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胃癌中uPA、PAI-1表达及其与血管生成的关系   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
目的 观察胃癌组织中uPA、PAI-1mRNA及蛋白的表达,并探讨它们与肿瘤分化、血管生成及临床病理因素之间的关系。方法 用原位杂交及免疫组化S-P法检测110例胃癌组织中uPA、PAI-1的表达,根据CD34阳性的血管内皮细胞计数肿瘤组织微血管密度(MVD)。结果 (1)胃癌组织中uPA mRNA和蛋白、PAI-1 mRNA和蛋白阳性表达定位于胞质;uPA的表达随分化程度的降低有逐渐升高的趋势,PAI-1的表达随分化程度的降低有逐渐降低的趋势。(2)110例uPA mRNA及蛋白表达阳性组MVD值显著高于阴性组,差异均具有显著性(P值均<0.05)。(3)uPA mRNA及蛋白的表达与临床分期呈正相关(P<0.05),PAI-1的表达与临床分期和淋巴结转移无相关性。(4)uPA mRNA/蛋白与PAI-1 mRNA/蛋白的表达无相关性。结论uPA与促进胃癌的血管生成密切相关,阻断uPA的分泌和作用途径有望对胃癌浸润转移起抑制作用;胃癌组织中PAI-1可能担当重要的调节剂或者是肿瘤细胞防止自身降解的保护剂而不是这个系统的单纯抑制剂。  相似文献   

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Recent reports suggest that elevated levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) may contribute to tumour progression. The studies reported here were designed to help elucidate PAI-1's contribution to the invasive and migratory phenotype. Antibodies to PAI-1 dose-dependently, and significantly, inhibited the invasive and migratory potential of human HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells, as did an antibody to uPA and the plasmin inhibitor aprotinin. Invasion of the human melanoma cell line, BLM, was also attenuated by the anti-PAI-1 monoclonal antibody MAI-12. The non-invasive human melanoma cell line, IF6, which does not express uPA, provided further confirmation of PAI-1 and uPA's role as, upon transfection with uPA, this cell line attained an invasive phenotype, which was again attenuated by MAI- 12. Although antibodies to PAI-1 did not affect the adhesion of HT1080 cells to vitronectin, the antibody to uPA reduced their attachment. Addition of exogenous PAI-1, however, prevented HT1080 cell adhesion (IC50 180nM) and promoted cell detachment from vitronectin. Furthermore melanoma cells transfected with a uPA variant, which had an impaired interaction with PAI-1, were not invasive and had impaired binding to vitronectin. These data highlight the importance of a balanced proteolysis and suggest an additional role for PAI-1 distinct from its role in proteolysis. These data also suggest that uPA and PAI-1 may co-operate in the migratory process by respectively facilitating the attachment to, and subsequent detachment from, vitronectin in the extracellular matrix. These results support the clinical findings and indicate that modulation of PAI-1 activity may be of therapeutic benefit for the treatment of cancer. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

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BackgroundThe urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) system is closely related to the occurrence and progression of cancer in many aspects. Previous studies demonstrated that the conclusions about the prognosis value of uPA, plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) and plasminogen activator inhibitor 2 (PAI-2) in lung cancer are controversial, so this study was performed for the exploration of the predictive effect of uPA, PAI-1 and PAI-2 on the overall survival (OS) of resectable pulmonary adenocarcinoma patients.MethodsUPA, PAI-1 and PAI-2 expression levels were assayed by immunohistochemical staining based on tissue microarray (TMA) that is composed of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens from 84 resectable lung adenocarcinoma patients from July 2004 to June 2009. The relationship of IHC, mRNA expression levels of three molecules were investigated respectively. The three molecules’ relationship with clinicopathologic parameters and OS was explored by Chi-square, Kaplan-Meier, and Cox regression analyses. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database was used to analyze differential gene expressions of RNA-sequencing data of pulmonary adenocarcinoma and normal tissues, and Kaplan-Meier methods were adopted to confirm the prognostic value of uPA, PAI-1 and PAI-2 in resectable lung adenocarcinoma in TCGA database and the R package MethylMix was used to conduct an analysis integrating methylation data and gene expression of RNA-sequencing data based on TCGA.ResultsUPA, PAI-1 and PAI-2 had much higher IHC expression levels in tumor than those in the normal tissues (uPA, Z = -10.511; PAI-1, Z = -4.836; PAI-2, Z = -6.794; all P < 0.0001). High DNA methylation level of gene uPA resulted in the decrease of its expression. In addition, expression level of PAI-2 was positively associated with tumor size (χ2 = 8.372, P = 0.004). Multivariate analyses showed TNM stage III was an independent adverse prognostic factor (hazard ratio = 3.736, 95 % confidence interval = 1.097–12.72, P = 0.035). Kaplan-Meier method revealed that uPA, PAI-1 and PAI-2 expression levels were not related to the OS for 84 resectable lung adenocarcinoma patients. According to TCGA data, PAI-1 expression level was identified as a potential adverse predictor for prognosis of resectable lung adenocarcinoma (Gehan-Breslow-Wilcoxon test, P = 0.025).ConclusionsOur data show that, the expression levels of uPA, PAI-1 and PAI-2 are significantly up-regulated in resectable lung adenocarcinoma. Besides, this study highlights PAI-1 as a latent adverse prognostic factor in resectable adenocarcinoma of lung.  相似文献   

