Deng Jia,Xie Ganfeng,Shu Qiuxia,Wang Ning,Liang Houjie.Expression of fatty acid amide hydrolase in colorectal cancer and its clinical significance[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(09):899-901.
Deng Jia,Xie Ganfeng,Shu Qiuxia,Wang Ning,Liang Houjie.Expression of fatty acid amide hydrolase in colorectal cancer and its clinical significance[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(09):899-901.DOI:
Objective To investigate the expression of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) in colorectal cancer and normal intestinal mucosa
and to explore the clinical significance of FAAH. Methods Western blotting and immunohistochemical staining were applied for the detection of FAAH expression in 169 cases of colorectal cancer tissues and 38 cases of normal intestinal mucosae. Results The expression level of FAAH in the colorectal cancer tissues was lower than that in the normal intestinal mucosae. The positive expression rate of FAAH in the colorectal cancer tissues was significantly lower than that in the normal intestinal mucosae (56.8% vs 97.4%
P0.01). FAAH expression was significantly correlated with tumor differentiation degree (P0.01). Conclusion FAAH
which is mildly expressed in colorectal cancer tissue but highly expressed in normal intestinal mucosa
plays an important role in the malignant proliferation of colorectal cancer.