Bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation and other similar lesions on humerus: a comparative analysis of clinicopathologic and imageologic characteristics / 临床与实验病理学杂志

Purpose To investigate the clinicopathologic and imageologic characteristics of bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation (BPOP),osteochondroma and chondrosarcoma.Methods One case of BPOP on right humerus,one case of osteochondroma on left humerus,and one case of chondrosarcoma on right humerus were analyzed and compared on their clinical,pathologic and imaging manifestations and followup.Results The patients of BPOP and osteochondroma did not feel pain,but patient with chondrosarcoma felt severe pain.Microscopically,it was composed of different amounts cartilage,bone,and spindle cells with a poorly organized distribution.It appeared bizarre chondrocyte and characterized " blue bone".The mass was arising from the surface of the bone and the lesion was not cortical erosion and continuity with medullary cavity in the imaging findings.BPOP,osteochondroma and chondrosarcoma could be distinguished by the above characteristics.Conclusion BPOP is a rare and benign osteochondroma-like lesion,which may be confused with osteochondroma and chondrosarcoma.BPOP can be diagnosed definitely by combining histology with medical imageology.

Correlation between the expression of angiopoietins and their receptor and angiogenesis in gastric cancers / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the effects of angiopoietins (Ang-1 and Ang-2) and Tie-2 expression on microvessel density (MVD) in gastric cancers.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>By using semiquantitative RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry and image analysis system, the expression of Ang-1, Ang-2, Tie-2 mRNA and their proteins were detected in 68 primary gastric cancers and their adjacent normal tissues. Microvessel density (MVD) was figured out based on CD34 immunohistochemical staining.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expression of all Ang-1, Ang -2, Tie-2 mRNA and their proteins was detected in gastric cancers and their paired adjacent gastric mucosa tissues. A negative correlation between Ang-1 protein, Tie-2 mRNA and MVD in gastric cancers was observed (r = -0.440, r = -0.267; P < 0.05), while the relation between Ang-2 mRNA and its protein, Ang-2/Ang-1 protein ratio with MVD were positive (r = 0.319, r = 0.729, r = 0.739; P < 0.05). It was found that MVD in groups with Ang-2 mRNA T/N ratio over 1.2 (the ratio of Ang-2 mRNA in gastric cancers and its adjacent normal mucosa) was higher than that in those with a ratio under 1.2, revealed by analysing the effects of Ang-1 and Ang-2 mRNA T/N ratio on MVD in gastric cancers.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Ang-1 activates Tie-2 receptor, whereas Ang-2 antagonizes Ang-1 in the angiogenesis, and the Ang-2/Ang-1 ratio determines angiogenesis and tumor growth in gastric cancers. When the expression of Ang-2 is high and Ang-1 is low, the angiogenesis in gastric cancers is promoted, otherwise oppositely. The role of Ang-2 is dominant in the effect of Angs and their receptor on angiogenesis in gastric cancers.</p>

Dual effect of angiopoietin-2 on angiogenesis in gastric cancer / 中华肿瘤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the effect of Ang-2 on angiogenesis in gastric cancer.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The expression of Ang-2 mRNA was analyzed by RT-PCR and the expression of VEGF and CD34 was detected by immunohistochemistry in 36 cases of gastric cancer tissues and their paired adjacent gastric mucosa.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The expression of Ang-2 mRNA was found both in gastric cancer and their paired adjacent gastric mucosa; the correlationship between the general expression levels of Ang-2 mRNA and microvessel density (MVD) in gastric cancer tissues was not found. However, in 27 cases whose Ang-2 mRNA expression levels in cancer tissues were lower than those in adjacent gastric mucosa. A significant positive correlation between the expression level of Ang-2 mRNA and MVD in the tumor tissues was found (r = 0.411, P < 0.05). In these 27 cases, the MVD in the gastric cancer tissues with positive VEGF expression (45.45 +/- 10.30) was higher than that with negative VEGF expression (30.15 +/- 8.69, P < 0.05), whereas in the other 9 cases whose expression levels of Ang-2 mRNA in cancer tissues were higher than those in adjacent gastric mucosa, a significant negative correlation between expression level of Ang-2 mRNA and MVD in the tumor tissues (r = -0.758, P < 0.05), but without correlation between the MVD and VEGF.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Under the conditions that the expression of Ang-2 mRNA in cancer tissues was lower than that in adjacent gastric mucosa, VEGF could promote the sprouting of new vessels along with Ang-2 upregulation. But under the conditions that the expression of Ang-2 mRNA in cancer tissues was higher than that in adjacent gastric mucosa, Ang-2 inhibited angiogenesis. Angiopoietin-2 may play a dual effect on angiogenesis in gastric cancer.</p>