Clinical and pathological significance of transforming growth factor ?1 and its related receptors expressed in human bladder transitional cell carcinomas / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Purpose:To investigate the relationships between the biological behavior of human transitional cell carcinomas(TCCs) and the protein expression of transforming growth factor ?1(TGF?1) as well as its'related receptors.Methods:The expression of TGF?1 ,T?RⅠ,T?RⅡ and PCNA were examined in 74 specimens of TCCs by S P immunohistochemistry staining.Results:The positive expression rate of TGF?1 , T?RⅠ and T?R Ⅱ were 89.2%,70.3% and 48.6%,respectively. Superficial tumors had lower overexpression rate of TGF?1 (33.3%) than muscle invasive TCCs (83.8%) ( P