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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2022; 28(5): 547-569
Published online Feb 7, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i5.547
Connective tissue growth factor expression hints at aggressive nature of colorectal cancer
Ishrat Parveiz Bhat, Tahseen Bilal Rather, Irfan Maqbool, Gowhar Rashid, Kulsum Akhtar, Gulzar A Bhat, Fazl Q Parray, Besina Syed, Ishrat Younas Khan, Mohsin Kazi, Muhammad D Hussain, Mudassar Syed
Ishrat Parveiz Bhat, Tahseen Bilal Rather, Irfan Maqbool, Gowhar Rashid, Kulsum Akhtar, Gulzar A Bhat, Mudassar Syed, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar 190011, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Fazl Q Parray, Department of General Surgery, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar 190011, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Besina Syed, Ishrat Younas Khan, Department of Pathology, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar 190011, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Mohsin Kazi, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, PO Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Muhammad D Hussain, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, California Health Sciences University, California, CA 93612, United States
Author contributions: Bhat IP completed the main experimental work, drafted the manuscript and analyzed the data; Rather TB helped in block collection for IHC experiments, revised the manuscript; Maqbool I contributed to experimental work; Rashid G contributed to patient sample collection; Akhtar K contributed to data collection and methodology design; Bhat GA gave directions in data analysis and helped in proofreading; Parray FQ provided access for patient sample and data collection; Syed B was involved in Immunohistochemical analysis of tissue samples; Khan IY contributed in IHC experimental work; Kazi M contributed to manuscript revision and scientific editing; Hussain MD contributed to manuscript language editing and proofreading.
Supported by Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India, No. SIMS/DF/17-467-73.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Ethics committee (IEC), Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest to state regarding this study.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Mudassar Syed, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura Srinagar Kashmir, Srinagar 190011, Jammu and Kashmir, India. syed.mudassar@skims.ac.in
Received: July 26, 2021
Peer-review started: July 26, 2021
First decision: October 3, 2021
Revised: October 23, 2021
Accepted: January 11, 2022
Article in press: January 11, 2022
Published online: February 7, 2022
Core Tip

Core Tip: This study demonstrates that connective tissue growth factor is overexpressed in colorectal carcinoma and is predominantly localized in the cytoplasm of the cell. The expression pattern of this gene showed a substantial association with aggressive phenotypes of colorectal cancer like late-stage tumor and lymph node metastasis. It also showed a significant correlation with the overall and disease-free survival of colorectal cancer patients, hence could act as a predictive biomarker for diagnostics and prognostics of colorectal cancer.