TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression of Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator (uPA), uPA Receptor, and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
AU - Inoue, Yoshiko
AU - Sugiura, Tsuyoshi
AU - Matsuki, Ryousuke
AU - ishii, kotaro
AU - Seki, Katsuhiro
AU - Shirasuna, Kanemitsu
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - We investigated whether the expression levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), uPA receptor (uPAR), and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) correlate with clinicopathological features of oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We immunohistochemically examined the expression levels of uPA, uPAR, and PAI-1 in 160 biopsy specimens of oral SCC. Positive stainings for uPA, uPAR, and PAI-1 were observed mainly in SCC cells, and their intensity and number of positive cells were related to lymph node involvement (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, and p < 0.001, respectively). The expression levels of uPA and uPAR were also related to the pattern of invasion (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively), while both were associated with tumor size (p < 0.05). Moreover, a poor survival rate was related to the expression of uPAR (p < 0.01) and PAI-1 (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that the uPA system may regulate the invasion and metastasis of oral SCC cells.
AB - We investigated whether the expression levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), uPA receptor (uPAR), and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) correlate with clinicopathological features of oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We immunohistochemically examined the expression levels of uPA, uPAR, and PAI-1 in 160 biopsy specimens of oral SCC. Positive stainings for uPA, uPAR, and PAI-1 were observed mainly in SCC cells, and their intensity and number of positive cells were related to lymph node involvement (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, and p < 0.001, respectively). The expression levels of uPA and uPAR were also related to the pattern of invasion (p < 0.05 and p < 0.001, respectively), while both were associated with tumor size (p < 0.05). Moreover, a poor survival rate was related to the expression of uPAR (p < 0.01) and PAI-1 (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that the uPA system may regulate the invasion and metastasis of oral SCC cells.
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U2 - 10.11277/osi.4.38
DO - 10.11277/osi.4.38
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84984908827
VL - 4
SP - 38
EP - 44
JO - Oral Science International
JF - Oral Science International
SN - 1348-8643
IS - 1
ER -