric carcinoma and its correlation with clinical significance

Journal of Sichuan University (Medical Science)

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 625-629

  Yang, Zhou ^a   Li, Xiao Jun ^b   Luo, Ting ^a   Wu, Xiao Ting ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Gastric adenocarcinoma; Immunohistochemical; TWIST; Western blot

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053510670     PISSN: 1672173X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Yang J, Mani SA, Donaher JI., et al. Twist, a master regulator of morphogenesis, plays an essential role in tumor metastasis. Cell, 2004;117(7):927-939. (Pubitemid 38798858)
2. Smit MA, Geiger TR, Song JY, et al. A Twist-Snail axis critical for TrkB-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like transformation, anoikis resistance, and metastasis. Mol Cell Biol, 2009;29(13):3722-3737.
3. Yuen HF, Kwok WK, Chan KK, et al. TWIST modulates prostate cancer cell-mediated bone cell activity and is upregulated by osteogenic induction. Carcinogenesis, 2008;29(8):1509-1518.
4. Yang MH, Chen CL, Chau GY, et al. Comprehensive analysis of the independent effect of twist and snail in promoting metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology, 2009;50(5):1464-1474.
5. Motoyama T, Hojo H, Watanabe H. Comparison of seven cell lines derived from human gastric carcinomas. Acta Pathol Jpn, 1986:36(1):65-83. (Pubitemid 16187837)
6. Hippo Y, Yashiro M, Ishii M, et al. Differential gene expression profiles of scirrhous gastric cancer cells with high metastatic potential to peritoneum or lymph nodes. Cancer Res, 2001;61(3):889-895. (Pubitemid 32174397)
7. Day RM, Hao X, Ilyas M, et al. Changes in the expression of syndecan-1 in the colorectal adenoma-carcinoma sequence. Virchows Arch, 1999;434(2):121-125. (Pubitemid 29184989)
8. Schreiber E, Matthias P, Muller MM, et al. Rapid detection of octamer binding proteins with 'mini-extracts', prepared from a small number of cells. Nucleic Acids Res, 1989;17(15):6419. (Pubitemid 19198635)
9. Kyo S, Sakaguchi J, Ohno S, et al. High Twist expression is involved in infiltrative endometrial cancer and affects patient survival. Hum Pathol, 2006;37(4):431-438.
10. Hosono S, Kajiyama H, Terauchi M, et al. Expression of Twist increases the risk for recurrence and for poor survival in epithelial ovarian carcinoma patients. Br J Cancer, 2007;96(2):314-320. (Pubitemid 46160637)
11. Rosivatz E, Becker I, Specht K, et al. Differential expression of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition regulators snail, SIP1, and twist in gastric cancer. Am J Pathol, 2002;161(5):1881-1891. (Pubitemid 35265545)
12. Lopez D, Niu G, Huber P, et al. Tumor-induced upregulation of Twist, Snail, and Slug represses the activity of the human VE-cadherin promoter. Arch Biochem Biophys, 2009, 482(1-2), 77-82.
13. Ohkuma M, Funato N, Higashihori N, et al. Unique CCT repeats mediate transcription of the TWIST1 gene in mesenchymal cell lines. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2007:352(4):925-931. (Pubitemid 44894374)
14. Maestro R, Dei Tos AP, Hamamori Y, et al. Twist is a potential oncogene that inhibits apoptosis. Genes Dev, 1999, 13(17), 2207-2217. (Pubitemid 29426726)
15. Singh S, Gramolini AO. Characterization of sequences in human TWIST required for nuclear localization. BMC Cell Biol, 2009, 10, 47 [2010-03-29]. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2121/10/47.
16. Alexander NR, Tran NL, Rekapally H, et al. N-cadherin gene expression in prostate carcinoma is modulated by integrindependent nuclear translocation of Twistl. Cancer Res, 2006;66(7):3365-3369.