• 1. Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China;
  • 2. Department of Gynecology, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanxi Da Yi Hospital, Taiyuan 030032, China;
WANGZan-hong, Email: wangzanhong@126.com
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Objective To systematically review the correlation between Beclin1 protein expression and cervical cancer as well as its different clinical pathologic features. Methods We electronically searched databases including The Cochrane Library (Issue 1, 2014), PubMed, EMbase, Ovid, CNKI, VIP, CBM and WanFang Data from inception to February 2014, to collect the correlation between Beclin1 protein expression and cervical cancer as well as its different clinical pathologic features. Two reviewers independently screened literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracted data, and assessed the methodological quality of the included studies. Then meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.2 software. Results A total of 5 case-control studies involving 637 patients were included, of which, 388 cases in the cervical cancer group, 130 cases in the cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) group, and 119 cases in the normal cervical tissue group. The results of meta-analysis showed that, a) as for Beclin1 expression, significant differences were found in cervical cancer vs. normal cervical tissues (OR=0.07, 95%CI 0.02 to 0.25, P < 0.000 1), cervical cancer vs. CIN (OR=0.37, 95%CI 0.23 to 0.59, P < 0.000 1), CIN vs. normal cervical tissues (OR=0.23, 95%CI 0.06 to 0.88, P=0.03), and cervical cancer tissues with vs. without lymph node metastasis (OR=0.29, 95%CI 0.17 to 0.49, P < 0.000 01). However, no significant difference was found in medium/low differentiation vs. well differentiation (OR=0.50, 95%CI 0.16 to 1.56, P=0.23), tumour diameter no less than vs. less than 4 cm (OR=0.72, 95%CI 0.44 to 1.18, P=0.20), myometrial invasion depth no less than vs. less than 1/2, and FIGO Ⅰ vs. Ⅱ (OR=0.70, 95%CI 0.44 to 1.10, P=0.12). Conclusion Beclin1 protein expression is notably associated to cervical cancer. Due to the limited quantity and quality of the included studies, the above conclusion still needs to be further verified by performing more high quality studies.

Citation: WANGYu-juan, ZHANGJing, HUOJun-ling, LVJuan, WANGZan-hong. Correlation between Beclin1 Protein Expression and Cervical Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2014, 14(7): 798-805. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20140134 Copy

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