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BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
卷 45, 期 8, 页码 623-627出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.04.021
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oral squamous cell carcinoma; plasminogen activators; metastasis
Background: The plasminogen activator system consists of two plasminogen activators, urokinase (uPA) and tissue (tPA); PA inhibitors (PAI-1, and -2), and a cell surface receptor for uPA (uPAR). The plasminogen activator system is involved at many stages of the metastatic cascade, including matrix remodelling, cell proliferation, and migration. Aims: To compare tissue concentrations of the components of the plasminogen activator system in paired tumour tissue and normal tissue in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma, and to correlate these with the histopathological grading of the tumour. Methods: Thirty-eight paired tissue samples were analysed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA; ng/mg protein) for uPA, tPA, uPAR, PAI-1, and PAI-2. Results: Concentrations of uPA, uPAR, PAI-1, and PAI-2 were significantly higher in turnout than in normal oral tissue (median in uPAR tumour 1.6 (range; 0.1-7.5) ng/mg protein; normal = 0.2 (0-2.3), p < 0.05). There were strong correlations between the concentrations of certain components of the plasminogen activator system in particular between uPA, uPAR, and PAI-1 (p < 0.05). Tissue concentrations of some components of the plasminogen activator system correlated with clinical and pathological indexes of aggression of tumours, including differentiation and T-stage. Conclusion: The relation between components of the plasminogen activator system, in particular uPA, uPAR, and PAI-1 in invasion, metastasis, prognosis, and survival, requires further investigation in oral squamous cell carcinomas. (C) 2007 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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