Heparanase expression in bladder transitional cell carcinoma and its correlation with clinical pathological features / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the expression of heparanase(HPA)and its correlation with the clinical pathological features and angiogenesis in bladder transitional cell carcinoma.Methods HPA mRNA level was detected with RT-PCR and its protein level was determined by immunohistochemical staining in 68 cases of bladder cancer and 24 cases of adjacent tissues of bladder cancer.Results The positive rate of HPA mRNA was 60.3%(41/68)in bladder cancer,4.2%(1/24)in the adjacent tissues of bladder cancer.The expression of HPA mRNA had statistically significant correlation with pathological stage,clinical staging and lymphonode metastasis(P