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Lung cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world.Non-small lung canc-er( NSCLC) accounts for approximately 85%,but its pathogenesis has not been elucidated.As a family of soluble enzymes,matrix metalloproteinases(MMPs)can degrade the constituents of the extracellular matrix(ECM)and the basement-membrane,members share common structural features and are responsible for the relative specific sub-strates.Some researches show that the matrix metalloproteinases 7(MMP-7)involve in the invasion and metasta-sis of NSCLC,the expression of MMP-7 in the tissue of NSCLC is significcantly higher than that in adjacent tis-sues,and the MMP-7 plays important roles in prognosis evaluation of NSCLC patients.Therefore this paper sum-marize the domain structure,function,regulation and research in NSCLC about MMP-7.
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Objective:To investigate the expression and clinical significance of Ang-2 and MMP-7 protein in laryngeal carcinoma tissue.Method:Immunohistochemical technique was used to detect the expression of Ang-2 and MMP-7 protein in 65 tissues of laryngeal carcinoma and 34 biopsies of adjacent non-cancerous tissue. The relationship between the expression of Ang-2 and MMP-7 and invasion, metastasis or prognosis in laryngeal carcinoma tissue was analyzed.Result:The positive rates of Ang-2 and MMP-7 were significantly higher in laryngeal carcinoma tissue than those in adjacent non-cancerous tissue(P<0.05).The level of Ang-2 and MMP-7 expression had no significant correlations with the age and course as well as the smoking, drinking, histological differentiation of carcinoma and clinical classification (P>0.05).While the expression of Ang-2 significantly differed between patients with different T stage and clinical stage(P<0.05), and the expression of MMP-7 was notably correlated with the T stage,clinical stage and lymph node metastases (P<0.05).There was a correlation between the expression of Ang-2 and MMP-7 (P<0.05).The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that patients with positive expression of Ang-2 had worse overall survival(P<0.05).However,MMP-7 expression was not related to overall survival or disease-free survival (all P>0.05).Cox regression analysis indicated that Ang-2 and MMP-7 expression were independent prognostic factors of laryngeal carcinoma.Conclusion:Overexpression of Ang-2 and MMP-7 was observed in laryngeal carcinoma and they might be served as an objective indicator for biological behaviour and prognosis.
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Objective To study the relationship between expression of matrix metalloproteinases-7 (MMP-7) and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with primary non-smaU cell lung cancer(NSCLC). Methods MMP-7 in 20 normal people and 60 advanced NSCLC patiens were detected with reverse-transcription-polymerase-chain-reaction. Gelatum image analysator analyzed the result. Results The amount of MMP-7 was less in normal people (30.000) than in NSCLC patients(41.231) significantly(P<0.05); the level of MMP-7 was no correlated with gender, age, pathology pattern, tumor size, was inverse correlation with differentiation, and was positive correlation with clinical stages(P <0.05). Conclusion The level of MMP-7 is closely correlated with tissue differentiation and clinical stages of NSCLC, which may serve as a parameter for determining tumor invasion and metastatic.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between diameter of early gastric cancer as well as lymph node metastasis and expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and Matrix metalloproteinases-7(MMP-7)in gastric cancer. Method VEGF and MMP-7 expressions of gastric cancer tissue in 55 cases were examined by immumohistochemical assay. The diagnosis was confirmed by mucous stain and pathology. Results The level of VEGF and MMP-7 expression in group of early gastric cancer with diameter ≤ 10 mm was significantly lower than that of diameter ≥ 10 mm and ≤ 20 mm (P0.05). Conclusion It is significant that relation of the diameter of early gastric cancer with VEGF and MMP-7 expression, the cases of strongly positive over-expression of both VEGF and MMP-7 in tissue of patients with early gastric cancer are accompanied by more likelihood of lymph node metastasis.