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Comparative Study
. 2007 Apr 14;13(14):2108-12.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i14.2108.

Relationship between preoperative staging by endoscopic ultrasonography and MMP-9 expression in gastric carcinoma

Shi-Yun Tan  1 , Jun-Yu Wang, Lei Shen, He-Sheng Luo, Zhi-Xiang Shen
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Comparative Study

Relationship between preoperative staging by endoscopic ultrasonography and MMP-9 expression in gastric carcinoma

Shi-Yun Tan et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Aim: To investigate the relationship between the staging by endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) and the expression of carcinoma metastasis associated gene in the patients with gastric carcinoma.

Methods: Sixty-three patients with gastric cancer were diagnosed by electric gastroscopy and EUS. The preoperative staging of gastric cancer was measured by EUS and compared with pathologic staging and MMP-9 expression. Peripheral serum level of MMP-9 was measured with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), while the expression of MMP-9 protein was tested with immunohistochemistry and hybridization in situ in the gastric carcinoma tissues.

Results: The total accuracy of EUS in estimating invasive depth of gastric cancer was 80.95%, while that in estimating lymphatic metastasis was 73.02%. Serum MMP-9 levels were consistent with the expression of MMP-9 protein and MMP-9 mRNA in tissue, a result closely correlated with invasive degree, staging with EUS and lymphatic metastasis in gastric cancer (P<0.05). The total accuracy of estimating invasive depth in gastric cancer was 95.22% using both EUS and MMP-9.

Conclusion: The MMP-9 level of preoperative serum presents the reference value for preoperative staging by EUS in the patients with gastric cancer. When serum MMP-9 level in gastric cancer is significantly high, physicians should pay closer attention to the metastasis which reaches the serosa or beyond. Combining EUS and MMP-9 improves the accuracy in deciding the invasion and metastasis in the patients with gastric carcinoma.

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Figure 1
Gastric body carcinoma (ulcer type).
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Figure 2
Structure of the gastric wall was not intact and the serous membrane was discontinuous.
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Figure 3
Positive expressions of MMP-9 protein (A) and MMP-9 mRNA (B) in gastric carcinoma tissue.
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