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Adipocytes express substances involved in both normal physiology and pathological processes. One such adipocyte protein is the Serpin (serine protease inhibitor) plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). PAI-1 functions to inhibit urokinase type plasminogen activator (uPA) though PAI-1 itself is also implicated in breast cancer progression. While the role of adipocytes in breast cancer development is not fully understood, obesity is a known risk factor associated with breast cancer. Thus, we characterized adipocytes from breast and omental tissues for PAI-1 and uPA, and the influence of adipocytes on breast cancer cell motility. Using preadipocyte cells from breast and omental adipose tissue, we differentiated each site into mature adipocytes. PAI-1 protein was found in breast adipocytes>omental preadipocytes>omental adipocytes>breast preadipocytes. Interestingly, uPA protein was not detected in any of these cell types. We then incubated breast adipocyte conditioned media (Adip-CM) and preadipocyte conditioned media (PreAdip-CM) on both normal (MCF-10A) and malignant (MCF-10CA1) breast epithelial cell lines. Adip-CM, but not PreAdip-CM, (a) increased cell motility in both MCF-10A and MCF-10CA1 cells; (b) increased cell-associated uPA activity in both cell lines; (c) increased phosphorylated-Akt levels in MCF-10CA1 cells; and (d) gene array profiles show altered expression of several genes associated with cancer adhesion, metastasis and signaling. Our results suggest that mature breast adipocytes are capable of altering the epithelial cell phenotype, producing a more motile cell type and further provide a potential link between obesity and risk of breast cancer.  相似文献   

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Expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) was evaluated in 125 surgically resected gastric cancers by immunohistochemical analysis. Tissue was stained immunohistochemically with a monoclonal antibody against human uPA and monoclonal antibodies against human PAI-1 and PAI-2. In addition, DNA ploidy patterns were determined by cytofluorometer after staining with propidium iodide. We found that 82 (66%) of the 125 gastric cancers expressed uPA as diffuse cytoplasmic staining, as intensely outlined luminal borders. PAI-1 expression was observed in 62 (50%) of 125 gastric cancer as a fine, diffuse and granular pattern in the cytoplasm. PAI-2 expression was observed in 65 (52%) of the 125 gastric cancers as a diffuse cytoplasmic staining. uPA-positive tumours showed a higher incidence of infiltration, lymph node metastasis and peritoneal dissemination than uPA-negative ones. Patients with uPA-positive tumours proved to have a significantly poorer prognosis than those with negative ones. PAI-1-negative tumours showed a higher incidence of liver metastasis and carried a poorer prognosis than PAI-1-positive ones. There was no significant correlation between uPA or PAI-1 expression and DNA ploidy patterns. Conversely, there was no significant relationship between PAI-2 expression and clinicopathological parameters and prognosis. According to the expression of uPA and PAI-1 status, groups of 19 uPA(–)/PAI-1(–), 44 uPA(+)/PAI-1(–), 23 uPA(–)/PAI-1(+) and 39 uPA(+)/PAI-1(+) were subdivided. Tumours with UPA(+)/PAI-1(–) had a significantly higher incidence of liver metastasis, lymph node metastasis and serosal invasion than the other groups of tumours. Patients with uPA(+)/PAI-1(–) tumours had a significantly poorer prognosis than those with uPA(–)/PAI-1(+) tumours. These results indicate that uPA expression is a useful biological prognostic indicator, and that uPA and PAI-1 may play an important part in the tumour progression and metastasis in gastric cancer.  相似文献   

