Review Article

Clinicopathological Significance of Heat Shock Protein (HSP) 27 Expression in Gastric Cancer: A Updated Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of studies included in this meta-analysis.

AuthorYearCountryStudy designNo. of samplesAgeGender: male (±)
female (±)
HSP27 expression: gastric cancer (±)
adjacent tissue (±)
control (±)
Differentiation: low (±)
high and middle (±)
Lymph node metastasis: metastasis (±)
nonmetastasis (±)
Distant metastasis: metastasis (±)
nonmetastasis (±)
Quality score
Gastric cancerAdjacent tissueNormal tissue

Li et al.2010ChinaROS45302029–7015/8
16/6
31/14
8/22
9/18
22/27
18/11
13/3
NA8
Tang et al.2009ChinaROS34343432–84NA18/16
4/30
NANANA6
Song et al.2009ChinaROS41NANA60–77NANA3/8
9/21
NANA6
Li et al.2012ChinaROS48NA1430–75NA31/1725/11
6/6
29/10
2/7
5/1
26/16
8
Hu et al.2015ChinaROS7575NA23–7835/18
13/9
43/32
62/13
32/9
16/18
32/9
16/18
NA7
Wen et al.2017ChinaROS20NANA22–86NANA2/2
15/1
NANA7
Song et al.2001ChinaROS54NANA20–83NANA7/10
11/19
NANA7
Bo et al.2003ChinaCSS98NANA36–78NA49/496/15
39/30
20/19
29/30
NA5
Lu et al.2007ChinaROS6857NA35–7618/19
14/17
32/36
15/42
44/16
4/11
28/25
10/15
22/21
NA7
Shang et al.2012ChinaROS60606033–8131/12
13/4
6/54
3/57
30/16
6/8
30/13
14/3
0/3
43/14
7
Khaldon Bodoor et al.2016JordanROS87NA1625–98NA66/21
14/2
NANANA8
Shinsuke Takeno et al.2001JapanCSS42NANA42–8515/11
7/9
NANANANA6
Kapranos2002GreeceROS86NA8637–8525/19
29/13
NANA48/23
6/9
NA7