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Objective To investigate the expression of forkhead box C2 (FOXC2),Vimentin and E-cadherin protein in colorectal adenocarcinoma and the relationship of FOXC2,Vimentin and E-cadherin with the clinicopathological parameters,and the role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in colorec tal adenocarcinoma and the correlation between FOXC2 and EMT.Methods The expressions of FOXC2,Vimentin and E-cadherin in 102 cases of colorectal adenocarcinoma tissues and 30 cases of adjacent noncancerous tissues were detected by immunohistochemical method,and the correlation between FOXC2 and EMT and the clinicopathological parameters of colorectal adenocarcinoma were analyzed.Results The positive rates of FOXC2,Vimentin and E-cadherin in colorectal adenocarcinoma tissues were 53.9％,40.2％ and 26.5％,respectively.The positive rates of FOXC2,Vimentin and E-cadherin in adjacent noncancerous tissues were 6.7％,0 and 63.3％.Compared to paracancerous tissue,the expression of FOXC2 and Vimentin in colorectal adenocarcinoma was significantly increased,while the expression of E-cadherin was significantly decreased.The positive rates of FOXC2 and Vimentin in lymph node metastasis group were 79.1％ and 67.4％,respectively,which were significantly higher than those without lymph node metastasis (35.6％,P ＜0.01;20.3％,P ＜0.01).The positive rate of E-cadherin in lymph node metastasis group was 16.3％,which was significantly lower than that without lymph node metastasis (33.9％,P ＜ 0.01).The positive rates of FOXC2 and Vimentin in T1 +T2 phase were 41.7％ and 25.0％,respectively,which were significantly lower than those in T3 + T4 stage (83.3％,P ＜0.01;76.7％,P ＜0.01).The positive rate of Ecadherin in T1 + T2 stage group was 33.3％,which was significantly higher than that in T3 + T4 stage (10.0％,P ＜ 0.01).There was a positive correlation between FOXC2 and Vimentin in colorectal adenocarcinoma (P ＜0.01),and negatively correlated with E-cadherin expression (P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions EMT may promote the development and metastasis of colorectal adenocarcinoma,FOXC2 may be involved in colorectal cancer EMT and through the EMT to promote the malignant process of colorectal adenocarcinoma.
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Objective To explore the difference of the expression level of FK506 Binding Protein 51 (FKBP51) in colorectal adenocarcinoma and normal colorectal tissues,and the correlation between FKBP51 expression level and clinicopathological characteristics,and to clarify whether FKBP51 is involved in the occurrence and development of colorectal cancer.Methods By immunohistochemical staining [streptavidin-peroxidase (SP) method] and Western blotting methods tested 31 cases of colorectal cancer tumor tissues and normal colorectal tissues far from tumor 5 cm,and explored the expression level difference of FKBP51.Combined with clinical data of patients,results were analyzed by statistical method x2 test of four case table data.Results The high expression rate of FKBP51 in tumor tissues was 74.19％ (23/31 cases),while the high expression rate of FKBP51 in normal tissue was 9.68％ (3/31 cases).The difference was significant.The expression level of FKBP51 in patients with colorectal carcinoma had no obvious correlation with gender (P =0.771),age (P =0.474),tumor location (P =0.213),degree of differentiation (P =0.318),lymph node metastasis (P =0.124),distant metastasis (P =0.318) and clinical stage (P =0.171);and the tumor size (P =0.049),depth of invasion related (P =0.031),the difference was statistically significant.Conclusions The expression of FKBP51 in colorectal cancer was strong,while weak expression in normal colorectal tissues.With the increase of tumor infiltration and deepening,the expression of FKBP51 became stronger,which indicated that FKBP51 participated in the genesis and development of colorectal cancer,and it might become a new target for individual therapy of colorectal cancer.
