EZH2 overexpression is associated with poor prognosis in patients with glioma

Yanyang Zhang; Xinguang Yu; Ling Chen; Zhibin Zhang; Shiyu Feng

doi:10.18632/oncotarget.13478

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EZH2 overexpression is associated with poor prognosis in patients with glioma

Yanyang Zhang, Xinguang Yu, Ling Chen, Zhibin Zhang and Shiyu Feng _

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Abstract

Yanyang Zhang1,*, Xinguang Yu1,*, Ling Chen1, Zhibin Zhang1, Shiyu Feng1

1Department of Neurosurgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China

*These authors contributed equally to this work

Correspondence to:

Shiyu Feng, email: [email protected]

Xinguang Yu, email: [email protected]

Keywords: EZH2, glioma, biomarker, prognosis

Received: July 20, 2016 Accepted: November 14, 2016 Published: November 21, 2016

ABSTRACT

Previous studies have investigated the prognostic value of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) expression in patients with glioma but conclude contradictory results. We aimed to comprehensively evaluate the prognostic role of EZH2 in glioma by meta-analysis. The databases of PubMed, Embase and Web of Science were searched. Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were combined to assess the association between EZH2 and overall survival (OS) as well as progression-free survival (PFS). Odd ratio (OR) and 95% CI were calculated to investigate the relevance of EZH2 on clinical factors. Six studies with 575 patients were included for meta-analysis. The results showed that EZH2 overexpression was correlated with poor OS (n = 6, HR = 2.23, 95% CI: 1.56–3.19, p < 0.001) and PFS (n = 3, HR = 2.23, 95% CI: 1.56–3.19, p < 0.001). Subgroup analysis showed that EZH2 had enhanced prognostic value in Asian patients, for WHO grade I-IV and when using immunohistochemistry (IHC) method. In addition, EZH2 was associated with KPS score < 80. No evidence of publication bias was found in this meta-analysis. In conclusion, the present study showed that EZH2 was a potential prognostic marker for poor OS, PFS and lower KPS score in glioma patients.

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