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. 2004 Jan 15;10(2):292-4.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i2.292.

Expression of COX-2 proteins in gastric mucosal lesions

Lian-Zhen Yu  1 , Heng-Jun Gao, Jian-Feng Bai, Gu Sun, Han-Lin Zhao, Liang Sun, Kun Miu, Zhi-Quan Zhao
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Expression of COX-2 proteins in gastric mucosal lesions

Lian-Zhen Yu et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Aim: To investigate the expression of COX-2 proteins in gastric mucosal lesions and to assess the relationship between COX-2 expression and type, pathologic stage, differentiation, or lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer and the relationship between COX-2 expression and H pylori infection in gastric mucosal lesions.

Methods: Thirty patients with gastric carcinoma underwent surgical resection. Samples were taken from tumor site and paracancerous tissues, and ABC immunohistochemical staining was used to detect the expression of COX-2 proteins. H pylori was determined by rapid urea test combined with pathological stating/14C urea breath test.

Results: The positive rate and staining intensity of mutant COX-2 gene expression in gastric cancer were significantly higher than those in paracancerous tissues (66.7% vs 26.7%) (P<0.01, P<0.001). There was a significant correlation between COX-2 and pathologic stage or lymph node metastasis type of gastric carcinoma (76.0% vs 20.0%, 79.2% vs 16.7%) (P<0.05). No correlation was found between COX-2 expression and type or grade of differentiation (P>0.05). COX-2 expression of intestinal metaplasia (IM) or dysplasia (DYS) with positive H pylori was significantly higher than that with negative H pylori (50.6% vs 18.1%, 60.0% vs 33.3%) (P<0.05).

Conclusion: COX-2 overexpression was found in a large proportion of gastric cancer tissues compared with matched non-cancerous tissues and was significantly associated with advanced tumor stage and lymph node metastasis. Overexpression of COX-2 plays an important role in tumor progression of gastric cancer. COX-2 may also play a role in the early development/promotion of gastric carcinoma and is associated with H pylori infection.

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