MECOM: a bioinformatics and experimentally identified marker for the diagnosis and prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma.
Biomark Med
; 18(2): 79-91, 2024 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
We aimed to explore the clinical value of MDS1 and EVI1 complex locus (MECOM) in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD).Methods:
Bioinformatics and experimental validation confirmed MECOM expression levels in LUAD. The value of MECOM was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and Cox regression analysis.Results:
Serum MECOM levels were lower in LUAD and correlated with gender, TNM stage, tumor size, lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis. The ROC curve showed that the area under the curve of MECOM was 0.804 for LUAD and, of note, could reach 0.889 for advanced LUAD; specificity was up to 90%.Conclusion:
MECOM may contribute to independently identifying LUAD patients, particularly in advanced stages.
Lung adenocarcinoma is a common type of lung cancer with a high incidence and death rate. However, clinical indicators that effectively identify lung adenocarcinoma patients are still lacking. The protein encoded by the MECOM gene is a DNA-binding protein regulating gene expression, which has been found to play a cancer-promoting role in many cancers, but we found that it may play a cancer-suppressing role in lung adenocarcinoma. This study aimed to confirm whether MECOM can be a predictor for lung adenocarcinoma. Our results showed that lung adenocarcinoma patients had lower serum MECOM levels than healthy people, and patients with lower MECOM levels had a shorter survival rate. That is, patients with lower serum MECOM levels may indicate a high risk of developing lung adenocarcinoma and death. Thus, the MECOM gene is expected to be a predictor associated with the risk of developing lung adenocarcinoma and death.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Adenocarcinoma of Lung
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Lung Neoplasms
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Biomark Med
Journal subject:
BIOQUIMICA
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MEDICINA
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China