Expression of Stat 3 protein in lung carcinoma and its clinical significance / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective: To analyze the relationship between Stat 3 protein expression and clinical staging, tissue types, P53 protein and PCNA in lung carcinoma, and to investigate the role of Stat 3 protein in the pathogenesis of lung carcinoma. Methods: Using immunohistochemical technique, Stat 3 protein, P53 protein and PCNA were detected in different tissue in 42 patients with lung carcinoma without radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Results: The positive rate of Stat 3 was 81.0% in lung carcinoma. The expression intensity of Stat 3 in lung carcinoma was not associated with T,N and clinical stage , but it was associated with the expression intensity of P53 and PCNA and it was related to tissue types.Stat 3 protein were markedly higher in NSCLC than that in SCLC. Conclusion: The expression of Stat 3 protein is abnormal in lung carcinoma. Stat 3 may involve in regulation of p53 gene in lung carcinoma cell and accelerate proliferation of lung carcinoma cell, it may play an important role in generation of lung carcinoma. Inhibition of Stat 3 pathways may become a new therapy for lung carcinoma.