| Literature DB >> 28722495 |
Elizabeth E Hopp1, Stephanie M Cossette2, Suresh N Kumar2,3, Daniel Eastwood4, Ramani Ramchandran1,2, Erin Bishop1.
Abstract
Sucrose non-fermenting related kinase (SNRK) is a serine/threonine kinase known to regulate cellular metabolism and adipocyte inflammation. Since alterations in adipocyte metabolism play a role in ovarian cancer metastasis, we investigated the expression of SNRK in benign and malignant human ovarian tissue using immunohistochemistry and qPCR. The number of SNRK positive (+) nuclei is increased in malignant tissue compared to benign tissue (21.03% versus 14.90%, p < .0431). The most strongly stained malignant SNRK+ nuclei were stage 1 compared to stage 2-4 disease. Differential expression of SNRK in early versus late stage disease suggests specific roles for SNRK in ovarian cancer metastasis.Entities:
Keywords: Cancer biomarkers; Invasion & metastasis; Ovarian cancer
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28722495 PMCID: PMC6167932 DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2017.1337781
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Invest ISSN: 0735-7907 Impact factor: 2.176