Abstract:
Objective To explore the relationship between UPF1 expression in lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) and clinical features and its role in clinical prognosis.
Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to determine UPF1 expression in 150 patients with ADC. Clinical data of 150 patients with ADC were used to assess UPF1 expression. The Kaplan-Meier model was used to analyze the relationship between UPF1 expression and the survival of patients with ADC. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to further analyze the relationship between UPF1 expression and age, sex, smoking habits, tumor size, histological type, tumor-node-metastasis stage, lymphatic metastasis, and distant metastasis.
Results UPF1 expression correlates with ADC (P < 0.01), TNM (P=0.014), lymphatic metastasis (P= 0.016) and distant metastasis (P=0.035). UPF1 expression was significantly correlated with overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients with ADC. Patients with low UPF1 expression had shorter OS and RFS(P < 0.05).
Conclusions UPF1 possibly suppresses tumorigenesis in patients with ADC and thus can serve as a reference indicator for the treatment and prognosis evaluation of ADC; furthermore, it may be a new therapeutic target for ADC.