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It has become more and more clear in recent decades that the plasminogen activation system, which includes urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR), plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1 and PAI-2, plays a very important role in the aggressiveness of cancer. Using immunohistochemistry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the expression of these four components of the uPA system was analyzed in 19 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and 18 cases of the adjacent non-cancer tissues which all had chronic active hepatitis with liver fibrosis or liver cirrhosis. Four cases of normal liver tissues, as controls for immunohistochemical stains, were obtained from the hepatectomized liver of patients with metastatic cancer in the liver. The positive rates of uPA, uPAR, PAI-1 and PAI-2 for immunohistochemical stains in cancer tissues were 78.9, 68.4, 57.9 and 31.6%, respectively. Positive signals were mainly distributed in the cytoplasm of the cancer and in stromal cells. Moreover, the strong stains were chiefly located in the invasive front of the cancer cells. No specific stain was detected in four cases of normal liver tissues. In ELISA, there were significant differences between cancer and non-cancer tissues in concentration of uPA, uPAR and PAI-1 (P < 0.0003, 0.0024 and 0.01, respectively), but there was no significant difference in that of PAI-2 (P = 0.37). These results suggest that uPA, uPAR and PAI-1 are related to invasion of HCC.  相似文献   

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目的研究颞下颌关节盘前移位对关节软骨组织中尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活剂(uPA)系统的影响.方法24只日本大耳白兔在不打开关节囊的情况下建立右侧颞下颌关节盘前移位动物模型,分别于术后4、1、2、4、8d和12周各处死4只动物.常规HE染色观察髁突软骨的形态学变化,并以原位杂交法检测髁突软骨细胞中uPA和纤溶酶原激活剂抑制剂-1(PAI-1)的基因表达变化.结果术后髁突受力区出现一过性的软骨变薄、各层排列紊乱等病理变化.uPA和PAI-1基因转录水平在术后即开始上调,至2周时达到最高水平,至12周时基本恢复至正常水平,与髁突软骨的适应性改建相一致.结论颞下颌关节盘前移位后,关节软骨内uPA系统的变化与关节软骨的适应性改建密切相关.  相似文献   

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The content of urokinase and tissue plasminogen activators and their inhibitor PAI-1 in tumors and histologically intact tissues from patients with breast, ovarian, and non-small-cell lung cancer was measured by enzyme immunoassay. The content of urokinase plasminogen activator and PAI-1 considerably increased in all malignant tumors, however the correlation between the expression of components of the plasminogen activation system and clinical morphological feature and prognosis of the disease depends on the type of tumor.  相似文献   

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Urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), its cell-bound receptor (uPAR) and its main inhibitor plasminogen activator type 1 (PAI-1) are present primarily in stromal cells in invasive breast carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to investigate the regulation by 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin-D3 (VD3) of these invasion-associated markers expressed in breast cancer tumors under organ culture, which preserves the interacting network of tumor and stromal cells. Breast carcinoma slices (30 cases), obtained using the Krumdieck tissue slicer, cultured for 48 h in the presence or absence of 100 nM vitamin D3, were embedded in formalin-fixed paraffin. uPA, uPAR, PAI-1 and VD3 receptor (VDR) were analyzed by immunohistochemistry, and their expression, detected in tumor cells and fibroblasts of the specimens, was not statistically changed by culture conditions. The proportion of cases expressing uPA, uPAR and PAI-1 was not affected by VD3 in epithelial cells, but the fraction of cases displaying strong PAI-1 reactivity in fibroblasts was reduced (P=0.016) compared with control slices. Fibroblasts isolated from invasive ductal carcinomas and from normal breast tissues expressed higher VDR mRNA levels than epithelial cells. In cultured tumor fibroblasts, PAI-1 immunostaining and mRNA levels were reduced by VD3-limiting fibroblast contribution to invasion.  相似文献   

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Increased expression of the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) receptor (c-met) and urokinase type plasminogen (uPA) correlated with the development and metastasis of cancers. To investigate the role of HGF/c-met signaling on metastasis in cancer cells stimulated with HGF, we examined the effects of a specific MEK1 inhibitor (PD98059) and a p38 MAP kinase inhibitor (SB203580) on HGF-induced uPA expression in pancreatic cancer cell lines, L3.6PL and IMIM-PC2. Pretreatment of PD98059 decreased HGF-mediated phosphorylation of extracellular receptor kinase (ERK), uPA secretion and expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) in a dose-dependent manner. In contrast, SB203580 pretreatment increased HGF-stimulated ERK phosphorylation, uPA secretion and expression of MMPs. SB203580 also reversed the inhibition of HGF-mediated ERK activation and uPA secretion in the PD98059-pretreated cells. These results suggest that ERK activation by HGF might play important roles in the metastasis of pancreatic cancer and the p38 MAPK pathway also involved in the HGF-mediated uPA secretion and metastasis by regulation of ERK pathway. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

