WANG Qin-wen,DIAO Xin-wei,CHEN Zheng-tang,YE Ming-fu,XU Jian-ping,WANG Ya-li.Clinical significance of expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in prostate carcinoma[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2009,31(19):1859-1861.
WANG Qin-wen,DIAO Xin-wei,CHEN Zheng-tang,YE Ming-fu,XU Jian-ping,WANG Ya-li.Clinical significance of expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in prostate carcinoma[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2009,31(19):1859-1861.DOI:
Clinical significance of expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in prostate carcinoma
Objective To explore the relationship between the expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in prostate cancer. Methods The expression of VEGF and MMP-9 in 148 samples of pathologically verified human prostate cancer (PCa) and 10 samples of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) were detected by immunohistochemical staining. Results VEGF was overexpressed in 98 of 148 tumor tissues (66.2%) and MMP-9 was overexpressed in 58 of 148 tumor tissues (39.2%). Both of them were significantly higher than those in BPH (P0.05). The expression of VEGF and MMP-9 was correlated with metastasis and differentiation (P0.05)
but it was not related to the androgen receptor (AR) level and the age of patients (P0.05). But the expression of VEGF was correlated with that of MMP-9. Conclusion The expressions of VEGF and MMP-9 are closely associated with the development of prostate cancer. Therefore VEGF and MMP-9 may be clinically useful as predictor of patients’ survival.