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Clinicopathological Sex- Related Relevance of Musashi1 mRNA Expression in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients

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The cancer stem cell theory is considered as the spotlight of cancer biology, in which a subpopulation of tumor cells show unlimited proliferative and self renewal capacities. Post-transcriptional regulation is involved in different cellular functions such as cell differentiation and proliferation which results in cellular diversity. Musashi1 (Msi1) is one of the most important RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) which are involved in translational inhibition. Although, Msi1 targets are largely unknown, p21WAF-1, a cell cycle regulator, and Numb, inhibitor of notch signaling pathway, are well-known factors which are suppressed by the Msi1 in normal and cancer stem cells. Msi1 expression in tumor tissues from 53 ESCC patients was compared to normal tissues using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Msi1 was significantely overexpressed in 41.5 % of tumor samples and we observed a significant correlation between Msi1 expression and sex, in which the males had shown a higher level of Msi1 expression in comparison with the females (2.00 Vs 0.78 fold changes, p = 0.05). In this study, we assessed whether Msi1 is expressed in ESCC samples suggesting this protein as a novel cancer stem cell marker which requires further studies.

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This work was supported by a grant from the Vice Chancellor for Research at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, and was part of a Ph.D. student’s dissertation, No. 89633 and 921202.

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  1. Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Meysam Moghbeli, Azadeh Aarabi & Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

  2. Department of Biology, Damghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Damghan, Iran

    Mohammad Mahdi Forghanifard

  3. Department of Pathology, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Akram Mansourian

  4. Department of Pathology, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Akram Mansourian

  5. Medical Genetics Research Center, Medical School, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

  6. Division of Human Genetics, Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, 9196773117

    Mohammad Reza Abbaszadegan

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Moghbeli, M., Forghanifard, M.M., Aarabi, A. et al. Clinicopathological Sex- Related Relevance of Musashi1 mRNA Expression in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients. Pathol. Oncol. Res. 20, 427–433 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12253-013-9712-3

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