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Objective To investigate the expression of EphrinB2 and microvessel density(MVD) in colorectal carcinoma and to analyze the relationship between the expression of EphrinB2 and the biological characteristics of colorectal carcinoma. Methods EphrinB2 and MVD of 63 colorectal carcinoma diagnosed by pathology were examined by immunohistochemistry, and 25 specimens from normal colorectal tissue were examined as controls. Results The expression of EphrinB2 protein was 82.0 % (51/63) in colorectal carcinoma and 32.0 % (8/25) in the normal colorectal tissues, the difference was significant (P <0.05). Meanwhile, MVD was significantly higher in EphrinB2 positive group (39.39±8.97) than that in negative group (33.00 ±10.19) (P<0.05). The expression of EphrinB2 protein had significant positive correlation with differentiation grade, infiltration, lymph node metastases and clinical stage (P <0.05), and had no relation to age, sex, tumor size and location(P >0.05). Conclusion The EphrinB2 protein expression increase may be involved in development of colorectal carcinoma and play important roles in the tumorigenesis and progression of colorectal carcinoma.
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Objective To explore the relationship between the abnormal expression of anti-oncogene PTEN in gastric carcinoma and the clinicopathological characteristics. Methods Mythylation specific PCR was applied to detect the expression of PTEN methylation in gastric carcinoma and their normal tissues from 45 patients. Results The methylation took place in 40.0 percent in gastric carcinoma and 2.2 percent in their normal tissues, and the difference was significant(P<0.05). The methylation rate in poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma was 60.0 percent ,while 15.0 percent in highly-moderately differentiated group, the difference was significant (P<0.05). In the 24 cases with lymph node metastasis, mythylation was observed in 13 cases, and the difference was significant (P<0.05). Conclusion The methylation of PTEN gene was associated with gastric carcinoma, it may play an important role in the development of the disease.