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ObjectiveTo investigate the correlation between the expression of VEGF and the lymph node metastasis of colorectal carcinoma.MethodsVEGF was detected by immunohistochemistry in 24 cases of colorectal carcinoma with lymph node metastasis and 16 case of colorectal carcinoma without lymph node metastasis.CD34 was used as a marker to evaluate the MVD.All the data were analyzed using 10.1 statistical package.The comparison was performed by x2 test and Spearman rank correlation analysis.The level of significance is α =0.05.Resultsin the 40 cases of colorectal carcinoma,24 cases encountered lymph node metastasis with an MVD (40.65 ± 11.80) and 21 cases were VEGF positive (87.5％).In the 16 cases without metastasis,the MVD was (25.02 ± 11.52) and 4 cases were VEGF positive (25.0％).MVD and VEGF were significantly different between thecases with lymph node metastasis and those without (t =-4.138,x2 =16.00,P ＜0.01 ).In the 40 cases,there were 25 cases with positive VEGF with an MVD (41.33 ± 11.61 ) and 15 cases with negative VEGF with and MVD (22.84 ±8.88).The difference between the cases with positive VEGF and those with negative VEGF (t =5.301,P ＜0.05 ).VEGF level was positive correlated with MVD in the colon cancer ( rs =0.539,P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion VEGF may play a role in promoting the lymph node metastasis of colorectal carcinoma
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ObjectiveTo study the roles of cytokeratin-19 ( CK-19 ),vimentin,vascular endothelial growth factor-C( VEGF-C ),and cyclooxygenase-2 ( COX-2 ) played in the occurrence and development of Graves'disease(GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis(HT).Methods57 cases of GD and 58 cases of HT were enrolled in our study.Immunohistochemistry using SP method was carried out for assessment of the expression of CK-19,vimentin,VEGF-C,and COX-2 in the thyroid tissues.Results CK-19,VEGF-C,and COX-2 were expressed in the cytoplasm of thyroid follicular epithelial cells.Vimentin was expressed both in the mesenchyma and in the cytoplasm of thyroid follicular epithelial cells.The positive rates and expression intensities of CK-19 and VEGF-C in HT ( 86.2％,96.6％ ) were significantly higher than those in GD ( 43.9％,56.1％,all P＜0.05 ).The expression intensities of vimentin and COX-2 in GD ( 100.0％,93.1％ ) were similar to those in HT ( 100.0％,91.2 ％ ),while the expression intensity of COX-2 in HT was significantly higher than that in GD( all P＜0.05 ).The positive rates of CK-1 9 were much higher in type Ⅲ ( 81.3％ ) of GD than in type Ⅰ ( 1 5.8％ ) and type Ⅱ ( 40.9％ ) of GD,and also higher in type P( 100％ ) of HT than in type L(66.7％ ) of HT.The positive rates of VEGF-C were much higher in type Ⅲ ( 87.5％ ) of GD than in typeⅠ ( 36.8％ ) and type Ⅱ ( 50.0％,all P ＜ 0.05 ) of GD.ConclusionImmunohistochemical detection of the expression of CK-19,vimentin,VEGF-C,and COX-2 may carry clinical significance in revealing the occurrence and development as well as evaluating the prognosis of Graves'disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.