Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in male group and female group.

<p>Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in male group and female group.</p

Relationship between epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) overexpression and gastric cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

<div><p>Objectives</p><p>The epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is one of the most commonly used markers of cancer stem cells (CSCs), but the clinical and prognostic significance of EpCAM in gastric cancer (GC) remains disputable. Motivated by heterogeneous and inconclusive results, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to systematically summarize and elucidate the association between EpCAM overexpression and GC patients.</p><p>Methods</p><p>The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Medline, Web of Knowledge and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases were searched to identify relevant studies. The RevMan 5.3 software was used for the meta-analysis. Fixed-effects or random-effects models were applied depending on the presence of heterogeneity. The pooled odds ratio (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were applied to estimate the associations between EpCAM and gastric cancer. For the significant heterogeneity studies, sensitivity analyses were applied based on the population to test the robustness of the pooled results and identify possible sources of heterogeneity.</p><p>Results</p><p>A total of 11 studies including 1960 GC patients met our inclusion criteria. The results of the meta-analyses revealed that there were significant differences in EpCAM overexpression and tumour size (OR = 2.97, 95% CI: 2.13~4.13, P < 0.00001), the nature of the tissue (OR = 80.30, 95% CI: 29.21~220.81, P < 0.00001), lymph node metastasis (OR = 2.78, 95% CI: 1.23~6.27, P = 0.01), and the cumulative 5-year overall survival rate (OR = 0.54, 95% CI:0.29~0.99, P = 0.05). No significant associations were identified between EpCAM overexpression and gender (OR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.66~1.19, <i>P</i> = 0.43), age (OR = 1.13, 95% CI: 0.58~2.20, <i>P</i> = 0.73), tumour stage (OR = 2.26, 95% CI: 0.79~6.45, P = 0.13), distant metastasis (OR = 2.15, 95% CI: 0.20~22.69, P = 0.52), TNM stage (OR = 5.14, 95% CI: 0.77~34.37, <i>P</i> = 0.09), Lauren type (OR = 1.18, 95% CI: 0.08~16.45, P = 0.9), differentiation (OR = 1.88, 95% CI: 0.65~5.41, P = 0.24). However, due to significant heterogeneity in tumor stage, lymph node metastasis, TNM stage, differentiation and Lauren type, these results should be taken carefully.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>The meta-analysis demonstrated that the expression of EpCAM in the gastric cancer group was greater than that in the control group. Moreover, EpCAM overexpression was associated with larger tumour size, lymphnode metastasis and worse prognosis in gastric cancer. Due to significant heterogeneity, the sensitivity analysis suggests that population factor may be an important source of heterogeneity, and these results should be treated with caution. EpCAM may be useful as a novel prognostic factor, and large-scale and well-designed studies are needed to validate our results in the future.</p></div

Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in poorly differentiated group and well/moderate differentiated group.

<p>Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in poorly differentiated group and well/moderate differentiated group.</p

Characteristics of the included studies.

<p>Characteristics of the included studies.</p

Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in LN (+) and LN (–) gastric cancer group.

<p>Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in LN (+) and LN (–) gastric cancer group.</p

Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in intestinal group and diffuse group.

<p>Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in intestinal group and diffuse group.</p

Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in Ⅲ~Ⅳ group andⅠ~Ⅱgroup.

<p>Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in Ⅲ~Ⅳ group andⅠ~Ⅱgroup.</p

Additional file 1: of MicroRNA-130b promotes lung cancer progression via PPARγ/VEGF-A/BCL-2-mediated suppression of apoptosis

MiR-130b mimic enhances lung cancer cell aggressiveness via PPARγ/VEGF-A/BCL-2-mediated suppression of apoptosis. (A) Representative images of A549 cells treated with miR-130b mimic and co-labeled for PPARγ (green) and VEGF-A (red) (scale bar, 50 μm). (B) Representative images of A549 cells treated with miR-130b mimic and labeled for BCL-2 (green) (scale bar, 50 μm). (C and D) MiR-130b mimic decreased PPARγ, but increased VEGF-A and BCL-2. (E) MiR-130b mimic caused a significant decrease in the luciferase activity of wt 3'-UTR of PPARγ. (F) A faster proliferation rate in cells treated with miR-130b mimic compared with controls. (G) Increased number of invaded cells with miR-130b mimic treatment (scale bar, 100 μm). (H) Longer migrated distance in cells treated with miR-130b mimic at indicated time points. (I) Increased colonies in cells treated with miR-130b mimic at 48 hours time point. (J) Decreased apoptotic cells treated with miR-130b mimic compared with controls. (K) Decreased apoptotic rate in cells treated with miR-130b mimic (scale bar, 50 μm). NC: normal control; miR-NC: miR-130b control; miR-130bm: miR-130b mimic; TUNEL, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated uridine 5’-triphosphate-biotin nick end labeling. Each bar represents the mean ± SD. Results are representative of three independent experiments. *p < 0.05, #p < 0.001. (DOC 2779 kb

Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in T3~T4 group and T1~T2 group.

<p>Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in T3~T4 group and T1~T2 group.</p

Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in age>60 group and age ≤60 group.

<p>Meta-analysis of overexpression of EpCAM in age>60 group and age ≤60 group.</p