ATG7 promotes the tumorigenesis of lung cancer but might be dispensable for prognosis predication: a clinicopathologic study
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Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Dysregulated autophagy is often observed in lung cancer. Autophagy-related 7 (ATG7) is an autophagy gene that is essential for the biogenesis of autophagosomes. Although ATG7-deficient mouse models have demonstrated that ATG7-dependent autophagy is required for lung cancer tumorigenesis, the relationship between ATG7 expression levels and human lung cancer is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that ATG7 was overexpressed in human lung cancer tissues compared with normal tissues. However, ATG7 expression was not associated with tumor differentiation, tumor size, or TNM stage. Moreover, the overexpression of ATG7 did not influence the overall survival of the lung cancer patients. Therefore, our results indicate that ATG7 might be dispensable for tumor growth and chemotherapy efficacy in human lung cancer.
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