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Objective To investigate the expressions of insulin-like growth factor receptor-1 (IGF-1R) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (1GFBP-3) and their correlations with clinicopathological parameters in the primary colon cancer,as well as their roles in lymph node metastasis of colon cancer.Methods The expressions of IGF-1R and IGFBP-3 in 78 cases of colon cancer tissues and 78 cases of normal colon mucosa tissues were detected by SP immunohistochemical technology and the correlations between the expressions and the clinical pathological parameters of colon cancer were analyzed.Results The positive rate of IGF-1R in colon cancer (66.7％,52/78) was significantly higher than that in control group (24.4％,19/78),x2 =28.150,P =0.000.The positive rate of IGFBP-3 in colon cancer (73.1％,57/78) was significantly lower than that in control group (89.7％,70/78),x2 =7.158,P =0.007.IGF-1R expression in colon cancer was significantly correlated with the invasion (x2 =5.804,P =0.016),TNM stage (x2 =5.246,P =0.022) and lymph node metastasis (x2 =12.955,P =0.000).IGFBP-3 expression in colon cancer was signi-ficantly correlated with the TNM stage (x2 =7.096,P=0.008),lymph node metastasis (x2 =5.893,P =0.015) and distant metastasis (P =0.003).Both with other factors had no significant correlation (P ＞ 0.05).1GF-1R expression and IGFBP-3 expression showed a negative correlation (r =-0.245,P =0.03).Conclusion The over expression of IGF-1R and low expression of IGFBP-3 are associated with TNM stage and lymph node metastasis in colon cancer.IGF-1R and IGFBP-3 may become new targets of the treatment of colon cancer.
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Objective To investigate the expression of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) and fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 ( FGFR-4 ) in the papillary thyroid carcinomas ( PTC ) and clinical significance . Methods Immunohistochemistry and Western blotting for the expression of FGF-2 and FGFR-4 were performed in 89 cases of PTC and 30 cases of normal thyroid tissues ( NTT) adjacent to the tumors .Results Immunohistochemistry results showed that , FGF-2 and FGFR-4 expressions were high in thyroid carcinoma (P0.05).Analyzed by Western blotting technique ,FGF-2 and FGFR-4 expressions in thyroid carcinoma were significantly higher than that in normal tissue ,with decrease of cancer degree of tissue differentiation and significantly up regulated expression (P<0.05).Expressions of FGF-2 and FGFR-4 were in a positive linear correlation in the disease (rs=0.434,P<0.01).Conclusion The expressions of FGF-2 and FGFR-4 are correlated with papillary thyroid cancer and they participated in the process of invasion and metastasis , both of which have a positive synergistic effect .The degree of malignancy and biological behavior are meaningful and comprehensive indicators ,which provide a theoretical basis for the subsequent experimental studies of cellular and molecular biology .