title: Expression of basic fibroblast growth factor and its mRNA in advanced ovarian cancers.
abstract: To investigate whether growth, invasion and metastasis of ovarian cancer cells is associated with neovascularization, the expression of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and its mRNA in ovarian cancers and normal ovaries as controls were determined by ELISA and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction-Southern blot, respectively. The relationships between the expression and the histological grading, clinical backgrounds or clinical staging in ovarian cancers were analyzed. The levels of basic FGF and its mRNA were significantly higher in advanced primary ovarian cancers, regardless of histological types and some clinical backgrounds. Therefore, this status might contribute to the acceleration of growth, invasion, and metastasis with neovascularization in advanced ovarian cancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichigo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaya
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010053:Ovary / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values; D013698:Templates, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2