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Table 1 EEF1A2 expression in cancer tissue and normal tissue, and its biological significance

From: Oncogenic activation of EEF1A2 expression: a journey from a putative to an established oncogene

Cancer type

EEF1A2 expression

Biological significance

References

Cancer tissue

(No. of samples)

Normal tissue

(No. of samples)

Ovarian cancer

High (159/500)

NA

No change in prognosis

[17]

None, low, moderate (341/500)

 

Serous tumors with high EEF1A2 expression show good prognosis

Ovarian cancer

High (3/148)

NA

NA

[32]

Moderate (7/148)

  

Low (49/148)

  

None (89/148)

  

Ovarian cancer

High (10/10) compared with benign endometriosis

NA

NA

[33]

Breast cancer

High (79/380)

NA

Good prognosis

[18]

Moderate (177/380)

 

Good prognosis

Low (76/380)

  

None (48/380)

  

Breast cancer

High (5/46)

Low (7/7)

NA

[34]

Moderate (22/46)

  

Low (19/46)

  

Triple-negative breast cancer

High (3/84)

NA

Poor prognosis

[35]

Moderate (11/84)

  

Low (48/84)

  

None (22/84) compared with adjacent tissue

  

Prostate cancer

High (3/4)

None (1/1)

NA

[14]

None (1/4)

  

Prostate cancer

High compared with adjacent normal tissue (26/30)

NA

NA

[36]

Prostate cancer

High (40/40) compared with benign tumor (8/8)

NA

Poor prognosis

[19]

Non-small cell lung cancer

High (58/69) compared with adjacent normal tissue of 46 patients

NA

Good prognosis

[38]

Lung adenocarcinoma

High compared with adjacent normal tissue (32/113)

NA

Poor prognosis

[16]

Lung adenocarcinoma

High compared with adjacent normal tissue (78/78)

NA

Poor prognosis

[37]

Pancreatic cancer

High (41/62)

NA

NA

[7]

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

High (76/97)

NA

Poor prognosis

[15]

Pancreatic cancer

High (29/35)

No expression (8/8)

NA

[42]

 

Chronic pancreatitis shows no expression (13/13)

 

Hepatocellular carcinoma

High (30/100)

None or very weak (27/27)

NA

[45]

Moderate (24/100)

Adjacent normal tissue (84), high (1/84), moderate (14/84), weak (52/84), none (17/84)

 

Weak (29/100)

  

None (17/100)

  

Hepatocellular carcinoma

High (24/48)

NA

Poor prognosis

[12]

Low (24/48)

NA

Good prognosis

Hepatocellular carcinoma

High (47/62)

None (20/20)

NA

[53]

Paired pericarcinomatous

High (5/62)

Gastric cancer

High (105/129)

Weak (9/24)

Poor prognosis

[46]

 

None (15/24)

 
  1. NA not available in the study