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  • Title: [Study on endothelin-1 positive expression and quantitative analysis in lung cancer].
    Author: Yang X, Liu L, Qi H.
    Journal: Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi; 1998 Feb; 21(2):111-3. PubMed ID: 11263384.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: In order to study endothelin-1 (ET-1) positive expression in lung cancer and the relationship between the ET-1 quantitative analysis and the types, grades of lung cancer. METHOD: ET-1 positive expression and quantitative analysis were detected using avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method and image analysis technology. RESULT: The ET-1 positive expression were mainly located in the cytoplasm in 104 cases with various types of lung cancer. The positive rate of ET-1 in adenocarcinoma, squamous-cell carcinoma and large-cell-lung cancer were 71.4%, 57.1% and 40.0% respectively. The positive rate of ET-1 in small-cell-lung cancer was 21.4%, significantly lower than others. The results of image analysis on adenocarcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma showed that the lower lung cancer differentiation, the higher ET-1 quantitative. CONCLUSION: There is ET-1 positive expression in all of types of lung cancer, but there is a high ET-1 positive expression in adenocarcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma. The results of image analysis indicated that ET-1 quantitive expression was somehow related to the differentiation degree of neoplasm, so ET-1 quantitative analysis may be as a monitoring index of adenocarcinoma and squamous-cell carcinoma growing.
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