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Objective To investigate the expression of paired amino acid cleaving enzyme 4 (PACE4) protein in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), analyze the correlation of its clinicopathologic characteristics, and investigate its significance in the process of occurrence, development, and metastasis of NSCLC.Methods Between January 2006 and May 2009, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College, 172 patients with NSCLC and 15 patients with non-neoplastic tissues were chosen.Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of PACE4, and clinicopathologic characteristics of NSCLC were analyzed.Results (1)The positive expression rate of PACE4 protein in NSCLC was significantly higher than that in non-tumor tissues (P ＜ 0.05).PACE4 expression was observed in 111 of 172 (64.5％) NSCLC.PACE4 had cytoplasmic expression.(2)Clinicopathologically, PACE4 expression was significantly associated with lymph node metastasis (N stage) (P =0.007), and clinical stage (P =0.024).Conclusions High expression of PACE4 indicates that PACE4 may be involved in the processes of occurrence,development, and metastasis of NSCLC.
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Objective To investigate the expression and significance of Matriptase and HAI-1 protein in prostate cancer (CaP). Methods Specimens of 46 prostate cancers,20 benign prostate hyperplasias (BPH),10 high-grade intraepithelial neoplasias (PIN),and 10 normal prostates (NP) were used. Expressions of Matriptase and HAI-1 proteins in specimens were detected by SP of immunohistochemistry. The results were analyzed in relation to the clinicopathological data. Results The protein levels of Matriptase in CaP tissues were significantly higher than PIN tissues(Z＝-2.150,P＝0.032),and the expression of matriptase in CaP and PIN was higher than that in BPH and NP (Z＝-3.270,P＝0.001;Z＝-2.817,P＝0.005). No statistically significant difference was observed between BPH and NP group (Z＝-0.895,P＝0.325). A progressive increase in the protein levels of Matriptase was observed with increasing tumor grade (rs＝0.583,P＜0.01) and clinical stages（rs＝0.611,P＜0.01）in CaP specimens. The protein levels of HAI-1 in BPH and NP tissues were significantly higher than CaP and PIN tissues（Z＝-3.277,-3.315,P＜0.01）,the levels of HAI-1 in PIN were higher than CaP (Z＝-2.310,P＝0.020). No statistically significant difference was found between BPH and NP (Z＝-0.872,P＝0.330). A progressive decrease in the protein levels of HAI-1 was observed with increasing tumor grades（rs＝-0.634,P＜0.01） and clinical stages（rs＝-0.521,P＜0.01）. The expressions of Matriptase and HAI-1 in CaP tissues showed negative correlations（rs＝-0.712,-0.560,-0.465,respectively,P＜0.01）. Conclusions The abnormal expressions of Matriptase and HAI-1 proteins may be important events during the progression of CaP in humans. Matriptase and HAI-1 Protein may be used as parameters for assessing the malignancy and prognosis of CaP.