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  • Title: Serum vascular endothelial growth factor is a predictor of invasion and metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Author: Li XM, Tang ZY, Qin LX, Zhou J, Sun HC.
    Journal: J Exp Clin Cancer Res; 1999 Dec; 18(4):511-7. PubMed ID: 10746978.
    Abstract:
    Tumor progression is angiogenesis dependent, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key growth factor in this process. sVEGF concentrations in 44 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and 5 with benign liver lesions were determined with an enzyme-link immunoadsorbent assay system (ELISA). Reverse transcript-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was carried out on surgical specimens of 51 patients with HCC. The relative levels of VEGF mRNA expression were measured by determining a ratio between PCR products of VEGF and the endogenous internal standard gene b-actin. UEA-1 was histochemically used to count microvascularity in tumor tissue. Elevated sVEGF concentrations were found in patients with HCC (172.84+/-111.75 pg/ml) as compared to individuals with benign liver lesions (95.74+/-36.20 pg/ml, P<.05). Of 44 cases with HCC, sVEGF concentrations in the patients with PV-emboli or with poor-encapsulated tumors were significantly higher than in those without PV-emboli or with well-encapsulated tumors (P<0.05). The expression levels of VEGF mRNA in tumors with PV-emboli and in poor-encapsulated tumors were higher than in those without PV-emboli and in well-encapsulated tumors (P<0.05). Microvascular density in HCC tissues was significantly correlated with the expression levels of VEGF mRNA (P<0.01; r=0.7). Circulating VEGF was derived from HCC tissue. sVEGF concentrations could be a new marker for predicting the angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis of HCC.
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