The Relationship between the ICAM-1 Level of Ascites and Plasma and TMN Stage in Gastric Cancer Patients / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the relationship between the ascites, plasma ICAM-1 level and TMN stages in the patients with gastric cancers. Methods 35 gastric cancer patients were enrolled in this study. Flow cytometry and ELISA were used to quantitatively detect the ICAM-1 in gastric cancer ells and sICAM-1 in ascites and plasma of the gastric cancer patients, respectively. Results ICAM-1 expression level in the cancer cells was significantly higher than that in control normal cells,and was much higher in stage III than in stage II(P