Hepatoma‑derived growth factor functions as an unfavorable prognostic marker of human gliomas

Yang,Yang; Liang,Shengru; Li,Yuqian; Gao,Fei; Zheng,Longlong; Tian,Shilai; Yang,Pu; Li,Lihong

doi:10.3892/ol.2017.7180

Hepatoma‑derived growth factor functions as an unfavorable prognostic marker of human gliomas

Authors:
- Yang Yang
- Shengru Liang
- Yuqian Li
- Fei Gao
- Longlong Zheng
- Shilai Tian
- Pu Yang
- Lihong Li
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Affiliations: Department of Neurosurgery, The 451st Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, P.R. China, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China, Department of Neurosurgery, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710038, P.R. China, Department of Neurosurgery, The 3rd Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation, Army, Baoji, Shaanxi 721000, P.R. China, Department of Neurosurgery, Donggang Branch of The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P.R. China
Published online on: October 13, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7180
Pages: 7179-7184
Copyright: © Yang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Hepatoma‑derived growth factor (HDGF) regulates various cellular processes involved in the onset and development of tumors. To evaluate the role of HDGF in human gliomas, western blotting analysis, immunohistochemistry staining and reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction were performed to detect HDGF protein and mRNA expression levels in glioma and intractable epileptic brain tissue. Various clinicopathological characteristics, including age, gender, World health Organization grade, HDGF expression level, Karnofsky performance Status (KPS) and Ki‑67 index were obtained from medical records. The correlation between HDGF expression and these clinicopathological characteristics was statistically evaluated. Following this, multivariate liner regression was used to evaluate their effect on patient survival time. HDGF expression, at the protein and mRNA levels, was observed to be more upregulated in glioma tissues compared with intractable epileptic brain tissue without tumor. Furthermore, the level of HDGF expression was positively associated with the grade of malignancy [grades Ⅱ~Ⅳ, Ki‑67 index ≥20% or KPS <80 (P<0.05)] and poor prognosis in glioma patients. Notably, the univariate survival analysis identified a negative correlation between HDGF‑expression and survival time (P<0.01) and multivariate liner regression demonstrated that HDGF expression is an independent prognostic factor for gliomas (P=0.01). Overall, HDGF upregulation may be a crucial step in the development and invasion of glioma. Further survival analysis highlighted its prognostic value for this malignancy, implying its potential as a promising therapeutic target for gliomas.

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