This study aimed to investigate the methylation status of EGF-like and two follistatin-like domains 2 (TMEFF2) promoter and its correlation with tumor stage and survival outcome in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Paraffin-embedded specimens from 42 RCC patients were analyzed for TMEFF2 methylation by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction. The distribution of TNM/AJCC stages and survival time were compared among patients with unmethylated and methylated TMEFF2.
There were 25 (59.5%) and 17 (40.5%) cases with methylated (M group) and unmethylated (M group) TMEFF2, respectively. There were more early-stage cancer patients in U group than in M group. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that U group had a better but not significant survival outcome than M group (P = 0.123).
These findings showed that TMEFF2 methylation is not rare in RCC, and methylation may play an important role in the tumorigenesis of ccRCC.
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers. 2016 Jan 20 [Epub ahead of print]
Enjing Chen, Fufu Zheng, Xiaoxu Yuan, Yunlin Ye, Xiaofei Li, Yuping Dai, Lingwu Chen
Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China., Department of Urology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529030, China., Department of Urology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.