ABSTRACT
Objective To analyze the expression of extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (CD147)and phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten(PTEN)in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ,and to explore the correlations be‐tween expressions of CD147 and PTEN and those with clinicopathological factors .Methods The expressions of CD147 and PTEN proteins in tissues of 64 cases of patients with NSCLC and 10 cases of normal paracancerous tissues were determined by using im‐munohistochemical SP method .The correlations between expressions of CD147 and PTEN with clinicopathological factors were ana‐lysed ,as well .Results The expression of CD147 in NSCLC tissues(75 .00% )was significantly higher than that in paracancerous tissues(0 .00% ,P<0 .05) .The expression of CD147 was strongly associated with degrees of differentiation ,lymph node metastasis and TNM stage(P<0 .05) .The expression of PTEN in NSCLC tissues (32 .81% )was significantly lower than that in paracancerous tissues(80 .00% ,P<0 .05) .Expression of PTEN was strongly associated with TNM stage (P<0 .05) .Spearman correlation analy‐sis shown that CD147 expression was negatively correlated with PTEN expression (r= -0 .442 ,P<0 .05) .Conclusion The abnor‐mal expression of CD147 and PTEN might play an important role in the malignant progression of NSCLC .