胃癌淋巴管生成与淋巴管密度的相关性研究

胃癌的发病率日益增加,而淋巴转移是导致患者最终死亡的重要原因之一.血管内皮生长因子C(VEGF-C)、血管内皮生长因子D(VEGF-D)与其特异性的受体血管内皮生长因子受体3(VEGFR-3)结合能够促进淋巴管生成,并促进淋巴管转移,并且与肿瘤的淋巴管密度密切相关.近年来对于胃癌的淋巴管的研究正在开展,本文就胃癌淋巴管生成机制、淋巴管生成与淋巴管密度关系的最新研究进展以及此项研究的临床意义加以综述.

Relationship between lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic vessel density in gastric carcinoma

The incidence of gastric carcinoma is increasing and lymphatic metastasis is one of the major causes of death.Vascular endothelial growth factor-C(VEGF-C),Vascular endothelial growth factor D(VEGF-D)linking their receptor(VEGFR-3)can increase lymphangiogenesis,advance lymphatic metastasis,and relate to lymphatic vessel density of tumor.More and more studies of lymphatic vessel of gastric carcinoma cause great attention.We summarizeed the mechanism of lymphangiogenesis,the new development of relationship between lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic vessel density and their clinical significance.