Expression and significance of factors related to angiogenesis in choroidal melanoma
Expression and significance of factors related to angiogenesis in choroidal melanoma作者机构:Department of Ophthalmology Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical Collage Qingdao 266003 Shandong Province China
出 版 物:《International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition)》 (国际眼科杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2011年第4卷第1期
页 面:49-54页
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学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:choroidal melanoma immunohistoehemistry hypoxia inducible factor-1a inducible nitric oxide synthase cyclooxygenase-2
摘 要:AIM: To investigate expression of factors related to angiogenesis: HIF-1 alpha, iNOS, COX-2 and VEGF in choroidal melanoma and its clinical significance. METHODS: Fifty samples of choroidal melanoma and 15 samples of melanocytic nevi of the eyelid identified by pathology were collected. Immunohistochemistry SP method was used to examine the expression of HIF-1 alpha, iNOS, COX-2 and VEGF in these samples. The comparison among groups was done by SPSS 13.0 software. RESULTS: The positive expression rates of HIF-1 alpha, iNOS, COX-2 and VEGF in choroidal melanoma group were significantly higher than those in eyelid nevi group (chi(2)= 6.5542, 7.7224, 8.5828, 15.1749). The positive expression rate of VEGF was associated with the tumor size (chi(2)= 10.9194), but was not associated with pathological type (chi(2)=2.0712) and the situation of scleral invasion (chi(2)= 5.4289). The positive expression rate of HIF-1 alpha was associated with the tumor size (chi(2)=7.1216) and pathological type (chi(2)=9.0889), but was not associated with the situation of scleral invasion (chi(2)=3.3586). The positive expression rate of iNOS was associated with the tumor size (chi(2)=9.5503), but was not associated with pathological type (chi(2)=1.9450) and the situation of scleral invasion (chi(2)=2.3810). The positive expression rate of COX-2 was associated with the tumor size (chi(2)=7.2970), but was not associated with pathological type (chi(2)=1.8421) and the situation of sclera! invasion (chi(2)= 0.4018). The expression of HIF-1 alpha, iNOS and COX-2 were significantly associated with the expression of VEGF (r = 0.9429, 1, 0.9857). The expression of COX-2 was significantly associated with the expression of iNOS (r=0.9857). The expression of HIF-1 alpha was significantly associated with the expression of COX-2 ( r=0.9857). The expression of HIF-1 alpha was significantly associated with the expression of iNOS (r= 0. 9429). CONCLUSION: The expression of HIF-1 alpha, iNOS and COX-2 protein