Expressions of CD44s Is Associated with the Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers
임성직, 김정연, 박경미, 김현정,
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임성직 ( Lim Sung-Jig )
인제대학교 의과대학 상계백병원 병리학교실
김정연 ( Kim Jung-Yeon )
인제대학교 의과대학 상계백병원 병리학교실
박경미 ( Park Kyeong-Mee )
인제대학교 의과대학 상계백병원 병리학교실
김현정 ( Kim Hyun-Jung )
인제대학교 의과대학 상계백병원 병리학교실
KMID : 0357920060400010017
Abstract
Background: The overexpression of Cox-2 in tumors is important for tumor invasion, angiogenesis, resistance to apoptosis and the suppression of host immunity. Moreover, a tumor’s CD44 expression plays an important role in tumor invasion and metastasis. We examined the expression of COX-2 and also CD44 and its variants as well as the biological implications and relationship between Cox-2 and the CD44 variants in non-small cell lung carcinoma.
Methods: The expressions of Cox-2 and also CD44s and its variants (CD44v3 and CD44v6) were examined by performing immunohistochemistry on 98 surgical specimens.
Results: The expressions of CD44s, CD44v3 and CD44v6 were significantly more frequent in squamous cell carcinoma specimens than in the adenocarcinoma (CD44s, p=0.033; CD44v3, p=0.007; CD44v6, p=0.022). The loss of CD44s and CD44v3 were significantly correlated with poor tumor differentiation (CD44s, p=0.03; CD44v3, p=0.011). Patients with Cox-2 positive-adenocarcinoma tumors had a significantly worse cumulative survival than did those adenocarcinoma patients without the Cox-2 (p=0.048). The expression of Cox-2 was significantly associated with the CD44s expression in non-small cell lung cancer, and especially in squamous cell carcinoma.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that expression of CD44s is associated with the expression of Cox-2 in NSCLC, and especially squamous cell carcinoma. CD44-dependent for several malignancies.4,5
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Carcinoma; Non-small-cell lung;Cyclooxygease-2;Antigens; CD44
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