PMID- 28927085 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1792-1074 (Print) IS - 1792-1082 (Electronic) IS - 1792-1074 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 3 DP - 2017 Sep TI - The prognostic implications of growth-related gene product beta in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. PG - 3337-3342 LID - 10.3892/ol.2017.6604 [doi] AB - Growth-related gene product beta (GRObeta) is an angiogenic chemokine that belongs to the CXC chemokine family, and a number of studies have suggested that GRObeta is associated with tumor development and progression. However, a number of studies have investigated the association between GRObeta expression and the clinical attributes of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). In the present study, one-step quantitative polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry analysis were used to detect GRObeta expression and evaluate the association between its expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of LSCC. The results demonstrated that the GRObeta mRNA and protein expression levels were significantly increased in LSCC compared with the corresponding non-cancerous tissues. GRObeta protein expression in LSCC was associated with tumor-node-metastasis stage, lymph node metastasis and histopathological grade. The Kaplan-Meier method and Cox multi-factor analysis indicated that high GRObeta expression, lymph node metastasis and histopathological grade were significantly associated with poor survival of patients with LSCC. These data indicated that GRObeta may be a novel prognostic biomarker of LSCC. FAU - Tang, Mingming AU - Tang M AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Nantong University Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu 226361, P.R. China. FAU - Xu, Xinjiang AU - Xu X AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Nantong University Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu 226361, P.R. China. FAU - Chen, Juanjuan AU - Chen J AD - Department of Medicine, Nantong University Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu 226361, P.R. China. FAU - Huang, Jiangfei AU - Huang J AD - Department of Clinical Pathology, Nantong University Affiliated Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu 226001, P.R. China. FAU - Jiang, Bin AU - Jiang B AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Nantong University Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu 226361, P.R. China. FAU - Han, Liang AU - Han L AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Nantong University Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu 226361, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170718 PL - Greece TA - Oncol Lett JT - Oncology letters JID - 101531236 PMC - PMC5587977 OTO - NOTNLM OT - growth-related gene product beta OT - immunohistochemistry OT - laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma OT - prognosis OT - quantitative polymerase chain reaction EDAT- 2017/09/21 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/21 06:01 PMCR- 2017/07/18 CRDT- 2017/09/21 06:00 PHST- 2015/09/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/02/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/09/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/09/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - OL-0-0-6604 [pii] AID - 10.3892/ol.2017.6604 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncol Lett. 2017 Sep;14(3):3337-3342. doi: 10.3892/ol.2017.6604. Epub 2017 Jul 18.