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The generation of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) by tumours is an important pathway for neoplastic cell invasion and metastasis. Indeed in several tumour types, elevated levels of uPA, its receptor (uPAR) or its inhibitor plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is associated with a poorer prognosis. Since endothelial cells also use this proteolytic system to remodel the extracellular matrix during angiogenesis and since angiogenesis, as assessed by microvessel density, is also a predictor of patient survival, this study was designed to investigate the relationship between angiogenesis and the urokinase system in breast tumours. The aims were to assess whether the uPA, uPAR and/or PAI-1 correlates with angiogenic activity and could therefore be a useful objective clinical measure of tumour neovascularization; and to clarify whether the poor outcome associated with high levels of the urokinase system is due to its association with angiogenesis. The study also sought to examine the relationship between the uPA system and vessel remodelling using loss of a basement membrane epitope (LH39) normally associated with established capillaries. The cytosolic levels of uPA, PAI-1 and uPAR were therefore measured by enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay, together with tumour vascularity, in 136 well-characterized invasive breast carcinomas. There were significant relationships between uPA and uPAR (Spearman r=0.37, p<0.0001), uPA and PAI-1 (Spearman r=0.19, p=0.03) and between uPAR and PAI-1 (Spearman r=0.23 p=0.01). A significant correlation was also observed between PAI-1 and vessel remodelling (Spearman r=0.34, p=0.04), patient age (p=0.01), nodal status (p=0.047) and tumour grade (p=0.04), but no association between tumour vascularity and PAI (p=0.96), uPA (p=0.69) or uPAR (p=0.81) was present. No significant association was seen between any of the urokinase variables and expression of the angiogenic factor thymidine phosphorylase. Furthermore, no significant associations were found between any of the studied parameters and overall survival in a univariate analysis of the cancer patients. A multivariate Cox proportional hazard model of overall survival showed that uPA (p=0.15), but not uPAR (p=0.52) or PAI-1 (p=0.61), gave no additional prognostic information. These findings show that uPA may work via an independent pathway to angiogenesis and therefore combined blockade of uPA and angiogenesis may have additional therapeutic benefits. It also shows, as recently demonstrated in animal models, that PAI-1 may be a key regulator of vascular remodelling in human cancer.  相似文献   

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目的:探讨尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活物(uPA )基因与NF-κB p65在乳腺癌组织表达的相关性及临床病理意义。方法:采用实时荧光定量PCR法(FQ-PCR)检测了46例乳腺癌及其正常组织中的uPA mRNA(单位:2-△△Ct)及免疫组化检测NF-κB p65的表达。结果:乳腺癌 组织中均可检测到uPA mRNA表达,以2-△△Ct≥2为阳性标准,63%(29/46例)的乳 腺癌中uPA基因表达阳性;T/A 2-△△Ct值在不同NF-κB表达状态、肿瘤最大径及淋 巴结阳性数分组中,差异显著,P值分别为<0.01和<0.05;进一步经相关分析显示 ,uPA基因表达值与NF-κB表达状态、肿瘤最大径相关,r分别为0.451、0.512,均 P<0.01;在患者年龄、肿瘤组织学类型及有无远处转移分组中,uPA基因表达未发现显 著性差异。结论:乳腺癌组织中uPA mRNA含量明显增高,并且与NF-κB 表达、肿瘤大小及淋巴结阳性数目有关。  相似文献   

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Sertoli cells play a central role in the control and maintenanceof spermatogenesis. Isolated Sertoli cells of mouse and rattestes have been shown to secrete plasminogen activator (PA)and a plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) in culture.In this study, we have investigated the hormonal regulationof PA and PAI-1 activities in cultured monkey Sertoli cells.Sertoli cells (5x105 cells/well) isolated from infant rhesusmonkey testes were preincubated at 35°C for 16 h in 24-wellplates precoated with poly(D-lysine) (5 µg/cm2) in 0.5ml McCoy's 5a medium containing 5% of fetal calf serum and furtherincubated for 48 h in 0.5 ml serum-free medium with or withoutvarious hormones or other compounds. PA as well as PAI-1 activitiesin the conditioned media were assayed by fibrin overlay andreverse fibrin autography techniques respectively. The Sertolicells in vitro secreted only tissue-type PA (tPA), no detectableamount of urokinase-type PA (uPA) could be observed. MonkeySertoli cells were also capable of secreting PAI-1. Immunocytochemicalstudies indicated that both tPA and PAI-1 positive staininglocalized in the Sertoli cells, spermatids and residual bodiesof the seminiferous epithelium; Northern blot analysis furtherconfirmed the presence of both tPA and PAI-1 mRNA in monkeySertoli cells. Addition of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)or cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) derivatives or cAMP-generatingagents and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist orphorbol ester (PMA) to the cell culture significantly increasedtPA activity. PAI-1 activity in the culture was also enhancedby these reagents except 8-bromo-dibutyryl-cAMP, forskolin and3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthin (MIX) which greatly stimulated tPAactivity, whereas decreased PAI-1 activity, implying that neutralizationof PAI-1 activity by the high level of tPA in the conditionedmedia may occur. These data suggest that increased intracellularsignals which activate protein kinase A (PKA), or protein kinaseC (PKC) can modulate Sertoli cell tPA and PAI-1 activities.The concomitant induction of PA and PAI-1 by the same reagentsin the Sertoli cells may reflect a finely tuned regulatory mechanismin which PAI-1 could limit the excession of the proteolysis.  相似文献   

