Expression and significance of clusterin in normal prostate, benign prostate hyperplasia and prostate cancer / 中华外科杂志
Chinese Journal of Surgery
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(12): 93-95, 2003.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-257722
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the expression and significance of Clusterin in normal prostate, benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Clusterin expression in samples of 12 normal prostate, 15 BPH, and 56 prostate cancer were studied by immunohistochemical stain.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of 83 cases, 67 are positive or weak positive (81%). The rate of positive or weak positive for normal prostate, BPH and prostate cancer was 17% (2/12), 73% (11/15), and 96% (54/56) respectively. The expression level of Clusterin in prostate cancer was much higher than in normal prostate (t = 8.82, P < 0.01). BPH (t = 7.63, P < 0.01) was related positively with pathological grade (r = 0.649, P < 0.01) and stage (r = 0.609, P < 0.01) of prostate cancer.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Clusterin may play an important role in the biological characteristics of prostate cancer by the anti-apoptosis pathway.</p>
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Physiology
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Prostate
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Prostatic Hyperplasia
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Prostatic Neoplasms
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Immunohistochemistry
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Apoptosis
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Clusterin
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Metabolism
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Surgery
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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