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Objective To investigate the correlation between quantitative detection of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA in peripheral blood and metachronous liver metastasis and prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC).Methods The quantitative expression of hTERT mRNA in pre-and post-operative peripheral blood were detected with real-time fluorescence quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in 168 patients with CRC and normal controls.The postoperative 3 years,prognosis of the CRC patients were followed-up.The relationship between peripheral blood hTERT mRNA expression levels and the metachronous liver metastasis and prognosis of CRC were analyzed.Results The hTERT mRNA expressions in preoperative,6 month postoperative peripheral blood in postoperative liver metastases group were significantly higher than those in the postoperative non-metachronous liver metastases group in the same term [(8.35 ± 5.86) (2-△ △Ct) vs (4.42 ± 2.88) (2-△ △Ct),(1.87 ± 1.85) (2-△ △Ct) vs (1.03 ± 0.92) (2-△△Ct),P ＜ 0.01].The hTERT mRNA expressions in preoperative peripheral blood of CRC group were positively related to the differentiated degree of tumor,tumor size,lymph node metastasis(P ＜ 0.05 or P ＜ 0.01),and were negatively related to the postoperative survival(P ＜ 0.01).Univariate analysis revealed that hTERT mRNA expressions in preoperative and 6 months postoperative peripheral blood were all correlated with postoperative liver metastases from CRC.Multivariate Cox analysis showed that they were independent risk factors for postoperative CRC liver metastases(EXP =4.282,9.171).The 3 year survival rate of the postoperative CRC liver metastases group was significantly lower than that of the postoperative non-CRC liver metastases group.Conclusions hTERT mRNA expressions in preoperative peripheral blood are related to the important pathologic feature,postoperative liver metastasis and prognosis of CRC.hTERT mRNA expressions in preoperative and 6 months postoperative peripheral blood might be a predictive biomarker for CRC metachronous liver metastases.The elevation of hTERT mRNA expression levels in postoperative peripheral blood were related to postoperative CRC liver metastasis.
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Objective To explore the significance of serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA),carbohydrate antigen (CA) 199,CA242,and CA724 combined detection in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer.Methods The levels of CA724,CA242,CA199,and CEA in 112 cases of colorectal cancers,74 cases of colorectal benign lesion group,and 128 cases of healthy physical examination group were detected by chemiluminescence method.Results The levels of CEA,CA199,CA242,and CA724 in sera were significantly higher than those in colorectal cancer group (P ＜ 0.05),and the difference between two groups was not significant (P ＞ 0.05).In the clinical diagnosis of colon and rectal cancers,the sensitivity,specificity,and detection rate of CEA were 52.3％,93.5％,and 76.8％;CA199 was 46.9％,91.9％,and 73.6％;CA242 was 56.3％,94.6％,and 79.0％;and CA724 was 49.2％,93.0％,and 75.2％.The combined detection of CEA,CA199,CA242,and CA724 were 76.6％,96.2％,and 87.6％.Conclusions In the diagnosis of colorectal cancer,combined detection of serum CEA,CA199,CA242,and CA724 has more clinical value.than single detection,and can improve the diagnostic sensitivity and detection rate.
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Objective To investigate the expression of doublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1) in colorectal cancer and colorectal adenomas,and it's role in the development and progression of colorectal carcinoma,and explore the relationship of the DCLK1 expression and prognosis in colorectal cancer patients with diabetes medical history.Methods Expression of DCLK1 in 70 cases of colorectal cancers,70 cases of para-carcinoma tissues,and 35 cases of tubulovillous adenomas were detected by immunohistochemical method.Results (1) The DCLK1 high expression rate in colorectal cancers was 41.4％ (29/70),and 45.7％ (16/35) in tubular villous adenomas,both significantly higher than the para-carcinoma tissues (4.3％;3/70) (P ＜0.01).(2) DCLK1 high positive expression had statistical significance with pathological grading (P ＜ 0.01),infiltration depth (P ＜ 0.05),lymph node metastasis (P＜ 0.05),vascular invasion (P ＜0.05),and distant metastasis (P ＜0.01).(3) There was no obvious correlation between the Diabetes medical history,expression of DCLK1,and prognosis of patients.Conclusions DCLK1 has high positive expression in colorectal carcinomas,and may have certain significance for the early clinical diagnosis and prognostic judgment of colorectal cancers.The expression of DCLK1 and prognosis of colorectal cancers has no obvious correlation with diabetes medical history.