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目的观察多囊卵巢综合征(PCOS)患者外周血纤溶酶原激活抑制物1(PAI-1)和尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活物(uPA)的水平。方法实验分PCOS组和对照组,PCOS组又分为肥胖组和正常体重组,用酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)测定PCOS组与对照组患者血浆PAI-1及血清uPA水平,并测定体重指数(BMI)、腰臀比(WHR)、空腹血糖(FPG)、空腹胰岛素及胰岛素释放试验(IRT),以稳态模型公式评估胰岛素抵抗(IR),并计算胰岛素曲线下面积(AUC)。结果PCOS组与对照组相比,黄体生成素/卵泡刺激素(LH/FSH)、睾酮(T)、空腹血糖、稳态(HOMA)指数、AUC及PAI-1含量均显著升高(P<0.05)。其中,PCOS肥胖组与正常体重组相比,HOMA指数、AUC及PAI-1含量也显著升高(P<0.05)。在相关性分析中,PAI-1与HOMA指数、PAI-1与AUC、PAI-1与BMI、HOMA-IR与BMI均有显著相关性(P<0.0001)。结论胰岛素抵抗和肥胖是影响PCOS患者PAI-1水平升高的一个很重要因素,抗PAI-1的研究可能为多囊卵巢综合征的治疗提供一个新的方法。  相似文献   

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The aim of the present study is to investigate the relationship between urinary-type plasminogen activator (uPA) expression and clinicopathological features in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and to determine the signal transduction of PTC cells in vitro.PTC tissues from 42 patients were analyzed for the expression of uPA and the BRAFV600E mutation. BCPAP, a PTC cell line harboring the BRAFV600E mutation, was used to study MAPK signaling. PCR and direct sequencing were applied to analyze BRAFV600E mutation status. uPA mRNA expression was measured using a quantitative RT-PCR method, and uPA protein was localized using an immunohistochemical method. The ERK protein status was detected by Western blot analysis.uPA gene expression was significantly increased in PTC tissues as compared to the corresponding non-tumor tissues. Furthermore, the up-regulation of uPA mRNAs was correlated with high-risk clinicopathological features, including extrathyroid invasion, loss of cellular polarity/cohesiveness, and the BRAFV600E mutation. Marked dephosphorylation of ERK1/2 and down-regulation of uPA expression were detected when BCPAP was treated with a MEK inhibitor, U0126.MEK inhibitors might be a potential treatment strategy for aggressive PTC with BRAFV600E through inhibition of uPA expression.  相似文献   

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目的研究雌激素受体(ER)与尿激酶型纤溶酶原激活物(urokinasc-type plasminogen activator,uPA)在乳腺癌组织中的表达及其临床意义。方法免疫组织化学染色采用PV-6000二步法,对40例乳腺癌蜡块中ER、uPA表达进行研究。结果乳腺腺瘤、腺病和乳腺癌中ER阳性率分别为85.O%、82.5%和60.6%,三者差异有统计学意义(P〈O.05);ER表达阳性患者淋巴结转移率(33.33%)低于ER表达阴性者(81.25%),差异有统计学意义(P〈O.01)。uPA在乳腺纤维腺瘤、腺病均呈阴性表达,在乳腺癌中的阳性率为60.00%,三者差异有统计学意义(P〈0.05);uPA表达阳性患者淋巴结转移率(88.5%)显著高于阴性者(50.O%),两者的表达差异有统计学意义(P〈O.05)。结论uPA的高表达和ER的缺失表达与乳腺癌的浸润转移密切相关,检测ER和uPA对临床选择治疗方法有指导意义。  相似文献   

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