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Purpose To investigate the expression of Orai1 and STIM1 in colon cancer and its clinical significance.Methods Immnohistochemistry was used to detect Orai1 and STIM1 protein expression level in 80 cases of colon cancer and 50 cases of normal colon epithelium.The relationships between Orai1 and STIM1 expression and prognosis were statistically analyzed.Result The expression levels of Orai1 and STIM1 in colon cancer were significantly higher than that in normal colon epithelium(P＜ 0.05).Positive expression of Orai1 and STIM1 was correlated with the TNM stage and lymph node metastasis (P ＜ 0.05),but not correlated with gender,age,and differentiation(P ＞0.05).There was a significant positive correlation between Orai1 and STIM1 expression(P =0.001,rs =0.349).Univariate analysis showed that the expression of Orai1 protein,STIM1 protein,TNM stage and lymph node metastasis were significant prognostic factors for colon cancer patients.Conclusion In colon cancer,both Orail and STIM1 proteins may have synergetic functions and promote the development of the tumor,and could be used as a novel biological indicator of anticancer therapy and prognosis.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the expression and clinical significance of mismatch repair genes hMLH1 and hMSH2 in sporadic colorectal carcinoma tissues.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The expression of hMLH1 and hMSH2 proteins was detected in the 63 sporadic colorectal carcinoma samples by immunohistochemical staining, including tumor tissue, adjacent tissue at 3 cm from the carcinoma, and normal tissue at 10 cm away from the tumor.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The positive rate of hMLH1 protein expression in the 63 normal colorectal tissues, adjacent tissues and sporadic colorectal carcinoma tissues was 95.2%, 85.7% and 81.0%, respectively. The positive rate of hMLH1 protein expression was significantly lower in the tumor than in normal colorectal tissues (P < 0.05). The positive rate of hMSH2 protein in the 63 normal colorectal tissues, adjacent tissues and sporadic colorectal carcinoma tissues were 76.2%, 66.7% and 52.4%, respectively. The positive rate of hMSH2 protein expression was significantly lower in the tumor than in normal colorectal tissues (P < 0.01). The positive rate of hMLH1 protein expression was significantly higher in the tumor tissue of patients aged younger than 60 years (100%) than that in patients ≥ 60 years (75.0%, P < 0.05). The positive rate of hMLH1 protein expression in the tumor tissue accompanied by lymphatic metastasis was 50.0%, significantly lower than that (93.3%) in tumors without lymphatic metastasis (P < 0.05). The positive rate of hMSH2 protein expression in the tumor tissue of patients aged younger than 60 years was 80.0%, significantly higher than that (43.8%) in the cases ≥ 60 years (P < 0.05). The positive rate of hMSH2 protein expression in the tumor tissues with invasion reaching to the intestinal serosa (61.5%) was significantly higher than that (37.5%) in the tumors invading to submucosa or muscular layer (P < 0.05). There was a positive correlation between the expressions of hMLH1 and hMSH2 proteins in the sporadic colorectal carcinomas.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>There is a certain loss of expression of hMLH1 and hMSH2 proteins in sporadic colorectal carcinoma, and is correlated with the age of patients, lymphatic metastasis and different depth of cancer invasion. HMLH1 and hMSH2 may be used as a useful laboratory marker in clinical judgement of occurrence and development of sporadic colorectal carcinoma.</p>
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Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing , Metabolism , Adenocarcinoma , Metabolism , Pathology , Age Factors , Biomarkers, Tumor , Metabolism , Colonic Neoplasms , Metabolism , Pathology , Lymphatic Metastasis , MutL Protein Homolog 1 , MutS Homolog 2 Protein , Metabolism , Neoplasm Invasiveness , Nuclear Proteins , Metabolism , Rectal Neoplasms , Metabolism , PathologyABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the changes of serum troponin I (cTnI) in children with severe pneumonia in the early time and its significance in the diagnosis of myocardial damage.Method cTnI was measured by automatic chemo-immuno-analyzer in 47 patients with severe pneumonia during acute stage and 25 patients during recovery stage.Results The levels cTnI in blood of 33 patients with severe pneumonia during the acute stage were obviously higher,with the abnormal rate 70.2%.There was a remarkable difference compared with control group(P