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Objective To investigate the expression of astrocyte elevated gene -1( AEG-1) and matrix metallopeptidase 9(MMP-9)in colorectal tissues and evaluate its correlation with clinical pathologic factors of colorectal cancer.Methods AEG-1 and MMP-9 expression in normal colorectal mucous (n=45),low-grade adenoma(n=31),high-grade adenoma(n=15)and colorectal carcinoma(n=146)were examined by immuno-histochemistry .Statistical analyses were applied to test the significance of its expression .Results AEG-1 ex-pression levels were gradually elevated in normal tissues ,low-grade adenoma ,high-grade adenoma and colorec-tal carcinoma respectively .Furthermore ,there was a similar trend for MMP -9from normal mucous to adenoma and carcinoma .Statistical analysis revealed that AEG -1 expression was markedly correlated with the UICC stage,T classification,N classification,M classification,and histological differentiation in the colorectal cancer pa-tients,but not with age,gender,tumor location and tumor size.In addition,AEG-1 expression was positively cor-related with the MMP-9 expression in colorectal cancer .Besides,those patients with high AEG-1 and MMP-9 levels had shorter survival time ( P<0 .05 ) .Conclusion AEG-1 may be involved in carcinogenesis and pro-gression of colorectal carcinoma and can be a novel prognostic biomarker in patients with colorectal carcinoma .
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Objective To investigate the expression level of human epididymis protein 4 ( HE4 ) in se-rous ovarian cancer tissues and its relationship with clinicopathological features .Methods The expression level of HE4 in 140 serous ovarian cancer patients and its relationship with clinicopathological features were detected by immunohistochemistry.To compare the correlation between HE4 and CA125, the histological expressionOf CA125 was also detected by IHC .Results the positive expression rate of HE 4 and CA125 in moderately and poorly differentiated serous ovarian cancer tissues were respectively 89.76%and 81.89%;the positive expression rate in well differentiated group were respectively 46.61% and 15.38%,in the advanced stages were 92.44%and 83.19%,in the early stages were 47.62%and 33.33%.the positive expression rate of lymphatic metastasis were 95.65%and 84.35%,without lymphatic metastasis were 40.00%and 36.00%,the positive expression rate of peritoneal implantation were 90.00% and 87.27%, without peritoneal implantation were 70.00% and 33.33%;the positive expression rate of ascites were 89.76% and 79.53%,without ascites were 46.15% and 38.46%.Besides,the positive expression rates of HE4 and CA125 were 86%and 76%,the differences were sta-tistically significant.Both the positive expression in ovarian cancer are correlated positively (P0.05).Conclusion The expression of HE4 in serous ovarian cancer is related with FI-GO stages,the degree of tumor differentiation ,lymph node metastasis and ascites .
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It has been demonstrated that astrocyte elevated gene 1 ( AEG-1 ) can promote tumor initia-tion and progression .Over expression of AEG -1 is correlated with tumor angiogenesis ,metastasis and chemother-apy resistance of tumor cells of different origins .The present article is a review on the mechanism of AEG -1 me-diated drug resistance .Studies have shown that AEG -1 participates in carcinogenesis through Ha -ras,myc,NF-κB and PI3K/Akt signalling pathways .AEG-1 can also promote autophagy through activating AMP Kinase . Other researchers demonstrate that AEG -1 promotes MDR1 protein translation by up-regulating MDR1 mRNA expression ,and thus increases polyribosome .It is testified that AEG-1 can influence drug susceptibility and ex-pression of MDR gene as a RNA binding protein .Multiple functions of AEG -1 in drug resistance in multiple cancers demonstrate that AEG -1 can be used as a novel target for antitumor drugs .
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Objective To investigate the feasibility and cosmetic results of endoscopic thyroidectomy via breast areola approach.Methods From January 2004 to January 2006,endoscopic thyroidectomy was performed through the breast areola approach in 18 patients with benign thyroid mass.Results The surgery was accomplished successfully in all the 18 cases.The operation time ranged 45-120 min(mean,62 min) for unilateral resection and 90-180 min(mean,98 min) for bilateral resection.The intraoperative blood loss ranged 6-20 ml(mean,11 ml) for unilateral resection,and 15-70 ml(mean,29.5 ml) for bilateral resection.Postoperative hospital stay was 3-5 days.No complication occurred after the operation.The patients were followed up for 6-12 months(mean,9 months).The wound healed well in all the patients,inconspicuous scars or no recurrence was observed during the follow-up.Conclusions Endoscopic thyroidectomy via breast areola approach is a safe and feasible procedure with satisfying neck cosmetic outcome.