PMID- 32323824 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201105 LR - 20211204 IS - 1791-2431 (Electronic) IS - 1021-335X (Print) IS - 1021-335X (Linking) VI - 43 IP - 6 DP - 2020 Jun TI - TEAD2 as a novel prognostic factor for hepatocellular carcinoma. PG - 1785-1796 LID - 10.3892/or.2020.7578 [doi] AB - TEA Domain Transcription Factors (TEADs) are important in development and serve essential roles in tumorigenesis; however, the role of TEAD2 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been widely examined. The present study was conducted to investigate the expression status of TEAD2 in HCC and to evaluate whether the expression of TEAD2 is associated with the prognosis of patients with HCC. mRNA expression data was retrieved for Hippo pathway genes of 50 normal control and 377 HCC samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas data portal. Gene set enrichment, GeneNeighbors, ClassNeighbors and survival analyses were then performed based on the gene expression levels. The mRNA expression of TEAD2 and VGLL4 was significantly higher in HCC compared with the normal control samples, and the mRNA expression of TEAD2 was higher in advanced stages than in early stages. Specifically, survival analysis revealed that higher mRNA expression of TEAD2 was significantly associated with a less favorable overall survival rate (P=0.0067) and there was a trend towards significance between higher mRNA expression of VGLL4 and poor overall survival rate (P=0.051). According to the gene set enrichment analysis, patients with higher mRNA expression of TEAD2 and VGLL4 had strongly enhanced epithelial‑mesenchymal transition and angiogenesis, which are associated with tumor progression. In conclusion, increased mRNA expression of TEAD2 is associated with a poor prognosis in patients with HCC. TEAD2 may serve as a prognostic factor for HCC and a novel therapeutic target. FAU - Joo, Jong Seok AU - Joo JS AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Cho, Sang Yeon AU - Cho SY AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Rou, Woo Sun AU - Rou WS AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Ju Seok AU - Kim JS AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kang, Sun Hyung AU - Kang SH AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Eaum Seok AU - Lee ES AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Moon, Hee Seok AU - Moon HS AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kim, Seok Hyun AU - Kim SH AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Sung, Jae Kyu AU - Sung JK AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Kwon, In Sun AU - Kwon IS AD - Clinical Trial Center, Chungnam National University Hospital, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Eun, Hyuk Soo AU - Eun HS AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Byung Seok AU - Lee BS AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Jung‑gu, Daejeon 35015, Republic of Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200406 PL - Greece TA - Oncol Rep JT - Oncology reports JID - 9422756 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (TEA Domain Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (TEAD2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Apoptosis/physiology MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics/metabolism MH - Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/*metabolism/pathology/surgery MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cell Movement/physiology MH - Cell Proliferation/physiology MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism/pathology MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Disease Progression MH - Female MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Humans MH - Liver Neoplasms/*metabolism/pathology/surgery MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Prognosis MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Survival Rate MH - TEA Domain Transcription Factors MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC7160555 OTO - NOTNLM OT - TEAD2 OT - hepatocellular carcinoma OT - The Cancer Genome Atlas data OT - prognosis OT - survival analysis EDAT- 2020/04/24 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/06 06:00 PMCR- 2020/04/06 CRDT- 2020/04/24 06:00 PHST- 2019/08/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/02/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/04/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - or-43-06-1785 [pii] AID - 10.3892/or.2020.7578 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncol Rep. 2020 Jun;43(6):1785-1796. doi: 10.3892/or.2020.7578. Epub 2020 Apr 6.