AIM: To study the prognostic role of TAp73α, p53, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and apoptosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after surgical tumor ablation. METHODS: Forty-seven human rese...AIM: To study the prognostic role of TAp73α, p53, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and apoptosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after surgical tumor ablation. METHODS: Forty-seven human resected HCC tissues and 42 adjacent non-cancerous tissues were studied with 10 normal liver tissues as control group. TAp73α, p53, and PCNA were detected with Elivision immunohistochemistry. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated d-UTP-biotin nick-end labeling (TUNEL) method was used to detect the apoptosis cells. All clinical and pathological materials were analyzed by SPSS10.0 statistical package. RESULTS: TAp73α overexpressed in HCC tissues (36.2%) when compared with adjacent non-cancerous tissues (2.38%, P<0.005) and normal liver tissues (0, P<0.01). Mutant type p53 (mt-p53) overexpressed in HCC tissues (38.3%) when contracted with adjacent non-cancerous tissues (16.7%, P<0.05) and normal liver tissues (0, P<0.01). Proliferation index (PI) level in HCC tissues was significantly higher than that in adjacent non-cancerous tissues (30.34%±4.46% vs 27.88%±5.89%, t, P=0.028). Apoptosis index (AI) level in HCC tissues was higher than that in adjacent non-cancerous tissues (8.62%±2.28% vs 7.38%±2.61%, t, P=0.019). Expression of TAp73a was associated with lymph node metastasis and mt-p53, with r=0.407 and 0.265, respectively. Expression of mt-p53 was associated with Edmondson's stage and AFP, with r=0.295 and-0.357, respectively. In Kaplan-Meier univariant analysis, TAp73α, AFP, TNM stage, portal vein invasion, liver membrane invasion and HBsAg correlated with prognosis (log rank, P=0.039, 0.012, 0.002, 0.000, 0.014, 0.007, respectively). Multivariant Cox regression analysis showed that TAp73α, AFP, TNM stage, portal vein invasion, liver membrane invasion and age were independent factors of prognosis. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that TAp73α can be used as a prognostic indicator of patients with HCC undergoing surgical tumor ablation. AFP, TNM, portal vein invasion, liver membrane invasion and age also have a potency of predicting the prognosis of HCC.展开更多
Objective: To analyze the relationship of Stat3 expression with clinical stages, tissue types, p53 and proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in human lung carcinoma, and to evaluate the role of Stat3 in the pathog...Objective: To analyze the relationship of Stat3 expression with clinical stages, tissue types, p53 and proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in human lung carcinoma, and to evaluate the role of Stat3 in the pathogenesis of lung carcinoma. Methods: Immunohistochemical method were used to detected Stat3, p53 and PCNA in different tissues of patients (n = 42) with lung carcinoma who accepted neither radiotherapy nor chemotherapy. Results: The positive rate of StatS was 81. 0% in lung carcinoma and its expression level was related to the tissue type but not to T, N or the clinical stage. The expression level of Stat3 in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) was higher than that in small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). A positive correlation of the expression of Stat3 with that of p53 and PCNA was identified. Conclusion:The expression level of Stat3 is abnormal in lung carcinoma. Stat3 may be involved in the regulation of p53 gene in lung carcinoma cell, it may accelerate the proliferation of lung carcinoma cells and play an important role in the pathogenesis of lung carcinoma.展开更多
文摘AIM: To study the prognostic role of TAp73α, p53, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and apoptosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after surgical tumor ablation. METHODS: Forty-seven human resected HCC tissues and 42 adjacent non-cancerous tissues were studied with 10 normal liver tissues as control group. TAp73α, p53, and PCNA were detected with Elivision immunohistochemistry. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated d-UTP-biotin nick-end labeling (TUNEL) method was used to detect the apoptosis cells. All clinical and pathological materials were analyzed by SPSS10.0 statistical package. RESULTS: TAp73α overexpressed in HCC tissues (36.2%) when compared with adjacent non-cancerous tissues (2.38%, P<0.005) and normal liver tissues (0, P<0.01). Mutant type p53 (mt-p53) overexpressed in HCC tissues (38.3%) when contracted with adjacent non-cancerous tissues (16.7%, P<0.05) and normal liver tissues (0, P<0.01). Proliferation index (PI) level in HCC tissues was significantly higher than that in adjacent non-cancerous tissues (30.34%±4.46% vs 27.88%±5.89%, t, P=0.028). Apoptosis index (AI) level in HCC tissues was higher than that in adjacent non-cancerous tissues (8.62%±2.28% vs 7.38%±2.61%, t, P=0.019). Expression of TAp73a was associated with lymph node metastasis and mt-p53, with r=0.407 and 0.265, respectively. Expression of mt-p53 was associated with Edmondson's stage and AFP, with r=0.295 and-0.357, respectively. In Kaplan-Meier univariant analysis, TAp73α, AFP, TNM stage, portal vein invasion, liver membrane invasion and HBsAg correlated with prognosis (log rank, P=0.039, 0.012, 0.002, 0.000, 0.014, 0.007, respectively). Multivariant Cox regression analysis showed that TAp73α, AFP, TNM stage, portal vein invasion, liver membrane invasion and age were independent factors of prognosis. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that TAp73α can be used as a prognostic indicator of patients with HCC undergoing surgical tumor ablation. AFP, TNM, portal vein invasion, liver membrane invasion and age also have a potency of predicting the prognosis of HCC.
文摘Objective: To analyze the relationship of Stat3 expression with clinical stages, tissue types, p53 and proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in human lung carcinoma, and to evaluate the role of Stat3 in the pathogenesis of lung carcinoma. Methods: Immunohistochemical method were used to detected Stat3, p53 and PCNA in different tissues of patients (n = 42) with lung carcinoma who accepted neither radiotherapy nor chemotherapy. Results: The positive rate of StatS was 81. 0% in lung carcinoma and its expression level was related to the tissue type but not to T, N or the clinical stage. The expression level of Stat3 in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) was higher than that in small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). A positive correlation of the expression of Stat3 with that of p53 and PCNA was identified. Conclusion:The expression level of Stat3 is abnormal in lung carcinoma. Stat3 may be involved in the regulation of p53 gene in lung carcinoma cell, it may accelerate the proliferation of lung carcinoma cells and play an important role in the pathogenesis of lung carcinoma.