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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 8, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm8050741
Keywords
CD40; BAFFR; RANK; LTR; NSCLC; prognosis; survival; lung cancer; expression; protein; mRNA
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- Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology (HeSMO)
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An increasing number of studies implicates the NF-B (Nuclear Factor of kappa light chain gene enhancer in B cells) alternative pathway in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We assessed the clinical significance of CD40 (Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 5, TNFRSF5), BAFFR (B-cell activating factor receptor), RANK (Receptor activator of NF-B) and LTR (lymphotoxin receptor) receptors, which activate the alternative pathway of NF-B, in NSCLC. Evaluation of CD40, BAFFR, RANK and LTR expression was performed based on the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) datasets, while protein expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry in specimens from 119 operated NSCLC patients. CD40 gene overexpression was correlated with improved five-year overall survival (OS) (p < 0.001), while increased BAFFR and LTR mRNA levels were associated with worse OS in patients with adenocarcinomas (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). Similarly, patients with adenocarcinomas exhibited a negative correlation between membranous BAFFR protein expression in carcinoma cells and three- and five-year survival (p = 0.021; HR, 4.977 and p = 0.030; HR, 3.358, respectively) as well as between BAFFR protein overexpression in cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and two-year survival (p = 0.036; HR, 1.983). Patients with increased LTR nuclear protein staining or stage II patients with lower cytoplasmic LTR protein expression had worse five-year OS (p = 0.039 and p = 0.008, respectively). Moreover, CD40 protein expression in tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and CAFs was positively associated with metastatic spread while BAFFR protein expression in CAFs was negatively associated with bone metastasis (p = 0.041). Our data suggests that CD40, BAFFR, RANK and LTR play an important role in NSCLC and further supports the role of NF-B alternative pathway in NSCLC.
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