CORRELATION BETWEEN THE EXPRESSION OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AND ITS RECEPTOR AND ANGIOGENESIS IN HUMAN COLORECTAL CANCER / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

To investigate the correlation between the expression of vascular growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor KDR and angiogenesis in human colorectal cancer. VEGF and KDR were detected in 68 cases colorectal cancer by immunohistochemical SABC technique. Microvessel density was determined by immunostaining for factor Ⅷ related antigen. Results showed that the positive rate of VEGF was 55 9% (38/68) in 68 cases of colorectal carcer, and VEGF was mainly located at the cytoplasm or the membrane of the colorectal cancerous cell; KDR positive rate was 45 6% (31/68), and KDR was located in the vascular endothelial cell of colorectal cancer tissues and their related Peri Cancerous tissues but also in the cytoplasm or the membrane of the colorectal cancerous cell. VEGF was closely related to Dukes stage. Microvessel density (MVD) was significantly higher in VEGF positive tumor than in VEGF negative tumor ( P