To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report investigating the combined expression profile of TWIST1 and LASS2 in bladder cancer both at mRNA and protein level.
TWIST1 and NID2 gene methylation was assessed in DNA isolated from the urine of subjects at risk of bladder cancer undergoing cystoscopy for hematuria or bladder cancer surveillance.
Cell cycle-defective phosphomimetic p27T157DT198D (p27CK-DD) activates STAT3 to induce a TWIST1-dependent EMT in human mammary epithelial cells and increases breast and bladder cancer invasion and metastasis.
Microarrays of bladder cancer tissue and bladder cancer cell lines were used to study the expression levels of TWIST, E-cadherin, and beta-catenin, with disease stage and grade using immunohistochemistry.
The present study showed that Twist1 regulates YB-1 expression and that both Twist1 and YB-1 promote malignant potentials, including tumour growth, invasion and anti-cancer-drug resistance, indicating that both Twist1 and YB-1 are novel molecular targets in BC.
Detection of the methylated TWIST1 and NID2 genes in urine sediments using MSP provides a highly (> or = 90%) sensitive and specific, noninvasive approach for detecting primary BCa.