ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the expression of tight junction protein 1(Claudin‐1) and vascular endothelial growth factor C(VEGF‐C) in colorectal carcinoma tissues and the relationship between them .Methods Totally 50 cases of colorectal carci‐noma ,paracancerous tissues and 50 cases of normal colorectal tissues from Department of Pathology were detected by immunohisto‐chemistry SP method ,according to the patient′s age ,gender ,lymph node metastasis ,depth of invasion ,clinical stage for comprehen‐sive comparison ,and analyze the Claudin 1 and VEGF‐C protein expression in colorectal cancer tissues .Results The positive rates of Claudin‐1 ,VEGF‐C in colorectal cancer tissues was significantly higher than that in paracancerous tissue and normal colorectal tissues (χ2 =32 .270 ,P=0 .000;χ2 =41 .209 ,P=0 .000) ,the positive rate of Claudin‐1 ,VEGF‐C in paracancerous cancer tissues was significantly higher than that in normal colorectal tissues (χ2 =7 .294 ,P=0 .007 ;χ2 = 5 .741 ,P=0 .017) .The expression of colorectal carcinoma Claudin‐1 had close relationship with differentiation ,invasion degree ,TNM stage ,lymph node metastasis(P<0 .05) ,the expression of VEGF‐C had colse relatons with infiltration degress ,TNM stage ,lymph node metastasis ,tumor size(P<0 .05) .The expression of colorectal cancer Claudin‐1 ,VEGF‐C had significantly positive correlation (χ2 =10 .953 ,P= 0 .001 ,r=0 .468) .Conclusion The expression of colorectal cancer Claudin‐1 ,VEGF‐C was significantly higher than that in paracancerous tis‐sue and normal colorectal tissue ,the expression of Claudin‐1 ,VEGF‐C had a certain relationship with clinical staging .