2002年2月
Cyclooxygenase-2 expression and relationship to malignant potential in human bladder cancer
JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCE
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- 巻
- 48
- 号
- 1
- 開始ページ
- 42
- 終了ページ
- 47
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1248/jhs.48.42
- 出版者・発行元
- PHARMACEUTICAL SOC JAPAN
Cyclooxygenase (COX), which catalyzes the synthesis of prostaglandins from arachidonic acid, has two isoforms; COX-1 and COX-2. A large body of evidence exists to suggest that COX-2 is important in gastrointestinal cancer. In order to determine whether COX-2 is expressed in transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the human bladder as well as in gastrointestinal cancer, we investigated COX-2 expression in human TCC by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemical analysis, and we found that normal bladder epithelium did not express COX-2 and that COX-2 was markedly up-regulated in human bladder TCC. In nontumor tissues, COX-2 immunostaining signals were observed only in lymphoid follicles. Furthermore, the intensity and extent of COX-2 immunostaining in the bladder cancer tissues were scored and the relationship to tumor grade and stage was investigated. The levels of COX-2 expression were correlated with the tumor grade; from grades I to 3, there was a stepwise increase in the COX-2 immunostaining score. These findings suggested that an increase in COX-2 expression may be associated with bladder carcinogenesis as well as gastrointestinal carcinogenesis, and that it may be useful as a biomarker in bladder cancer.
- リンク情報
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- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1248/jhs.48.42
- Web of Science
- https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000173616400007&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- URL
- http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-1842845368&partnerID=MN8TOARS
- URL
- http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0088-9324
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1248/jhs.48.42
- ISSN : 1344-9702
- ORCIDのPut Code : 51935900
- SCOPUS ID : 1842845368
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000173616400007