Correlation Between Expression of the Cancer/Testis Antigen KK-LC-1 and Helicobacter pylori Infection in Gastric Cancer
Correlation Between Expression of the Cancer/Testis Antigen KK-LC-1 and Helicobacter pylori Infection in Gastric Cancer
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DOI:
10.21873/invivo.11073
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发表时间:
2017-05-01
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影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Kobayashi, Noritada
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作者:
Fukuyama, Takashi;Futawatari, Nobue;Kobayashi, Noritada
Background/Aim: Our previous study indicated that Kita-kyushu lung cancer antigen-1 (KK-LC-1) is a cancer/testis antigen (CTA) expressed in 82% of gastric cancer cases. Here, we investigated the relationship between KK-LC-1 expression and Helicobacter pylori infection in Japanese patients with gastric cancer. Patients and Methods: We examined CTA expression in 25 surgical gastric cancer specimens and anti-H. pylori IgGs in the serum of each patient. Results: KK-LC-1 was expressed in 80% of tumor samples, markedly higher than melanoma antigen gene (MAGE)-A1, MAGE-A3, MAGE-A4, synovial sarcoma, X breakpoint 4 (SSX4) and New York esophageal squamous cell carcinoma-1 (NY-ESO-1). Anti-H. pylori IgG titers from the KK-LC-1-positive patients were significantly higher (67.5 +/- 7.6) than those from KK-LC-1-negative patients (15.8 +/- 7.5, p