Serum levels of soluble intercellualr adhesion molecule-1 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and its clinical significance / 中国实用内科杂志

Objective To investigate the clinical significance of serum sICAM-1 level in patients with NSCLC.Methods Sera from 51 cases with different TNM stages of NSCLC were collected and analyzed for concentration of sICAM-1 with Sandwich ELISA method.Results Serum levels of sICAM-1 were significantly higher in NSCLC group than in healthy controls and correlated with the clinical stage of NSCLC cases.Conclusions sICAM-1 could be an important factor which underlies tumor invasion and metastasis and may have a prognostic value in lung cancer.

Plasma levels of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor in lung cancer and its clinical significance / 中国实用内科杂志

Objective To study the expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) in the peripheral blood and investigate its value for the metastasis and prognosis of lung cancer.Methods The plasma levels of suPAR in 26 normal adults,54 patients with lung cancer were measured by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Results The plasma suPAR levels of lung cancer patients were increased in comparison with that of normal adults (P