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- The study examines the role of MMP-7 expression in esophageal cancer (EC) and its relationship with tumor invasion and metastasis, highlighting inconsistent clinicopathological value for EC patients.
- A meta-analysis of 14 clinical cohort studies involving 935 tumor samples was conducted, revealing a positive correlation between increased MMP-7 expression and higher TNM stages (III-IV) as well as other factors like differentiation and invasion grades, and lymph-node metastasis.
- Significant associations were particularly noted in studies from China, indicating MMP-7's potential as a marker for EC progression across various stages and characteristics.
Article Abstract
Background: The MMP-7 basement membrane and extracellular matrix may be essential for tumor invasion and metastasis, and the results presented herein showed a relationship between MMP-7 expression and esophageal cancer (EC). However, its clinicopathological value for EC patients remains inconsistent. To clarify their associations, a meta-analysis of the relevant published literature was conducted.
Materials And Methods: Databases including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CISCOM, CINAHL, and Google Scholar were electronically searched. Only those studies analyzing MMP-7 expression in EC patients with regard to series of different demographic variables and clinicopathological stages (TNM stage, differentiation and invasion grade, and lymph-node [LN] metastasis) were eligible for inclusion. Summary odds ratios (ORs) were pooled in accordance with the random-effect model.
Results: Fourteen clinical cohort studies (tumor samples =935) were incorporated into the current meta-analysis. Results revealed that increased MMP-7 expression in EC patients was positively correlated to TNM stage III-IV (OR 3.04, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.43-6.46; P=0.004). Similar connections were also detected in the differentiation grade, invasion grade, and LN metastasis (all P<0.05). Country-stratified analysis yielded significant association of elevated MMP-7 expression with EC in the People's Republic of China (PRC) under both TNM III-IV versus I-II and differentiation low versus high comparisons (TNM stage, OR 2.01, 95% CI 1.55-2.59, P<0.001; differentiation grade, OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.11-1.57, P=0.002). With regard to invasion grade and LN metastasis, significant association was observed in all the experimental subgroups (all P-values [PRC and Japan] were lower than 0.05).
Conclusion: These data showed an obvious connection between MMP-7 and TNM stages, differentiation grade, invasive grade, and LN metastasis of EC, indicating that overexpression of MMP-7 may be a suitable diagnostic biomarker for variation in EC clinicopathological features.
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