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Cyclooxygenase-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in thyroid neoplasms and their clinicopathological correlation

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Authors

Kim, Kyung-Hee; Kim, Seong-Ho; Kim, Seok Hyung; Back, Jong-Ho; Park, Mee-Ja; Kim, Jin-Man

Issue Date
2006-12-21
Publisher
Korean Academy of Medical Science
Citation
J Korean Med Sci. 2006 Dec;21(6):1064-9.
Keywords
AdultAgedCyclooxygenase 2/*analysisFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm Proteins/*analysisNitric Oxide Synthase Type II/*analysisReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityStatistics as TopicThyroid Neoplasms/*diagnosis/*enzymologyTissue DistributionTumor Markers, Biological/*analysis
Abstract
To evaluate the expressions of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in thyroid neoplasms in a Korean population, we studied a total of 154 cases: papillary carcinoma of classical type (PTC), 86; follicular adenoma (FA), 21; follicular carcinoma (FC), 35; medullary carcinoma (MC), 3; undifferentiated carcinoma (UC), 5; and Hurthle cell neoplasm (HN), 4. Using immunohistochemical staining, COX-2 expression was detected in 62 (72.1%) PTC specimens, 5 (23.8%) FA specimens, 10 (28.6%) FC specimens, 0 (0.0%) MC specimens, 1 (20.0%) UC specimen, and 3 (75%) HN specimens. iNOS expression was detected in 66 (76.7%) PTC specimens, 4 (19.0%) FA specimens, 13 (37.1%) FC specimens, 0 (0.0%) MC specimens, 3 (60.0%) UC specimens, and 4 (100%) HN specimens. The results showed that COX-2 and iNOS were frequently expressed in the PTC and HN specimens, and iNOS was more frequently overexpressed in the FC specimens than in the FA specimens. In PTC, COX-2 and iNOS were significantly overexpressed in patients over 45 yr of age (p=0.029, p=0.041), and iNOS expression was increased in patients with a large primary tumor (p=0.028). These results suggest that the upregulation of COX-2 and iNOS may contribute to the tumor progression of thyroid gland, particularly in PTC and HN, and iNOS may play an adjuvant role during the tumor progression of FC.
ISSN
1011-8934 (Print)
Language
English
URI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17179688

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