Molecular Characteristics of TYK2 Gene Expressions in Patients with Colorectal Cancer

Abstract

Background: TYK2 is a member of the JAK family and is known to mediate signals of multiple cytokines that play a crucial role in immune and inflammatory signaling. Activation of TYK2 in tumor cells has been linked to promote cell survival, growth, and invasion. This study aimed to investigate the expression of tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) in colorectal cancer (CRC) and adjacent control tissues. Materials and Methods: Quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) method was elaborated to examine the expression levels of TYK2 in 100 colorectal tumor tissues and adjacent tissues as a control. Furthermore, we analyzed the diagnostic power of the mentioned TYK2 by plotting the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Results: Our results revealed that the expression level of TYK2 was significantly up-regulated in CRC patients sample compared to the adjacent sample of the control group. Analysis of patient's clinic pathological features shows that expressions TYK2 were differently associated with lymph vascular invasion and TMN stage (P < 0.0001, P < 0.0006). Conclusion: These results indicated that TYK2 levels potential biomarkers for diagnosing colorectal cancer may be identified.

Keywords

• biomarker
• colorectal cancer
• cytokines
• tyk2 kinase