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Objective To investigate the expression of microRNA in plasma of gallbladder cancer and its clinical significance.Methods miRNA microarray was performed in seven gallbladder cancer tissues and seven adjacent normal gallbladder tissues to identify differentially expressed miRNA.The results were validated in plasmas of 40 gallbladder cancers and 20 health people with real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Results Eleven gallbladder cancer-related miRNAs were identified with miRNA microarray analysis.Among them,miRNA-21,miRNA-370,miRNA-187,miRNA-122,and miRNA-202 were up-regulated,and let-7a,miRNA-200b,miRNA-143,miRNA-31,miRNA-335,and miRNA-551 were down-regulated in gallbladder cancers.Moreover,let-7a,miRNA-21,miRNA-187,miRNA-143,miRNA-202,and miRNA-335 were validated with RT-PCR,which were consistent with miRNA microarray results with significant difference between gallbladder cancers and health people (P ＜ 0.05).Furthermore,miRNA-187,miRNA-143,and miRNA-202 were related to clinical and pathological features(P ＜0.05).Conclusions These data indicate that The differentially expressed plasma miRNAs are related to gallbladder carcinogenesis and might be the novel biomarkers of gallbladder cancers.
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Objective To detect the expression of p-STAT3 and survivin in primary gallbladder carcinoma (PGC) and explore its significance for the genesis and development of PGC.Methods The expression of p-STAT3 and survivin were determined with immunohistochemistry in samples from 45 PGC tissues and 20 chronic cholecystitis.The relationship between the expression of these proteins and various clinicopathological factors was evaluated.Results The expression rate of p-STAT3 and survivin in 45 PGC tissues was 55.6％ ( 25/45 ) and 64.4％ ( 25/45 ),respectively,which was significantly higher than those in 20chronic cholecystitis tissues 5.0％ ( 1/20),10％ ( 2/20 ) ( P ＜ 0.01 ).pSTAT3 expression was correlated with survivin ( r =0.830,P ＜0.01 ).p-STAT3 and survivin protein expression were significantly associated with histopathological grading,lymph node metastatis,nevin staging and 3-year survival rate.Conclusions p-STAT3 and survivin might play a vital role in the development of PGC.The expression of p-STAT3 or survivin was an independent prognostic factor in PGC.
