CHEN Rui, et al. Expression of VEGF-A and its correlation with the sentinel lympha nodes lymphangiogenesis and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 34(7):830-832(2009)
CHEN Rui, et al. Expression of VEGF-A and its correlation with the sentinel lympha nodes lymphangiogenesis and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 34(7):830-832(2009)DOI:
Expression of VEGF-A and its correlation with the sentinel lympha nodes lymphangiogenesis and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer
Objective: To investigate the expression ofVEGF-Aand the correlation with the sentinel lymph nodes lymphangiogenesis and its metastasis in non-small cell lung cance(rNSCLC).Methods: The expression of VEGF-A was detected in 65 patients with NSCLC by SP immunohistochemistay. The expression of LYVE-1 was detected by immunofluorescence. The new lymphatic vessel density was counted by LYVE-1 and analyzed with clinicopathologic parameters. Results: The positive rate of VEGF-A was 72.3%(47/65)
which was positively correlated with sentinel lympha nodes metastasis(r=0.453
P<0.01)
clinicalstage(r=0.442
P<0.01)
new lymphaticvessel density(r=0.642
P<0.001)and negatively correlated with phathologic differentiation(r=-0.525
P<0.001). Conclusion:The expression of VEGF-A is significantly interrelted with sentinel lymph nodes lymphangiogenesis and metastasis in NSCLC
which may serve as a useful target for patients’prognosis.