Expressions of HIF-1αand CTGF proteins in oral submucous fibrosis / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the effects of hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha ( HIF-1α) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) proteins in the pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis (OSF). Methods Expressions of HIF-1αand CTGF proteins in 30 cases of OSF, and 5 cases of normale control o-ral mucosa tissue were studied with streptomyces peroxidase ( SP) immunohistochemistry with the HIF-1αand CTGF rabbit anti-human polyclonal antibodies.Results The negative expressions of HIF-1αand CT-GF proteins were found in normal control and significant increase was found in OSF ( P <0.05).Conclu-sions HIF-1αand CTGF proteins have positive expression in OSF, both of them may act as an important role in pathogenesis of OSF.