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Objective To investigate clinical value of miRNA-27-3p expressed in colorectal cancers,liver metastasis,and the peripheral blood,and analyze its target genes.Methods Among 78 cases of colorectal cancer patients,sera,colorectal cancers,and liver metastases were used to detect miRNA-27a-3p expressions with real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and analyze its clinical significance.We predicted miRNA-27-3p target genes,and confirmed the target genes and their correlation between miRNA-27a-3p and target genes.Results The expression level of miRNA-27a-3p in 78 cases of colorectal cancers was 3.13 ± 1.72,which was significantly higher than that in matched adjacent cancer tissues (1.06 ± 0.42) and control group (0.68 ± 0.27) (P ＜ 0.05).The expression level of miRNA-27a-3p in 27 cases of liver metastases was 3.48 ± 1.15,which was significantly higher than that in paired colorectal cancer tissues (2.34 ± 1.03) (P ＜0.05) and adjacent tissues (0.81 ± 1.14) (P ＜0.05).Expression levels of miRNA-27a-3p in patients with colorectal cancer tissues and peripheral blood had no significant difference in age,sex,serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels,tumor location,and pathological types (P ＞ 0.05);however,it had positive significant difference in lymph node metastasis,liver metastasis,tumor node metastasis (TNM) staging (P ＜ 0.05).The expression of miRNA-27a-3p was negatively correlated with the expression of target gene GP73.Conclusions The higher expression was miRNA-27a-3p in peripheral blood and colorectal cancer tissues,higher risk of liver metastasis occurs.MiRNA-27a-3p might participate in the occurrence and development of colorectal cancer by regulating target gene expression of GP73.In peripheral blood of colorectal cancer patients,miRNA-27a-3p might be used for potential auxiliary diagnosis and predict liver metastasis.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between quantitative detection of T lymphoma invasion and metastasis inducing factor (Tiaml) mRNA and invasion,metastasis and prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer.Methods The quantitative expression of Tiam1 mRNA in cancer tissues in colorectal cancers (n =97),in tissues of colorectal adenomatous polyposis (n =49) and normal control (n =30) were detected with real-time fluorescence quantitative-polymerase chain reaction (PCR).The relationship between the quantitative expression of Tiam1 mRNA in colorectal cancer tissues and the invasion,metastasis and the prognosis were analyzed.Results The levels of Tiam1 mRNA expression in the colorectal cancer group,were significantly higher than those in colorectal adenomatous polyposis group and normal controlgroup [(14.45±4.87)2-△△△Ct vs (3.77 ±3.15)2-△△Ct,(1.06 ±0.65)2-△△Ct,P ＜0.01].The levels of Tiam1 mRNA expression in the adenomatous polyposis with high grade intraepithelial neoplasia were signifiCantly higher than those in the adenomatous polyposis with low grade intraepithelial neoplasia [(5.26 ±2.45)2-△△Ct vs (3.78 ±2.19)2-△△Ct,P ＜0.01],which were both significantly higher than those in the adenomatous polyposis with no intraepithelial neoplasia [(2.13 ± 1.64)2-△△Ct,P ＜0.05 or P ＜ 0.01].The levels of Tiam1 mRNA expression in colorectal cancer group were positively related to the differentiated degree of tumor,depth of invasion,lymph node metastasis,tumor node metastasis (TNM) stages and the postoperative recurrence (P ＜ 0.01),and were negatively related to the postoperative survival time (P ＜0.01).Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that levels of Tiam1 mRNA expression in cancer tissues were independent prognostic factor for colorectal cancer (Exp =4.043).Conclusions The high Tiam1 mRNA expression levels in cancer tissues are closely related to invasion,metastasis and poor prognosis of colorectal cancer,and may be a prognostic indicator of colorectal cancer.The increase expression of Tiam1 mRNA in colorectal adenomatous polyposis may be related to colorectal tumorigenesis.
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Objective To investigate the expression and prognostic significance of Interleukin-36α (IL-36α) in colorectal cancer.Methods The expression of IL-36α was tested by immunohistochemical staining in 329 cases of colorectal cancer.According to the intensity and the proportion of positive tumor cells,all the patients were divided into IL-36α low and high expression groups.The clinicopathological factors and prognosis of patients between IL-36α low high expression groups were compared.Results Significant differences were observed in the number of patients in tumor differentiation and pM classification between patients in the IL-36α low and high expression groups (P ＜ 0.05).The 5-year overall and tumorfree survival rates of patients were 79.3％ and 77.2％ in IL-36α low expression group,and 66.3％ and 65.3％ in IL-36α high expression group (P ＜0.05).COX proportional hazard regression model revealed that high expression of IL-36α was associated with short overall survival time and tumor-free survival time of colorectal cancer patients (P ＜ 0.05).Multivariate analysis identified IL-36α expression in colorectal cancer as an independent prognosticator (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions High expression of IL-36α was correlated with tumor differentiation and pM classification of colorectal cancers,and it is an independent predictor of poor survival for patients with colorectal cancer.